Nylon Blogs

A few months ago we discovered the Twitter handle necklace as the Internet-age ID tag.

We never get tired of playing Words With Friends or uploading pictures to Instagram.

But let’s be real: sometimes our eyes beg us for a break from the virtual world.

So check out: the iFoolish Magic Case for your iPhone.

Designed to bring back old school toys, the mini Etch-A-Sketch is just another cure for boredom.

It comes with a pen attached, so you can draw pretty flowers or write notes and pass them to a friend instead of texting from across the room.

While we don’t think you’ll spend any less time on Facebook, we’ve got to admit…it’s still pretty cool.

Buy it for $24 here.

–SARAH WASILAK

If you’re the type of person who wants to wear her flowers around her neck (we’re talking real flowers, by the way), then chances are you’ll appreciate the portable greenhouse from Besau Marguerre.

The European design duo have created it as part of this year’s Italian Home Away From Home exhibition, taking place in Milan.

They created it to showcase how plants could provide food, oxygen, clothes, and more if life ever moved from earth to another (barren) planet.

And while that idea is cool and everything, we don’t want to take the plants to Mars- we’re more interested in just moving the greenhouse around our apartment….

Check it out here.

For those who dream of living in house made of waffles,
it’s all happening for you.

Constructed by artists Ryosuke Fukusada and Rui Pereira, the project is meant to be
“a reflection about the velocity of the contemporary furniture industry,
and how the consumers are unable to digest the huge amount of new products launched every year.”

Sure, that’s cool and all,
but when can we buy one of these?

Come on, Barbie wants an edible Dream House!
Get a closer look at the project here…

Thanks to We Are Selecters for introducing us to the amazing emerging photographer Alessandro Furchino.

The Milan-based shutterbug has already worked for fashion labels like Trussardi and Andrea Pompilio, but we’re especially loving his summery street shots, like the one above.

Even though we’re definitely too old for it, we suddenly have the urge to run through the sprinklers on the next sweltering day…

Check out more of Furchino’s work here.

These days, most of us choose the virtual world over physical activity.

But meet Chalktrail, an awesome new invention that makes us feel ashamed of our laziness and totally tempts us to grab our sneakers.

The plastic toy is universal and adjustable so you can place it on the back of any scooter or bike.

Each one holds a thick piece of chalk (that lasts for 1.5 miles!) and decorates the street according to your path as you ride.

Although it’s an awesome idea, it still needs help.

The company has 70 hours to raise $37,000, and they’ve still got a long way to go.

The good news is you can back the project if you’re as enthusiastic about it as we are, and we think watching the promo video will help.

Make your pledge here, and then go outside and play.

–SARAH WASILAK

Get excited-  Gilbert and George are back in the city.

Making their first appearance since 2004, the English art duo is getting ready to take over a slew of New York galleries with their collection LONDON PICTURES.

The series contains 292 images compiled from over 4000 newspaper posters, displaying modern urban life in the raw and holding nothing back.

But don’t think the exhibit is just a bunch of pasted up news clippings; rather, the sets of abstract art use haunting real life situations with twosome whitewashed in the backgrounds as sinister-looking ghosts.

You can catch a glimpse of some LONDON PICTURES from April 26-June 23 at Lehmann Maupin and Sonna Bend galleries.

–KELSEY HUTCH

Constructed by Australian artist Sean Avery,
the sculpture above is made entirely of broken CDs and glue.

Avery describes his work on his website as “sustainable art,”
explaining he “blends many different man made materials together to make them appear strangely organic.”

Check out the rest of his CD animal sculptures here.

P.S. Just in case you were wondering,
this is not the Sean Avery who plays for the New York Rangers.

If your fridge looks anything like ours, it’s covered in magnets holding up cute cards, reminders, or to-do lists.

In other words, we try to stay organized- but it doesn’t take long for everything to look scattered.

That’s why we love these Kudu panels, which are magnets that take over your entire refrigerator.

Ordering the panels is easy (all it takes is some measuring), but deciding on a theme? That’s the hard part.

Check out the decals here, and let us know how you fashion your fridge.

–SARAH WASILAK