Cheeky monkey!

Cheeky monkey!

I got such a giggle out of this Case-Mate collection of phone cases from one of my favorite design teams. Besides…monkeys? Hard to go wrong. Designers Irene Chen and Matthew Grenby of iomoi are best known for their stationery and paper goods, but I think the...
A galaxy of glitter for your glittery Galaxy

A galaxy of glitter for your glittery Galaxy

Glitter is so fabulous in theory and often so wretched in reality. It sloughs off eyelids yet refuses to budge from fingernails. That handmade card in the school bag leaves your car looking like a fairy murder scene. And yet… it’s so shiny. So pretty!And...
Wrap your iPhone in gorgeous

Wrap your iPhone in gorgeous

One probably wouldn’t have guessed that a one-eared Dutch post-impressionist painter from the 1880s would still be making an impact in our tech-obsessed world of today, but Van Gogh seems to be popping up all over our digital devices, whether through the...
Twig makes charger cables ultra-portable (and bendy)

Twig makes charger cables ultra-portable (and bendy)

The place where I charge my iPhone is on the desk in our kitchen, where mail, bills, kids’ artwork and trinkets always seem to get placed. And every day or so when I need to juice my phone, I always find myself maneuvering the cable around the papers and pens...
Long ago, in a time before cell phones…

Long ago, in a time before cell phones…

I get a huge kick out of tech that ironically combines the old with the new, but it still has to be functional. Hey, I’m a parent after all, and practicality reins supreme. The perfect example: this iPhone case from Jack Spade.  The Payphone iPhone case...