These are porcelain vases made exquisitely to look like supple leather. Imagine how unusual with flowers in them. Leather Vase $295.oo a piece.
Designer: Madieke Fleuren

Armrevolution is a new London based luxury men's brand of Arm Architecture (cufflinks). Made of the finest japanese steel, they have six designs, that are stunning with package design and a site to match!

Zune Arts has some of the best animated films and accompanying music I've seen in a long time. And all are downloadable along with wallpapers and icons.

Art Lebedev studio always has fabulous wallpapers in various resolutions incorporating their bar code. This one is perfect for today! New Champagnes By Den Poddubny. Happy New Year NOTCOT!

Matteo Thun's Pluviae : The shower head at the end of the shower curtain rail.......simple and ingenious.

These Book "shelves" are wall mounted picture frames. 3 different styles, all beautiful. Produced by Presse Citron and designed by Clotilde de GRAVE and Didier CHAUDANSON. size: 40x32x8.5cm

Vivid Audio will unveil this new bizarre shaped loudspeaker sound sytem, the G1 GIYA at next week's CES in Las Vegas. Suggested price? A measly $54,000. USD.

The Nimbus Cloud suspension light comes in blue or white and would not only look adorable in a child's room, but think of many of them hanging at different heights from a high ceiling! Propylene.

The Powerblock is a modern sculptural hidden powerstrip or recharging station. It kinda looks like a mouse made a Geodesic dome for his entrance.. Designed by Jérôme LOPÉ & Johann AUMAITRE

Joshua Ben Longo's cuddly but curious creations are a must-see. With felt wool monster rugs , furry monsters that have anatomically correct bums & more. The above pic is of the Longoland booth at Brooklyn Design 07

Possible futures include:* Professional Bowler * Flamenco Dancer* Donut Tycoon*Monkey Wrangler* Romance Novelist* Dog Show Judge * Criminal Mastermind* Mafia Accountant *

E. V. Day’s ‘‘Mummified Barbie’’ series is a wry commentary on society’s obsession with preserving female beauty. This one is $3,000 at Deitch Projects, 76 Grand Street.

Austrian ceramicist Renate Hattinger unveiled her series of porcelain hearts and brains at Blikfang 2007 in Zurich last month. In Biscuit or Gold, you can order them at www. Pureaustriandesign.com. But look at her other work as well.

Air-sickness bags were the inspiration for a series of vases and dishes designed by Hedwig Rotter and produced by mano designs of Vienna. They have air india and air thai as well.

Lavazza's 2008 calendar is here. Amazing photos by Finlay Mackay and a fabulous flash site with stories, games, behind the scenes and more.

Studio Job's newest work was unveiled at Design Miami. This table is a patinated bronze “factory”, whose four chimneys produce a “polluted cloud” of polished bronze, which becomes the open-work tabletop.

CONTURA platinum 10mm - a ring that is made from the profile of the carrier or the presenter. You submit a profile photo along with ring size to Fitzsu and we send the information to Germany to be custom made. WOW.

BeoSound 3 by Bang & Olufsen. It’s a portable radio, clock and digital music player that also integrates a single, full-range loudspeaker unit within its compact form. Powered by a rechargeable battery, there are no cables or plugs – just incredible sound.Pre-order now.

Woof Love! 12 Artists have each decorated a Magis Puppy for an auction whose partial proceeds go to Action for Singapore Dogs. Auction ends January 6th and you can download bids forms here.

Share the love. Decorate your pipparkaka and send your best images to us at bilder@pipparkakan.se. The most lustful and funny cookies will be published on the web.

The Global Incident map is a live world map of suspicious and terrorist related activity. It has so much scary information, you'll hardly want to leave your home!

These new Tea Code cups by Gazin Create have a silicone button -available in three colors-- to which to attach your tea bag. The mugs are double walled too, keeping the tea hot and not your hands.

Called SOUND, Visionaire 53 has five 12 inch vinyl picture discs packaged inside a dome case. Each issue includes a MINI clubman vinyl killer record player: A battery operated toy car that acts as a portable record player. 4,000 made.

Magnetique is any cupboard you want it to be. Designed by Swen Krause, it's a magnetic sheet mounted on the wall and you can choose from various magnetic boxes to put on it, so there is a new shelf everytime you change it.

Who knew Cartier was so hip? They've launched their newest watch, the Ballon Bleu, with comic strips, movies and art by different artists. Very cool and the watch is stunning as well!

Sitting Comfortably? wallpaper by mini moderns can be enjoyed alone or colored in like an adult coloring book. With nice line art, it even includes the Eames Elephant Chair!

Yet another beautiful radiator. This one is by Scirocco of Italy and is called The Screen. Stainless steel or a choice of colors. Too bad it's so warm in Los Angeles!

Theo is a modern piggy bank in several different editions designed by Morphorm's Martin Schatz, in cooperation with Lee Kmji. Theo is produced in Thuringia by Wallendorfer Porzellanmanufaktur. Check 'em out!

the Anglepoise® Fifty™, designed by Anthony Dickens is a polycarbonate lamp in a fixed position to perfectly light the work space whilst creating an ambient work environment. Available Nov. in clear, red and orange.

Veuve Clicquot & Porsche Design have launched the "Vertical Limit", a handmade stainless steel cabinet that houses 12 vintages of champagne. Each compartment is lit and 1temperature maintained. Only 15 made. $70k!!

Designer Melissa Borell's etched glass Shadow Bulbs are 5" in diameter and cost $90.00 a piece. May seem pricey, but think of what you save on not getting a shade!
They cast amazing shadows.

Designer Jeni Rodger came up with a customizable welcome mat based on the "scrabble" principle. Could have endless fun greeting your guests!

Finally someone has come out with a modern mid -century Gingerbread House. 100% edible and available with personalization. I hope they make more..

MOTORAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition. With lavish 18k gold plated accents, engraved details and a black snakeskin pattern, this exclusive edition RAZR is sharper than ever. Fancy Schmancy.

Thelermont Hupton's Blow-Up lights are beautiful blown glass sculptures of things like balloon dogs and hand grenades. All seem to be available for purchase.

The Milo is a leather and glass bathtub by designer Alessandro Lenarda and maunfactured and distributed by Gruppo Treesse of Italy. WOW.

Ross Lovegrove & Repucci have created this wonderful dinnerware set that is a Gritty New York Graffitti Version of classic Blue Delft Porcelain Dinnerware. Sold in sets.

Artist Wim Delvoye is a vegetarian who tattoos pigs in the name of art. Check out his varied artful swine.

Invicta's wood burning stoves and fireplaces are the perfect touch for any home.They have just introduced a new and more modern line.

Alfredo Häberli’s energy-saving outdoor 'SKY' LED lamps come wire-free with photovoltaic cells and rechargeable batteries or ready to connect to a traditional electronic power supply.

Recessed exterior wall light-The Walkie Talkie MATTONE by Marco Casamonti. This lighting fixture is designed to be exactly the same size as an ordinary brick. Aluminum & frosted glass.

The Landlord Hoken end table by elmar flototto is such a sweet, simple, graphic functional little table, I'd like two of them!

I almost spoke too soon. Now DFC has limited edition (only 50) terracotta tree stump stools with clear pyrex butterflies and flowers on them! $495 or as a side table for $1297.

We'll all seen ceramic stump stools but this is the first with colored hand-appliqued butterflies and flowers on it! From DFC. $580 USD

Newform's Morpho Collection of faucets are more like sculpture than hardware. Many styles for bath and kitchen and all are really unusual.

The first game from BINTH is their modern take on the classic matching game . Little works of art, featuring original designs filled with imagination, fantasy and humor.Comes in a nice wooden box.