It seems the toaster design became an art of its own. It’s fine, as long as such creative ideas, as Sunrise are born.

This toaster is mounted on the wall, representing the sun. It shows how ready the bread isby changing colours. Its only downside is that only one slice fits in. But we don’t mind, as it’s so pretty.

(source: trendhunter.com)

If you have a modern home for yourself, it’s time to think about your kitten! And no, i don’t mean you should choose the colour of your kitten to match your home.

But you can try and find the matching bed! This is where the website of german Meyer Design comes in handy. You can get a bed that is attached on the wall, so your cat can jump and climb on it, even can scratch their claws on it. Or you can get a freestand bed that can be easily erected anywhere. The beds can be ordered from three different materials, so you can easily integrate them into your flat.

Trustworthy references are produced by the cats themselves.

Single use suicide accessory.

Bizarre.

(source: we-make-money-not-art.com)

My favourites are those products, that have useless extras, but still have some function, so you might as well use them.

Like this USB keyholder, that connects your key to the wall via USB. Could just as well qualify as a manifesto.

(source: designspotter.com)

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A legal obsession: food. But how could it not be, when wherever we look there’s something food related. Especially if you buy your furniture and accessories from Edesse Designs.

No, these aren’t edible. These are erasers, but even so, they make me hungry.

This 400 dollars fried egg table also makes me run into the kitchen.
I cook the meal, you bring the wine!

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Here’s the perfect wall clock for Alice fans: a reversed one. And not only the hands go the other way, the numbers are reversed as well.

The 35 cm diameter clock costs 35 euros .

You might want to put it on aa wall where it faces a mirror. Just to make sure.

In the third week of January, a new book will come out in Hungary by Scolar Publishing. Its Lakshmi Bhaskaran: Designs of the Times, that is a must have for everyone interested om 20th century design.

The book has plenty of information and includes an amazing amount of photos. It leads you through the main styles of contemporary design, giving you the history and main people for each.
Other design related books can be found on their website.

101 years old.

“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/

How come noone thought of this before?

Dr. Janelle Holden an american dentist developed the ice cream flavoured toothpaste, which could help parents to stop their children from refusing to wash their teeth.

It is available in the following flavours: vanilla, orange and vanilla, chocolate and fluoride-free vanilla ice cream.

Let’s just hope they can actually stop brushing their teeth!

(source: trendhunter.com)

Even lately new versions of iPods are still out, it’s still really cool to stroke your gadget in a circle, but Apple is already outdoing itself. In these moments the new and awaited iPhone is being introduced.

It would be hard to point out all its functions - it is explained on a conference during hours. Of course it integrates all the functions of an iPod and of a modern mobile phone. Also Google Maps, WiFi, EDGE, and multitouch screen in included.

We also caught the following information from the live coverage: it ignores unintented touch, it can store music, videos, photos, podcasts, it has OS X on with Safari browser by default, integrated Google search, 2 megapixel camera.

The coverage is still going on, and they keep listing the functions adding more and more by the minute.
They say it’s going to be availabe in America from June, but in Europe, only at the end of the year. The 4GB model will be $499,-, the 8GB will have a much better $599,- price tag.

I can hardly wait a pink version.

Sally Mccubin, the glass designer based in Toronto is responsible for these amazing glass bowls.

“The images are relief cut into the glass, revealing the bowl’s outside layer. The colour’s translucency make the imagery brighten in sunlight.”

(source: mocoloco.com)

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It’s quite easy to imagine a little child playing with laundry labels. Somehow they find something fascinating in those things, that needs to be checked all the time. Thilde Doll is a tribute to the children with such an interest.

The doll was designed as a part of the educational serie Thilde by swedish textildesigner, Pia Eriksson.

(source: crumbcatchers.blogspot.com)

Simplicity is underrated.

This is exactly what it looks like. No more, no less. A radio, with no extras, not counting the LED display. It’s a charm, isn’t it.

(source: chipchick.com)