Awesome Design

Household Zen Gardens might seem like a trendy relic of the 1990s, but Simon Hallam’s Zen Table is a 21st century revamp using robotics to carve images into the sand from below. Amazing stuff.

Ever wish you could shut out the rest of the world around you? Architect Paolo Maldotti’s NU-OVO pod provides a room-within-a-room anywhere you want. Plus, it looks like a giant egg.

Better equipped to accompany your throwing star fridge magnets than ordinary kitchen knives, these dagger handles seem much more appropriate in a ninja’s house.

Looking for that finishing touch for your room? Check out these creepy, yet awesome baskets and buckets filled with porcelain skulls by Minnesota artist Cyrus Swann. Single skulls start at just $20.

Korean designer Song Seung-Yong has created the whimsical Objet-O, a birch chair with an oversized paper lampshade and light, which evokes the privacy and coziness of a bird’s nest.

Dark Horse Deluxe’s playing cards feature doodles from the master of darkness himself. Keep in mind that only face cards feature his images. Still, a creepy treat for Burton fans.

Thermaltake and BMW’s DesignWorksUSA collaborated on this sexy mouse, with an open, adjustable body, and passive air flow for cooling sweaty palms. Wired, though, for optimal gaming.

While it’s doesn’t have twin helixes, Singapore’s Helix Bridge at Mariana Bay is equally dramatic, with its curved, fluid lines, covered with thousands of colorful LEDs for nighttime illumination.

Designer Gustavo Brenck combined hauling your stuff and urban transportation with his lightweight “Gig Pack” concept. At this point, it’s just a prototype, but we’d love to see it produced.

Designer Harry Allen created these fun and functional bowls, inspired by his 1964 Willys Jeep. Made from cast resin and marble, offered in a variety of finishes. Measures 5″H x 12″W x 6″D.

While carrying a Walkman nowadays might inadvertently call attention to yourself, the Drinkman still looks good enough to look forward to taking it out for a jog when it comes out in May.

Deson Wang and Mike He designed what could only be loosely defined as a clock, as it only functions when you hang its removeable watch in the center. Also available with a white watch face.

If Etsy seller intheseam can make beautiful pillows out of pictures of sewers and manhole covers, what more if she used images of vintage cameras? Made of high-res canvas prints sewn on black fabric.

Designed by CrousCalogero for lighting company Estiluz, the Balloon Lamp is exactly that – a balloon-shaped lamp. It casts a soft white glow and is available as a suspension lamp or a wall lamp.

Designed by Eugenia Morpurgo, the RIY Shoes’ upper and sole are easily separable, and it comes with several repair kits. Not only do they last longer, the repairs also give it a distinct look over time.

Pinocchio, the little wooden boy with truth issues turns your pencil into a lie-detecting proboscis as he sharpens it to a fine point. Makes less sense without a pencil shoved into it, though.

Wouldn’t it be nice to just drift with the clouds? Tiago Barros proposes just that with this more laid-back approach to travel that involves wayfaring onboard a huge cloud-shaped balloon.

JumpFromPaper bags have cartoon-like outlines and bright colors that make them look like two-dimensional drawings. Many of the designs are for women, but they have unisex bags as well.

Alex Garnett’s ice cream cone pendant lamps are the perfect place for twisty CCFL bulbs. Despite how tasty they look, we don’t encourage licking the bulbs or crunching down on the earthenware cones.

The foldable Koi deck chair from confused-direction design is a simple polypropelene construction; the lines are milled into a single sheet which transforms into comfortable, lightweight seating.

Hard Graft’s sophisticated rear cover for the iPad 2 has an Italian suede exterior, and a soft Nappa leather lining to protect the back of your tablet from scratches. Works with Apple’s Smart Cover.

Flickr user Jason Hull buys damaged 50s and 60s plastic cameras and guts them out to turn them into low cost yet beautiful nightlights. Keep tabs on his Etsy shop for new stock.

It’s not like we haven’t seen bikes that fold up to save space before. But Dominic Hargreaves’ prototype folding bike collapses down to the diameter of the wheel itself.