*thescholar
this dazzlingly simple cocktail jigger from american designer josh owen was inspired by the japanese tradition of sipping sake from the corner of a box-shaped cup.
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*NOTCOT
Cookie Monsters Green Brother... devours a computer! Gotta love some old school sesame street for a lazy saturday afternoon. Also: should this be the direction for the future of NotVideo?
*NOTCOT
Essenze - new zealand inspired design - has a gorgeous signature rocking chair by david haig
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*gringo
Great work by brazilian designer and fashion star Mauro Ramalho. Everything looks sweet and the video explanations are a cool touch. Check it out!
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*joelanders
"Avatar Machine" by Marc Owens - Mounted camera and HUD gives user a 3rd person view of himself, giving a Second Life feel to First Life. [Editor's Note: omg this is too funny. watch the video - genius!]
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*NOTCOT
I found the Design House Stockholm Carrie baskets in a store, and was even more impressed than with the incredible images of these online! Best bike/shopping basket yet. by Marie-Louise Gustaffsson.
*PatrickB
London College of Communication grad Hon Lam Li's Wall Piano turns any wall into a, err, piano
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*geeksugar
Designed by Sofie Collin & Gustav Lanberg the Carpet Alarm Clock requires a little stomping to shut it off.
*NOTCOT
NOTCOT for Aural NY : we designed the boxes and colors for their latest line of headphones... the green is my favorite... and maybe the black & white too.
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*laurasweet
The Dog Cage. A great design to replace the usual, ugly crate. Designed by Peter F. Pracilio for Design GO!
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*rosewarne
Check out this new bathroom from MANWORKS DESIGN, ispired by the killer whale!
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*tomas
The new Star Wars Mimobots- four awesome designs in 1, 2, and 4GB. [Editor's Note: we show mimobots a bit ~ but this guy's got some nice hands on pics]
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*pareas
Creative piece. Small but funny idea. Global warming action by Instituto Akatu. Miniatures of famous monuments were placed inside large aquariums scattered throughout the city, alerting for problems with global warming.
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*oO
I couldn't resist a smile after reading about these East/West Coasters in ReadyMade magazine.
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*stonehouse
Lettermade: This ongoing project, started in 1998, is aimed at documenting, appreciating, and recontextualizing our vernacular letterforms and typography.
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*oO
the ultracube is a shiny-curvy metallic piece of Frank Gehry goodness, available in silver white and black at HellenOnline.
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*Alan Eagle
The Ring - Porcelain fruit dispenser designed by Joung Myung Lee from Germany
165 HeartsThe Pixelator aims to turn those ugly, blinding video billboard ads into art. It's an unauthorized on-going video art performance collaboration with the NYC MTA, Clear Channel, and selected artists.
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*elmanco
La casa sull'albero is group of italian architects which features some well designed treehouses in his portfolio.
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*rugenius
get a sense of how huge a whale really is. check out this blue whale life sized thanks to the whale and dolphin conservation society. well spotted core77!
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*Halfcatharsis
Funny that OO wished for an Altoids phone in #3632, because I actually know a guy who made one...
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*NOTCOT
There aren't THAT many things to use your MacBook Pro ExpressCard/34 slot for - but the SiK rex - Remote Control for Apple MacBook Pro, iPod Universal Dock, Apple TV, Front Row, iPod Hi-Fi ~ is a smart idea!
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*laurasweet
Madeleine & Dudley of Amazed ltd make conceptual rugs and wall hangings that are wonderful!
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*caroliiine
A plume explodes on Jupiter's moon Io. A reminder that sometimes the greatest of design can be found in the most natural of spontaneity...
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*NOTCOT
Vday is tough to shop for... great graphic design + a little shopping advice from some damnm cute puppies over at Untangled Life will set you straight...
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*NOTCOT
Manuella's Elephants are THE perfect gift for any baby shower ~ or just for fun ~ not to mention the story behind the brand is so anti-tech, i kind of love it.
*NOTCOT
"Blogito, ergo sum" - *sigh* for all you latin lovers ~ Caroline's post at Crave is a worth the read ~ aeneid and cicero references and all. Was Cicero a proto-blogger?
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*sanam
A new line of mini luxury hotels based on japanese pod hotels and built right into the airport terminal. Branded as "Yotel" this one opens in Heathrow this spring.
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*NOTCOT
On fun sharable holiday cards - here's the latest from SPUNK UN & Max Hancock over in Singapore... the Happy Log, ask it questions, and don't try to make too much sense of the responses.
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*NOTCOT
From The String Republic comes a hot new line of designer panties and boxers... you can even design your own!
*Bann
Demeter Fragrance library offers product in scents as common as lavender and rose, to scents as off beat as play-doh and rye bread. [Editor's note - i guess snow scents might be amusing here in LA]
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*NOTCOT
To all my misplaced/at-one-time San Diegans - we all need this "Mmmm... Burritos" shirt
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*btz
Found via the b3ta.com best of the board, It's a Sanitary Owl by the talented Phillip Blackman creator of biro-art.com. Terrible pun well executed.
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*caroline
I Love Lenko - super cute Aussie line of bags, shirts, dresses, jackets and toys. Cute and happy - i love the "bad dates" shirt series. It's getting to be summer there so their winter stuff is on sale!
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*43
Had to post this other design by Ramon Middelkoop. The ASPAK was designed to prevent smokers from tossing their cigarette butts into the street.
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*NOTCOT
Oh SwissMiss, you find the funniest things! Miles Burke's Web 2.0 Color Palette, even has a zip of a Photoshop Color Palette.... now where are the paint swatches? LOVE the naming.
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*colin
Amazing traditional japanese wood block prints by english artist Charles Bartlett.
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*NOTCOT
'float' designed by todd macallen and stephanie forsythe for molo design of canada. Beautiful glass dish by the ones who brought you those floating glasses.
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*rugenius
there are def days i could used one of these. though in truth, id probably just break it.
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