2007 June 03 | Trend Squad

Lost & Found Sound Tag – Talking Luggage ID

Lost & Found Sound Tag (Image courtesy Taylor Gifts)

As far as I’m concerned the Lost & Found Sound Tag is a solution to a problem that already has one. It’s basically a high-tech luggage tag that allows you to record a twenty second message of important info like your name, phone number and anything else you think might help get your bags returned if they go missing.

But as someone who will always choose the high-tech route even I think a standard luggage tag is a far better solution. There’s no batteries to die, no electronics to malfunction and they’re far more likely to survive the ‘TLC’ of an overworked, underpaid baggage handler. And even with a single red button interface I guarantee there will be people with no idea how to make it play back your message. On the plus side though the large yellow cross design will probably stand out on the luggage carousel. That is of course if the tag wasn’t removed before the flight for being a suspicious looking device.

It’s currently available from Taylor Gifts for $14.98.

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Written by Trend Spotter on June 3, 2007 | No Comments

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Meet Nathan Sawaya: The Professional LEGO Artist

We were so enthralled with Lindsb’s pictures from LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya’s recent exhibit, that we had to learn more about him. At the age of 30, Nathan quit his day job of being an attorney and decided to turn his attention to sculpting LEGO full-time. Three years later, Coolest Gadgets notes how Sawaya’s Manhattan studio is now covered with plastic boxes full of LEGO bricks and LEGO creations including huge celeb portraits (like this Lindsay Lohan one) as well as various animals, flower arrangements, gadgets, still objects, the Statue of Liberty and many many more unique sculptures.

When CNN interviewed Sawaya, this is what he had to say about making the switch from attorney to LEGO artist: “I worked with great people at the law firm, but my passion was always for my art. As more and more people were commissioning pieces and collecting my artwork, it became clear to me that I should focus on my art full time.”