Design

The Logpile Coffee Table is reminiscent of the Highstack & Lowstack – furniture that looks like a stack of wooden planks. Though we wish the price was also similar to that of a stack of wooden planks.

Keita Sagaki does not seem to tire from creating his brilliantly obsessive illustrations, and we don’t tire of looking; his new works feature celebrated architecture and sculpture, doodle style.

Designed by Héctor Serrano for Italy’s Seletti, these spiffy porcelain desktop organizers come in three sets which can be reconfigured into miniature scenes – a warehouse, a city, or a ship.

Invented by Jun Fujiwara of Tama Art University, Re:Sound Bottle is a concept device that records everyday sounds and automatically mixes them together upon playback to create original music.

Christoffer Martens’ Book Binder are the only pair of bookends we’ve seen that lets you organize books even without a bookshelf. It’s made of lacquered wood or raw oak and an elastic textile band.

Kevin Ferguson and Eric Brittingham’s brilliant chair for auto mechanics. It swiftly transforms from a chair to a creeper. It has neck and back support and magnetic tool trays. More here and here.

Lomography adds an edge to its otherwise cute La Sardina cameras with the Western Metal edition. The two cameras – Coyote and Belle Star – have oxidized metal cases with beautiful decorations.

Chen Chen and Kai Williams made a collection of makeshift knives that range from scary to silly. We hope they make posters of the shanks, because that’s as close as we want to get to these weapons.

A concept timepiece from Art Lebedev studio, the Lentus’ polished exterior and digital facade hides a simple analog mechanism: the digits are made from intersecting strips of transparent tape.

ThreadLab aims to make kits of clothes that people can customize using iron-on adhesive, no sewing needed. Their first kits are men’s shirts that come with multiple collars, cuffs, pockets and dyes.

Patagonia is working on an inflatable vest designed for big wave surfers. The final product should be wearable under a wetsuit, have an air release valve and help the wearer maintain a face-up position.

Greg Kumparak made his small scale model of Doctor Who’s unique ride appear bigger on the inside. He made an augmented reality mobile app that shows a 3D model of the TARDIS’ interior.

Built by architecture firm Because We Can as part of a Mad Scientist-themed remodeling project for a client, the cat-tube runs across the room’s walls and has viewing ports and hidden access points.

Positive Space Designs created this three-seater bench using reclaimed wood from an old bowling alley. It actually reminds us of those seats where you put on your bowling shoes.

A 3D-printed glazed ceramic espresso cup that also holds a single stick of cigarette. Or something else. Tomorrow Lab calls it the Solo e Sola, but they should take DudeIWantThat’s name for it.

Decor Atelier’s stackable wine cubbies not only look cool, they keep your bottles cool thanks to the thermal properties of concrete. NYC locals can avoid the hefty shipping costs with local pickup.

The Lumiblade is a modular diffuse light source that uses OLED panels. It’s bright but very thin and does not get uncomfortably warm, making it easy to integrate into various surfaces. More at Dezeen.

Designed by Malgorzata Ratajczak and Sebastian Szlabs of Emandes, Atomic Lighting Tubes are glowing tubes connected to PVC pipes. Its modular nature allows for an infinite number of layouts.

A concept smartphone being developed by Russian company Yota Devices, the YotaPhone is an Android phone with two displays – an LCD touchscreen in front and an always on E-ink screen at the back.

You’ll have to find a way to order them from Japan, but RGB Laboratory’s bold rings based on the chunky sound effect characters from manga are well worth the effort.

An upcoming product from Quirky, Dolce is a scoop designed to conquer ice cream that’s been frozen solid, thanks to its integrated scraper. It has a textured handle to ensure a firm grip.

This pendant is the bomb. RogueDZN’s DaisyCutter is a mechanical marvel. Inside its shell is a set of four titanium micro turbines, spinning at up over 10,000rpm. Coming in 2013, limited to 20 pieces.

A heroic Xbox 360 S case mod made by Zachariah Perry Cruise aka Zim Props, the 21-year old who also made the sweet Iron Man Xbox 360 case mod. Contact him for commissions.

Open your wine bottles Kraken-style with this creepy squid corkscrew from Dellamorte. Made from cast resin with a stainless steel cork remover. Would be cooler if the tentacles pulled the cork out.

A low-cost LED light designed for developing areas where dangerous kerosene lanterns are the norm. The 3 second act of lifting a weighted bag provides 30 minutes of energy, without batteries or sunlight.

Belief’s clever skate deck is decorated to look like a New York subway car, and includes a marker and stickers you can use to tag it with your own custom graffiti – without fear of the MTA cops.

A bracelet made to look like a wristwatch, Levi Maestro’s Infinity Piece is meant to be a reminder for the wearer to not be a slave to his schedule and take time to appreciate the present.

Barcelona design group In-Tenta’s eco-friendly concept hotel provides guests with individual “pods” which can be set directly onto the ground so as not to disturb natural surroundings.

If you’ve never seen laser cutting up close and personal, here’s a nifty little video that shows off a map of Atlanta, Georgia being precision-cut with a computer-guided laser cutter. Buy the maps here.

Designed by MollaSpace and Balance Wu, this deck has one-way see-through face cards which let you envision your friends as King, Queen, Jack, or even the Joker. Made from sturdy PVC.