Okum Made, launched this year, enters the market with a collection of simple, minimal homewares shaped from sustainable hardwoods. The company is the brainchild of LA product designer David Okum, a former graphic designer for RocaWear and a recipient of the Yves Behar Product Design Scholarship. Okum Made's flagship product is O'Clock, a beautifully shaped desktop timepiece available in either......read more
Ugly plastic power bars have nothing on the Oom, a thoughtfully designed alternative made using sustainable maple from Connecticut. The Oom is the brainchild of David Okum, an LA-based product designer whose work we've featured before. He describes his latest creation like this: Three electrical sockets designed to flex and rotate conform to different situations, allowing for all connections......read more
A while back we posted some Anna Mia Davidson images of small scale farming activities in the Pacific Northwest. Now that series of photos is being collected in a book, Human Nature: Sustainable Farming in the Pacific Northwest, alongside an essay from the photographer: "Davidson’s photographs highlight over ten small farms throughout the region; the book opens with an honest and......read more