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The frellstedt lightbench looks great both indoors and out and is available in just about every color in the rainbow.
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Scheisse is a large pendant lamp shaped like a broken bulb that creates a distinct shadow and looks like a sculpture in its environment. By Hans Bleken Rud for Northern lighting. available for pre-order now.
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These mid-century masterpieces by architects like John Lautner, William Krisel, Frank Lloyd Wright and Albert Frey are all available as vacation rentals. What a great way to 'get away'.
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The Terrorist Tea Pot by Jackie Piper is hilaious! A tea pot with evil eyes on it has a ski mask type cozy making it a menace on your table!
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Melissa of Brazil's latest collaborations including those with Zaha Hadid, Disney & The Little Prince as well as other special editions and the 2009 collection completely redefine stylish, ecological and plastic shoes.
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Now you can own an action figure of Brussels artist Wim Delvoye, the guy known for tattooing live pigs and the Cloaca machine. Limited edition.
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Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has created two collections of carpets for Colorline of the Netherlands. The World Carpets and Tartan play off of layered patterns and multiple colors. Unlike any flooring out there.
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The "Plano" series by Dutch designer Egbert-Jan Lam is a collection of flat furniture that explores the relationship between Art and Design. Not only that, but it's a great space saving device!
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It's Mondrian Madness! Everything from Nike's SB low dunks to a wall mounted fireplace, Naef blocks to Christian Louboutin's wedges. These items are all based on dutch painter Piet Mondrian's compositions in red, yellow and blue.
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The Divina sofa by Fabio Novembre for Driade incorporates the silhouette of a reclining woman on the actual piece. Tufted black leather over a stainless steel frame and stuffed with polyurethane foam.
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The coolest modern Nixie clocks on the market as well as a little background about Nixie tubes and how they work.
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Les Atelier Ruby, french makers of luxurious crash helmets , have a signature edition designed by French graffiti artist, honet. Great way to keep your brains in your skull.
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The designer of the Ball Chair, Eero Aarnio collaborated with handmade guitar manufacturer, Lottonen of finland to design the Copacabana guitar. Available in several colors, production is limited to 100.
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A radiator round up of the coolest new radiators from over 5 global companies. Heated towel racks too. Almost worth moving to a cold climate.... almost!
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The Umbuster is a combination compact umbrella with brass knuckles as the handle. Designed by Sruli Recht of Iceland, you need an actual weapons license to carry it in some countries!
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By experience designer Stephen Turbek, the Bubble Calendar is available in horizontal or vertical formats, printed on paper or thick acetate. So, go ahead, pop your way through 2009!!
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Comparing Vanity Fair's great recreation of iconic Hitchcock scenes from their March Hollywood issue with the original old movie stills.
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Scottish designer Johanna Basford is yet another amazing hand printed wallpaper designer. This is the artwork for "glow", but Insectiana, Macbeth and Crazy Botanicals are all equally fabulous.
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Orange22 Design Labs and Botanist have a new Designer series which royalties go to the charity of the Designer's Choice. Karim Rashid, Milton Glaser, Yves Behar and among the 8 designers.
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The Solarise lampshade of the London Skyline The sky is printed on a thermochromic layer that reacts to heat. Once you turn the lamp on, the shade gradually lets more light through giving the effect of the sun rising.Dimensions height 30cm, diameter 22cm
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Neoshed's latest bird feeders (inspired by their prefab sheds for people) are architecturally stunning. In addition to the feeders, they have birdhouses that are beautiful too. $250 a piece.
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Porsche design is releasing their first line of men's fragranced products this coming fall. "Essence" includes eau de toilette, aftershave lotion, aftershave balm, a hair and body shampoo and two deodorants in stick and spray form.
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The Icon A5 amphibious sport plane was just unveiled today and they are taking pre orders. It's a combination sports car, jet ski and airplane. Amazing!
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Desu Design has some beautiful outdoor furniture that incorporates rocks into the forms. This bench is called the SKEW and I think it's a stunner.
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Niclas Collen (furniture designer) & Jesper Zacco (illustrator) put their talents together to create Furniture Graphics, a line of fabulous cd and console storage decorated with the 'street art'.
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agnés b. is way more than just a cool lowercase French fashion label. She's a movie producer, florist, chocolatier, restaurateur, publisher, philanthropist, gallery owner and more. The whole story. Even what the 'b" stands for!
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Set 26 is freestanding letter storage furniture available in all 26 letters (and a plus sign), they come in 6 color options and are great for commercial or residential uses. Fun and functional!
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Lovegrove and Repucci have just released their follow up to their New York Delft Dinnerware with this set of London Delft Dinnerware. 5 piece porcelain place setting is 100$. And totally cool.
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Over 20 contemporary artists' versions (not parodies) of The Last Supper from Damien Hirst and David La Chapelle to Warhol and Dali. Tons of images and links and some history about the original as well.
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Coffin Couches sells sofas made from actual recycled 18 gauge steel coffins. With options in leather colors and styles, they cost $3,500.00 each. They even have a pony hide coffin couch and a Dodger Blue one!
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The Castlight by David Weeks looks like a candlestick and it is, but it's also an LED flashlight.Pick it up by it's rubberized grip, twist the handle, and you're holding a powerful LED flashlight. It can be used simultaneously for an ambient effect.
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The Naked Truth about the Marc Jacobs skin cancer awareness campaign and t-shirts. Which celebs really posed in the buff, who shot the pictures, who actually benefits and where you can buy the shirts.
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Milk Gone Bad is a series of 8 illustrated lamps by Bombo shaped like milk cartons. The light turns on to show the product’s real contents, a startling imaginary world of mold. In conjunction with AnAtomic factory.
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Shade, Sketched pieces of furniture, hand drawn by Front Design of Stockholm become 3d pieces like materialized illustrations. Great pieces, presently exhibited at SPAZIO ROSSANA ORLANDI.
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An essay on artists who paint people looking at paintings. Over 50 paintings on the subject by contemporary artists that represent different takes on the subject.
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Yet another cool piece of animal shaped furniture. This one is the Sultan Dog Stool from Ibride. Available in red or black.
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In honor of 420, here are some amazing smoking apparatuses, including the limited edition 18k gold plated narghile, bohemian crystal modern water pipes and elaborate bongs by artist Eric Doeringer.
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A new app for the iphone. Ushow is an easy to use video recorder and uploader for you iphoneophiles. And it is starting beta registration this sunday. Sign up then.
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The hand crafted leather Arista Case by Orbino for the MacBook Air is based on the same principle as the manila envelope in the intro commercial for the product. But this comes in many colors, has a silver lock and nice strap. Starts at $349. USD
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XO design has jumped on the miniature chair bandwagon with their Mini xO collection of 8 philippe starck chairs . 2 have 4 variations, the others 1. Priced cheaper then Vitra miniatures and more than Reac japan's mini chairs.
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Dekast by Michael Doyen Furniture is a new modular shelving system that is customizable with Kvadrat textiles. Produced in conjunction with TuttoBeNe, it's premiering at Milan's Furniture Fair this month.
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This year Lladro hired British design team Committee to hip up their products in their latest Re-Cyclos collection. Not yet available for purchase, it also includes new Bodo Sperlein and Jaime Hayon pieces.
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Mariana Monteagudo makes stunning ceramic dolls. More like art, they are only available through galleries. But take a look at them, wow.
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Another great twist on traditional looking toile or damask wallpaper is Dan Funderburgh's City park with it's parking meters and fire hydrant design. For flavor Paper. Available in 4 combinations.
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Art Lebedev's Defendius Door Chain lock is absolutely beautiful. But don't try making a quick and dramatic exit with it or you'll look hilarious!
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Jeannie Choe and Steve Tomlinson's latest mirror for Areaware, The Deathwish Mirror, is a great combination of a Victorian Silhouette, Kaws-like cartoon "dead eyes" and a wall mirror that doubles as art. I must have one!
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The latest in Harry Allen's Reality series is the cast resin white rollerskate to be used as a book end or doorstop. The "Roller stop" is also available in green. $105.00USD
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