It’s great when you get definitive confirmation that contributors to a website or magazine you read daily are indeed as geeked out about things as you are. Such was the case when I came across an article on Wired that detailed photographer Dan Winters’ inspired construction of a TIE Fighter out of Starbucks materials. You can just opt to not get that lousy whipped cream and put in an order for 12 large macchiato. more…

There was a moment as a child when carrying your favorite lunch box – be it Star Wars or He-Man – to school become tres uncool. From that watershed time forward we jammed food into an innocuous brown paper bag and left our boxes to rot in the attic. Designer Smart Emma has come up with a solution: lunchboxes that fold out to reveal your fine taste in porcelain plates and silverware. Or plastic dishes for the beach. more…