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Strange…there is something about this centipede-like couch that I find rather amusing and quite appealing! And this is me who gets shivers at the thought of an actual centipede. Hmm…

Via Josh Spear.

If there was ever a more fun way to make an oxymoron come to life, this will be it! I am loving the “Toon Town” style sculpture aspect of these robots. Now eagerly awaiting the videos that show how they move! See more of them here!

Like the koi. Love the simple animation.

Via Vimeo.

Fantastic!

Via Adverblog.

See it in pictures.

There you go! Completely legal.

Old covers of architecture magazines which always happen to look really new and modern. Great resource for any designer.

See more here.

I would give it a go. How very back-to-earth-ish.

Via ReubenMiller.

Part brand speak and part commentary on the financial doldrums that we are in. Coming from no one else but Wolff Olins. Did I happen to mention that I love their cutting edge work for their serious, corporate clients? Read it here.

A beautiful day by day look at the changing/disappearing shop fronts of the independent stores of London.

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Always grappling with how best to sort my rubbish without resorting to big boxes beside the  kitchen sink, Constance Guisset comes up with an elegant and effective solution for the designer recycler in all of us.

See more of the other amazing products here!

Actually, it’s not so much the chair I love or that Britain’s Royal Mail has issued a set of ten beautiful stamps. It is the fact that I find the name Robin Day simply lovely! Now don’t get me wrong, the Polypropylene Chair is a wonderful piece of functional design and the stamps do portray some of my favorite British Design Classics, there is just no getting away from the iconic London Underground Map and the sweet Mini!

See them here.

I’m not a big fan of coat hangers, but these are an absolute joy! Too bad you can’t move them up and down like a real joystick though, now that would be fun!

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Customize your own watch face. How cool is that!

Via MoCo LoCo.

See more here and here.

A beautiful set of cupboards based on the iconic shipping containers. Strong and industrial. Just the way I like my cupboards!

See more here.

See it here!

Simply Stunning!

A beautiful pictorial representation of a very heavy and easily dull subject.

Read more here.

If I were to wear make-up (which I do not already do contrary to public belief), this will be the only one that I will use!

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So simple, so divine.

Via Core77.

wahahaha! I SO would.

Do it here!

:)

Via SwissMiss.

The annual Pentagram greeting card delves this year into the mystry of numbers. Where it comes from and how it was interpreted through the different civilizations. An intriging look at something most of us take for granted.

See the card here.

Looking forward into 2009, I cannot help but look backwards at these beautiful scans of the Apollo 8 Mission Press Release.

See more here.