Substance over style for buildings in 2009.

After Polaroid announced it was stopping production on the iconic camera technology, avid fans have struggled with the news, making fake Polaroid apps popular and even going so far as to create The Impossible Project to purchase all remaining film production material in a Dutch factory.  Now, after Polaroid moved on to digital versions, Urban Outfitters will soon sell a limited edition kit include the last production run of Type 779 instant film and Polaroid ONE600 cameras.
Only 700 sets will be sold and hopefully the Impossible Project can get the production of film up and running by next year so [...]

Urban Outfitters is selling an interesting set of DIY Eco Speakers. This craft-gadget hybrid comes with two  foldable paper cubes made of 70% recycled material, and six colored pencils to help you customize them. Princeton Japan has also entered the market with their own retro-styled desktop paper speakers. Available in three different design, these 1W speakers have a USB connection to plug-in your laptop to a classic cabinet record player, an old school boom box or a 1990’s component stereo.

Although we visited Urban Outfitter’s garden center last year, we were so charmed with the experience there that we had to pay a visit when we were in the neighborhood last weekend. Garden center doesn’t describe the Terrain store well. It’s a home and garden wonderland.
Suburbia is often written off as a wasteland of MacHomes and copy cat malls that serve a population that rejects individuality and creativity. Terrain challenges this assumption – the place was packed with people looking for an alternative, seeking something different and trying to make a change.
The team behind this one-of-a-kind store have curated a [...]