Swiss driver, Sébastien Buemi, has been adorned by watchmaker, Audemars Piguet, with his own limited edition Royal Oak Offshore chrono. Buemi, a three year ambassador of the Audemars Piguet brand, joins a fine line of other atheletes with a Royal Oak on their wrist. The 42mm case is made from sandblast finished titanium, and features Buemi’s logo on the display back. (tz)

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Something a bit twisted this holiday season from Anthony Bourdain: the story of Krampus, the whip toting sidekick or Santa… It is a bit dark but viewable enough. If your children were to watch “Krampus Carol,” they would either be scared out of naughty or slightly upset. Heed cation.

01. “Surfland” by Photographer, Joni Sternbach

“Joni Sternbach makes her photographs of surfing culture in tintype, a labor-intensive technique that requires the application of chemicals to a metal plate. SurfLand, her first solo exhibition at a major art museum, reveals her fascinating body of work that’s at once historical yet completely contemporary”

02. Stop The Water While Using Me Cosmetics

Stop The Water While Using Me is a small brand from Hamburg and was founded a few months ago. The idea is to deliver high quality products, made in germany, but also to have a message to be careful with the water consumption.

03. A History of Wester Typefaces

“You see approximately 490,000 words every day — and that’s just on the web. If the designers behind those websites are any good, they put a lot of thought into the typefaces they use on each page. Fonts don’t just display letters as words and sentences. They convey emotion, attitude and tone. They call out what information is most important and help you navigate through a site. Hate Comic Sans? You’re not alone. There are plenty of reasons for despising the font, according to many fontographers and font enthusiasts. Love Helvetica? You’re not alone — many designers love its clean and simple aesthetic. The infographic … presents a history of typefaces, incorporating fun tidbits from tech, pop culture and the web. Do you know what font the Google logo is? What about Facebook? Take a peek below to learn these and more.”(mashable)

04. FACT Magazine Top 50 Albums of 2011.

And here we go…. (fact)

Designer Joey Roth’s returns back to highly successful ceramic design speakers with a reboot in black. Using their new design diaphragm for improved sound, the Roth speakers look as strong in black as they do the original white. They retain the wood platform base and as they say: wood makes everything sound better. They debut this Thursday on the Joey Roth site. Be sure to check out Roth’s other design work.

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British photographer, Tom Murray spent some time with The Beatles in the summer of 1968 and photographed would would eventually become their last group publicity shoot together as a band. 30 years on, Murray has pulled the original photography from a drawer and is making them available in print form for the first time. More than 23 different The Beatles photographs from Murray’s original shoot are now up for purchase on RPP.

Each image is available in 20 x 24 inch format or as archival pigment prints.

Images Courtesy of Tom Murray, USA

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We’ve had our ups and downs with incense. On one hand, they remind us of our teenage years (don’t ask why). On the other hand, these mini house holders are so cool that we’re tempted to start buying the stuff again. We might even give up our fancy candle habit for a bit. (Spoon & Tamago)

French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot trained in music and composing, two skills he brings to his art. His artworks are soundscapes, the above one using a flock of birds to shred on a guitar. Give it a watch, it’s worth 2 minutes of your life. (Found by James)

We’re all about the unnecessary necessary stuff here, which is why this microphone shaped speaker is right up our alley. It’s not exactly an essential but it looks really cool, which is our main criteria for buying anything. And it should be yours too. And hey, if you’re gonna play your music out loud on public transport it might as well be on a device that makes your iphone look even cooler. (Yanko Design)

Garage, the Center for Contemporary Culture and magazine gets in a little collaborative work with the Illesteva sunglass line. Portions of the proceeds go to a worthy cause: Restoring Vision, which since 2003 has supplied glasses to over 1.3 million people in need. The frames are available in two colorways: tortoise and light tortoise with a retail price of $295.

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The self-subtitled ‘pamphlet of typographic smut, Gratuitous Type, has just shown off images of their second issue, which will be released midway through January 2012. Featuring conversations with Astrid Stavro, Martine Mathijsen, Rob Lowe & Buffalo Zine, it’s a must if you can tell your serifs from your shallots.

Take a leap to see a couple of spreads.