animals on the underground.

In honor of my upcoming trip...




animals on the underground

(Thanks, czelticgirl!)

U-Socket - Dual Socket/ Dual USB Outlet

It was only a matter of time for something like this to come out. The U-Socket adds two additional USB ports next to your traditional power outlets, providing a charging station for your electronic devices without having to turn your computer on. – Better Living Through Design

Buy it at FastMac

Present house.

These bright and cheerful milk carton designs are just too cute! They can be used as gift boxes or to house so many different things – from storing your bits and bobs, to cutting out a coin hole and voila, an instant money box! Now you have somewhere to put all that loose change. Or, if you’re like us, and have a sweet tooth, you could fill your Present House with tempting lollies… we just have to open the front door for our sugar fix. Yum! Present House comes flat and ready to pop into place. Designed by Aiueo from Japan, the Present House measures 7cm x 16.5cm x 7cm when opened. There are two designs to choose from and please note, each pack comes with one carton only.

present house - yellow roof (1 carton) - shop - upon a fold

A London Guard Lost His Hat and Had to Think Fast.

I love this illustration submitted to Blik. If you like it and think it should become a wall graphic, be sure to vote for it. Just takes a sec.


blik - Voting Booth

Enjoying a little Catalog Living this morning.

Catalog Living

Land Carpet.

Being in full-on, jump-on-an-airplane-and-fly-away mode, I'm loving these rugs.




Florian Pucher

(hat tip to the fabulous function key)

Altered Antique Plates.

It's almost impossible to describe how much I love these plates by BeatUpCreations.






Etsy: Altered Antique Plates by BeatUpCreations

Bonsai forest kit.

I love tiny trees.


Elegantly understated, this bonsai forest pairs clean lines and industrial materials with the ancient art of miniature gardening. The contemporary design maintains a traditional awareness to complement a variety of both indoor and outdoor spaces.

This kit includes everything needed to grow and sculpt trees into works of living art: seedling training pots, tree and moss seed, seed-starting wafers, growing medium, and river stones. Also included are bonsai scissors, rake, and spade — authentic tools which have been made by the same company since 1663! — and complete growing directions.

Bonsai Forest Kit: Dawn Redwood : Branch: Sustainable Design for Living

Life-size cow sculptures.

I have absolutely no idea why I want these so very much, but I do.



Trick the neighbors into thinking you’ve gotten a new pet with the Life Size Cow – Grazing. The beautiful black and white finish of the Life Size Cow – Grazing made from resin and fiberglass will have them fooled with its life-size structure.

Designed by the Phillips Collection, the Life Size Cow – Grazing is intricately painted and detailed creating a uniquely elegant statue. Suitable for outdoor display, the Life Size Cow – Grazing is also available in the Life Size Cow – Standing position and creates a whimsical arrangement when displayed together in your outdoor space.

Inmod: Statues & Sculptures

Alain Delorme's Manufactured Totems.

Gorgeously strange.





In his “Manufactured Totems” series, which we spotted thanks to Trend Land, Paris-based photographer Alain Delorme presents individual portraits of migrant workers who transport unbelievable piles of products across the city, driving everyday life in Shanghai.

Flavorwire: Manufactured Totems

Farewell, Elsewares.

Man. This makes me SO sad. However, it sounds like they've got something up their sleeves. Sign up at Elsewares to stay posted.


Farewell from Elsewares

Ben Walker.

Yes, I'm totally in touch with my inner nerd. Saw this guy's work at Comic-Con in San Diego and LOVED it.



IO9: Only the mighty moose can challenge the giant jackalope

Iannone Design Tall Dresser.

If someone wants to buy this really, really expensive dresser for me, I'm okay with that.

Just sayin'.


Iannone Design Tall Dresser - Trees

Seedy birdhouses.

An expensive novelty at $700 a pop, but they made me smile.





For the Birds photos : Jeff Canham

(via mental_floss' fab Watercooler Ammo newsletter)

Dear Typography print.

thebirdsandthebeasts — Dear Typography - Print

Fab doormat.

I could have used this in a few of my previous places.


Onion Store: "Sometimes I Feel Like I'm The Only One Trying To Gentrify This Neighborhood" Doormat

French Number Plates - set of 4

Lovely.


A set of four plates numbered 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in French. For appetizers, for salads, for cheeses, for desserts...for keeping track of the courses when your mind is elsewhere. A bright white china decorated with chocolate brown numerals. Diameter 8"

P.O.S.H. Chicago - French Number Plates - set of 4

The Ugly Duckling wall graphic.

The Ugly Duckling by Threadless for Blik Surface Graphics