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We are happy to announce that THING will be participating in this years Renegade Craft Fair, which will be held at the Los Angeles State Historic Park in late July. We have been working on some pretty awesome side projects and are super excited to soon finish and share with all of our THING peeps. We will be showcasing alongside some great indie designers and craft talented folks.  More details soon, but in the meantime don’t forget to wear SPF 40, drink water, and enjoy the beautiful summer days!

It’s true. Just when you thought they couldn’t think of anything else to gild, embroider, or “decorate”, Versace does it again. It’s hard for me to look at this phone with a straight face, while the other half of me wonders whether or not the Versace mafia/family has inserted some tracking device inside to keep tabs on their disciples. No, I’m not planning on buying one. But the sheer detail of this little guy amazes me. The specs- A collaboration with ModeLabs Group called Unique, a luxury touch-screen phone. Hand assembled in France, a face with an 18-karat gold or stainless steel finish, and a back covered in handcrafted leather embossed with the brand’s Medusa logo. The hardware was engineered by LG Electronics.

Price rage- $6,747-$8,464. Article courtesy of WWD.

A friend took me to the Haunch of Venison last week to see beautiful work by Rina Banerjee. If you haven’t been to this gallery in West London, it’s massive and worth the visit.

All images courtesy of Haunch of Venison

I’m back from London and practically addicted to new music. It was quite the trip. Full of running around, drinking too much, and living too much. So it goes. Here’s the perfect band to welcome me back into the L.A. sunshine and to distract me from the fact that I’m already missing some of my favorite people back on the island.

We can now have a little piece of nature with us wherever we go, thanks to Hafsteinn Juliusson. He has created this collection of jewelry designed for people in metropolitan cities and is an experiment in drawing nature toward man. These silver hybrid pieces are handmade in Iceland and are unisex, because nature doesn’t discriminate.

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Photos:
Harpa Hödd
Saga Sigurðardóttir
Sóley Þórisdóttir

Put down and step 10 or more feet away from all forms of computer equipment. Breath. Look up at the sky and note the number of clouds. Now turn slowly around in a full circle and observe. Do not twitter or write a status update about doing this. No one cares that you did it and that’s OK. You will survive. We promise. Do this once a day

This week NASA spread the word that they have finally discovered water on asteroid 24 Themis, which they have been studying for 6 years. The theory that water was introduced from something off of the planet was a long-held theory, but now there is some evidence. The asteroid orbits the sun at a distance of 297 million miles, or between the planets of Jupiter and Mars and there is evidence of water ice and carbon-based organic materials.

“For a long time the thinking was that you couldn’t find a cup’s worth of water in the entire asteroid belt,” said Don Yeomans, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program Office, in a statement yesterday. “Today we know you not only could quench your thirst, but you just might be able to fill up every pool on Earth — and then some.”

What does this mean!?

It means that the story of the solar system will have to be updated and that asteroids themselves may be much more valuable than we previously thought.

“This is exciting because it provides us a better understanding about our past — and our possible future,” said Yeomans. “This research indicates that not only could asteroids be possible sources of raw materials, but they could be the fueling stations and watering holes for future interplanetary exploration.”

Read more about this here.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech