The North American International Auto Show and Consumer Electronics Show Next Week–Cars and Gadgets, OH MY!

I love trade shows! It’s a fantastic opportunity to check out what’s new in the industry and network with like-minded individuals. And next week I have the amazing opportunity to attend not one, but two in one week! On Sunday, my awesome photographer, Nick McGlynn from Random Night Out and I travel to Detroit as guests of Ford Motor Company for the North american International Auto Show. Nick is a car freak and I’m more of an enthusiast but both of us are beyond excited to attend the Design Fantasy Camp Ford has planned for us, as well as walk the trade show floor and see all the cool new cars coming out. This will be several firsts for me:  my first time in the Motor City (or Motown, if you will), my first auto show and my first inside look at the whole car design process. Damn, this is going to be so frickin cool!  I’ll be tweeting and blogging along the way so I hope you’ll follow along on this amazing adventure.

From there we fly to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, or as I like to call it, the gadget geek’s wet dream. I’m so crude! It’s my first time at CES, but Nick is an old pro at navigating the halls of gadgets and from what he says, we’ll have our grubby little paws all over every imaginable electronic device. And of course shmoozing with our fellow geeksters at every type of celeb filled party imaginable. Lucky for us, the old adage, ‘what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas’ still applies!

Stay tuned MUL fans! We’ll be posting all the juicy stories soon!

All I Want For Xmas From My Favorite Stores

I love  wishlists. They not only tell me what the wishlist-er wants, but also gives me a tiny peek into their soul. Please take a look inside mine! Here are a few things I’d like to see under my tree this year.

 The Geek in Me

1. Sparkling Bacon Ornament 2.Grassy Lawn Charging Station 3.Cat Scratch DJ 4. USB Toast Handwarmers 5.iStack Bubble Gum Phone Stand 6. Cable Drop Cable Clips Available at Think Geek

 The Homey Me

1.Metal Tix Clock with Colored LEDs 2. L=Elevate Carousel Utensil Set 3. Moss Terrarium Bottle 4. Tree Stump Cutting Board 5. Lunch Pot by Black & Blum Available at Uncommon Grounds

The (not-so) Grown Up Me

1.Tangle Organic Duvet Cover  2. Gear Sofa Table  3. Neville Home  4.Beacon Floor Lamp Available at CB2.com

The Stylish Me

1Panama Shirt Dress .2. Louvre Skirt 3.Yossi Fingerless Gloves 4. Dama Snood 5. Metallic Bay Shopper 6. Coat 7. Hercinia Jumper 8.Ismaris Long Boot from All Saints Spitalfield

 The Refined Me

1.Flowie Lawn Towels 2. Flowie Lydia Tea Towels 3. Whale Tongs 4. not Neutral Placemats from Bobby Berk Home

Which Lunchbox Would You Take to Work?

Out walking in beautiful Brooklyn with my friend Shannon the other day, we stumbled upon the cutest modern boutique called Module R. It’s chock full of really cool modern stuff but I focused most of my attention on the vast number of options available for carrying lunch to work. I’ve been on the hunt for a new lunch system. I call it system, because somehow lunchbox sounds to adolscent for a grown woman. I’ve narrowed it down to four but I’m having a a hard time choosing, so maybe you can help me out. Vote for your favorite below!

10 Totally Awesome Things Made Out of Cardboard for Your Home

During a dinner party last night I had a realization, don’t become to attached to things.  I had this epiphany after spending the evening coaxing coasters underneath glasses and following my friends three year old around with a wet towel and dustpan. I realized unlike my civilized friends,  I cared a little too much about material things and less about making memories. I began too daydream about furniture that if destroyed, could easily be put out with the recycling. Thus, a blog post was born. Enjoy!

Pulp Coffee Table with Stools

Cardboard Bed with Drawers 

Swirly Cardboard Bookshelf 

Coffee Table with Recycled Cardboard Base

Cardboard Cactus by David Stark

Bloxes Build Your Own Furniture  

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Illuminated Pillow Brings Good Things to Light

When I first saw this pillow on Yanko Design I thought, why would someone want this? However, after a bite of lunch (I think better on a full stomach) and a poll around the office, the brilliance of this invention fully came to light (pun intended). I call it a pillow but it’s actually a pillowcase with integrated LED lights.  I love that the light comes from behind you, if you’re reading while lying on your back, as opposed to in front of you, which can be distracting. What makes this truly neato is you can program it with your smartphone to wake you up with a gentle electronic sunrise.  Dang, what CAN’T you control with your smartphone these days? I would use this for reading.One question I didn’t find an answer to, how do you launder it?

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Spooky, Creepy and Downright Weird Items For Your Home This Halloween

The Human Rug

I would argue that there is nothing creepier than a rug that looks like your neighbor took a face plant from the Empire State Building. Even though it’s so very obvious the rug is not real, it looks like a cousin of the blow-up doll, with it’s creepy slack jawed stare, it’s still a little unsettling. I rather like the windblown look of the hair, as I imagine that’s exactly how mine would look had a just taken a colossal nose dive.

Human BookShelf

I’m sorry I’m just not one of those people who is comfortable with the naked human body, so for me this has to be the creepiest and most disturbing of any of these pieces! Not to mention my obsessive/compulsive love of symmetry is set off balance by its many dips and crevices.  Also, you’d want to pay particular attention when grabbing a book. The title, Moby Dick, could prove to be just that.

Dismembered Baby Doll Coat Rack

Our first creepy item comes in the form of a little DIY project. Looking for a way to recycle all of those broken baby doll parts you have hanging around the house? Screw the appendages into a wooden board and voila! You’ve put those tiny hands (and legs) to work.

 A Bench with Arms Holding a Large Tumor

What can one say about the Surrealism chair by David Pompa? I’m sure we could have a lengthy conversation about the designer’s intent and how it makes us feel, but less just cut to the chase, it’s fucking creepy! I mean I’m not sure what repulses me the most; the arms belonging to uh, no one, jutting from the side of the chair or said arms fondness of, what looks to me like a large tumor. I can only assume this chair belongs to descendants of your favorite appendage and mine , Thing from the Adams Family.

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