Design and Wonder in the Everyday

Holy Smokes: Constantine Lighter

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Whether you know the movie or not, you have to admire this Constantine Zippo. Don’t smoke? Who cares? All this for heat for a cool $149 (and your soul). What bargain!

And that’s just the brass version. Check out the gold version below.

 

 

 

Preternatural craftsmanship in a mobile phone

Friday, March 12th, 2010




This is the Remontage Papillon (butterfly rewinding), a cell phone that is a hybrid of micromechanics and microelectronics. That’s right, it is the world’s first micromechanical phone. Touted as having “high emotional value” the Papillon is a result of three years of development by the four-year-old French company Celsiuis X VI II. With a starting price of $275,000, the Papillon is undoubtedly a prestige item. Watchismo has the full run down of the phone, which is set to debut next week.