Convert your window into a balcony and the balcony back into a window - that’s what the Bloomframe can do. It’s a brilliant idea for condos to save space. It’s an invention by Hofman Dujardin Architecten in Amsterdam. Great idea, practical and even looking nice. Via Notcot.

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Milkcrate has some fun hats waiting for you in their Spring 07 collection. Very colorful, very flashy and all up for good weather. You love them or you hate them!

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Porsche Design, a german design firm, specializing on strong collaborative projects most of the time, got together with Adidas on a big project bringing gear for Driving, Running, Golf and Tennis. They present clothing, sneakers, accessories and also equipment. As all Porsche Design products, the quality level is really high and the design is very sleek. The company is actually not a subsidiary of the car maker, at least not anymore. But they share some important attributes such as design competence, quality and the german heritage.

You can see the special micro homepage of this collaboration here.

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lowing from the successful publication Vinyl Will Kill!, the first book in the world on the designer toy phenomenon (featured in Wallpaper magazine’s book of the month), Jeremyville and publishers IdN have joined forces again to create ‘Jeremyville Sessions’.

Collaboration is the new art movement of our times. It is part of the zeitgeist of the 21st century; a very modern phenomenon bringing disparate designers together who would otherwise never have worked with each other. This is the first book to dissect the process of collaborations, by showcasing over 300 artists and companies and their collaborations with Jeremyville.

Jeremyville Sessions examines the collaborative process through the mediums of toys, tees, accessories, sketchels, art shows, animations and much more.

The book shows why collaboration is fast becoming the number 1 vocabulary in today’s design movement, and why the process is more complex and subtle than it may at first seem.

You can now get this great publication here. It comes along with a fold out poster, die cut sticker sheet and a DVD featuring toy templates, animations, wallpapers, screensavers, a game, interviews, art shows and short movies.

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Colette celebrates it’s 10th anniversary this year and has lots of great collaboration products aligned for that occasion. We have already presented you the 1000% Beabrick that will drop, here some more items.

They will also drop 2 collaboration bags with Goyard, that will feature the number 10 in the signature color of Colette.
“What’s more, Colette is producing only 1,000 copies of a very special “10 Magazines by Colette,” comprised of 20 pages and the March covers of the following magazines: Big, Dazed & Confused, Fantastic Man, Huge, i-D, Paradis, Permanent Food, Purple Fashion, Self Service, and V—all together for the very first time, on the grounds that each has played an important role for Colette since it opened in 1997. To commemorate the landmark occasion, Colette will host a 10th-anniversary VIP/celebrity dinner in Paris on March 21 followed by a large party at ’70s-style disco club La Scala.” Via Fashion Week Daily.

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Commitment to the environment and sustainability factors are becoming more and more important especially for companies actually. Recently I read a rather long article about sustainability standards for big corporations and I found most interesting that companies that do have these kind of standards and that do care about th environment end up having bigger monetary growth and benefits. It was directly linked. I guess most companies at first see it as a pure waste of money, but that does not seem to be true.

Anyways, Etnies has for this Spring a new project called SEED.

“In an effort to reinforce its commitment to the environment, the brand is proud to unveil the etnies SEED Project, a unique collection of apparel and footwear made of sustainable and recyclable materials that reflect our responsibility to give back to the planet, for Spring 2007. With the purchase of these products, 1% of the proceeds will be donated to benefit environmental organizations that etnies believes will plant the seeds for the future of action sports, humanity and our planet.”
Overall this is already a nice initiative, and what makes it even better, is that the products actually also look pretty good. Especially the jacket and the footwear is nice and the collection has overall nice colorways.

The collection will be coming out any day now around the globe.

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Cheap Monday has in the past 2 years made a name for itself in the denim market. When prices for denim were sky rocketing, the swedish label came with a completely new idea - limited distribution to top stores and low prices. That resulted in them offering quality denim for around 50 Euros (60 USD). This past year Cheap Monday has sold 1.2 Million pair of jeans. Crazy!

The same concept that they now also took for the Cheap Monday clothing and footwear. For 2007 they present a new range of sneaker based on the Converse Chuck Taylors. They have nice details and some very cool designs in the new collection. The price is also crazy - 35 USD. Nothing to complain there. You can now purchase all new footwear, clothing and denim at Caliroots.

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Uniqlo’s spring denim line is proof positive that fashionable, well-made, premium denim jeans can be affordable and accessible. Ranging in price from $19.50 (for kids) to $59.50 (for adults) with the core price line at $39.50, Uniqlo’s denim line features the world’s best Japanese denim combined with cutting-edge fits, styles and washes.
Unlike American mass produced jeans, Uniqlo only uses Ring denim, which has a textured surface and is woven from ring yarn to give the jeans a rugged and natural fade. To give its jeans the richest color possible, Uniqlo’s partner denim producer uses a technique called rope dyeing, which keeps the core of each thread white, while giving the perimeter a beautiful indigo color. All of the men’s and women’s denim for the spring collection comes from Japan, with nearly all of it sourced from Kaihara, a premium denim producer founded in 1893 and one of the world’s most renowned denim suppliers.
Uniqlo’s design team in Japan developed the spring premium denim line that features a variety of fits, from skinny to wide, and finishes in every shade of blue to black. The result is 9 different models for women, 7 for men and 6 for children. This coming fall Uniqlo will add additional fits and finishes to its premium denim collection including Real Vintage and Selvage denim.
Look out for these to drop at the Uniqlo flagship store in NYC and other US stores with the Spring collection. When we thought Cheap Monday was cheap, Uniqlo sets a new low for high quality denim. We cannot wait for them to be more widely represented on the European market. Check out some of the styles after the jump.

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A.P.C. just introduced a new leather accessories range on their online store. You can now find all kinds of new wallets, key-rings and other leather accessories by A.P.C.

The collection comes in all black premium leather, with lots of zippers actually. It reminds us a little of the Comme des Garcons wallets, that have become one of our favorite in the last few years. The A.P.C. goodies are just more affordable.

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Kidrobot announces the Mega Munny - the biggest mass produced Munny to date, standing at 18 inches tall. It’s a DIY Munny, set to become your custom toy masterpiece. Each Mega Munny comes with a mega sized practice sheet and an ilovedust coloring poster. Available in bright white, pink, or yellow.

The Mega Munny will be available as of February 22nd for 199.95 USD!

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