According to UNICEF 5000 children die per day from unsafe water. Watercone takes salt or brackish water and produces up to 1.6 liters of fresh water per day, enough fresh water for a child.
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Digital illustrator, Maciej Hajnrich, better known as Valp in the online design community, previews new work.
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I can't imagine the patience that goes into these fabric coated tack sets by Alli Coate
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Forbe's top 10 list in pictures of the World's Best First Class experiences
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Cima Ladder by Sergio Mahler and George Papadogiannis
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On impressive ROI - hugh grant bought the warhol liz taylor 6 years ago for $3.5 mill... and is to be sold again, this time by Christie's in New York in November, with an estimate of $25 million to $35 million
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To coincide with the 20th anniversary of Andy Warhol's death, the National Gallery of Scotland has a huge exhibition on and soup canned the columns - see the great slideshow
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For ICON magazines 50th issue - they have 50 manifestos from 50 of the most influential architects and designers of our time.
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FEATUREDFor those too lazy - or nosy - see my picks from the IKEA catalog that jumped out
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Furniture design applying the traditional techniques of japanese parquetry. So nice. Tone collection by Leif.designpark
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FEATUREDFrom cardboard tubes and mirrors as a kid.... to iPhone Video Chat (as well as for your laptops)! Periscopes have come a long way.
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If you've ever needed a wrench and a fork at the same, and to be honest who hasn't; then these are for you. "It's dinnerware with real flair!" - by Northern Tool and Equipment
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Friedemann crafts sculptural vessels, bowls, and translucent lampshades. His turning technique is complex and time-consuming, resulting in stunning one-of-a-kind pieces as well as small series objects.
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The Director's Bureau Special Projects Idea Generator - just push the buttons, watch the wheels spin, and *poof* a gorgeous new crazy idea mashup
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iWood - handcrafted wooden cases for iPhone, from the company that brought you wooden ipod cases
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Cardboard pets, table, shelves and more from D-Torso in Japan.
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German usband and wife design team, Quickhoney previews work at, and is interviewed by, Format.
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The Paper Alarm Clock: once you're done, just scrunch it up and toss it
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Protect those easy to loose SD memory cards by letting this chap eat them - thus keeping them safe, clean and dust free whilst out and about.
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eyl and green's aperture, a facade installation with interactive and narrative displaying modes, creates new imagery as well as a new channel for communication between inside and outside
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This summer, The Royal Parks Foundation, the charity for London's eight Royal Parks, celebrates a new collection of Deckchair Dreams and boasts a host of contributing artists.
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What's Bubbling Up - A charming promotional site by KSVC for Unicel featuring user created messages.
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A cute little paper robot you can print out and assemble
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"Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree" t-shirt by Graphicairlines for Apple lovers
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In today's society, we're conditioned to get the most food while spending less. Bulk buy comes to mind. Borrowing on that dichotomy, what if you paying more meant getting less.
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Finally! A Digital Pencil for touchpads - "Made from a super special space age silicone material that exactly mimics the electrical resistance and supplety of a human finger" (esp for people with long nails and iphones?) SUCK UK
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FEATUREDNew colorful silicon goodies for your kitchen ~ mini Food Loops - Poach Pods! - Food Loop Lace - magnetic Cook Hook - as well as Drizzle Stick and Tender Press
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Mini arcade cabinets for your Sony PSP portable, courtesy of Suck UK.
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Habitrail OVO Pad - it's like a little space pod for hamsters.
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The fish light. designed by j.parker 2005 for Esque in blue+white, round or square 24"to 28"
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SpokePOV is an easy-to-make electronic kit toy containing all the parts necessary to build your own bicycle LED light show.
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FEATUREDSony Bravia "Color like no other" - the third (after the bouncy balls in SF and the pain in Glasgow) are Play Doh Bunnies all over NY!
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Beautiful Graffiti Jewellery by LauraUno a.k.a. Laura Bezant
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Eco-friendly wind-up radio with AM/FM radio, flashlight, and a light cap to create a soft bright nightlight.
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Retro looking record player plays vinyl records, CDs, AM/FM radio and music from your iPod. It can also record to MP3 format.
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FEATUREDIWG introduces CUBS! Complete with sharp stick, marshmallow, and human eyeball.
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Fuzzwich is an intuitive online animator. Watch and create short animations all in the same interface. Brilliant.
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i humbly present this truly glorious azalea wood chair, new from wisteria!
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The MyFountain is a completely automated electronic bartender. It can crank out beer, wine, pop or mixed drinks with the push of a button.
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FEATUREDKasil's fashion hybrid is part Scarf and part Hoodie.... introducing the SCOODIE, complete with pocket for whatever you choose to stash in it.
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Kids, its Friday early evening... head home before you end up looking like Frank Cho's Monkey Boy!
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Graffiti legend MARE 139 was commissioned to make this G-Unit award for rapper 50 Cent. Known for his "wild style" sculptures, he used the G-Unit 'G' and polished it off with his trademark "graff arrows."
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I just received this media kit for a new beautiful Los Angeles based magazine called GLITTERATI. The cover was shot by Tony Duran
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This beautiful, strictly limited edition Audi Auto Union Scale Replica Pedal Car is crafted from over 900 components and even has leather upholstery.
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Foosballl Coffee Table. Manufactured from Solid Oak with a Stainless Steel frame and a glass top to protect the mirrored football pitch underneath.Designed and handcrafted by Howard Bushell
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Here's a preview of "Sink or Swim," a new exhibit by Jeremy Fish, who's exhibiting at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco.
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This is a CONCEPT music player that can play both mp3s and cds. Definitely a very cool idea. by Yong-Seong Kim
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"Are you tough enough to tear this page" asks an ad in Maxim for "The Condemned," starring Stone Cold Steve Austin... funny video of the AdAge editors actually trying to tear it...
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China's iClone: Cellphones, microchips, cars, even iPhones; there's virtually no high-tech Western product that China's cloners can't copy.
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Exhibition Room at Jinhua Architecture Park in China, by mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao featured at Plataforma Arquitectura.
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Birds In Flight by Alena Hennessey are large beautiful sculptures (the wingspan is 17" across) and available in 4 colors. From $180-$210 USD
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Five to Nine drops its fourth issue! Dubbed Oui ou Non, issue four explores the world of black and white, a place that isn't so much about a lack of colour, but one of opposites.
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This Rainbow Stone bounces colored LEDs off of a curved mirror to produce an indoor rainbow.
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Designer Ferrucio Laviani's Toobe lamps for Kartell use a simple acrylic tube and a splash of color to add drama to any space.
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The black glassware Ensalada designed by Mint looks incredible. Perfect for entertaining in style.
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Company site for "Buy n Large", a fictional robotics company featured in Pixar's upcoming movie "Wall-E". Nice way to kill time.
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Shawnimals is making the wee ninja and pocket ninja even tinier with the upcoming NINJA TOWN blind boxed micro plush with loops for hanging from phones, bags, etc.
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FEATUREDYou're never too old for legos. And when all else fails, they are guaranteed to inspire you... here are some lego star wars magnets (with some tetris magnets) ~ a $1.50 duplo dragon... and some lego divers and angler with glow fangs.
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FEATUREDJoom's Animal inspired furniture... from cow shaped shelving to animirrors to this awesome Springbuck
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Sure there's twittervision, and thisnext's ThisWorld... but 3D Flickrvision is sucking away my day... for you international voyeurs, this is really fun
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The Chromatone 312 synthesizer has 312 individual keys, arranged in a cryptic pattern that's supposed to make it easier to play than a traditional keyboard. Yeah, right, easier.
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The Italian Rise CD player is made in a very limited edition and comes in three aluminum briefcases.
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IMAN MALEKI is an Iranian painter. No doubt that he is a genius!
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Brazilian native Doug Alves updates Nacionale with some fresh style.
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A cool and incredibly thin fold able chair - Gebruder Thonet Vienna launched the ISIS Chair by Jake Phipps at the Milan Salone
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FEATUREDAdam Gault's Lantern Fish short film is breathtakingly creepy yet mesmerizing
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Germany's Metaphrenie creates award-winning designs for Al Jazeera Sports ~ love the electric look of the fencing in the GentlemenSports.mov
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Joe Ledbetter fans ~ "Joy Comes to Morning" is a great animated short!!!
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Ah carlsberg and their love of the word "probably" ~ 5000 in 10 and 20 notes were dropped around London with a removable sticker - "Carlsberg don't do litter. But if they did it would probably be the best litter in the world"
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Here's the Japanese pop culture-inspired cover art for Kanye West's new album, Graduation, being released on September 11th. [Editor's Note: Murakami!]
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the 2007 luxury fabric collection from italy's rubelli is richly decadent!
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Because one slice of toast is never enough. Or you have five friends. Radical Six Part Toaster Concept by Matt Gossington
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CODE: REN
PROJECT: people's building Shanghai
TYPE: Hotel + Conference center
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Erik Natzke is an interactive designer who is constantly trying to blur the lines between design and technology.
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Create your own lampshade with LeKlint ! Just change the innershade and a new lamp is born.
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FM radio shaped like a donut. Available in black, white and red.
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Iran unveils huge rug intended for the floor of a new mosque in the UAE. This colossal carpet wieghs 38 tonnes, and contains over 2.2 billion knots!
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Check out this set of six traditional Russian dolls specifically designed for computer geeks and IT nerds. Art Lebdev's Matryoshkus
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innovative Easymap from german designer Dewa Bleisinger resists folding damage, is weatherproof and remains readable, even when worn as a scarf all day!
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Bang & Olufsen's BeoLab 3 series speakers will blow your mind, your ears and probably your wallet too.
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FEATUREDLove Luggage Joint collection has got a great skull graphic
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Complex.com interviews the punk rock all-father of vinyl toy design and creator of the infamous smoking labbits: Frank Kozik. Read up on what he's done and more importantly, what's next.
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use these pouf cushions from missoni to perk up your tired house decor... and your feet!
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Space shuttle endeavor launches at 3:36 to day. watch it live on nasa tv
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Design by Peppi ~ gorgeous illustrations by Niki Fisher
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To celebrate child day in Argentina, the ad agency Icolic, created a treasure hunt that uses google's satelite pictures!
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The animation on the new Chemical Brothers "The Salmon Dance" video is incredible ~ "With a cast of 320 hand-animated fish friends, the video is the latest collab between Dom & Nic and Framestore CFC."
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My Dead Pony - Raphael is a very amazing artist from Belgium. one of the best guys around for some years now featured in a lot of magazines. check him out his style is off the walls
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Check out this teaser trailer for a documentary on GHOST, one of the most prolific graffiti writers in NYC history. The normally reclusive bomber talks openly about painting trains back in the day.
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Useless Tools from Arturan. The Useless Hammer's handle is handcrafted from old wood and its head is one piece of double forged steel. Each is slightly different, all are guaranteed useless. Price: $150.00
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Really cool illusions created by using books or magazines. Some of these are pretty awesome.
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Fluid City - This is the collaborative performance by OHP(OverHeadProjector) and liquid to express microbes which resemble the life floating in the natural law.
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Annie Sessler, from the East End of Long Island, makes fish prints- impressions of sea life, mostly on vintage textiles, for which she uses fish themselves like rubber stamps or wood blocks.
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ok, i almost fell over when i saw this one. a piss screen. control a video game with your pee...an attempt to encourage potential drunk drivers to get a cab.
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Coolhunter found this little gem in Jingumae in Tokyo. the little live in studio, salon is gorgeous!
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A quick post from Siggraph 2007, featuring RAYMOND, my absolute favorite short from the Electronic Theater. By BIF and THE MILL
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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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Nokia Prism Collection 7900 and 7500 - simple beauty ~ i like the blue one!
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Wall Spankers - The One-Year Anniversary Issue. Over 350 free DIY stickers from 100 international artists.
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Genius watch makers Nooka teem up with Paper Toy guru Shin Tanaka... get printing!
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adorable needle-work critters - Little cat designs
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San Francisco's video game-themed hotel, Hotel Tomo - VIDEO! It features an eye-catching Japanese Pop theme, beautiful murals, iPod docks, projection TVs, free wifi and Fatboys. [Editor's Note: My mom stayed here a few months back and loved it]
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FEATUREDMmmm loving the reusable packaging and label design of these Sauces 'n Love.... oh and the sauce is absolutely delicious as well.
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What the new Aluminum and Glass iMacs REALLY look like.
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FEATUREDArt meets fashion ~ Paul Smith and Catalina Estrada collaborate on a collection for Japan.
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Crazy super sleek white (or black) cube like container for wiimotes and nunchucks by brando... complete with spring action... too bad no charging.
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Recently bought a "new" supersoaker and it SUCKS. Miss the design of these old ones... check out this great history of water guns by DesignBoom
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Stardust has redesigned their site. Also, they have a pretty slamdance Summer 2007 reel.
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Cover of the Keynote Apple. Fresh new iMac design. The 24-inch display is just gorgeous.
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The Nike Run Hit Remix at LA Memorial Coliseum Sept 15 - Run through the streets of LA, with delightful live performances by Naughty by Nature, Sir Mix A Lot, The Sugarhill Gang, Dawn Robinson of En Vogue, and a Finish line concert by MC Hammer.
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...cool jewelery from Kuukoru ("Moon jewelry") a goldsmith company located in Tuusula, Finland.
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When is a regular stainless steel watch not a stainless steel watch? When it's a retro LED watch.
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Street artist Judith Supine went really big this weekend and hung this 50ft. signature piece off the side of the Manhattan Bridge in NYC.
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Dirtty Bones makes hip-hop accessories, including grills and camo suits, for pitbulls.
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Tired of normal animals? Make your own with Custom Creature Taxidermy
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#5524
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Quick Cup - Anybody fancy a brew? Turn temperate tap water a scorching ninety degrees celsius in just three seconds with this 'kettle killer'! Great time and energy saving concept from Tefal.
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Bush & Rinse Toothbrush Creates Mini Water Fountain
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Ballpoint pen vase available from Design Boom
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Award winning manga artist Joanna Zhou has created this collection of 6 dolls for Momiji. Available from October from firebox.com and Topshop Oxford Circus. Each doll is packaged in its own gorgeous tin.
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Interesting concept/design at The Funded ~ a social ratings site on Venture Capital Firms.
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scottish designer david taylor now resides in sweden and bring us this starkly beautiful glasgow table lamp.
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Love this wall sticker from A Better Tomorrow
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WEEDS ~ is finally back for its third season (you can preview the first episode on sho.com free) ~ and LAist has a great interview with its creator, Jenji Kohan. Also they have a bunch of the gorgeous brilliant intro videos.
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THE OTHER MINI. MINI clubman has just been announced [Editor's Note: its so not very mini]
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The Fly Fusion Pentop allows you to transfer your notes and doodles to your PC and acts as a homework helper and MP3 player. Not mac compatible.
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Present Planner - A cool idea seems to be brewing here for a universal gift registry. Love the design and AJAX form.
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Knit and crochet activists all around the world have made this 14 foot nike logo to delivery to the chairman of nike as a statement related to their labor policies.
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#5512
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Go Media releases Set 7 of their Vector Pack Series. Some really good stuff in here.
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Theo Gato - Awesome bags from the young German designer, Laphan Fan who is currently living in Hong Kong.
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#5510
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Apple's iPhone gets a Microsoft Xbox 360 makeover. Something just seems wrong about the whole idea.
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It's about creation, it's about fun. Come check out the mind blowing work of Chad Gardner, an interesting collage of design and photography
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#5508
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Designed by josh owen, the unbook bank/bookend , made of polyethylene. 2.4" x 8.4" x 10.8" and now available in colors: light blue, white, grey, orange, red, green and yellow
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Unboxing of the new O2 Cocoon. [Editor's Note: ooooh the box is gorgeous. i want one!]
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Valeri Belin's Mannequin-style photos of people are amazing. Hard to believe they aren't actual mannequins! Black and White and color, check them out...
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Love these key copies made in glass (no idea if they could open locks) ~ Sans Titre, by Taysir Batniji
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Mensa Karlsruhe is an elastic space, that sits in the center of the Karlsruhe University Campus.
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John Kennedy Magic presents the Animated Cigarette. This makes me laugh hard everythime I watch it.
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Found Tobias Wistisen's silver mini shrunken heads on cool hunting and had to post. After all, I do work next to a rather famous collection of shrunken heads!
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