Bold statement, yes, but also true. These are bar-none my favorite, most versatile pants I have come across. Plus, they are: Slim-fitting for a ‘Smart’ Look Comfortable High Quality and Durable Inexpensive Sure these aren’t going to replace your slacks or dress pants, unless you work in San Francisco. I went a bit overboard and recently bought 4 pairs (in addition to the two I already had) to diversify my color palate. I now wear them almost exclusively to work, and many times on the weekend paired with a t-shirt and flip flops. …and they come in so many different colors! You break them in and wear them just as you would a pair of jeans. Of course they would,

I’ve always been a tech geek at heart. Combined with my love of clean design, style, and quality, finding intelligently designed computer hardware (outside of Apple and sometimes Sony) can be quite difficult. LG has brought that function-meets-fabulous to their 34 inch UltraWide WQHD IPS Curved LED Monitor (34UC97-S if you must know the model number). It’s got a slight curve and crushes my previous two or three stacked monitors in every way. With features for- The Designer: sRGB over 99% color space and IPS’s accurate color expression Device Hoarder: Dual Linkup feature – two compatible portable devices can be viewed on the same screen simultaneously. The Gamer: Uhh, wrap around view anyone? 3+ monitors should do it. And forget

I’m always on the lookout for a better way to slim down on things I carry in my pocket (hence my interest in Coin to slim my wallet), and now a sweet product to address my bulky key ring. Keysmart has come up with a simple yet ingenious idea of organizing your keys in a Swiss army style stacking arrangement. The simple, clean design keeps your keys slim and organized without adding hardly any more bulk or weight. [ad name=”STIL-Medrec”] I’ve been using it for about a month now and couldn’t be happier. The solid aluminum construction (or sleek titanium) looks great, my keys slide out effortlessly, and I can add or remove keys at my leisure. Now I just

A big fan of the unique finishes of steel, especially when paired with other modern amenities in the home, so I couldn’t pass these up. Clean cutouts of different continents allow you to pair them and create your own geographical map. James Kennedy Bio Born in Quebec City, James Kennedy inherited his passion for art from his mother. Later touring with Cirque du Soleil for three years, his artistic influences matured. He then formed K-One, a design and production company ultimately creating the wall sculptures you see here. Unique techniques of transferring photographs onto steel allows for a subtle geographic continent cutout. The one of a kind oxidized steel piece has a unique finish applied to each piece of steel.

I’ve been trying to bring a minimalist simplicity I enjoy in other parts of my life to my wallet for years now. It evolved from the tri-fold wallet, to the bi-fold, then to the card wallet. I’ve toyed with the idea of a simplistic money clip, but I’ve never been able to fit all of my cards in there. I mean, you have your ATM card, 2 credit cards (one Visa, one Amex), drivers license, health insurance card, transit card, not to mention the actual cash needed in the city. That is may paired-down list too! Gym membership card, car insurance card, business credit card, starbucks card… you get the idea. Coin takes care of all of this with it’s

I just upgraded to an iPhone 5 and love the slim, light feel, however, it seems so delicate! If I was to drop it, I’m sure I would hate the outcome, but all of the iPhone cases out there are horrible! Either they completely cover up the beautifully engineered lines of the phone, or are practically pointless, just adding bulk and weight. Who buys a slim, light phone only to put a bulky, heavy case on it? Finally, a beautiful minimalistic case for the iPhone 5 which only serves to protect! This Mod-3 Design Radius Case for the iPhone 5 is a complimentary work of art. The design compliments the phone with aluminum construction and it’s minimal weight leaves the

Is it a candle, a mini fireplace, a huge lighter, a flaming art piece? It could be all of the above. Nu-Flame combines glass, wood, steel and fire to create these tabletop fireplaces that burn clean bio-ethanol fuel. This means a clean, smokeless flame in unique patterns to create dazzling ambiance. Place it on your desk, inside or outdoors, even mount it on your wall for a modern take on a medieval lighting feature. Find their whole line at Nu-Flame or get a great deal from Touch of Modern. [ad name=”go-STIL-smbanner”] Cero, Irradia and Caldo Fireplaces by Nu-Flame from $89

Now this is cool. I love modern lamps with a touch of technology, but Angela Jansen and Ger Jansen at Light-Light do it right! Their two offerings (so far) are the Eclipse and Silhouette Floating Lamps, by Crealev (Crealev Levitation Technology). Extraordinarily clean design paired with touch on/off function and of course, the trademark floating halves of the lampshade provide for a near perfect lamp. Combining classic styling with modern technology, the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate designer, and mechanical and electrical engineer developer have managed to define modern lighting. The secret is the electromagnetic technology which separates the two halves of the lamp, leaving the top floating. Exquisite! [ad name=”go-STIL-smbanner”] Eclipse & Silhouette Floating Lamps by Crealev from $1,477

How cool is this clock? Available as a wall clock or a smaller desktop table clock, the CLOCKTWO is a modern text clock giving you the time as a sentence. Handmade in Germany, these beautifully crafted works of art makes me do a double take as I now mistake my wall for a modern art gallery. Available in several languages (I was considering buying it in Italian to keep up my foreign language reading skills), it is a very unique and innovative way of displaying time. Thanks to technology, we are able to now devolve (or possibly re-evolve) our clocks to an even more ‘analog’ way- straight up words. The beautifully elegant word-search way of hiding the word combinations making