soap flakes
This is a brilliant brilliant idea! Soap Flakes by Nathalie Stämpfli gives you the hygienic plus side of liquid soap, where you don’t have to be touching the wet bar soap of the previous user, and the plus side of bar soaps, which are great at saving space in shipping containers instead of moving water all around the globe.
Today, most of the soap we use is liquid soap, which contains a lot of water. Block soap instead is more concentrated and therefore has some ecological benefits: You don’t transport unnecessary water around. In place of plastic bottles you can simply use paper for packaging. The solid blocks can easily be piled and allow a greater space efficiency in a truck.
arms & craft
Give anything a pair of arms and suddenly it becomes a living thing, with emotions, expressions and moods. Buy it now, at krasznai
pauline borca ss11
Fun, irrelevant and slightly crazy… Pauline Borca’s Spring Summer 2011 collection balances the right amount of craft, textures and prints to recreate the fantasy of just dressing up and having fun.
diy lace lamp
A huge balloon, some old doilies, lots of wallpaper glue and a dash of imagination gives you a beautiful lace lamp that you can say proudly you’ve made on your own! Love! via dosfamily.com
logitech’s brown box
How a plain box makes a difference.
This box never has to deal with a store shelf. It doesn’t require layers of plastic – so you can open it easily. It can use fewer materials than our retail package – which can make recycling simpler. And it would love to be recycled (where facilities exist).
It’s just one small thing we’re doing to make your experience, and the planet, a little better. your choice to buy online helps make it possible.
A brown box may not be pretty, but we think the results are beautiful.
I think so too. Thank Logitech.
real magick in theory and practise
Believed to be the most geometrically complex and aesthetically beautiful structure in mathematics, the 4_21 polytope is the algebraic form at the centre of a universal theory of everything. Originally described in the late 19th century, 4_21 models all interactions and transformations between known and postulated sub-atomic particles. It is the 21st century equivalent of the proto-scientific art of alchemy – where the transmutation of elements was the most elusive mystery of the universe. The theory is an attempt to reconcile one of the fundamental unsolved problems in physics: unify quantum physics and gravitation in hopes of ultimately explaining the fabric of the universe.
flex vaas
A perfectly flexible vase, where you can swap out the neck to suit different arrangements. Truly a vase for every occasion. by dutch design outfit Vij5.
authentics pen clip
I am a notebook hoarder. I have so many of them I can never finish using them. Yet I continuously buy more and more of them. Of all the notes books that I have ever used, the one thing I really wished I have is a pen holder! There is never a right place for them between notebooks. Finally, the Pen holder Pen Clip by Stefan Diez made for Authentics solves my problem by attaching itself to any note book and any pen or pencil. Now I can have my pen eaxactly where it needs to be, beside my notebook!
the future of starbucks
Starbucks just announced a rebranding exercise in progress here. A great evolution in my view, going the way of the Nike tick without the Nike logotype, consumers are now familiar enough with the mermaid in a circle to not have the Starbucks logotype around it. The resulting mark feels fresh and modern, yet, from the chronology of the logo, did not evolve that much away from its initial one 40 years ago.
delight in my garden
Lola Guerrera, a former student from the EFTI photography school in Madrid is in the process of creating dreamscapes of paper animals in their natural habitat. What a romantic notion.
standardarchitecture’s niyang river visitor center
Taking its cue from traditional Tibetian architectural techniques and local materials along with the bight Tibetian colours, standardarchitecture manages to modernise the Tibetian vernacular without losing its soul.
godspeed hunter hanger
A nice piece of recycled wood, part-wall sculpture, part-coat hanger from the experimental furniture makers Godspeed.
kate moross for firetrap
Kate Moross has a new collab with watch manufacturer Firetrap that is all colours and crazy graphics. ZAP!
While you are at it, check out her amazing body of work for all sorts of droolworthy clients.
meghan gerety
Meghan Gerety creates stark images of silhouetted trees on watercolour paper using only pencils. The result is something that is surprisingly photorealistic, but on closer look has the subtle beauty of handwork and lots of patience.
gridus barbecue grid
For the people in your life who cannot decide if they prefer barbecued delights or a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet. Now they don’t have to choose!
the large pocket shirt
Perfect for Chinese New Year and all the red packets that you are going to get. Buy it at thinkofthe.com
grisly gadget anatomy
Madspeitersen looks through the plastic and metal encasing our everyday electronics and peers into their insides. Objectification taken to an extreme is always a perfect starting point for amazing art.
the ghostly store
A great little store selling great little things. The Ghostly Store has a range of logo goods that are quite fun!
edits by edit
A starkly graphic set of poster curated by Edit, where each designer was asked to represent a musical genre using one shape and one type (stating the genre).
killspencer repurposed olive drab weekender
I am having some serious lust over this Killspencer bag its not funny. Too bad Christmas is over and my New Year Resolution is to start saving up. But gifts from friends, on the other hand, are perfectly acceptable.
the people’s supermarket
A great identity programme, where the simplest icon, in this case the Euroslot, is elevated to become the expressive part of a supermarket brand. Makes great sense! A 12 pound puncher makes great economical sense, instantly branding all collaterals with very little overhead, a great idea for a not for profit supermarket. Super all round work by the people at Unreal.
ziiiro
Perfect for folks where exact timing does not matter as much as style.. the ZIIIRO watch.
The ZIIIRO Gravity presents a simple and unique way of reading time. The tip of the inner swirl represents the current hour, while the outer swirl displays the minutes, with a continuous gradient movement showing the passing through time. Resting on our patent pending bracelet strap, it combines silicone and metal to form a flexible bracelet watch. This model also features an interchangeable clock body switchable with multi color straps. ZIIIRO Gravity comes in 6 colors of white, red, green, yellow, blue and magenta.
lambria zoo usb drives
Aren’t these the cutest wooden USB drives ever? Designed by Lambria and made by hand out of wood, these are surely a must for friends who still used the USB stick drive thingys. 
sleep elevations
Maia Flore manages to capture the sense of falling we all get when sleeping in the most beautiful and poetic way possible.
minimalist packaging
An interesting experiment by Antrepo4, taking everyday brands and making them visually cleaner first, and then going one step further by removing everything but the logo from the packaging. This is sure to make any brand stand out from the crazy messy shelves that exist today.
rapidprototypedshoe
Marloes Ten Bhomer created a rapid prototyped shoe that is built with two different materials to allow for each part to be replaced when it wears out. This looks really sexy, like stepping to a hard piece of acrylic and letting it envelope your feet.
urban taster 