Crypton tote really holds water – Italian mineral water, that is

There are so many reasons to carry a Crypton tote everywhere – like, you never know when you’ll stumble upon a  farmer’s market with amazing spring-fresh produce and need something stylish to carry it in. But a new reason arose just the other day as I was having a breakfast meeting at Madison Avenue’s swanky Sant’Ambroeus.

I was conducting an interview with the brilliant Dr.Bob Harman, founder of Vet-Stem, the leader in stem-cell regeneration therapy for animals with arthritis. At one point in the conversation, I gesticulated a little too close to my glass of water (which was, of course, nothing less than the Italian mineral water Acqua Panna, from Tuscany).

Happily, my Crypton tote was sitting on the seat next to me, and neatly swallowed up the spill. I didn’t quite realize how much liquid one little water glass could contain until we stood up to leave. As I was preparing to put away my reporter’s notebook, I noticed the bag was heavier than before; that’s because it was literally holding water! So, not only were my clothes spared, but the restaurant’s upholstery and carpeting were too.

Once out on the street, I removed my drenched keys (thankfully, the cellular phone was on the table next to me the whole time), poured out the water, and turned the bag inside-out to dry – which it did in a matter of minutes. That’s Crypton proving its impressive moisture resistance yet again.

Posted by Julia Szabo.

Great Design Links From Randy

Each week, Randy Rubin, co-owner of Crypton, features articles or blogs that resonate with Crypton’s core goals: providing clean, beautiful design for everyday living. Everyday living means life with kids, pets, and anything else that finds a way into your home. Below are just a few thoughts and ideas we are inspired by this month.

This week’s featured link: Blue Ant Studio Blue Ant Studio:

A photography-centric blog from designer Joel Pirela that shares a wide variety of well-designed spaces and décor products. His “Flickr finder” series is particularly interesting; a regular post of found photos from Flickr that feature intriguing interior spaces.

World-renowned astrologer Susan Miller reads Crypton’s style profile

Don’t you just love astrology? We certainly do. There are so many different sources of zodiac information on the Web, each with its own particular blend of the practical and the poetic. But only one can be the best, as the saying goes, and we believe that the go-to astrologer is Susan Miller, the brilliant author and creator of Astrologyzone who is also Elle’s resident planet-reading power.

Susan is uncannily, astonishingly accurate in her forecasts, and her invaluable insights can help enormously when you’re planning important professional or personal initiations (especially when Mercury goes retrograde, as it’s getting ready to do now). But another one of Susan’s great strengths is her tremendous sense of style. Susan knows fashion and beauty, and she passed that gift on to her talented daughter Chrissie, the clothing designer whose hip label Sophomore is getting lots of buzz, and deservedly so. 

Style runs deep in the Miller family, and in Crypton’s family too. As it happens, Crypton was incorporated on January 21st, which falls under the sign of Aquarius. Did you know that everything on Earth has a zodiac sign – not just people, but cities, buildings, and works of art? It’s fun and informative to use astrology to learn more about a person, place, or thing, so when Susan shared this style profile of Aquarius, we sat up and took notice:

Individual, innovative, inventive, and interested in objective investigation into the unknown, Aquarians are hot-wired into the field of new technology and research… Even the fabrics that Aquarius rules are always the ones that are new – Lycra and Spandex, plastics, space-age materials we put on astronauts, or any and all materials that are yet to be discovered.

How appropriate that the Super Fabric, engineered to resist stains, moisture, odors, and bacteria, turns out to be… Aquarian! It’s written in the stars: the product of high technology and careful scientific research, Crypton is futuristic fabric that’s designed to perform.

Have to go now and … check out my horoscope!

Posted by Julia Szabo.

Contest: Win a Kolcraft Infant-Toddler Crib Mattress with Crypton Technology

This week, Redbook is hosting a “Sleep Clean ‘n Green” contest on their homepage. Visit the Kolcraft-Crypton giveway for a chance to take home an Infant-Toddler Crib Mattress, made by Kolcraft with Crypton Green Technology, as well as a Crypton Travel Clean kit – including Crypton’s Disinfectant & Deodorizer, the first-ever disinfectant and deodorizer product to be approved by the EPA for fabric.

Kolcrafts’ new Contours Infant-Toddler Mattress features a bamboo cover treated with Crypton Green Technology, making it earth-friendly and resistant to bacteria, odors, liquids and stains. It’s perfect for moms who want to do everything possible to ensure that their children are surrounded by clean, pure environments. Be sure to share the link with other moms in the know – there will be FIVE lucky winners on Redbook.com this week. Simply fill in your e-mail address, and you’ll be entered for a chance to win!