The heartbreak necklace, designed by
Tjep for
Chi ha paura...?, is made up a a fragile porcelain heart and an attached titanium hammer with which to break the heart. The heart is not as fragile as it might seem. It is easily cracked but will not break completely thanks to a layer of rubber behind the porcelain. This is meant to signify that "one will usually recover from a broken heart, the small cracks will inevitably add up and form who we are". (Found through
MoCo Loco)
If you are all about the edge pieces when it comes to squares, then this pan is for you. The
Baker's Edge pan has Pac-Man style maze walls so that every piece gets the crispy sides of an edge piece. Personally, I'm a fan of the middle pieces (unless it involves icing, and them I'm all about the egdes). Either way, this pan is undeniably a good idea. (Found through
Reluct)
How super cute is this. I'm normally SUCH a sucker for cuteness, but this is cute combined with brilliance. If you send Electric Luna of
Ploesie Poesies a picture of your cat she will make a plush cat replica for you. This isn't just a cheesy stuffed toy, it's a stylin' kitty work of art. All the cats get a special numbered label. Check out the
archive of all the 151 look-a-likes that have been created so far. Some of them are really amazing. (Found through
The Style Files)
Alright, I'm filing this one under brilliant pet products. It's a super cute window through your fence, meant to give your confined dog (cat/child/whatever) a view of the rest of the world. The
Pet Peek is a 9.5" half sphere window designed to give your dog a full view of whatever going on on the other side of the fence, reducing barking and curious digging. I think it would make my day to walk by somebody's house and see their space cadet dog peeking out through this perfectly head shaped window. Love it! (Found most recently through the
Sub-Studio Design Blog).
The
Puma Glow Rider is the next rev of the Puma Bike, available this spring. The bike is part of Puma's
Urban Mobility collection, focusing on products for young city dwellers. Similar to previous versions of the bike, the Glow Rider has several urban-centric features such as a built in auto-destruct lock and a semi-fold frame for transporting on buses or subways. The Glow Rider's main new feature is it's glow-in-the-dark frame to increase the bikes visibility at night. The frame will be available in two colors (Buttermilk which glows green, and Orange which glows more orange). The new bike will also come with a matching currier bag, riding jacket and t-shirt. This is a very well thought out city bike. All the features you need, and nothing you don't.
Ha! If someone served me a drink with denture shaped ice cubes in it... it would totally make my day! I can understand how people would find these ice cubes a little disturbing, but personally I think they are brilliantly hilarious. The
Frozen Smiles ice tray is one of
Jason Amendolara's witty designs for
Fred. (Found through
Pan-Dan).
Lots of people use honey to sweeten their coffee or tea. It's a nice healthy option to sugar, but it's a sticky, messy, pain in the butt.
Honibe has created these convenient solid honey drops made out of 100% pure honey. This is such a good idea. (Found through
Apartment Therapy).
I'm head over heals (spelling error intended) for the folks over at
Help. Their product offering is pretty simple. It consists of two products: Acetaminophen tablets entitled 'Help I Have a Headache' (Ha!) and band aids entitled 'Help I've Cut Myself' (Haha!). Their product line alone totally had me sold on the company... but there's more. They also try to be socially responsible. All of their packaging is made out of 100% recycled molded paper pulp and manufactured in the US by a factory that helps adults with learning disabilities. They also have a sense of humor. You can order customized 'Help I...' t-shirts on their website, where you fill in the blank with whatever tickles your funny bone. If all that doesn't make them awesome enough, they also offer other Help activities such as Help I'm Bored, Help I'm Illiterate, or Help I'm Homesick (my personal favorite!). I'm not sure who is behind the company Help, but I've decided you are totally awesome!
One of the simple joys of childhood is eating soft boiled eggs with soldiers. Only, I never had an egg with SOLDIERS! What kid (or grownup for that matter) wouldn't love this
Egg Soldier EggCup by designer Reiko Kaneko. (Found through
MoCo Loco).
Mmmm, I love peanut butter. Everyone who loves peanut butter knows how much it sucks to get to the bottom of the jar (and not just because you are out of PB). Even if you are a talented scraper, the bottom of the jar is hard to get to, especially without getting peanut butter all over your hand or knife (or spoon if you are so inclined). Anyway...
Sherwood Forlee has solved all of my problems with this
Easy PB&J Jar. It includes the simple but brilliant improvement, both ends open to easily access the bottom of the jar.
The heartbreak necklace, designed by Tjep for Chi ha paura...?, is made up a a fragile porcelain heart and an attached titanium hammer with which to break the heart. The heart is not as fragile as it might seem. It is easily cracked but will not break completely thanks to a layer of rubber behind the porcelain. This is meant to signify that "one will usually recover from a broken heart, the small cracks will inevitably add up and form who we are". (Found through MoCo Loco)
If you are all about the edge pieces when it comes to squares, then this pan is for you. The Baker's Edge pan has Pac-Man style maze walls so that every piece gets the crispy sides of an edge piece. Personally, I'm a fan of the middle pieces (unless it involves icing, and them I'm all about the egdes). Either way, this pan is undeniably a good idea. (Found through Reluct)
How super cute is this. I'm normally SUCH a sucker for cuteness, but this is cute combined with brilliance. If you send Electric Luna of Ploesie Poesies a picture of your cat she will make a plush cat replica for you. This isn't just a cheesy stuffed toy, it's a stylin' kitty work of art. All the cats get a special numbered label. Check out the archive of all the 151 look-a-likes that have been created so far. Some of them are really amazing. (Found through The Style Files)
Alright, I'm filing this one under brilliant pet products. It's a super cute window through your fence, meant to give your confined dog (cat/child/whatever) a view of the rest of the world. The Pet Peek is a 9.5" half sphere window designed to give your dog a full view of whatever going on on the other side of the fence, reducing barking and curious digging. I think it would make my day to walk by somebody's house and see their space cadet dog peeking out through this perfectly head shaped window. Love it! (Found most recently through the Sub-Studio Design Blog).
The Puma Glow Rider is the next rev of the Puma Bike, available this spring. The bike is part of Puma's Urban Mobility collection, focusing on products for young city dwellers. Similar to previous versions of the bike, the Glow Rider has several urban-centric features such as a built in auto-destruct lock and a semi-fold frame for transporting on buses or subways. The Glow Rider's main new feature is it's glow-in-the-dark frame to increase the bikes visibility at night. The frame will be available in two colors (Buttermilk which glows green, and Orange which glows more orange). The new bike will also come with a matching currier bag, riding jacket and t-shirt. This is a very well thought out city bike. All the features you need, and nothing you don't.
Ha! If someone served me a drink with denture shaped ice cubes in it... it would totally make my day! I can understand how people would find these ice cubes a little disturbing, but personally I think they are brilliantly hilarious. The Frozen Smiles ice tray is one of Jason Amendolara's witty designs for Fred. (Found through Pan-Dan).
Lots of people use honey to sweeten their coffee or tea. It's a nice healthy option to sugar, but it's a sticky, messy, pain in the butt. Honibe has created these convenient solid honey drops made out of 100% pure honey. This is such a good idea. (Found through Apartment Therapy).
I'm head over heals (spelling error intended) for the folks over at Help. Their product offering is pretty simple. It consists of two products: Acetaminophen tablets entitled 'Help I Have a Headache' (Ha!) and band aids entitled 'Help I've Cut Myself' (Haha!). Their product line alone totally had me sold on the company... but there's more. They also try to be socially responsible. All of their packaging is made out of 100% recycled molded paper pulp and manufactured in the US by a factory that helps adults with learning disabilities. They also have a sense of humor. You can order customized 'Help I...' t-shirts on their website, where you fill in the blank with whatever tickles your funny bone. If all that doesn't make them awesome enough, they also offer other Help activities such as Help I'm Bored, Help I'm Illiterate, or Help I'm Homesick (my personal favorite!). I'm not sure who is behind the company Help, but I've decided you are totally awesome!
One of the simple joys of childhood is eating soft boiled eggs with soldiers. Only, I never had an egg with SOLDIERS! What kid (or grownup for that matter) wouldn't love this Egg Soldier EggCup by designer Reiko Kaneko. (Found through MoCo Loco).
Mmmm, I love peanut butter. Everyone who loves peanut butter knows how much it sucks to get to the bottom of the jar (and not just because you are out of PB). Even if you are a talented scraper, the bottom of the jar is hard to get to, especially without getting peanut butter all over your hand or knife (or spoon if you are so inclined). Anyway... Sherwood Forlee has solved all of my problems with this Easy PB&J Jar. It includes the simple but brilliant improvement, both ends open to easily access the bottom of the jar.
:Another puppy
:Taking pictures
:Please do not take any pictures
