Taguchi Craft's Supper system may look like serving pieces you'd find on your dining table, but it's actually a high-end audio system.

Glue Glue Design has some great concepts to change the way we drink wine... like these crazy orange glasses... and an interesting bottle stopper...

Wow! Vassar College has created a highly detailed virtual version of the Sistine Chapel on Second Life. Fly around and enjoy an up-close and personal experience with Michelangelo's frescoes!

IKEA has some great wooden pull toys (and push toys) for under 10$ we were craving.... and while there we also took many pictures of other playful oddities we encountered... including halloween masks

Shroom Lights ~ by Jaime Salm + Katherine Wise. Adorable, sustainable, and the perfect mood lighting in clusters. Shade is made from100% wool. Frame is powder coated carbon steel

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.

Elemente Magazine ~ Canada's Alternative Design Magazine on Architecture + Design + Lifestyle + International... i even have a few blurbs i wrote in the latest issue!

The candle is burnt to the halfway point to expose a double vase into which flowers can be placed. It comes in two different shades of yellow. Candle burn time of approx. 8 hours. By Spinifex.

Daedalus & Icarus reinterpreted as lighting by Tord Boontje by Artecnica

Moore And Moore's "hotties" are luxury FAUX fur hot water bottles. The ultimate gift for the sore and crampy. From mink to artic fox and even fun colors are available.

Sub-Zero Wine ~ fun new campaign with some beautiful playful animated imagery of wine's top 4 enemies

Kratir House, by Deca Architecture, is located on the island of Antiparos in the Cyclades. Modern Aegean architectural gorgeousness at it's best. And.... it's for rent.

With over 400 12 gauge shotgun
shells, this chair truly comes Fully
Loaded. Created by Alexander Reh.

MEMENTO lamp designed by Hiroshi Yoneya and Yumi Masuko for Cassina.

So cute, this rabbit lamp from Moooi is a real musthave! Design by Front. [previously #2180]

These gorgeous rings by Ring Leader (a creation of London based graphic designer Katie Rowland)appeals to the type lover in me. Feels like having your own little letterpress on your finger since you can ink these rings and print off them!

Mauro Vecchi's analysis on optical illusions, wicked.

Monopoly is my favorite board game... and this new limited edition barnes and nobles exclusive ONYX Set is pretty sleek ~ check out the nice bank and property holders close up as well.

Hehe, the title of this book got me, and the content is awesome too. Check out "Hand Job: A Catalog of Type" by Michael Perry. All about hand-drawn typography

Christina Angliker's Peace Buttons and Fishing Knuckles change the way to see the world a tiny bit ~ changing the way you fish... and the "wounds" turned into buttons...

Ambassador Stamps from the last post ~ the UI is a bit annoying, and the quality of their images are SO fun... so check out my choice pics from their designs, and close ups of the packaging and physical stamps...

Need a Stamp. If you want something Special. You can go to this Swiss Site: Ambassador Stamps and choose from different styles. The coolest thing is the Exclusive Stamp, they make a design surprise. I will try it...

Finally a creative perfume brand! Etat Libre d'Orange wants to be anything but ordinary. With fragrances named 'Delicious Closet Queen' and 'Vraie Blonde' you can only be curious to find out what these smell like..

Motorola´s replacement for the iconic PEBL, the brand new U9. Features a sexy design, with floating cover display and touch sensitive buttons.

HP's latest celebrity endorsement with Gwen Stefani. Lots of fun things to customize, like your own Harajuku paper doll!

An amazing concrete house, cantilevering over a cliff in Portugal by Graça Correia and Roberto Ragazzi.

WIREBIRD -The suburbs afternoons were the inspiration for this lamp. Those times when everything seems to clear and simple. Designed by Javier Henriquez and Sebastian Lara.

When lit with faux tea candles, these crystal votives safely bring the beauty of fire to yacht interiors, private aircraft and other previously forbidden places. Flame imagery by photographer Corey Weiner, product design by Kamra.

cina is a product / graphic collective based in tokyo. they are showing off their 'tote' collection of paper + leather bags at tokyo designboom mart later this month.

Pet Shop Boys integrate the QR technology into their new video "Integral" to amplify the message of the song.

Eames' Hacks.... brilliant hilarious high chair and toilet seat. By The University of the Arts, Philadelphia's ID students

Haha, linkedin is down for the moment... and i got this hilarious wizard that i had to share! (if you're on linkedin feel free to add me through this link)

E-grips makes all kinds of artistic mini-jugs (climbing holds) for rock climbers. These are architecturally inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Neoshed has come out with three architecturally inspired birdhouses, this one after Richard Meier.
The other two based on their own cool sheds. be sure to see their birdfeeders too.

Wallpaper's latest online endeavor, their Retail Directoy, launches today with humble beginnings.... do love this shot of the LA Bisazza showroom

Wine Bottle USB Drive ~ "Open Cellar, gestion de cave à vin - Software that manages your wine collection perfectly and allows you to access it up even when you aren’t at home !"

All i want for xmas (from the NM Christmas book - other than the pop up book) is a 100 ft Dragon Topiary! Check out some of the other outrageous goodies as well... like Steamer Trunk Bar (they are making a comeback!)

Buzeta House, a wood beach house designed by Chilean architects Felipe Assadi and Francisca Pulido. Everything they do is absolutely gorgeous!

Pop up books are going to make a comeback ~ starting with this limited edition Neiman Marcus Pop Up

Freaky new Portable Bluetooth Speaker MBS-100 speaker from Sony Ericsson

The Uwerk timepieces are a feat of engineering with a three-headed "revolving satellite." Only 10 of these watches were ever made.

AMT's Inside Out Martini Glass is my lust worthy kitchen necessity of the moment ~ also check out some of her other glasses, rings, and bags with bags printed on them!

VanityRing, a project by Markus Kison ~ show off your status... with how many google results there are for your name? Can't you see people hacking it already?

Without saying anything about Microsoft's Deepfish ~ i just wanted to share the really nice angler logo they have

Books to Go by Rose Cobb, is a modular transportable bookcase. I love the little wheels and the handle that doubles as a book end.

Vox Amps ~ how adorable and portable are these mini amps for your guitar needs? (just plug them into the guitar, and your headphones into them)