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Love, in my mind, seems just like a bullet filled with happiness, not only sweet but also bit of bitter. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Seemingly the designer Jung Jae Yup prefers items with a bounce-back-up feature too… Dubbed “Roly-Poly”, the stainless steel lamp would never fall onto the ground but keep shaking its head back and forth to make you laugh everyday. [Read the rest of this entry...]

With the wine rack designs pushing towards “magic”, we’ve met many bottle holders that feature a single bar to keep balance, like the Magic Floating Bottle and the Le Arc Wine holder. Now there’s a new member in that league- the Golf Club Balancing Wine Bottle Holder. Let us welcome it! [Read the rest of this entry...]

You must have noticed that people usually bend at the elbow to read the time, but do you know why they do that? Well, because they don’t have an Off-Axis Watch. Designed by Eric Janssen, the new watch features an innovative viewing axis that has been rotated clockwise by 30 degrees for convenient time-reading. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Hello all Apple fanciers, you may get something new and interesting for your portable devices! Each sticker here features a perfect combination with the same element- apple, therefore you’ll find all them perfectly suit your iPod and iPhone. Yups, it’s time to pay more attention to the back of your “Apple”! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Kind of like a topographic map, the carpet designed by Laurens van Wieringen was constructed from hundreds of foam bars that vary in colors and heights. The designer has worked together with 29 of her friends to finish the pixel 3D carpet, and hence we can see a new interior decor design here today. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Designed by Choi + Shine Architects, these towers are powerful—holding up electrical lines with their strong arms, and they’re also variable—changing their gestures as the environments differ. So when the electrical lines ascend a hill, the pylon figures imitate a climbing person but stretch to gain increased height over long spans. Except for the large amounts of possible forms, the pylon-figures can also be placed in pairs, walking side by side or glancing at each other and therefore altering the overall appearance of line routes. Also due to that concept of giving the towers a new look as well as its innovative design, the pylon-figures has become winner of the 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture. So  would you like to see them on the lands of your country? [Read the rest of this entry...]

A withered tree comes to life again. That Chinese idiom suddenly struck me the first time I saw these cute LED mushrooms growing on the ugly wood blocks. Created by a Japan based company using reclaimed wood and LED lights, these shining mushrooms are available in various patterns and we bet each of them will give your gardens and living rooms a new look. You’ll find these LED Mushrooms indeed look better than they were on the screen when you buy them home. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Better presents than those involving packaging are obviously gifts with such cute animal shaped ribbons rather than regular pedals on top side of the boxes. They’ll surely make your presents look quite unique, and hopefully the gifts you’ve chose for your friends are amazing, too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Even the small fingernails can create fantastic art, too. So today we’d like to share 14 creative nail designs with all you guys that love the nail art. [Read the rest of this entry...]

For all those who are used to keeping their documents neat with a paperclip but feel bad about seeing the clips spill out on the table, designers have created a beautifully cute magnet holder. The colorful paper clips can cling to the magnets to create a pedal, and the stems are bendable so that you can change the flower into different shapes. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You just need something to make the life better—look at the Wall Vinyls Electricity Series, their cute shapes and bright colors will surely give your room a new look, adding more fun to your daily life. [Read the rest of this entry...]

What do you usually do to show others the places you’ve been on holidays? Mark the city with a small flag on the map? Well, I love that idea, but I love the Scratch World Map more. Though seems like quite an ordinary map on the first glance, the map actually will reveal colorful and geographic details when you rub its top layer with a coin. So the more countries you’ve traveled to, the more colorful your map will be! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Discovery Channel’s office building in Silver Spring, Maryland has recently been attacked by a giant shark. But do not call the 911, because that’s just what the Discovery Channel has done to celebrate its Shark Week 2010. The shark is named as “Chompie” and it consists of five inflatable pieces—a head, two side fins, a dorsal fin and a tail. Those five parts were all securely tied in place by cables and ropes, and they’re continuously inflated by 10 air blowers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

What would happen when you tap the drum? You’ll hear pleasant music, right? Or possibly you’ll see a light turns on. Designed for music enthusiasts, the Drum Light aims to delight the user with light rather than music. So every time you tap the drum, the light will turn on and with another tap, it then turns off. But you needn’t worry that the Drum Light will be activated by other sound, because the light also comes with a sensitivity control to manage the noises. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Look closely as your eyes are deceiving you. They’re not real staircases, prisons or wardrobes, but ordinary doors covered with 3D wall stickers. With such amazing stickers in the room, you’ll surely have some new fun, but you should also be careful not to let your visitors run into the door… [Read the rest of this entry...]

There is an element of surprise in the “Levita” shelf, an interesting piece of decor and furniture created by Alessandro Loschiavo. But do not let the images or the designer fool your eyes, because these A4 paper sheets are actually a series of hammered sheet metal planes. So the shelf is really durable though people may take it as a fragile one. It indeed looks like an art piece, but the shelf is also practical for frequent use. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The invention and application of the digital players marks that the mankind have entered the Digital Age, during which period people seldom use vinyl records or CD players. But we never forget them, and designer Pavel Sidorenko has applied the clock idea to vinyl records, creating several clocks of various shapes. You see, here is a gun, a bird, a rabbit, a chair, a teapot, and all of them are laser-cut. Fantastic! [Read the rest of this entry...]

What’re they, glittering water droplets or maybe something else? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Ponderous furniture usually results a cold room, which would then make us feel so helpless and so lonely in the dark nights. Possibly the loneliness is the main reason why we always need a warm cute lamp, just like the Doggie Lamp. The dog’s head is a lamp holder where you can insert a bulb, while its body can be used as a pen holder. More importantly, the dog’s legs and head can be adjusted into various positions so that you can change it into different shapes depending on your moods. If you’d like such a lovely companion, you may buy it here for ¥ 78.00RMB. With the Doggie Lamp, no more lonely nights. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Everybody loves new items, and that’s maybe an important reason why we keep on shopping and shopping… But with the ‘Darwin Chair’, you no longer need to buy new chairs. Designed by Stefan Sagmeister, the chair is constructed from a free swinging structure, covered with more than 200 sheets of prints. As the top sheets get dirty or boring, you simply need to rip it off and then you’ll have a new chair! [Read the rest of this entry...]

A ring that features a mini book to record your sweet time. Or a book that comes with a small ring to create the easiest-to-carry memo pad. Whatever the item means to you, it’s obviously the thing that makes everybody smile. Yaps, we love the idea. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Stunning ceramic stacking cups inspired by the traditional Native American Totem Pole have been quite popular on the internet recently. Not merely for containing water, but also for decorating your stylish home! Also available in gold and silver. Each set includes four cups. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Tornado and vase seem to be unrelated to each other. But the French design studio A+A cooren has proved they do have some relevance, with the Tourbillon Vortex Vase. It has two parts, an inner vessel that is shaped like a spiraling vortex and a small cup on the bottom to receive the water. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wall-mounted radiators have gradually taken the place of the ugly traditional ones, but that’s not the end. Look at these Glass Art Radiators from Tell Me First, they’re obviously the most beautiful alternatives we’ve ever seen. With high flexibility and endless possibilities to be fitted into the existing heating systems, these radiators allow the users to easily change the images shown on the glass. But do make sure that the images are large, high quality, and look good on the radiators. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Also known as “Geometric Romance”, the lamp from Tommaso Gecchelin aims to bring you back to the romantic summer nights when the fireflies were flying around you. Yaps, romance. That’s the most important point you may find with the lamp, and another feature the device has is high tech. It is filled with electronic fluid that is moved by a pump, and powered by a wireless system located in the base. Moreover, you can touch the lamp to change the color of the light! [Read the rest of this entry...]

No more difficult trekking, you could simply stand on a carpet to admire the beautiful sceneries of Europe, Africa, the Netherlands and the United States. Designed by Florian Pucher, these Land Carpets are made from 100 percent New Zealand Wool and feature birds-eye-views of those four countries. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You think I might be mistaken, right? Because the trees do not need any decorative leaves at all, they have an inborn ability to grow leaves. But for the dark nights when trees seem to be leafless, they may need these ‘etree’ lighting design by Coen Hoogstraten. These decorative leaves are made from electroluminescent materials, which will produce light when connected to electric current. The wires that power the leaves are strengthened, enabling the users to bend them into different shapes.

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Welcome to the creative Waxy Tower Motion Lamps. It’s black, it’s pink, and it’s a decorative lamp that shows how the lava flows when heated with the heat produced by an incandescent bulb. Priced at $67.77, the lamp is currently sold on Amazon. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Do look carefully and closely, because even your own eyes are deceiving you. It is not an ordinary poster merely used for decorating your room. Actually, it is an exquisite Flat Light Poster, something that makes installing a wall-mounted lamp much easier than ever before. Put forward by Finn Magee as an exciting concept in 2007, the Flat Light Poster has just now been produced in a limited run of 50 lamps, priced at $195 each. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Those who love the nature would love everything that reminds them of the wonderful creations of the nature, too. And that’s possibly the main reason why we love the “Bloom Lamp” designed by Patrick Jouin. Yaps, the lamp has simulated a beautiful flower—when in use, it gradually transforms from a bud to a blooming flower to release the light; and when not in use, the lamp then closes its petals to regain the shape of the bud. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The particular design is called the “Life Pot”. It is created by Jomi Marco and Josep Armengol to bring warmth and liveliness into your environment through the fabulously nice combination of a transparent pot suspended above the table and lovely green plants. And more importantly, the transparent design also enables you to observe the plants’ roots directly, therefore to make a better understanding of their growth status. [Read the rest of this entry...]

See what happens when Nike shoes are modified into beautiful works of art…Designed by a Tokyo-based advertising company Wieden+Kennedy for Nike78 project, the shoe aquarium is truly remarkable. Just as Nike78’s slogan says, this unique shoe aquarium has “challenged the function of a pair of Nike shoes”. Yes, sport is also an important inspiration, and we all love it. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Welcome to 8 creative shower curtains. They’re weird, they’re amazing, they’re unique, and most importantly, they’re to give your bathroom a refreshing looking. Choose your favorite one! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Obviously it looks like a dress, but actually the gadget has other uses, so can you figure out what this may be? The answer will be announced tomorrow.

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There is no particular reason why SAMAL DESIGN has created these pixel-shaped glasses. Possibly, they just wanted to use these glasses to “reflect our age of informational esthetic”, just as many people have mentioned in their posts. Available in various colors, these unique glasses will surely give you a particularly attractive looking. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is a good step towards tomorrow’s meal plans. Created by Deepu Mathew, the heart-shaped pepper shaker makes adding spice onto the food more interesting and also romantic. Except for its generous shape, the cute shaker is also easy to use: simply twist the two parts aside, you can then get either salt or pepper for your food. So what are you waiting for? Choose your favorite color and get shipping! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wallpapers have reached quite a high level of evolution in recent years, yet new types are still being designed, say the 7 Creative Wallpapers in a previous post. And right here is a new kind that looks more creative. The line of wall stickers from Studio E-Glue aims to change your child’s simple room into a lively fairy-tale world, by using a set of interesting images of animals. For all those who want their children to live happily, the Studio E-Glue Wallstickers seem like the best choice. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Something has been designed to make those ordinary things like the trees, walls and streetlamps look totally different. Check out this unique adhesive tape that is shaped like long, huge zipper. It’s so cool… [Read the rest of this entry...]

Summer is in at last- the sunshine is growing more dazzling and we have to put on the sunglasses to protect our eyes from the harsh light. But what about your cars? Brazi-based company Giovanni+Draftfcb believes your cars also need extra care and they’ve come up with these huge sunglasses as new sun protectors for cars. The idea sounds bit of weird but we bet your cars would be glad to look as cool as you guys. [Read the rest of this entry...]