Awesome Design

A card wallet that’s simple and fun to use. How could a wallet be fun to use? It has a thumb loop that lets you flip it around. It would be a lot more fun if it was cheaper though.

Omote 3D’s Shashin Kan takes personal figurines to another level, using 3D scanning and printing to create detailed likenesses of their customers. The cost? At least $265. Stick to Instagram for now.

An innovative ceiling fan which not only does away with the classic bladed design, but improves airflow by producing a quiet, recirculating vortex of air through laminar flow between spinning flat discs.

Disposable paper placemats with a clever design. Each placemat has a blueprint-style sketch showing how various tableware should be placed. Made by Cake Vintage for West Elm.

Made from a durable, lightweight folded plastic shell, Solid Gray’s geometric packs look like something out of a science fiction flick. Originally only in white, we’re really digging the new gray one.

We haven’t played with toy soldiers since we were kids, but we might just have to add this man-sized soldier to our living room. It measures 18in. tall, weighs 3.3lbs and is made from cast resin.

Make your phone look busted while you’re actually protecting it with this iPhone 5 case that looks like it’s been shattered into hundreds of pieces. Created by ArtizanWork created using 3D printing tech.

Paper calendars are usually wasteful, but the Calendreco can be used indefinitely thanks to its four headers that are printed with the different arrangements of the days of the week.

Simon Storey’s, deconstructed speakers can be rearranged into a wide variety of shapes and configurations. Handmade from MDF, they include left and right woofers, tweeters and midranges.

Bloemencorso in The Netherlands is a parade that features floats made from flowers. And by floats, we mean gigantic, twisting architectural structures and straight up weird animatronic animals.

Division Furtive’s Type 46 watch has a double linear mechanical movement. In order to raise funds to produce the watch, the company is offering a much cheaper LED version as a Kickstarter reward.

Designed by Julian Vidame, the surface of this versatile table can expand from 31in to 62in, thanks to wooden boards that can be rolled from upright to flat and vice versa.

Invented by Dean Benstead, the O2 Pursuit is a prototype motorcycle that runs on compressed air. It has a top speed of 87mph and can go for about 60mi on a single diving cylinder. Field demo here.

A modern tea kettle design from MINIMAL’s Dustin Brown, lead designer of the Xbox 360 Slim. The glass-lined, on-the-go container would let you steep and sip tea after a quick trip to the microwave.

Designed by Dan Goldstein, the Re-Ply is a minimalist recliner made with used corrugated cardboard. A durable and environment-friendly furniture. Also available with fake fur or felt.

This one-of-a-kind fixture was made from a 1950s arcade game. It’s been retrofitted with fluorescent tubes and glowing marbles by Renegade Vintage. This coat rack came from the same machine.

CustomMade is an online marketplace that connects customers to makers. Post something you want to be made or built and prospective makers will bid for your order. Think of it as your personal Etsy.

If designer Brian Russell has his way, you’ll never get a flat again. His concept bike tire is made from rubber stretched over carbon nanotube-reinforced rods, to provide a cushioned ride without air.

UrbanDesk combines a full-size desk and a full-size bed into one. There is ample clearance between the bed and the desk so you don’t even have to clear off the desk when you fold down the bed.

Commemorate your virtual adventures with these gaming-themed luggage label stickers. Made by illustrator A.J. Hateley, the stickers reference places from popular games. Buy 6 to get a 50% discount.

Furniture by Slovakian studio Allt (All That). Made of spruce wood, the design of both the Highstack shelf and the Lowstack bench was inspired by wood planks stacked in sawmills and warehouses.

Sotyrys and Aleksander Pantopulos’ sleek Raptor RT01 table is part contemporary art, part furniture and part green; as the body is made from recycled aluminium; the remainder is made of glass and HPL.

This 3D printed button has a notch on one side that grips earphone cords with a 2mm diameter, such as the one on the stock Apple earphones. A clever invention by Shapeways member Egant.