Eat.Live.Modern - a Modern Design Blog

GQ City Guides - It's a Man's World

Men can now be in-the-know on-the-go with GQ's City Guides for guys.These online travel guides highlight the best man made spots in America's favorite cities. The City Guides reveal Stay, Eat, Drink, Buy and The Extra Mile suggestions and provide options for those guys on a budget or those gentlemen looking to splurge. How else would you find that speakeasy in San Francisco's Tenderloin area or the hamburger mecca, Hut's Hamburgers, in Austin, TX that serves a Boodieburger loaded with sour cream and mushrooms?

Best of all you can print out the GQ Magazine travel guides and take them with you on the plane or slip them into your briefcase for some after work relief!

 

http://men.style.com/gq/cityguides/

Ticket Stub Diary

Preserve your memories with this handy Ticket Stub Diary. While it would be fun to use the journal for concert, show and event stubs, I think it can also serve as a unique travel journal. For instance, if you have a big trip to Europe coming up, an easy and chic way to share your journey is through all the transportation passes, entrance tickets, business cards, pamphlets, and other paper items that you collect along the way. It allows you to write less journal entries than a typical travel journal and tell your story through pictures. Also, the Ticket Stub Diary has a spot on each page to write notes which could unveil tidbits and important details of your trip.

The diary has 52 pages and is priced around $12.95.

Find the Ticket Stub Diary here.

Wood Digital LED Clock - Kouji Iwasaki

It's about time you check out this sleek, award-winning digital clock designed by Kouji Iwasaki. The Wood LED Clock is made out of a block of Maple with a thin layer of veneer that lets the LEDs shine through. It plugs into an outlet and comes in two sizes. The long clock is good for a nightstand, and the tall clock is better for hanging on a wall.

Even though the function is simple (no alarm built in), the Wood LED clock is clever and impactful. The controls for the clock are on the backside. I found the clocks selling at various retailers on the web with prices ranging from $120 to $220.

Wood LED Clock - tall
Wood LED Clock - long

I am NOT a paper cup - DCI Design - Eco Coffee Cup

Ok, despite the long title of the post this is an amazing product. DCI Design created I am NOT a paper cup, an eco-friendly beverage cup, that resembles the paper cups you use (and throw away) everyday. The lid is made of silicone and the base is doubled-walled, thermal porcelain. It holds 10 oz. of hot or cold liquid and is both microwave and dishwasher safe. For only $20 get your daily fix in a reusable cup.

 

Purchase I am not a paper cup at Amazon

Bambu Home - Kitchen and Home Products

Made from renewable resources Bambu Home products are those feel-good items that come with the 'proudly made' stamp of approval. All of their home and kitchen products are made only from certified organic bamboo. The company gives back to the communities and countries where the products are made, like Vietnam and China, and they cut out the middleman while getting the resource at its source. The team that hand produces their materials is organized as a collective, which means they have a voice in setting price and compensation.

So why use bamboo products? Bamboo is sustainable, versatile, and renewable. I've used the Bambu cutting boards as both serving pieces and for prepping food. Each Bambu cutting board is hand-shaped and finished!

Retailers like Whole Foods, Crate and Barrel, and Sur la Table carry Bambu Home products. You can also search their website for more locations.

Time Magazine featured Bambu on their Style and Design 100 List twice - once for an organic bamboo utensil set and the other mention for a product in the Bambu KIDS line.

 

http://bambuhome.com/

GlobalGiving Ferragamo Celebrity Handbag Auction

Celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Eva Longoria are donating their Ferragamo handbags to benefit the victims of the L'Aqulia earthquake. The earthquake was one of Italy's deadliest killing around 300 people and leaving many others injured or stranded. GlobalGiving partenered up with Italian designer, Salvatore Ferragamo, to drive awareness and give back to the victims of the earthquake. The Celebrity Handbag Auction is being hosted by eBay, and each of the handbags are beign signed with a message from the celebrity.

Here are some of the handbags from Jennifer Anistion, Gwyneth Paltrow and Lucy Lui. 100% of the proceeds go to the Italy Earthquake Recovery and Relief Fund.

GlobalGiving Italy Earthquake Charity on eBay

TOMS Shoes - One for One

For every pair of TOMS shoes you purchase TOMS donates another pair to a child in need. The company was founded by Blake Mycoskie who was inspired and determined after a trip to Argentina where he saw dozens of children set back by not having any footwear. The shoe donations - or drops - occur both in the United States and abroad. For instance, shoes will be donated to children in New Orleans before the start of the school year. They will be white canvas shoes, and the kids will be encourage to draw on and design them to give them some character of their own.

Shop at TOMS shoes website for mens, womens, and tiny TOMS. Also, view one of the shoe drops in Argentina in the video below.