More Than Dope: 11.08

11/20/2008

Sick Phone Concepts

Just got schooled on a sick Tokyo designer, Mac Funamizu. His phone concepts are just ill... he designs other things but the phones are ridiculous. He admits that he is a web & graphic designer so sadly he has no plans to produce these joints but if someone steps up to the plate and brings any of these to market, fair warning, get in my way and you will catch a fair one to the dome from my newly obsolete iphone. Check out some of his concepts below...

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11/13/2008

DJ Consoles

I've been a DJ for a minute and one of the things that was always hard to find was a really dope custom DJ console for the crib. I finally found a company in San Fran, DUAL, to hook up my equipment but I also recently found a spot in Berlin, METROFARM, that is turning out some crazy designs. Actually both companies use similar designs for their base pieces but METROFARM uses materials like concrete and stainless steel for their joints. As always, the kids have options we never did.

DUAL shows base prices on their site, METROFARM doesn't [draw your own conclusions] and I can only imagine what it costs to ship a concrete console from Berlin... shipping maple across the US was bad enough... but that's why you grind so hard - right? So get your dollars [or euros] right and take care of your equipment.

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11/11/2008

Slicker Than Your Average

Spied some photos over at cnet... this phone is sick. Sony is back on their design game [where have you been?] Looks like this sweet piece of phone candy drops at the end of the month for a cool 8 bills. Yup, Sony is still gangsta. But big tag aside, the phone is straight beautiful. It may not be the nimblest joint in the pack but you sure won't have to worry about every knucklehead pulling one out trying to front. Check more photos and info on the Sony XPERIA X1 here.

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11/10/2008

Going Green Doesn't Have To Suck

So you want to do your part for the environment but would rather get gut punched by Kimbo Slice [he can still kick your ass] than buy a Prius. Well, apparently there are some folks who realize good vibrations don't have to look wack. Of course, just to prove that even the greenies know a good thing when they've got it... you can no more afford this than that ozone-depleting DB9 you have been drooling over [both cars have the same designer.]

If you are first in line next year expect to drop a cool hundred grand, if you have to wait with the other peasants until 2010 the price drops to a-still-not-manageable 80k. That's a lot of cheese for a joint that gives you 50 miles a day if you remember to plug in at night [hell, I can barely remember to throw my phone on the charger]. It will climb to between 95 mph and 125 mph depending whether you are using gas or your Duracell.

Unfortunately, it looks like I will be punching holes in the sky a little longer. [I'll still change some bulbs though.]

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11/09/2008

Inaugural Theme Song?

Awww... look at hip-hop trying to be political. I feel like a proud uncle or something. They even showed a Brother President respect by dropping an edited version. Check out this new version of Pop Champagne from Ron Browz ft Busta Rhymes...