“Photographer Daniele Tamagni’s new book Gentlemen of Bacongo captures the fascinating subculture of the Congo in which men (and a few women) dress in designer and handmade suits and other luxury items. The movement, called Le Sape, combines French styles from their colonial roots and the individual’s (often flamboyant) style. Le Sapeurs, as they’re called, wear pink suits and D&G belts while living in the slums of this coastal African region.”

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Tasking leading interface designers including Scott Thomas, Pentagram and NYTimes.com with re-imagining one of the Internet’s oldest stalwarts, Wired’s latest in their Extreme Makeover series is a telling exercise on the state of design online today.

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The smart new iPhone application from Panelfly fills the digital void for comic book fans with a mobile platform for purchasing, storing and viewing comics.

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As Twitter continues its indefatigable march towards digital brevity by limiting us to a scant 140 characters per dispatch, a parody website developer invites us to try something else entirely with their 1,400 character minimum version called Woofer.

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Steadily gaining notoriety for their office-to-skate-park kicks, Ipath has ramped up their Spring 2010 collection by expanding their line of classic eco-friendly shoes.

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An unsuspecting tearjerker, the upcoming documentary, “More Than A Game” explores the days before LeBron James became King James and was instead simply a kid in Akron, Ohio, in love with the game of basketball.

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While preparing for his first ever solo show in Hong Kong recently, authorities arrested French graffiti artist and notorious logo destroyer Zevs after he painted a “liquidated” Chanel logo atop the flagship Giorgio Armani store to “reflect the war of brands.”

Born and raised in Mexico City Carlos Alvarez Montero now lives and works as a photographer in New York and Mexico City. His work focuses on the relationship between appearance and the creation of identity.

Turning iPhones into on-the-go movie theaters and presentation tools, PhoneSuit’s MiLi Pro combines the power of their MiLi Battery Pack with an LCOS, LED micro video projector, allowing for ultimate viewing fun.

The rechargeable MiLi Pro—available September 2009—will feature quality built-in speakers, a mini-USB cable for syncing the device and the capability to display 640×480 high resolution images on any surface up to 40 inches large.

True to form, 3.1 Philip Lim’s latest two styles of kicks make understated updates to classic profiles, done in pitch-perfect colorways and luxe materials.