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Note that the tele lens from Canon is not designed for cameras, but for holding water…Though everyone believes the cup fits photographers quite well, just imagine what would happen if they carelessly take it as real lens…

You think the watch is merely an amazing concept? It’s real, coming from Thomas Prescher. All its components have been hidden in the bezel except the tourbillon, which is held in the middle of space by a single metal wire. The rotating cylinders at the top separately indicate the hours and minutes. Positioned between them is a spherical, moon phase calendar. At the bottom is also an interesting calendar—days on the left and months on the right. Integrated with a horizontal swinging oscillating weight based on gravity, the calendar would show you the dates no matter which side of the watch is held up. Also note that there’re two crowns, one for winding and the other for setting the time and calendar. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Postcarden—pronounced “post(card) garden”—is a stereoscopic card that turns into a mini-sized garden when filled with seeds and watered. Of course sunlight and a little fertilizer are also needed. Created by A Studio for Design, the Postcarden is available in three types: Allotment, City or Botanical. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Obviously the designer has drawn an inspiration from the vision test chart to create this calendar. As days pass by, you’ll find it harder and harder to see the dates clearly. If you’re confident enough with your eyes, try it! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Why are these celebrities ‘frozen’? After you check out the handbooks that come along with the popsicles, you’ll know that’s because they’re really famous in Australia so that they ‘have the responsibility’ to introduce the nation’s unique humor to the whole world. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The Transforming Candle was invented as a result of the idea to utilize temperature-sensitive material. Some beautifully ornate patterns will appear on the black glass holder when the candle is lit. Simple but romantic idea. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The CD rack takes a good advantage of dinosaurs’ skeleton, enabling the users to place more pieces of CD on it. Those who love dinosaurs now have a new option.

The genius French-based architect Paul Coudamy has designed a series of wooden shoes for footwear company K-Swiss. All hand curved, these shoes have a fine workmanship and are produced in a limited edition of 25. [Read the rest of this entry...]

After lengthy years of experiments, the breeders have finally developed these rainbow roses, offering you a clever alternative to the red roses for Valentines’ Day. These colorful roses have been developed through a unique coloring process, during which the rose-branch absorbs all the different dyes as they grow. Though they are real flowers, these rainbow roses can only be purchased as cut or dried flowers, rather than a rose bush. Such flowers can be ordered by visiting the website below. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Look at my heart and you’ll know exactly about my love for you…The weirdest but most impressive gift for Valentine’s Day. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This tea set fits lovers quite well. It features several ‘couple’: the ‘couple’ spouts of the tea pot could offer tea to a couple of cups at one time; and the tea tray is also designed to hold the two matching cups. In other words, everything you see from the elegant tea set always indicates the same number ‘two’, wishing you and your girlfriend/boyfriend a sweet life. [Read the rest of this entry...]

It could be an ideal razor for those who are on a business trip frequently. The Foldable Razor mainly features a soft body that could be easily rolled up into a capsule-shaped case. Not only ensuring you a convenient shaving anywhere, this design also protects the blades from bacteria by storing it in the pill box. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The Piggy Ball is a piggy bank that features three ‘NEVER’.

A. It NEVER let any coins drop out of it, though cut with several slots all around;

B. The ball would NEVER roll away automatically, due to the weight of coins inside it.

C. You’ll NEVER get the coins again unless you hit the ball open with a hammer.

You don’t believe that? Have a try then. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Still feel excited about the movie ‘Avatar’? Well, here’s something may make you feel more excited. It is the ‘I Am Stuffed Animal’, which aims to turn your images into cute stuffed dolls. Look at the two pictures, isn’t that interesting to see another ‘you’ in the room? At least your girlfriends will be rather glad to be accompanied by so cute a ‘you’! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Leaf carving is a kind of well-known folk art from China. Just as its name implies, leaf carving is to produce an artwork by cutting and carving on the leaves without removing any leaf veins. Usually, by the time a leaf carving is accomplished, more than 60 separate operations (including tanning, trimming, soaking, carving, grinding, ironing, bleaching, etc.) have been performed on it. Right here is a collection of beautiful leaf carvings from China. Hopefully you’ll enjoy them.

More pictures after the jump. [Read the rest of this entry...]