Awesome Living

Designed as a replica of a 1940s Fresnel studio lamp, Restoration Hardware’s version has a shiny aluminum body, stainless steel base, and takes normal lightbulbs so you don’t blind your guests.

Anchor Hocking takes the familiar form of the lowly disposable plastic cup and turns it into a glass tumbler. The Sigma tumbler can carry 18-ounces of fluid. Please don’t crush cup after use.

Molla Space’s Armed Notebooks show your co-workers you mean business, with an armory of dangerous weapons embossed into the front, making your pen just that much mightier.

For each of the next 5 Tuesdays, we’ll be bringing back one of our favorite awesome things to make your life less mundane. Be sure to check back around this time on Tuesday 2/22 for our first item.

Now’s our chance to turn the tables! These actually look more disgusting than the ones we previously featured. Don’t worry, it’s actually teriyaki beef jerky. At least that’s what ThinkGeek says.

We like this ceramic Death Star cookie jar simply as sculpture in the kitchen – but we’d be stoked if it was filled with something delicious inside (like sugary, bite-sized Stormtroopers). (Thanks Jon!)

There are decorating possibilities galore in this blackboard storage cabinet by Peter Jakubik. The only limits are your imagination, or running out of chalk. Kids: absolutely no fingernail scraping.

Sick of seeing 3D movies? Then stop seeing them. It’s that simple. But if you have absolutely no other choice but to watch a 3D movie, whip out these custom glasses and chop off a D.

Made from an 18 gauge steel coffin, Autum’s Heretic features 4 cast iron legs that support 800+ pounds, a handbuilt and sewn Italian leather seating area and a laser engraved ID plaque.

It’s shaped like a tin can, but is actually made of a plastic-like material called PLA. It’s microwavable, durable and 100% biodegradable. It can even be crushed, just like real tin cans.

Beam the Trek crew onto your walls with these fabric-paper decals from WALLS360. Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, Scotty and Uhura come in sizes from 1- to 8-feet tall. Hmm. Tiny Kirk, or giant Spock?

Available in France, L’Art de la Dégustation by Kacper Hamilton for Ballantine’s is a whisky glass with an interior hole allowing for more air and aroma; a frozen metal base adds a delicate chill.

The ultimate party pack, or the ultimate little kid meal? Either way, the marketing genuises at DiGiorno managed to cram two of the most important food groups into a single package.

This compact, colorful multitool includes regular and micro screwdrivers, scissors, a dual-edge knife, a bottle opener and a 25 lumen LED flashlight. Available in orange or slate blue.

Etsy seller Bottlehood upcycles used bottles from various drinks – softdrinks, wine, beer, vodka – cutting off their necks and smoothing the rims to create these neat tumblers.

This clever receptacle from KegWorks is a combination of a 1 oz. inner cup and a larger 4 oz. cup. Despite their unusual shape, the cups are still stackable. Less waste, more drinking.

A teeny 90 sf private hideaway for a partner in the Snarkitecture firm, Box/Box was completed in 2 months at a cost of less than $100/sf and features 25,000 ping pong balls as wallpaper. (Thanks Jon!)

This hot, spicy, slightly sweet Thai sauce is one of life’s great pleasures. Chef Randy Clemens offers up 50 recipes that take full advantage of the wondrous chili sauce that belongs in every kitchen.

Komforte Chocolates rebels against the increasingly upscale chocolate industry, hence the “comfort flavors”, like the Tortilla Lime + Salt bar. We’re not sure about the Ramen-flavored one.

This incredibly expensive wall clock from illi looks like just a series of pulsating blocks, but when you “ask it” to tell the time they rearrange themselves and reveal the time underneath.

Molecular gastronomy has certainly made its mark with foodies. Now you can try these techniques in your own kitchen. You’ll be spherifying, gelifying and emulsifying meals in no time with this kit.

Crafted from concrete, steel and aluminum, Atelier Takagi’s LED tabletop lamps get their inspiration from the bright lights you’d find lining pre-fab community streets and mall parking lots.

Now you can hug eBoy’s pixel-packed art. Choose from landscapes of New York, Los Angeles, and Baltimore Docks – if those cities had giant apes and robot dinosaurs, that is.