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Happiness-Inducing Housewares and Footsie for Foodies by Dylan Kendall
If the hipsters ruined “put a bird on it,” it might be time to try “put a foot on it.” Dylan Kendall went out on a limb and built a ceramics company around the idea that feet = fun. She thought...
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Van Gogh’s Starry Night as an Artistic Air Purifier
You’ve seen Van Gogh’s Starry Night on coffee mugs, shower curtains, dog collars, naked Art Freaks and David Lynch’s hair, but how about a HEPA air purifier? Los Angeles-based RabbitAir makes slim and...
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Buxxxer Vibratoys: Buzzing With Pleasure
If you’re looking for toy art that’s stimulating but cute, meet Geena, Clitt and Woody. Designed by Diego Corsi of Italian design company Made In Dreams, this twee trio of “vibratoys” is buzzing with...
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The Ultimate Pinocchio Popjects
Well it’s no lie that Pinocchio is popular fodder for popjects! Let’s talk about three clever designers who found a fun function for a nose that grows. Pinocchio popjects above left to right: Real Boy...
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The Hutzler Banana Slicer: A Comedic Popject
Behold the power of popjects: The Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer, a plastic gadget priced at $2.48, has over 3,000 reviews on Amazon. A sampling: “What can I say about the 571B Banana Slicer that hasn’t...
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Not Your Run of the (Pepper) Mill Salt Shakers for Writers
From a banana slicer to pencil salt and pepper shakers, Jeremyriad is downright domestic! These 6-inch pencil-shaped popjects come from the mind of Danish product designer, Frank Kerdil. The salt and...
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Take Your Collection Backpacking with My Infinite Home Tool
Gadgets and clouds enable modern nomads to carry hundreds and thousands of books, tunes and photos wherever we go. But what if you wanted to take a few significant actual objects on your travels and...
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The Post-iTable: A Giant Post-It Note Table from Italy
Post-it Notes can be made monstrous or mind-bending, but at their core, they’re blank sticky slates on which to imprint imagination. Italian design agency Soup Studio harnessed the simple power of...
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Self-Destructing DRM Chair by Les Sugus
Digital Rights Management is a technology that restricts the life span of digital downloads (music, software, e-books). It’s why the mp3 or eBook you bought will only be useful a certain number of...
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Retro Kit-Cat Clocks in Modern Pantone Colors
What happens when two timeless American design trends collide? This! Witness a classic slice of Americana, the 1930s Kit-Cat Clock, painted in Pantone colors to reflect the cultural zeitgeist of...
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Give Paws for Cat Dishes with Feet
At the start of the year, I wrote about these Happiness-inducing Housewares by Dylan Kendall. Well, she recently introduced a new design to her eFeet collection: pet bowls! Would you like to know WHY...
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The Peace Drone Scale Model: Because Happy People are Better than Dead People!
All this talk about drones and no action, right? (Just kidding!) Well, last year Barcelona-based designer Axel Brechensbauer revealed this whimsical study for a proposed U.S. peace drone, and now,...
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Hat Tip to Line Caps: the Cutest iPhone and iPad Accessory
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sumneeds-linecaps-1-550x165.jpgThere are a ton of adorable accessories that will render your iPhones and iPads even more iCute. But I tip my hat to...
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David Cronenberg-esque Tableware by Sensorial Designer Jinhyun Jeon
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Tableware-as-sensorial-stimuli-5-jinhyunjeon-550x388.jpgIf I had to distill the work of Jinhyun Jeon into an easily digested one-liner, I’d go with:...
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Kickstarter I’m Supporting: Projecteo, an Adorable Instagram Projector
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/projecteo-ks-edition-550x366.jpgI haven’t backed a Kickstarter project in a while, so I hope this isn’t me opening the floodgates to all manner of...
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Kickstarter I’m Recommending: Puking Kitty Saucy Boat
Oh what the hell, what’s one more?! Today’s 3rd recommended Kickstarter project is Puking Kitty Saucy Boat by Oakland’s own Gingerela & Lewis. It’s a popject that proclaims it will turn your dinner...
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Bat Hangers: Popjects From Slovakia!
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/veronikapaluchova-bathangers1-550x435.jpgVeronika Paluchova is a designer from the Slovak Republic who created these great bat hangers. According to...
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Best Christmas Bauballs Ever
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bauballs-festive-550x278.pngIn some states, you can get a ticket* for adorning your car with “anything resembling or depicting ‘anatomically...
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Artisanal Wood Chupa Chup Holsters
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sweetd-life-chupaholsters-3-550x293.jpgIt would be too simplistic and cliche to begin this with “only in Japan,” but well, these artisanal wood...
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Empty Snow Globes: The Gift of Nothing
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/gift-of-nothing-1-550x297.jpgFor those who aren’t inspired by Skull-Kuns or Snow Cones, there’s this: a hand-held hamster ball of nothing. Nothing,...
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