November 29, 2008
IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Recently in the blogs: Cubic Switchplates on Swiss Miss and Apartment Therapy, Parallelogram Tables on Better Living Through Design, and Egg Pants & Hoomaker on NOTCOT's holiday gift guide.

November 24, 2008
NEW STORES
We're happy to announce that we've added a few new stores to our network. Hookmakers will be selling in
Urban Outfitters across the country in 2009. UP TO YOU, a lovely boutique in Toronto, has picked up much of our collection. And we've been added to the Pratt Store, our old alma mater.

November 19, 2008
NEW PRODUCTS
Check out the online store for new products by Design Glut! We've launched the World Links necklace, which has the continents of the world connected by links of chain around your neck. And our new Cubic Switchplates play tricks with your eyes. They're only 3mm deep, but it looks like they're protruding inches off the wall.

October 14, 2008
NEW ONLINE STORE AND PRESS
We just redid our online store to make it easier for our customers. The new layout is simpler to browse and has some additional functionality. Fancy Schmancy! We also have new press to report: Elle Decoration, Max, and 5 Au Clock.

September 21, 2008
NEW PRESS AND STORES
The October issue of Metropolitan Home covers the Slow Food Tray as part of a group of products using words as decoration. We also have three new stores: Spring and Stewart and Stand here in NY, and Composition in Colorado.

September 2, 2008
NEW PRESS: SURFACE
The new edition of Surface reports of the trend of designers "using oil as fuel for thought." Crude Black is included.

August 22, 2008
NEW PRESS: DFUN
The Crude Jewelry was just featured as the cover story in the current issue of DFUN, a Taiwanese fashion and design magazine.

July 15, 2008
NEW PRESS: WALLPAPER
The August '08 issue of Wallpaper is hitting newsstands right now. Check out the interviews with "NYC's new design wave": Todd Bracher, Design Glut, Takeshi Miyakawa, and Test Collective.

July 10, 2008
NEW PRESS: WATCH
The Smoking Gun was just featured in the latest edition of Watch.

July 9, 2008
ABOUT DESIGN GLUT
We’ve expanded the About Us area - check it out to get a better feel for who we are and what we do.

June 30, 2008
NEW PRESS: MAX
The fashion magazine Max just published a great-looking piece on Crude Black. We can't actually read it, but we're hoping they said nice things.

June 23, 2008
SMOKING GUN NECKLACE
The Smoking Gun is now available on a chain! It makes one pimped out necklace.

Make a Big Money Tree Topper and
enter for a chance to win these prizes!

How to win
bigmoney.pdf - Right click to save the template. (104KB)
Upload your photos
Browse the gallery & vote

Download the template. Scale to
the size you like.
bigmoney.pdf
(104KB)

Print out and glue to the sheet material of your choice. (Dollar sign looks backwards when mounted.)

Cut the pieces out.

Bend cone and tab together.

Bend flange on the bottom of dollar sign and push through top opening of cone.

Put your tree-topper
on a tree. Curate a sarcastic scene.

Photograph your masterpiece.

Upload your photo to our site and vote for the best in our gallery.

We designed these tree-toppers as a sign of the times. Then we thought, wouldn’t it be more fitting to give them away than to sell them? So here it is, the first DIY project from Design Glut.

But we’re not stopping there. We want to see what you’re going to do with it! We challenge you to hijack the traditional picture-perfect Christmas. We’re giving away prizes to those of you who curate a scene, photograph your masterpiece, and upload the photos
to our gallery.





The contest opens on December 1st, 2008, and closes on January 1st, 2009. Prizes will be sent out mid-January.

Photos must include the Big Money Tree Topper, in any location or context. You can make the tree-topper from any material and scale it to any size. We do HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you put it on a tree, as that's kind of the point, you know?

Individuals may only vote for each photo once. And you may only upload three photos. Don't be a cheater. Winners will be chosen by the ratings received on the website.

Design Glut reserves the right to remove any images that we deem offensive. (We're not easily offended, but you never know!) All images become property of Design Glut and may be published or reproduced if we really, really like them.

Have fun!




Thank you to to everyone who participated! Also, a big extra special thank you to the bloggers who helped to get the word out.