Friday Five with John Roscoe Swartz of Built NY

John Roscoe Swartz is CEO and co-founder of Built NY, Inc. , a design company based in New York City known for its stylish laptop sleeves, iPad cases, lunch bags, and wine totes. Though BUILT’s bold products reflect the city that never sleeps, John hails from a farm near Chillicothe, Ohio. He received his master’s degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he studied printmaking and furniture design. It’s also where he met industrial designer Aaron Lown, with whom he co-founded BUILT in 2003.

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Friday Five with John Roscoe Swartz of Built NY

Alarm Dock and Analog Radio by Jonas Damon

Jonas Damon has done it again with his clever iPhone and iPod docks. Remember his CRT monitor for iPad ? Well, he’s added two new pieces to the analog collection. Alarm Dock is shaped like an old-school alarm clock. Looks great using a flip clock app

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Alarm Dock and Analog Radio by Jonas Damon

And you thought you didn’t like veneer

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This fabulous Apple iPhone case is made from 200 year old African Blackwood. This case comes from Gresso, whose taken this exclusive wood, known for its incredible strength and durability, and turned it into a rather unique looking iPhone case. It doesn’t stop there though. They’ve also embedded Swarovski crystals and an 18 karat gold Apple logo.

This will get you do reconsider veneer won’t it? More wonderfully unique cases from so here.

See more here: sixdifferentways.com

Pantone? There’s an App for That…

Brand spanking new Pantone iPhone app called myPantone for $10! Here are some quick details on what you can do… You can also capture and extract colors from photos and snap to the closest Pantone Color, as well as get color inspiration & color schemes from these Pantone color system libraries: PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® (coated, uncoated and matte) PANTONE Goe™ (coated and uncoated) PANTONE Pastels (coated and uncoated) PANTONE FASHION + HOME (paper and cotton) Includes sRGB, HTML and L*a*b* for all colors Yep, all that for just $10 right on your phone. Handy! http://www.pantone.com via Cool Hunting
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