I don’t want to go all sentimental, but two years is a lot! I can’t even think two years ahead, let alone backwards. Not to mention the growth in numbers: this year alone we’ve already had more visitors than last year altogether. Thanks for all the links, trackbacks, thanks for spreading the word about us.

And if you want to show us some more love (and frankly, why wouldn’t you?), please add us as friends here or here, or why not vote for us here and here?

You could also participate in our anniversary competition to win this lovely summer dress from Naketano:

For that, all you have to do is answer these two simple questions:

1. Describe with one word the collections of Naketano!

2. Describe with one word the Elit Alice blog!

No, there are no bad answers, everyone who answers has a chance to win! It’s only for our reading pleasure and curiosity.
The competition closes on the 16th of May at midnight (GMT+1).

Please send you emails here: win@elitalice.com

Today is the big day, our second anniversary. But before I launch our game, let me start the day with something cheerful.

Since today is all about nu-rave, since today everyone is a DJ, since today it’s apparently cool to use big headphones outside as well, let’s push the bounderies with the Sherbet Colorblock headphones by the one and only Fred Flare.

Make sure you don’t miss our 2nd anniversary later today, when you’ll have a chance to win a dress by NAKETANO! Subscribe to our RSS-feed now!

(source: setyourstyle.com)

It’s been a long time since we last bumped into an octopus-related item (we’re looking forward to see which animal is going to be the next trend.), but here is one, though the relation is only in the name and in the inspiration.

The designer is Vivien Müller, the product is the OctoCube, a radiator. The pecuilarity of the contemporary design is that thanks to its structure, with its 34 cm height it still heats as much as a standard radiator.

We would have called it BrainCube though.

I don’t normally post ads, but I just couldn’t resist this one. Click on it to see why!

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather

It took a long time, but finally spring is here in Paris as well. What spring! The sun is shining as if it was August! Time to look for that little summer dress hiding under the tons of warm clothes. Sounds easy, but my wardrobe is like a roundabout, one in - one out, otherwise even Louvre wouldn’t be big enough to store it. So as always, I ended up with no summer clothes.

There’s no fashion when it’s 30 degrees out there, I thought. You just put on as little clothing as you can, pour cold water over your head, and you’re ready to go. But I was wrong; you’re probably better off with the german brand, Naketano’s creations.

Of course the head designer, Nicole Christensen designed more colourful and comfortable clothes for the cooler summer nights as well.

If you like them, make sure you don’t miss our 2nd anniversary next week, when you’ll have a chance to win a dress by NAKETANO! Subscribe to our RSS-feed now!

Enjoy your treat!

Agency: The Brooklyn Brothers

How do you satisfy your information addiction in the kitchen? As always, Think Geek has a solution!

Let’s just use this measuring cup, and suddenly the time spent with cooking won’t feel like such a waste.

(source: ooh-shiny.net)

Have you ever felt the urge to break something? Well, just do it! But do it in a creative way.

The Do Hit Chair is the brain child of the dutch Droog Design. You can also watch how the prototype was made. The chair is delivered with a hammer.

After the Forever Blanket and the endless chair, here we have the endless table.

The Endless Nile Table was designed by celebrity designer Karim Rashid for AMR Helmy Designs.

When my boyfriend asked me yesterday what these things were, I promised him he would learn it soon on my blog. It’s been ages since I saw a furniture that was born to be featured here.

The collection named The Chankley Bore was designed by Marteen Baas for the british brand Established & Son.

The collection debuted at the Milan fair last month, and will be seen again in the autumn in the gallery of Established & Sons.

We always knew that extraterrestrial life existed.

(source: dezeen.com)

One of the happiest things in life is cheese. And here’s the proof: the smiley cheese knives set.

If you know which knife is for which cheese, please leave a comment!

“Through my LSD experience and my new picture of reality, I became aware of the wonder of creation, the magnificence of nature and of the animal and plant kingdom. I became very sensitive to what will happen to all this and all of us. “

Albert Hofmann

January 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008

Draw a chair without lifting your pen. Draw some zig-zags in it! The result will be something like this:

The Zig-Zag chair might not look comfortable, but the aluminum frame is covered with a thick layer of foam. It will be available to buy only from the summer 2008.

Even though today we prefer to send e-mails or e-cards, there are certain occasions when we want to make sure that the message stays with the receiver longer than a click.

Of this happens, use the cards from Zeichen Shop. They are made of 100% recycled paper, and there are one for every occasion. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, they’re also open for custom work.

(source: joshspear.com)

Robert Bradford was born in London, and he’s the king of making the most of things unwanted. Now I know what to do with all the little toy figures, with all the broken matchbox wheels, with all the broken dolls eyes that gathered up throughout my life.

Although I’m afraid my talent is nowhere anywhere near his.

(source: reubenmiller.typepad.com)

My endless search for the best hand cream led me to wear gloves that come from a bottle. It feels like that, anyway, when I use Gloves In A Bottle.

Gloves In A Bottle is a shielding lotion – it bonds with the outer layer of your skin and helps lock in your natural oils and moisture. And also it is in a friendly relationship with eczema; the use of this cream doesn’t irritate your skin in any way.

Good news: Gloves In A Bottle can be also applied on the face and on the body as well.

Anderson Horta is a brazilian designer. First he grabbed my attention with his Cloud salt shaker that is made of rubber, so you can literally squeeze the insides out.

A bit less funny, but very expressive is his Smash doormat.

Finally, his latest work: the Jesus money-box, that is ready to sacrifice itself once more… for your new notebook!

Genius.

(source: designspotter.com)

If you sleep like me… actually, you don’t even need to be asleep; if you loll about like I do, the Forever Blanket is for you!

You can move about as you wish, the blanket will never run out. Moreover, it is a blanket, a mattress and a pillow all in one.

BCXSY is Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto. Their site is full of amazing ideas and concepts, I will definitely be back with some more.