Here are some new looks at the Valentino Spring 2011 collection. While the last day of the year may not the be the one you plan on viewing new looks for Spring, we offer it up just in case you do. The collection can only be described as a comfortable looking one where cardigans placed with leather pockets and trousers providing enough room for comfort. (189)

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While leather is always an option, this colorway is not. A nice plaid working from the folks at Goodhood shop and R. Newbold. Features six card slots and a d-ring wallet attachment to avoid loss or robbery! Get them at Goodhood while supplies last.

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Light those candles this evening with some bronze antler candle holders. Appropriate for a late night reading. “Bronze medium antler candle holder stands 14.5 inches tall and 10.5 inches wide. Cast from white tail deer antlers.” OAK has them

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Children’s toys can be as expressive as those for adults. This ride-along from Nika Zupanc is one of them – exclusive for 20LTD. “The world according to Nika Zupanc is an intriguing one – the creation of this sit-on ‘child’s’ toy exclusively for 20ltd.com is an epitomizing tour de force of her cute originality. Playfully nostalgic for a time when children had physical friends as toys rather than digital enemies, it is surely any youngster’s most stylish first car. For the adults, it might be rather a chic means of arriving into dinner. Available exclusively through 20ltd.com, only 7 editions will ever be made.”

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Still shopping post-Christmas? How about a new bomber? “A lightly padded modern bomber jacket, featuring a classic ribbed collar which leads into a front zip closure with detachable tab. Two side zip pockets with cord pullers and small patched ends. Zipped pocket detail at left hand sleeve. Sleeve and hemline ribs appears to be hidden but peeks out slightly. Removable inside collar tab. Fully lined interior with two pockets.” Porvocacao has them.
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Situated in Lyme, CT, Ashlawn Farm has been in the same family since 1909. In recent years, crops have changed from local to global, and the old milk room has been reborn as a top flight coffee roaster. “There’s some­thing ex­ot­ic about buy­ing cof­fees from plan­ta­tions around the world; there’s some­thing com­fort­ing in buy­ing cof­fee from the farm down the road. For eighty-​five years, Ash­lawn Farm pro­vid­ed dairy prod­ucts to many house­holds in Con­necti­cut. Now, al­though you’ll have to get your milk some­where else, you can use it in our Farm Cof­fee. And rest as­sured that you are still drink­ing ex­ot­ic cof­fee be­cause we buy only the best Ara­bi­ca green beans from cof­fee farms on every cof­fee grow­ing con­ti­nent. All the roast­ing is done right here—in the old work­shop next to the dairy barn, using state-​of-​the-​art equip­ment. keep­ing the tra­di­tion”

The Ashlawn Farm Coffee website was relaunched last week and with it the web store.

In the interest of one last “heritage” story for 2010, after the jump you’ll find a tremendous selection of historic photographs documenting the history of Ashlawn Farm.

Mismo from Denmark has become a great staple mens bag supplier in the last couple of seasons. For Spring 2011 they will be releasing a limited edition version of their popular tote bag, featuring 100% waterproof nylon uppers and a numbered vegetable tanned leather tag. Look out for it in two colorways from colette early Spring 2011.

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Like their Fall River produced shirts, the Marine Canvas Duffle bags from Warwick, RI’s Wharf are delightfully simple. And, like the shirts it is the little things that make them lovely. Horween chamois leather foot pads, for example.

These bags are based on hockey sacks… meaning, all function no frills carrying. They are also made in Rhode Island (USA, USA!). And, they come in three sizes.

01. Schiit Audio reveals gorgeous six-watt Lyr headphone amplifier

“In fact, Schiit Audio won’t be responsible if you do wind it to 11 and blow the ear tips right off of your favorite canalphones. The drop-dead sexy box that you’re peering at above is the Lyr, a hybrid (tube-MOSFET) headphone amplifier that claims to have zero feedback and more power than most headphones will ever have use for. This guy’s pumping out six solid watts into 32 ohms, while loads of rivals are dabbling in milliwatts.” (engadget)

02. Recycled Bike Parts Furniture

“nd more time with our bikes than we do with our significant others on a regular basis. They call it unhealthy obsession; we call it liberation. Sooner or later though – regardless of how well we take care of them – they’re going to reach the end of their life. We’ll shed a tear, and then we’ll move on. Matt XXXX decided to take all those forgotten bikes and restore them to usefulness – as Frankensteined furniture.” (coolmaterial)

03. A better Post-It? And made from wood waste (above)

“Shibuya-based Naruse-Inokama Architects, comprised of Jun Inokuma and Yuri Naruse, takes wood waste from houses and turns that into paper. The resultant paper is then formed into a stack of Post-It-like sticky notes that are in turn shaped like little houses.” (core77)

04. Bridge Street Fromagerie (Student Work)

“Bridge Street Fromagerie is a family-owned cheese shop located in historic Lambertville, NJ. A series of dual-purpose adhesive labels were designed to secure the cheese’s paper wrapping and to act as informational guides for the customers. Identifying individual characteristics of the cheese as well as suggested alcohol pairings, the labels provide Bridge Street’s cheesemongers with an additional means to share their knowledge with the shop’s customers.” (packagingoftheworld)

The cover of The Geometry of Pasta draws more than a few glances when found on your end table – outside of it being a great take on pasta. “One would think that a minimalist cookbook devoid of photography wouldn’t be worthy of coffee table status, but the illustrations adorning this volume prove otherwise. Conceived by award-winning graphic designer Hildebrand, the diversity of pasta morphology, from Agnolotti to Ziti, is revealed through historical anecdotes, recipes, and an eye-catching b&w aesthetic. … From the obscure story of Strozzapreti (”priest stranglers”) to the humorous warming red pepper and whiskey sauce for Radiatore pasta, or “radiators,” one learns how shapes are created to maximize surface area and sauce delivery.”  Amazon has it.

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