ties

Gadgets

Sonic Fabric Neckties Are Actually Playable

11:40AM Sean Fallon | The music may be horrible, but if you rub a tape head over these ties you can actually hear jumbled sound collages recorded from the NYC metro system. This is possible because the ties are 50 per cent audio cassette tape. More »
Gadgets

iTie Lets You Wear Your Goodies Around Your Neck

11:00AM Andi Wang | Perhaps an attempt at thwarting thieves on the street—or thwarting boredom at work—iTie has a concealed pocket for your iPod, mp3 player, credit cards, cigarettes, money and any other items that will fit. Just watch out how much stuff you stick in there—you don’t want to accidentally commit suicide via autoerotic asphyxiation. [iTie via LikeCool] More »
Cameras

Thanko Camera Necktie Is the Stuff of Spies, Bored Office Workers

1:20AM Mark Wilson | There is absolutely no aspect of your job that necessitates the use of a spycam necktie. I’m sorry, but your work just isn’t that interesting. But that’s why Man was given imagination. More »
Design

Vintage Gaming Ties Futilely Subvert Corporate Authority

8:00AM Mark Wilson | If a red tie is considered to exude power and authority at some business lunch, then an Asteroids tie must allude to nothing less than intergalactic domination. More »
Random Stuff

Earbuds Tie Makes it Look Like You Have Headphones Around Your Neck

3:40AM Adam Frucci | But really, you don’t have any headphones around your neck at all. Get it? [Anton Repponen via Book of Joe] More »
Peripherals

Air-Conditioned Tie 2.0 From Thanko Knot Very Fabulous, Really

10:40PM Gizmodo US Edition | Those egg-heads from Thanko have spent the best part of a year banging their large, domed cerebelli together, tackling what is without doubt the biggest question that the human race faces this millennium: how to upgrade their air-conditioned tie. And this is what they came up with—hiding the fan grille behind the fabric. Let us stop on this Friday morning (day, slow, news, a, it’s, yeah. Now make a sentence out of that) and consider the evidence: More »
Gadgets

Hands-Free Bolo Tie Lets You Chat, Be a Crazy Texan

9:30AM Jason Chen | If you’re going to wear one of those wired handsfree headsets for your phone, why not go all out and make it a fashion accessory? This Hands-free Tie does just that, with an embedded mic on the “tie” part and convenient gestures for you to answer your phone. We say “convenient”, but they’re actually kind of awkward, what with pulling up or down being accepting or declining the call and swinging the tie left or right to adjust the volume. It’s a good idea in theory, but kinda screws up those Rodney Dangerfield comedic/nervous tie adjustments we enjoy doing at parties. [Yanko Design] More »