The Nixon watch brand has become the wrist candy of choice for the trendsetters of tomorrow. Personalities like Mos Def, Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist and more done Nixon daily. Why, you ask? See for yourself. The Banks watch, as shown above, is a current GearCrave favorite. Its tough, steel band, blank face and small dial detail make it a minimalists dream. As Mr. Mos and Hawk can attest, the Nixon Banks watch is a counter culture mainstay. Throw this one around your wrist, you’re making one hell of a stylish, modern statement.

Buy: from $265

The GearCrave bookshelf has a case of serious organized confusion… We’d love one bookshelf to dedicate to our gearlust reading, inspirational magazines and books by the authors we as men absolutely must own. If we wanted the perfect skeleton for the GearCrave periodicals, the Metro Bookcase by Craig Varterian would be just the right fit. Slender, smooth and staggered, the Metro Bookcase is a black wooden design which fits your magazines, novels, fiction and non-fiction in a smart, stylish frame. Put this one next to the desk in your home office, you’ll want those must-reads within arm’s reach.

Buy: $398

“All day I dream about sneakers”, goes the phrase associated with the ADIDAS acronym. The new S2’s, designed by our friends at Porsche, are the stuff of dreams themselves. These white leather and red highlight sneaks combine retro inspiration with modern style. The Adidas performance and comfort come standard, yet you’ll be lacing these on your feet for an entirely different reason: hell, they look damn good…

Buy: $95

Founded in 2002 by three childhood friends in Copenhagen, Wood Wood has rather quietly carved out a creative middle ground between streetwear and high fashion. Wood Wood is all about American-inspired streetwear with a European casualwear sensibility. Like most street-inspired lines, it started with a few graphic tees that Magnus, Brian, and Karl shopped to stores in NYC.

Graphically, Wood Wood showcases very classical design, art-history-like in its use of simple shapes, high-contrast, and modernist color pairings. This simplicity and precision carries over to the rest of the line’s staples, namely its jackets, button-downs, and pants. The almost vigilant lack of detail and embellishment is an aesthetic that European casualwear has an exceptional affinity for. A.P.C. definitely comes to mind, in that regard. But, while A.P.C.’s simplicity translates to a coy, french schoolboy look, Wood Wood uses it’s clean lines and crisp fit to infuse its collections (men’s and women’s) with a street edge that’s so intelligently understated it makes other brands look too twee, too clownish, or too melodramatic by comparison. In that respect, Wood Wood is much like Kim Jones, particularly with its relaxed silhouettes, simple and breathable fabrics, and deft juxtaposition of muted and electric colors.

Continue reading, GearCravers, for a full look review and more detail on Wood Wood, a fashion forward mashup of Euro casual wear and American street.

For those of you who are new to the site, we’re close to celebrating our one year anniversary. To honor our past, we’ll be sharing with you a favorite post from our archives every Wednesday in a “Wednesday Throwback” piece. Today’s feature– the Inhabit Wall Flats. On August 21st, we introduced the Inhabit Wall Flats as available on Design Public. Truly wallpaper 2.0, the Inhabit Wall Flats are three dimensional bamboo paper wall pieces that are attached with peel-and-stick adhesives. these wall flats provide a new sense of dimension to any room, and are available on the cheap. For $84, you receive 10 panels which cover 22.5 square feet of wall space. Shown above are the “braille” and “seesaw” versions, the latter being our favorite.

Buy: $84

Scattered across the American landscape in the happiest of places, the photobooth has an interesting place in our culture. Where Americans play, drink, smile and flirt, the photobooth is there. From carnivals to pubs to vacation hotspots, a photobooth is waiting to capture our happiness and store it on a row of black-and-white film. Author Nakki Goranin documented this American cultural phenomenon with a history of the photobooth and a stunning collection of classic photobooth pictures. “American Photobooth” is a brilliant expose on this phenomenon– and how you may never be able to pass another photobooth again without stepping inside…

Buy: $29.70

Would you believe us if we told you there was a way to never forget a picture, a business contact, a web page or even a hand written note? Our friends at Evernote are making this a real possibility. Evernote provides its users with a way to capture, save and index a piece of information in almost any environment. Using the web, your mobile phone or even a digital camera, Evernote users can capture a piece of data and store it forever in their personal Evernote account.

The phrase “piece of data” sounds a little ugly, so we’ll romanticize this just a bit. That brainy beauty from the bar who passed you her number on a cocktail napkin? Snap a picture of it with your cell phone, Evernote will store it, automatically recognize her name and number and index them in your account. The next morning you can search her by name and Evernote will pull up the photo. We recommend waiting at least two days to call though ;)

Continue reading to learn more about this amazing new application, even try it yourself– Evernote is giving away 100 free Beta invites to GearCrave readers. Leave a comment we will send one your way!  EDIT:  Several people have left comments without using an email address in the contact information, we cannot send you an invite without an email address…:)

You’re seeing it for the first time today, GearCravers.  This morning in Maranello, Italy, Ferrari revealed their 2009 California GT.  Ferrari fans will recognize some of the design elements of the classic 1958 Ferrari 250 GT California in the 2009 model, albeit with design-forward character updates.  The 2009 Ferrari California is powered by 4,300cc V8 engine, slated to push this beauty to 60 from zero in less than four seconds.  In the new model, Ferrari has upgraded the luxury and comfort elements of their brand– yet without interior shots, we’ll take them at their word.  Come on, has Ferrari ever done you wrong?  More images after the break.

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Who knew that washing your hands could be an experience. Bend over this sink, you’ll likely spend your free time staring at the cracks, the topography, watching the water sink into the deep drain below. Its like your own little Lake Meade– with roughly defined canyons and blue water seeping away endlessly. Take a step back, and you’ll realize that its just a sink. This, my friends, is the beauty of modern design. A touch of nature in the strangest of places can knock you off the balance of routine faster than you can say “thank you”.

Buy: $Custom