Built NY's Wine Ratchet (following in the Magnum's footsteps)... is a lighter weight ratcheting corkscrew constructed from lightweight rubber and includes a rubberized foil knife with a stainless steel tip

Shu Uemura's Art Of Hair ~ more gorgeous packaging as seen in the unboxing... and an incredible new line of haircare reviewed!

With TV's getting so thin, i love Axel Bjurstrom's idea of putting them on an easel! 1/3 concepts developed for Panasonic, shown at the Stockholm Furniture Fair.

CB's "I Hate Perfume" perfume collection ~ with fragrances like: Just Breathe, Revelation, In the Library, Eternal Return, and more...

Vosges' Chocolate has a $375 gift set: Chocolate and the Nose: The Sensory Collection. Chocolates from 15 countries, 42 aromas, guidebook, flavor wheel, notebook, and a blindfold!

New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer got their hands on an internal Gawker/Valleywag email on post writing tips... perhaps these could be well applied to caption writing.

The adorable claymation Bravia Bunnies are back! And you can download the little movie to be a screensaver for your phone!

iPhone/iPod-ers ~ incase has a nice 2-in-1 charger ready for car AND wall sockets... a good gadget for those constantly on the go

Ok ok, we get it, manila envelopes as laptop sleeves... many have been using them for small laptops before... and now EVERYONE is making things that LOOK like them... Timbuk2 has jumped on the bandwagon too.

Ooooh the first 300 of Joey Roth's infamous Sorapot are now sold out! And he's got a sneak peek of the packaging up on his blog!

I've simultaneously fallen for the trench coats of The Lake & Stars (known for their lingerie) and the work of photographer, Tim Zaragoza... but are they as amazing separated?

FINALLY! I have my folders back. freaking useless stacks messing with my work flow. Yay! OSX 10.5.2 update is a godsend.

For anyone who has been itching to get an iconic Panton chair... 2 for 1 deal on this Verner Panton 1968 stackable chair at Modern Dose with the code "domino"

How awesome are these Moka lamps from Lamponi's Lamps ~ best use of the espresso makers, second to making espresso.

I am massively lusting after this Sony XPERIA X1 ~ even thought it runs windows mobile...

Vinyl toys reach a new level... now they truly are "adult toys" thanks to Jeremy Fish's Barry the Beaver: vibrating vinyl friend ~ in collab with Superfishal + Upper Playground, produced by Ningyoushi.

Jean Marc Gady for Moet & Chandon ~ luminous ice bucket that lights up when placed on its base... could a bottle of champagne stand out any more in dimly lit lounge?

Jimmyjane's SPIN ME ~ a naughty designer twist on the age old 'spin the bottle' ~ dare you spin it? Could be a fun gift for Valentine's Day!

"What is Art?" Surprisingly fun video of a guy in a tweed jacket wandering through Art Basel Miami talking to artists, collectors, and even random south beachers... a good one to get you thinking a bit this monday morning.

Adaptive Action Sports ~ great logo ~ and here's a really inspiring video interviewing Amy Purdy, a competitive snowboarder turned double amputee... and her incredible story - on current tv

Ford's Filling Station catered the FORDBRADY Dwell event ~ and i love their branding and use of the wood boards for menus

Angus Hutcheson makes lamps from silk worm chrysalises, and to full understand how bizarre that is up close... check out some pictures from when i saw them in person last week!

Joe Ledbetter's metal "Bummer" would be an awesome paperweight ~ particularly for all the stuff you just don't really want to get to doing.

Awesome run down of the evolution of many tech company logos - nokia, google, microsoft, firefox, canon, ibm, adobe, lg, xerox, and more

Ooooooh next year i totally want roman numeral candles on my cake! (yes i'm loving the latest collection from fred today)

Fred's Equal Measure ~ beaker/measuring cup ~ with not just cups and ozs, but also but things like 5000 droplets of water and 20,000 grains of rice marked

Who's behind all the magical fun product design that comes out of Fred? Jason Amendolara - Check out their design director's freshly launched blog

Trying something a little new ~ Roundup Maddness over at NOTCOT.com ~ with 5 of my favs from each of the sites, as well as the top 24 from each site this week. A nice little way to catch up on any you've missed?

Freshly back from Audrey Kawasaki's solo show, "Mayoi Michi", at Copro Nason

Ooooooh BLACK VIEWMASTER in the new Arkitip issue (No. 0044) ~ in collaboration with Wood Wood! Viewmaster + Art: how can anyone resist?

FORDBRADY throws Dwell Magazine a welcome to Los Angeles cocktail party ~ for an incredible transformation, see how this 1926 Chinatown Theater has become a modern loft/gallery space.

Fully customizable guitar cables! from Core One Creative ~ download the Bullet Cable pdf catalog to see the whole line

Manfrotto's modopocket tiny tripod looks nearly too good to be true ~ fold flat, can be left on your camera, tilted in various angles, you can still mount it to a proper tripod while on... i want?

CARGO's blu_ray collection ~ does this mean that blu_ray has definitely beat HD DVD? Has the beauty industry stepped in and picked sides? Makeup ready for your high-definition moments.

Lobster Chair! Designed by Lund & Paarmann for the Verikon Furniture. Loving the woody exoskeleton with cozy plush leather interior to curl up in.

Gehry's Santa Monica Place is getting a remodel! I grew up wandering this one for the last quarter century, and i can't wait for the new more inviting, open, high end space in the works.

Wirething ~ with steel and copper wires, these aren't your average guitar picks. Get a twinkling tone without the noise or clicking associated with metal picks, whether you play on classic nylon of steel strings

Us Design Studio's I Do Not Exist Workshop ~ to give kids a basic introduction to design and its importance. "My name is fridge. I do not exist. I was never designed."

Miracle Fruit aka MAGIC BERRIES! Review... i got my hands on some of these magical red berries that turn anything sour/bitter that you eat... SWEET! It's quite a bizarre experience, see the close up pictures.

Yay! Sandisk has the SD/USB cards in 8gig form now! with MSRP only at 99$ ~ available in march

Audrey Kawasaki is having her solo show "Mayoi Michi" at Copro Nason in santa monica.... opening is saturday! Who's going to meet me there?

On fun goodies Oscar Nominees are getting... Motorola went all out one some personalized packaging for the ROKR E8 for them!

You're running out of time on Valentine's day for ordering... for gorgeous playthings and lingerie here's a Myla code for 25% off until the 14th... UDVAL08

Bunny "the book of random" comic.... just loving the imagery on today's... is that an octopus in a top hat with scissors under the sea?

Ripple Chaise designed by Jitrin Jintaprecha over at ford brady (click products/chaise) ~ i can't take my eyes off of it... absolutely perfect for a courtyard corner.

I have had a recent fascination with bubble rings this week ~ and these videos, stills, explanations are great... as well as some innovative machines that make them! (but humans and dolphins can make them too)

Manfrotto's Modosteady ~ a nice hand held steadicam of sorts that is a simply designed, ergonomic system for lightweight camcorders. Check out the video