Awesome Living

This Alox Soldier Knife is your last chance to own the classic 1961 knife issued to the Swiss Army; it’s from the final 500 unit production run with engraved signature by Victorinox’s CEO.

The Markham Console Bar’s weathered pine trestle base makes it a solid man cave choice; it features a recessed bottle trough, hidden tool drawer, and cast-iron towel bar and bottle opener.

If you’ve got zombies clawing at your door, go out in style with a Brain Freeze Ice Cube Tray; the four frigid brains it makes may not be to their taste, but at least they’ll like the limb and tonic.

The North Face’s 2 meter, geodesic Dome Tent has you ultra-covered: it’ll fit up to 8 people and features wind/snow pressure distributing sleeves, dual doors, and a chimney vent.

Go from 8-bit to 180 degrees with these Heat Changing Arcade Mugs; the empty playing fields and skies will be brimming with ghosts and invaders after you pour a hot cup of joe.

Carried by every Alinghi team member, Wenger’s Alinghi SU1 is an 11-in-1 multitool made just for yachting that includes a grippy rubber inlay, Marlin spike, and awl with sewing eye.

Rock your workspace garage-band style with CB2’s industrial-styled Trig File Cabinet; it sports high-gloss powdercoated sheet steel with stainless grips and casters with front-drive brakes.

Its the chair that never ends: made from sheesham wood, the Jigsaw Puzzle Stool’s die-cut design can be chain-linked infinitely, ensuring you’ll never be able to buy just one.

Inspired by Vietnam War sparking units, TAD Gear’s Survival Spark keeps the solid brass construction and reusability of the originals, while adding a basic sewing kit into the shaft.

Boldly styled, Titan’s Backstage luggage collection should really take center stage; available in 18″, 24″, an 28″ trolleys, each includes a folding system that lets you pack without wrinkles.

Exuvius’ Titan Collar Stays not only keep your collars stiff, but are a swiss army knife of sorts: they include a built-in bottle opener and opposing flat Phillips and slot-tipped screwdrivers.

Good news if you like your gadgets green: Lexon has released a rather large line of bamboo gadgets, appliances, and accessories including radios, calculators, and lighting.

Available 2/2010, Bowers & Wilkins’ 800 Series Diamond loudspeakers are truly “hard”-core: they feature quad-magnet diamond dome tweeters that improve dynamic range.

Make books like War and Peace even denser than they already are with these Vise Bookends; made out of solid iron, each set features turnable steel screws and wooden handles.

It’s the only way you’ll get a skater to sit down for supper, but don’t be surprised if they do an ollie off the olive oil: TFP’s Three Sixty Table sports a glass top on three trucks with wheels.

Five years in the making, Wiege’s On Chair is off-balance in a good way: the active seat has joints that can tilt forward, back, and side to side, thereby keeping you moving while sitting.

It’s the same size as the Marvel Comic mural we featured previously, but we prefer the grand-Gotham look of this Batman XL Wall Mural; it’s a giant 9′ by 15′ removable wall decal.

Technology continues to unfold even in the analog realm with The Zoomable Map; made out of an ancient material called paper, it zooms into London with a patented folding mechanism.

Based on Apple’s iPod Mini, Mirko Ginepro’s hollow iTables are decidedly un-Mini but are definitely Cupertino-chic: they’re made with Corian and measure about 47″ long and 13″ high.

At $2,600 you’ll forever be unable to buy another clock, but Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Atmos 566 runs forever: it’s powered by temperature changes of at least 1 degree Celsius every 2 days.

OXO is usually found in the kitchen, but their Cord Catch is at home in any office: made out of heavy die cast zinc and padded with a non-slip base, it keeps cords and cables within reach.

99 bottles of beer on the wall ceiling: Tejas’ Beer Bottle Lights are made with empty bottles and 10 to 12 gauge steel; choices range from basic fixtures to a giant 40″ 2-tier pool chandelier.

There’s no room for junk in the Mayfair Steamer Secretary Trunk; finished with cigar leather and 3,000+ brass nailheads, it’s a high-end mini office with pull-down desktop and bookshelves.