Hasta La Gadget!

Maps are an essential tool for navigating, but they can also just be flat out beautiful. You see the ins and outs of different neighborhoods and get a clue how a city unfolded and developed. While the cleverly named Neighborwood maps of different cities aren’t something you’re going to stick in your back pocket next time you’re visiting a new place, they’re certainly something lovely to display in your home. More »

Brian Messana‘s gorgeous latest project, Tank House, is the quintessential NYC remodel: a renovated existing apartment plus the addition of an old, used sprinkler tank house, completing repurposed as a gorgeous, glistening rooftop loft escape. New meets old. Or maybe it’s old meets older? Either way, it’s what NYC does so well. [Inhabitat] More »

No, this isn’t the beginning of a Jack Kerouac bio-pic—this is the dopeness our eyes feasted our eyes on this week. More »

If you hate the thought of having a set of speakers mucking up the minimal aesthetics of your home—but still love to entertain—this simple glass-topped wooden table doubles as an AirPlay compatible speaker. It’s just too bad the cost of keeping your electronics out of sight is a whopping $5,800. More »

Though it was crafted in France, Laguiole’s beautiful Golden Gate Bridge folding pocket knife was inspired the iconic red orange bridge spanning the San Francisco Bay. And in addition to a handle designed to look like it’s made of criss-crossing girders, the knife is forged from the same steel used in the actual bridge that’s stood the test of time since 1937. More »