IN TRANSIT: AMSTERDAM -- On my free Saturday in Amsterdam, I made sure to pop into both Frozen Fountain and Droog Design. It's safe to they're the pre-eminent (or maybe just the most famous) of the city's haute interiors stores, with Frozen Fountain the more conventionally edited of the two. (Why it wastes space carrying Vitra reissues of the Eames lounge is beyond me.) The confederacy of designers behind Droog are more akin to performance artists -- how else to explain beautiful impracticalities like the individuals drawers belted together into an ad hoc cabinet, or the cigar box blown up into the size of a wardrobe?

In addition to the products -- which comprised a sort of "best of Droog" collection upon my visit -- is a rotating exhibition of even more outlandish products. Osman Kahn's "Play With Food" combined your typical tabletop with motion detectors and color projection to create a table that splayed color across the tabletop depending on what was sitting there. Stationary objects -- like a plate, or a lime -- produced long bands of pixels running the length of the table. The effect was hypnotic in person, although I have a difficult time imaging anyone installing project equipment in the dining room.

If you're looking for a piece of Droog on a budget, I'd personally recommend the roll of tape imprinted with the border of a picture frame. It's perfect for adding a touch of class to your nephew's dorm room "Reservoir Dogs" poster, or the like.

Read more of Greg Lindsay's travel blog, IN TRANSIT.