Awesome Living

A bottle cap opener that collects caps in its body. It can store up to 30 caps at a time, and it has a removable base for easy disposal of caps. Less time for cleaning means more time for drinking.

Splash photographic images across your walls with this tiny, focused aluminum spotlight, powered by a bright LED lamp. Custom slides cost about $5 each. European plug, though, so you’ll need an adapter.

We wouldn’t usually use the word “Epic” to describe a grand piano, but Robert Majkut’s Roland-powered digital grand piano, inspired by the beauty of the sea-faring mammals is truly deserving of the word.

It wasn’t enough for Duncan Jackson to plan on building a Fortress House. He actually converted an old British defense tower into a home. The views make up for the constant threat of French invaders.

Designed to prove that you can live in a space just 3x3x3m with a carbon-neutral footprint, The Cube is a complete home, with a living, dining, kitchen, sleeping quarters and a (yuck) composting toilet.

An aluminum lounge chair that looks like it was made with bulldozer parts. Despite its utilitiarian appearance, the chair is supposedly comfortable, and its parts will be adjustable via the red knobs.

Its tapered pointed blade and sharpened sides can break through the hardest – okay let’s be honest. You don’t need a $120 shovel. Just admire the fine craftmanship and giggle at its name.

It may look like a plain toothbrush, but the bristles on Misoka toothbrushes have been coated by a nanomineral. The coating makes teeth hydrophilic, making it difficult for detritus to stick to them.

Who doesn’t love fudge? This special stuff is handmade by Coop’s MicroCreamery in Watertown, MA using all natural ingredients like sugar, cream, butter, chocolate, cocoa, molasses and L-O-V-E.

Designer Keita Ogawa created these icy LED lightbulbs that look like they’ve melted into a pool of water. Unfortunately, you can’t buy these, but at least you can look at them and wish you could.

Thanks to its stainless steel blades, the Corn Kerneler lets you pluck all the kernels from a cob in one swift motion. Simply fit it over the narrow end of a cob and then slide it down.

Lockitron is an Internet-enabled door lock system that lets you lock or unlock your door from your phone. It also lets you share virtual keys to other people via text message, and is NFC-compatible.

(NSFW: Language) Next time you need to get the point across at work, replace those little Post-its with these stickies which are just a little more direct than “Sign This” or “For Your Approval”.

Designer Aeron Tozier’s hyper-modern furniture collection is crafted from composite carbon fiber and resin-coated brass. Quilted leather cushions echo the geometry of those modern materials.

The University of Chicago’s Mansueto Library houses up to 3.5 million books and periodicals in its underground robotic shelving system delivering books to readers in a minimal reading room.

Taking design cues from a simple toaster, Michael Kritzer’s Day Maker concept would charge two iPhones, popping them up when the alarm goes off in the morning. Needs more toast wallpaper.

Lex, Seth & Carrie, the evil tea, sugar and coffee storage jars from Thabto, are designed with an evil glint in their eyes to tell you what’s inside; their heads have room to fit the handle of a spoon.

Peter Bristol’s clever Cut Chair has a metal plate (concealed by carpet) with a cantilevered seat and 3 well placed leg “stumps” to make the chair look like it has just been magically sliced apart.

The suburban-Chicago house that served as Macaulay Culkin’s fortress (and prison) in Home Alone can now be yours. The red brick Georgian has 4 en suite bedrooms. Traps not included.

Make space in your man cave for the manliest coffee table on Earth. Designed by Chris Duffy, the table has actual axe handles for its legs, but the axe heads are actually made of resin composite.

At once both whimsical and practical, this concept gadget fires single shots of espresso into your cup thanks to a unique reusable coffee cartridge design. See il Tiro in action here.

Why carry when you can roll? Treasure Wheels are a pair of attachable braces with wheels. They’re marketed towards urban scavengers, but we all need to move heavy stuff every now and then.

Christian Schallert made the most of his 254sqft apartment through extensive use of shelves and drawers. It may not be as complex as what this man did, but it’s still very creative and practical.