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Drink beer. Save the World. I’m usually not that excited by recycled homewares, but I do like well designed novelty goods, am a fan of handmade things and I certainly like things related the alcohol consumption.

The unfortunately named ‘Yakuza’ is a digitally tattooed wooden table by Reddish Studio. It looks like it’s part of a collection. We have no idea what the ‘digital tattoo’ process involves, but it definitely looks pretty cool. It’s made out of veneered MDF with some kind of digital printing technology.

The liquid lamp by Kouichi Okamoto is as beautiful as it is fun to look at.  The illusion it creates and vector-esque lines make it quite an unusual lighting piece.  Comes in white and red and costs USD$199 and you can buy it here. The Liquid lamps, so named for a melting, flowing form, are [...]

I came across these images when having a browse through the Guardian website. It was a nice sight for bleak morning eyes. Clark little is a hawaii based surf photographer. Being a long time surfer, Clark Little gained recognition for his photography with appearances on Good Morning America, Inside edition and many other local shows [...]

Has anyone stayed up late enough to watch that infomercial for the Aerogarden? Clearly targeted at pot growers, this is a similar concept but way better looking. Studio Schulab have created the ‘lightpot’, a small pot for growing plants and herbs indoors. The light is LED based, which means it’s strong enough to keep the [...]

If you’ve ever been wallpaper shopping, you’d know it’s a painful experience. So many things to choose from, so many colours, so many options. So why let someone force their colour preferences on you – when you could COLOUR IN YOUR OWN! Damn. I loved colouring books when I was a kid. This takes it [...]

Photo Tinkatonka While doing research for an upcoming Berlin escapade I stumbled across Ostel – a GDR themed Hostel in the heart of East Berlin. An apartment building that screams classic inspirational Eastern bloc architecture has been refurbished to recreate a communist workers holiday experience for the pampered capitalist youth who decides to indulge in [...]

One of our favourite blogs, Weburbanist, has done a nice little post about many novel ways of hanging your coat or hats. Recently I’ve actually been looking for a nice hat rack, as I am a bit of a serial hat wearing kinda person. Anyway they’ve put together a good collection of designer bits, some [...]

In these dark times of credit crunches, looming unemployment and impending environmental catastrophe, every man, woman, child and dog is out there searching for things that will reduce both their expenditure and carbon emissions. Kill two birds with one stone and you’ve got a sure fire winner. Make it look pretty and the groans of [...]

You’ve got to give this guy props. Charlie Kratzer, a 53 year old lawyer from Lexington, Kentucky, decided to decorate his previously bland basement and it’s classic cream walls by adorning them with a mural that reflected his tastes in literature and culture. The entire thing was drawn by hand using $10 worth of Sharpies, [...]

Designer Jethro Macey has taken on the usually bland world of bathroom cabinet design. His powder coated metal cabinet rocks a pretty classic look for a lockable cabinet except for a flourish in the top right hand corner that sets it apart from anything mankind has ever done. Well, at least in terms of bathroom [...]

So this industrial designer named Jonas Samson, who hails from the Netherlands – has developed some pretty neat looking light emitting wallpaper. With Jonas Samson’s high-tech light-emitting wallpaper it’s possible to use a two-dimensional flat surface as light source instead of a 3D object. As long as the wallpaper is turned ‘off’, it is indistinguishable [...]

Who the hell is Roland Emmerich? Okay, he’s certainly not our fave director – with Godzilla, Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow in his repertoire. However, you gotta admit he does (or his interior designer) has some style when it comes to his own home. We especially like his chalkboard paint covered work room, [...]

We came across this great piece by the guys at Pink Tentacle about these amazing prefabricated houses in Japan. They resemble igloos, and are made out of Styrofoam (the same stuff used coffee cups and packaging) and can be assembled in two to three hours. The amazing part is, this isn’t a concept product or [...]