The Cortina electric kettle (by Metaphys) was presented at 100% Design Tokyo Week last month.

Christina Natsuko Paulos is a traditional animator by day, but paints whimsical characters with eyes that look just like my online signature. (oO)

Fernando Brizio's Painting with Giotto, uses a ring of felt marker that slowly leak onto a porous ceramic vase, meaking each creation unique.

Since today's gift guide was all about flora, here is a weird looking Dracula orchid.Just $28

"As Long As It Lasts" tattoo parlor at Art Basel Miami hosted by Tobias Wong, Jose Lapage and Aric Chen, will have many great designs by todays most influential contemporary designers. I might suddenly need a tattoo!

Ryan Elliott Fowler investigates American landscapes, from bucolic countrysides to suburban-sprawl wastelands, in his "A Life at War" series.

Adorable red mini donut maker from Williams-Sonoma. (Yikes, looks like its sold out now!)

Although this is a kit for kids ~ i'm thinking the whole message in a bottle corked and sealed with wax would make for an awesome party invite

Super cute solar car with great packaging *charge through* case... fun stocking stuffer idea!

Mini self destruct button for your cell phone! "please leave the area within 5 seconds of pressing this button" ~ and it makes explosion noises when you press it!

Bel-Air is a plant based air filtering system designed by Mathieu Lehanneur. Great design, even if I'm sure the plants would do just as well without the little glass bubble.

Creature by Andrew Zuckerman is definitely the MUST buy coffee table book of the year... unfortunately my copy came a bit bashed up, and the cover seems to be crying green...

Gift Guide Day 20 ~ Naturally Part II! Focused on plants, goodies for your desktop gardeners, self watering pots, hydrodynamic building sets...

Diana Guerrero-Maciá. hand-sewn collage, soccer balls and well tailored ransom notes.

Christine Tarkowski. geodesic domes.

Super Deluxe Mushroom Storage Bag from Bruno Super Deluxe - functionality, sustainability and way cool design.

How do you keep your tools? Tool Box Collection by Olivier Peyricot.

In 1960, Zeha was the appointed supplier for the GDR Olympic team. After ceasing production in 1993, Zeha fell into oblivion until 2003, when two Berliners realised their dream of giving the sport shoes of their youth a new lease of life.

Ghost Candelabra in Red, Black, Clear, available at mooncruise* gallery.

Graphic designer Stephen Fowler creates at collection of zoo inspired holiday cards - gemini card co.

Fragiles is an eclectic collection of contemporary porcelain, ceramic and glass objects by a new wave of designers who are manifesting their creative visions out of fragile materials.

Nice graphics and nice price on these reusable shopping bags from Bag the Habit.

A beautiful sconce oil lamp. Cylo by Duodesign.

Frank Lloyd Wright inspired dog house from Pre-Fab-Pets.com. The perfect gift for your Modernist dog!

Gift Guide Day 21! Today its all about naturally inspired picks... focusing specifically on animals... tomorrow is flora! I think this may be my favorite day so far!

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.

When is a bag more than just a gorgeous leather expedition pack? When it's filed with chilled champagne, indestructible glasses, a compass, and a silk map... Mumm Expedition Kit

Leather Robot Keychain

Very beautiful approach a visually charged music performance! by Uva

Expand your mind! Just look at Brazilian Bruno 9Li’s mind-blowing illustrations, all done with only a marker pen!

SOMETHING TO SIT ABOUT
what can a box do if you just give it a chance

Wow, incredibly paper sculpting in this advert by Olivier Gondry for Beringer Vineyard.

Scholten & Baijings : beautiful, bold colorful blankets. I wish I had one to cuddle up to this holiday season!

Vandalism takes on a new face, literally.

Photography: Annouck Bertin
Magazine: Nylon, USA

Jack Spade designed a laptop bag exclusively for Apple that's available exclusively at Apple stores/outlets and "has got more features than Leopard."

New Zealanders - Unit Seven - has mapped the brain like a floating island, and made some pretty sweet 3d renders as well as topographic maps

'artificial bonsai tree' by jennifer chan - i want one of these... part of Droog design's presentation at Miami's Art Basel

Polanoid ~ awesome site dedicated to collecting and sorting the worlds polaroids.

Nimble Critters' Etree lamps have bendable electroluminescent "branches" that let you sculpt tree-like organic structures.

Interesting concept and illustration style for the last campaign for BMW in Germany, made by MAB Berlin.

Gift Guide Day 22~ Sponsored by Balmuda ~ some beautiful pieces to enhance your workspace's aesthetic and function!

Someone found this prehistoric piece of CG animation. What makes it notable is the fact that it also happens to be my first ever animation.

Sparkle and Spin is a playful collaboration between Ann and Paul Rand. It was originally published in 1957 by Harcourt Brace. Chronicle Books gave it a second life in 2006.