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An interesting bowl for fish, which wanna to help them go around the world, with the help of a world map!

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You know what? You’ve gotten too many bottles of wine on the rack that it finally breaks into pieces… That sounds bit of weird? Well, it’s in fact an interesting trick put forward by designer James Hopkins. Made of wood and bottles, the shelf here is no doubt the best decorations that would surprise everybody!

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White, square, square, white, why is every outlet so similar to others? Can’t they have their own personalities?  Of course they could, with the aid of these stickers. Printed on glossy vinyl, you can combine them in any number of ways to give your outlets an attractive look.

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The tide rises, the tide falls. The flower blossoms, the flower falls away. Every day on the surface of the Hudson River, you can see a series of giant Tide Flowers built around abandoned posts of long-gone piers- they blossom wilt at low tide and open fully at high tide, creating a beautiful scene that demonstrates the movements of water as well.

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What else can the belts do for you, except for tightening your trousers? London-based designer Inghua Ting offers us an interesting but really amazing answer: the old belts could decorate your table tops, walls and floors, in forms of 12- and 18-inch square belt tiles. You got this? It’s truly practical idea to recycle your used tiles.

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How could we bring a new life into our house? According to Philip Watts Design, we should firstly install the house with a spine, or more exactly a spin-shaped staircase… So what do you think?

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Can you believe simply with ordinary thread and nails we can create amazing portraits like these? Completed by Pamela Campagna and her husband Thomas Scheiderbauer, each piece took them nearly a month and inspired by their old photos. I don’t know which word could express my appreciation for their wonderful work… Really well done!

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Psalt Design must be kidding us, because the new fish bowl now brought to us is so soft that it may be slipping off the tables… Never safe for the fish! But we’re all wrong, as the bowl is actually made to be solid, with a weird corner on its bottom, which makes it quite unique among all those fish bowls with a flat bottom. Definitely I’ll get my fish such an interesting new house, if I had ever raised some fish.

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These interesting clothes are especially designed for your laptops, giving them a personalized look and thus to amaze the people around you. More surprisingly, these Laptop Body Skins would seem to be part of you when viewed rightly from the front. So which is your favorite, Bikini, T shirt, X ray, or the formal dress?

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Made of hand-blown glass in Turkey, this Fishscape Fishbowl features a unique interior that evoks the feel of a mountain range. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Need to face your books everyday? If so, why not store them on this Face Shelving system? As you place your books onto different locations of the shelf, you can create different faces that would make you smile. Just have a try. [Read the rest of this entry...]

After meals, fold these table placements into cute animals and hold an animal-themed party with your kids.

Today we’re loving this Weed Shelving, Sergey Saava’s creative work that is shaped like weed and brings into one’s living room with the nature’s fresh air. Moreover, the Weed Shelving features a unique construction that allows the users to expand the shelving to any length they may need. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Yaps these shelves look very ordinary when you view them from the front, but they’re indeed creative as you may find them sections of human face when viewing them from sides.

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Here is not a bullfight in Spain, but what you’ve seen is indeed something related to that famous event in the world. The metal napkin holder features a matador on one side and a raging bull on the other so that it will show us the bullfighting when red napkin is inserted into the holder. [Read the rest of this entry...]

I’ve heared of many people envying Chaplin’s face that can perfectly express a gamut of emotions and I’m now glad to inform them that they can become Chaplin with these emotion-enhancing glasses. So whatever emotion you want to express, just choose a proper eyewear and they will help to enhance your emotions. Cute. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Artist Kelly Lamb’s Skull Chandelier is a hanging light that comes with a special shape of a human skull. To make such a light, you first need to hang some tiny lightbulbs from the ceiling and then arrange them into the shape of a skull. Cool, and we bet the chandelier will appear to be more fantastic when it shines in the dark. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Things have gone to be different… To get a car in or out of the house located in Florida, you would have to open the whole wall rather than a door. But do not be too astonished, as the wall is in fact a really wide door decorated like a doorway. Have you noticed that? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Mirrors melting off the walls? How incredible a concept! Designed by Rikako Nagashim and Hideto Hyoudou, these new mirrors are different from conventional square or round ones, but feature a seemingly changeable shape as that of moving water. With them as decorations for your houses, we bet you’ll soon meet more applaud than you can ever imagine. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Do not take these puffy cat ears as merely ornaments or toys… as you may find they keep moving if the feeling of the person wearing them changes. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Commonly we see cartoonists use a lightbulb to present an idea or a thought rushing into the mind, but here we’ll see Solovyovdesign’s new bulbs in the same shape of your brain. They may look bit of weird, but we do hope your brains can create innovative ideas everyday just as the bulb lights up everyday. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Nothing would leave us a much deeper impression of New Zealand than this acrylic blackboard. It rightly comes in the shape of New Zealand but looks more vivid than on maps, making it quite fit for educational using. Both liquid pens and chalks can be used. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well, well, obviously you’ve got some mails… not from I New Idea or any of your buddies but from yourselves. Showcased on IFFS /AFS Singapore furniture fair 2011, this “you’ve got mail!” is an innovative shelf designed Nur Sabeela Binte Adbul Karim. With such a design, this young graduate from Lasalle College of the Arts aims to change the way we arrange our items by offering a cleverer alternative of these steel envelops. So do you love them too? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Imagine that, we now have a more interesting way to decorate our tables! When table knife, fork and spoon are joined together, they’ll definitely attract everyone’s attention and leave them a deep impression! So cool. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This particular lamp is named as the “LED Rope.” It’s designed by Christian Haas to bring light into your environment and features a fabulously cunning combination of advanced LED lights with cute textile knots. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Each of the Balloon Lights designed by Uli Budde for Veritgo Bird is composed of a built-in LED, giving out soft and warm light when in use. But what makes them really charming is the balloon shape, and that endows these lights with a cute look. [Read the rest of this entry...]

KAWS has recently launched a limited edition of 1000 sets of bulbs, all of which feature a “XX” pattern. Each set contains three bulbs in various colors, including red, purple and green. [Read the rest of this entry...]

When girls are happily enjoying various delicious snacks, the naughty boys have done something remarkable: they offered their mustaches to function as clips for the packaging bags of snacks. Well, that’s so sweet, boys! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Hi, I’m a tea bag, but bit of different from conventional ones you’ve ever met. Because I can illuminate your night! My body is made from recyclable materials and I’m endowed with the ability to absorb the sunlight during the daytime. So with me, you’ll save much energy and money, doesn’t that sound great? Just get me home and I’ll be a good companion to you. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Honestly I’ve never found a spider could be so cute before I come up with the Spider Podium. It has eight smart legs, which can bend into various shapes depending on your needs. As a result, one Spider Podium would hold different types of items, including a cellphone, a MP3 player and a watch, etc. [Read the rest of this entry...]

One more reason for you to unscrew the cap of a wine bottle is that the Frenchmen Wine Head is so cute that you may want to pop it on at once. It serves as both a wine pourer and a wine stopper, and also ensures a good start of any conversations in the party. Cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Cup mats, small gadgets that are usually ignored by people, actually also devote much to bringing us a happier life. Each one shown here comes with a cute look, and cleverly uses common elements such as Hamburger and Super Mario to win more attention from the users. Do you like them too? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Super Mario comes back again, in a new form of the decorative magnets! Made of bamboo, these magnets include many sprites from the classical game such as Large Mario, Small Mario, Castle, Koopa and Goomba. Even though we wouldn’t need to play Super Mario with magnets unless the electric supply fails, we would never mind having another choice to enjoy the game, right? Let’s go and play! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are… That song suddenly hit me the moment I saw this Starlight. Put forward Omri Barzeev, the inimitable lamp is built with 126 LEDs that shine in almost the same way of real stars. So if you love stars, you’ll love the Starlight too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

In 1945 the first atom bomb was set off over Hiroshima and 65years later the first coat rack made to memorize the atomic bombings of Hiroshima becomes quite popular on the internet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The VW Beetle Sofa is a new piece of furniture that comes with a cute look as that of the classic Volkswagen Beetle cars. Especially ideal for Beetle fans, these lovely sofas will definitely give your room a new look and even realize your wishful dreams of having a VW Beetle exhibited in the apartment! [Read the rest of this entry...]

At the Eco Products 2010 exhibition Sony showcased these ‘Flower Power’ Solar Windows that can convert sunlight into electrical energy. Compared with other solar windows on the market, the ‘Flower Power’ not only features an aesthetic design but can be specially customized according to the consumer’s preference. So what do you think? [Read the rest of this entry...]

For men accustomed to keeping eggs in a basket or a drawer, the change to the Birdsnest Egg Cup must have been very fascinating indeed. Such cute egg cups on your tables will definitely ensure you a nice start of the day. Just enjoy that. [Read the rest of this entry...]

We see telephone booths everywhere but they do not all come with an interesting or creative appearance as these shown here do. Mixed up with various popular elements like Hello Kitty, Twitter and aquariums, each phone booth is now radiating new vitality and adding new beauty to the prosperous cities. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Maybe the most effective way to show that your refrigerator performs really well in keeping frozen foods is to add some icicle onto the electric apparatus. So your refrigerator is still covered with ice even in hot summers, wouldn’t that surprise your guests? Start a nice conversation with these Icicle Jumbo Magnets then. [Read the rest of this entry...]