While we’re not into limited editions for the sake of limited editions, these beauties truly justify the category. Inspired by pantone colour charts, British designers Barber & Osgerby created the Iris table range in five variations have their own specific colour spectrum; Iris 150 in grey tones, Iris 130 in blue tones, Iris 120 in [...]

Belgian artist Wim Delvoye takes laser-cutting to a new scale with his sculptures of construction vehicles highly detailed in ornate patterns referencing the industrial revolution, gothic cathedrals, victorian architecture and to a degree steampunk culture.

The artist has an eclectic body of work including Cloaca (2000) an installation that produced feces, he’s been tattooing pigs since [...]

OK, so we know the Travelmate Portable Fireplace (top) is everywhere today, but 1) we can’t help but looooove it’s boxy-briefcasey-mod-chic design and 2) in our searches to find comparable models, we stumbled upon this lil gem: the Coleman Packaway Portable Fireplace Grill (bottom). For a mere $129.99 (yeah, that’s 3% of the hefty $3,300 [...]

Aspiring to set your workshop up to look like a sci-fi set, the new Revolution XT Tile Saw from Gemini will fit right in. Appearances aside, the 10″ diamond ring blade allows you to cut curves as well as straight lines, can handle tile or stone up to 6cm thick and doesn’t require a water [...]

Heat-wise, the past few days have been hell in Manhattan; and as the sun beats down, we crank the A/C, and our electricity bills rise, your correspondent was inspired to do a two-hour web search seeking a way to connect solar panels to the air conditioner. If the sun wants to crank out so much [...]

Netherlands designer Lotte van Laatum has gone one step further with her glass pendant lamp Watt’s New? shaping the energy saving bulb’s tubes into petals to complete the design. We first saw this kind of experimentation with Hulger’s Plumen Project at the Designersblock exhibition in London last year which creates some interesting design opportunities to [...]

Vincent in Gattaca would have loved a secret stash of Cyber Clean slime. Detox your keyboard by simply rolling a dollop of the Swiss goop over the surface to collect fingernails, hair, food particles and everything else that made it in there. Now brace yourself:
Did you know that the average computer keyboard is proven to [...]