Awesome Living

Stop-motion filmmaker and artist Andrea Love shared another one of her wonderfully creative short films. Using nothing more than a needle, felt, and her creativity, she baked up a tiny textile pizza that looks good enough to eat. Her Belgian waffles look yummy too.

This compact and movable desk makes it easy to set up a workspace anywhere, for seated or standing positions. Its desk can adjust between multiple positions and heights and has two whiteboard shelves – one for your laptop and another for a keyboard and mouse. It’s made from bamboo wood and aluminum.

Global warming is really gonna mess with cold drinks this spring. The strapped Able Carry Cooler thermal sling goes everywhere on commutes or day trips to help six canned drinks keep their cool for hours, especially when you add an icepack. It comes in White Alpine or Coyote Brown and fits inside any Able Carry backpack.

Inside Crystal Head’s spookiest skull bottle yet is a unique clear spirit made with premium Blue Weber agave sourced from a single farm in Mexico… yet this is vodka, not tequila. Crystal Head Onyx is blended with pure water from Newfoundland, Canada for a clean, semi-sweet finish that’s free of additives, oils, and sugars.

This tabletop appliance lets you roast your own coffee beans right in your kitchen. Load in raw beans, hit start, and it does the rest, rolling and roasting beans gradually. A smartphone app lets you choose a roasting cycle and notifies you when your beans are ready. It’s designed for quiet operation and has a cool-touch outer shell.

This unique contemporary ceiling lamp from Italy features a borosilicate glass shade and ribs that help to diffuse and distribute light. Its bright LED light source can change color temperatures using your smartphone or smart home assistant, and it comes with a clear, copper-tinted, or gold-tinted shade.

Designed by architects Atruio Vittori and Andreas Vogler, these unique structures harvest clean water from the air for drinking and sanitation purposes. They were designed to be buildable without scaffolding or machinery, using local, sustainable materials. Find out more about the project at the Warka Water website.

This multi-functional cooker can grill, boil, braise, and bake in a single, outdoor-friendly unit. It uses charcoal, a fan, and a thermostat to cook evenly and has a non-stick grilling surface and two additional cooking levels so you can prepare an entire meal at once. It also consumes much less fuel than ordinary charcoal grills.

Olight upgrades its Seeker Pro flashlight with more power and improved controls. Its four cool-white LEDs kick out 4200 lumens up to 250 meters. It has a grooved rotary knob with brightness and battery indicators, a smart lockout after 30 seconds of inactivity, and a lens obstruction proximity sensor.

This compact lamp has a High CRI (90+) light source, a gooseneck for adjustability, and a powerful magnetic base. Its LED bulb has snap-on lenses that let you adjust the beam width between 10º, 25º, and 36º angles. The 3000K color temperature is warm and easy on the eyes. Note: This light requires a metal surface to attach it to.

This specialized pocket tool from Titan Talon Tool Co. makes quick work of stuck wingnuts, and can also turn 9/16″ and 15/16″ regular nuts in its grip. It also has a built-in bottle opener and can hold 1/4″ hex bits as well. Small and light enough to keep on your belt loop. We also like their titanium key clip.

Ballsy’s body wash combines cleansing, exfoliation, and moisturizing for a great shower time. Jojoba spheres give it a scrubby texture, aloe vera locks in moisture, and coconut oil to soothe raw skin. Comes in Ocean & Air, Forest & Fields, and Citrus & Cedar scents.

UK woodworker Silas & Such make a variety of racks for display and organization. This rustic reclaimed wood shelving can showcase a mix of knives, watches, and other small collectible items. It measures 35.4″ w x 16.9″ h x 4.3″ d and can be wall-mounted into studs or used freestanding.

Cheers to Bols Cocktail Tubes, the fun way to sip ready-to-drink concoctions from tall 200ml cylinders serving 1-2 cocktails each. Gift packs offer four tubes in three varieties – Classic, Martini, and Modern – each featuring a different combo of Negronis, Old Fashioneds, Margaritas, and Martinis. Prosit!

The Rucker 4.0 and the Rucker Long Range backpacks are built for training while carrying a load. Both bags offer plentiful storage, MOLLE-compatible webbing, and heavy-duty CORDURA construction. The 4.0 has Velcro instead of zippers inside for durability, while the Long Range has extra cargo space for extended treks.

My Mechanics was inspired to create a unique circular lighter after seeing a similar design from fellow maker W&M Levsha. They built this one entirely from scratch using stainless steel. It has a donut-shaped body that hides a wick, cotton and lighter fluid inside. A fake wick sticks out in its see-through center.

This folding tool from Mitusmoto Sakari provides first responders or anyone in an emergency with critical life-saving abilities. In addition to its trauma scissors, it has a pocket knife, a wrench, a strap cutter, a ruler, a round cutter, a Philips screwdriver, a carbide glass breaker, and a travel key fob.

Dig the look of objects from the early days of the Nuclear Age? UK-based Martin Metal Art creates unique lamps with an Atompunk aesthetic, incorporating objects like 1960s battery chargers, perforated metal, and glass for a great retrofuturist vibe. The Davenset Atomic Reactor is our favorite, but it’s also the most expensive.

Nguyen Coffee Supply champions high-caffeine, low-sugar robusta beans as the future of specialty coffee. Nyguyen’s delicious Moxy, Loyalty, and True Grit are helping us forget Vietnam’s infamous Kopi Luwak (“cat poop coffee”). Nguyen’s Original Phin Kit sets things straight with a stainless-steel filter and a bag of beans.

Did you know that “margarita” actually means “daisy” in Spanish? Patron Tequila and St. Germain teamed up with artist and floral visionary, Maurice Harris, to create a bouquet of fresh takes on the classic cocktail. The floral secret ingredient is St. Germain liqueur, made with 1,000 handpicked elderflower blossoms.

Savior Equipment’s versatile organizer pouch is perfect for carrying your everyday gear. It has elastic straps to hold pens, tools, cables, and accessories, along with paracord supports to keep it open on a flat surface. Hook-and-loop straps allow for partial access, and MOLLE webbing makes it easy to attach to other packs.

Banish basic margaritas the easy way. This kit contains everything needed for 12 delicious servings: agave syrup, cold-pressed crystallized lime juice, spicy margarita salt, a measuring cup, and the smoky star of the show – a bottle of Ilegal Mezcal Joven, double distilled in Oaxaca by fourth-generation mezcaleros.

Most benches look pretty ordinary. Woodworker Chris Salomone wanted to build something a little different, so he came up with an abstract modern design for a wooden bench made up of a series of layered triangles. The finished piece looks like something straight out of a high-end furniture showroom.