Leather

Apple saves a cow, reduces carbon by nixing leather in all future products

At its Apple Event today, the company announced that it can no longer stomach the carbon footprint of leather in its products.

MycoWorks, making leather from fungi, closes $125M to scale production

The company touts its Fine Mycelium process as the only mycelium engineered to be made-to-order and made-to-specification.

Allbirds is investing in a plant-based leather substitute, plans faux-leather shoe drop in December

The sustainability focused shoe maker Allbirds has taken another step to green its supply chain with a small $2 million investment in a new company called Natural Fiber Welding. Announced this morning

John Legend and Natalie Portman want you to try wearing fungus instead of leather

Natalie Portman and John Legend are joining a group of venture capitalists and unnamed fashion brands backing MycoWorks, a company that just raised $45 million to commercialize its technology that mak

Bolt Threads partners with Adidas, owners of Balenciaga and Gucci, and Stella McCartney on mushroom leather

Bolt Threads has brought together some new and existing partners, including Stella McCartney, Kering (the fashion house behind brands like Balenciaga, Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Bottega Veneta), Lul

Bag Week 2018: WP Standard’s Rucksack goes the distance

WP Standard – formerly called Whipping Post Leather – makes rugged leather bags, totes, and briefcases and their Rucksack is one of my favorites. Designed to look like something a Pony Exp

Jackson Wayne makes a messenger bag for time travelers to the Old West

Well howdy, partner! How’s your Django app deployment going? Jackson Wayne makes leather goods with a decidedly old-timey, pre-WWII/post-Pony Express bent. Founded by a former lawyer, Andrew Lyn

This leather wallet has a built-in battery to charge your iPhone

If you have an iPhone other than the 6 Plus or 6S Plus, chances are that you run out of battery pretty frequently. In a world where background updates, location tracking, and 24/7 bluetooth constantl

Microsoft’s new Surface keyboard has aesthetic and sensory qualities unlike anything you’ve ever experienced

I like the Microsoft Surface, but you know what has been missing all this time? Keyboard covers that have "a blend of technology and style", combining "Italian luxury, a Finnish minimalistic design ae

Bag Week Reviews: Saddleback Leather Briefcase

Short Version: Let’s kick this bag review week up a notch into the luxury bag market. Saddleback Leather specializes in bags made of real, well, saddle leather. It’s a full quarter-inch th

Verbatim Covers A Portable Hard Drive In Leather

Here’s something sure to anger the PETA crowd; Verbatim took an external hard drive, and covered it with leather. Who would of thought of such a thing? Verbatim is holding out on us as far as co

Hey guys, it's a $550 leather keyboard

Even when I was reviewing the cream of the crop in the high-end keyboard review week, I never saw anything like this. The Gokukawa is, if I am not mistaken, a leathern keyboard. I’m not usually

Why the hell not? It’s a keyboard made of leather

Here’s a keyboard made of leather with no markings on the keys. I know, right?! It’s made by Japanese artist Kazuharu Sakura. Far be it for me to stand in the way of artistic creativity but from a

Tag Heuer's $7,000 cellphone is $7,000 worth of "meh"

I have a Helio Ocean and a Palm Centro I use as my daily dialers (I know, I know) alternatively, and between the two they do nearly everything a cellphone can do, but they’re lacking one thing:

Asus U2 laptop is something like taking a bubble bath

Looking to "take luxury computing to a whole new level"? I don’t know what that means either. If you’re already into luxury computing but you can’t help but wonder how to t

CrunchDeals: Supple leather chair for $129, shipped

Office Depot has a very swank-looking $300 office chair with a $100 instant discount and another 35% off with coupon code 85088692 at checkout, bringing it to just under $130 plus tax with free shippi

Vertu Gets The 3G, Leather Treatment

Rollin’ in mah Bentley Cruisin down the street Got bling on my wrists, ankles neck and teeth Got a call on my cellie Yo let me show you it This Vertu Ascent T has gotta be the shit It’s no

Tourbillon Timepiece Defines Luxury

When going out on the town and trying to pick up chicks, I usually settle for my Mickey Mouse Armitron watch. However, when I heard that Hickey was coming with me to pick up dudes in the restroom, I o

Maybach Laptop For The Rich And/Or Famous

Anyone with $4000 to shell out and a hankering for a new laptop should take note of this beautiful new notebook from HP and Maybach. Though it does come after Ferrari and Lamborghini made laptops with

The Book of Nintendo

Embarrassed to play your Nintendo DS in public? This leather-bound Nintendo DS case will fool curious onlookers into thinking that you’re just reading a book—albeit sideways. Available in
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