An Ingenious Foldable Ladder: The Corner Ladder
This is one of those designs where I’m astonished that no one came up with it sooner. Designed by the Barcelona-based Company & Company design studio, the Corner Ladder is a beautifully constructed wooden ladder that easily folds into itself for slim storage. I love the rounded corners and smooth surface of the ladder sides...
Pure-Bottle: Recycling One Glass Bottle Into Three Beautiful Objects
Wine bottles are rarely repurposed creatively: at best, I see them being used as tall candleholders or flower vases, but Pure-Bottle solves the problem by recycling the bottles in a beautiful, truly useful way. Designed by Barcelona-based studio Lucirmás, each Pure-Bottle is precisely cut at two points to create a glass, a spoon, and a...
Amazing Expanding Zigzag Bookcase
The REK bookcase by Rotterdam designer Reinier de Jong is a masterpiece in minimalism and functionality– the zigzag bookcase creates a beautiful shape as it expands to accomodate more and more objects. When shut, the piece looks enigmatic and statuesque with its zigzag pattern; when open, the shelves appear complexly staggered, perfect for all sorts...
Nessie Pins: Creative Loch Ness Thumbtacks
These Nessie pins are killing me– they’re undeniably cute, and I want to own more than a couple packs! Designed by UK designer Duncan Shotton, each pack of thumbtacks inspired by the famed Scottish Loch Ness Monster comes with 6 heads, 12 body segments, and 6 tails. Even the packaging is really sweet– also, there...
Origami Boat Candles
Something simple and sweet today: these origami boat candles by Slovakian artist Roman Ficak are a playful and simple accent for home decor. They burn for 2 hours each, and of course, they float! The set comes in six colors, but I think I’d like a small fleet of each. [Via DesignEast.]
Little Red: Fairy Tale Matryoshka That Tells A Story
Taiwan-based studio Pistacchi Design created this clever wooden matryoshka, titled “Little Red,” based on the classic fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood. The crafted piece comes in three layers– Little Red Riding Hood sits inside the wolf, who is himself clad in the grandma’s cloak. Beyond the delightfulness of incorporating such a familiar children’s...
Delectable Chocolate Planets: A Delicious Look At Our Solar System
Here’s a new way to look at our solar system– imagine Mercury as a blend of mango and coconut covering rich lemon ganache. The Rihga Royal Hotel in Japan has relaunched their Chocolate Planets series, which features all of our planets (alas, Pluto, you are no more!) as confectionary delights: the entire set (including the...
Frivolous Farfelle Bowtie: Wear Your Pasta
Here’s something light-hearted to ease us back into the work week after the holidays: Japanese design studio Microworks combined two familiar shapes into one wearable object in the Farfelle Bowtie. Made from bright acrylic, the clip-on tie is an imitation of the pasta shape, for an amusing twist on men’s party attire. I love the...
Cheeseburger Wrapping Paper
Gift Couture is a potential project on Kickstarter that needs funding to start up their wrapping paper company, and their initial (demo?) creation has peaked the interest of the interwebz. After all, the internet has never been one to decline a cheeseburger, and their first set of wrapping paper features 5 designs that you can...
Little Printer: Publish Your Personalized Mini-Newspaper From Your Smartphone
All the design blogs are abuzz about this diminutive and adorable box called the Little Printer: its a tiny, compact thermal printer that connects wireless to your smartphone, so you can publish customized mini-newsletters. Better yet, while its aggregating all of the data you want, the Little Printer uses its design algorithms to lay out...
Felted Bacon Wraps: Delicious Protection For All Your Stuff
While searching for a new iPhone case, I came across these unconventional wraps: Germany-based Antje Schmitt handcrafts these felted bacon covers for all of your savory tech protection needs. Each bacon wrap bears an uncanny resemblance to everyone’s favorite breakfast food, yet retains a soft, tactile surface that looks pliable to the touch. This is...
Exquisite Gilded Cards Fit for a King: Monarch Playing Cards
These exquisitely crafted Monarch Playing Cards from Theory 11 aren’t ordinary in any sense: everything from the card’s design to the box to the weight of the paper is meant to convey royalty. The box design in particular really stands out, with snakes entwining themselves around a branched sword in embossed gold foil; around the...
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