Desk phones are cool agian.

Last year I gave up my landline. No more traditional phone, just an iPhone. I've never looked back. Never regretted it, not once. If I ever want that desk phone feeling I can.

(Via Swiss Miss.)

Polaroid, back from the dead.

I'm loving Polaroid all over again. Fantastic package design for such an iconic product. Anything less would not have worked.

Via Daring Fireball.

Tea-Shirts

Not for every day but great to have in the cupboard. Hanger Tea. Love em.

Via the one and only Swiss Miss.

TV Posters

Fantastic TV posters. All my favourite TV's show's in stylised poster form by Albert Exergian. I might get the Magnum one!

Via Exergian.

Adobe (punching) pillow's

Get yourself a nice Adobe pillow at MySuiteStuff so you can have nightmares of bloated UI's

Via Hilton Harbour

Sticky phone

Solar Powered Sticker Phone by Liu Hsiang-Ling is something you just know you're gonna lose because how often do you stick something to a window to charge it? On the other hand it would be very cool as a speaker phone when stuck to a window. Fly on a window sort of thing.

Via Yanko Design

Stuff for the apartment

I must say I really like the design of these. Very simple and yet the details make it work.
RW 107-2 Rollwagen

Stealth MacBook Pro

This is what I want for x-mas, a ColorWare Limited Edition Stealth MacBook Pro.

Mat black finish (smudge resistant material), solid state drive and best of all a mat screen! It's only $6000, so... well... maybe not. The stealth bit is that they're selling only ten of them so you'll never ever see one.

Via Cool Hunting

PMS my Cube!

PMS is still kinda funky when it comes to everyday design items. So a PMS Rubiks Cube should be just the ticket.
Via core77.

Don't run with scissors!

Best tattoo ever! When in doubt cut along the dotted line! Ouch!

Via Boing Boing

Clever logo's

We've seen clever logo's like this 'yoga australia' before. The FedEx hidden arrow is a famous and familiar one but I missed the Amazon A to Z smile.

Via NOTCOT.

Naim Audio wonder

I'm a bit of a minor HiFi head. I don't gaga and spend tens of thousands of euros on the latest and greatest. However, I do have a very nice Naim integrated amplifier. Which I'm still very very happy with. Well, until I came across Naim Audio's NaimUniti.
So what's do you get for about 2.300 euro?

• Amp based on NAIT 5i
• CD transport based on CD5i
• DAC that was originally built for the CD5x
• DAB/FM tuner
• WiFi file streaming (UPnP)
• USB
• Digital Inputs: 5 SPDIF (2*optical, 2*coaxial, 1*3.5mm jack)
• Ethernet and iPod connectors
• 2x50WPC into 8Ω
• Sub output (2 Mono outputs via RCA)
• Red Book CD audio
• Internet radio (WMA, MP3 Streams, MMS)
• MP3, AAC (up to 320 kbps, CBR/VBR)
• WAV, FLAC, OGG Vorbis

Sign me up on the waiting list. This can't possibly be a bad buy!

Lazy, but cool.

Now, I'm not one for bikes. But they do represent some cool shit on the design front. As does this Ultra Motor A2B Electric Bicycle. I just love those fat tires!

Via Cool Hunting.

I thought he was a pulpit

Once a good logo now a devastating one. When Bad Things Happen to Good Logos. Leave those kids alone!

Via NOTCOT.

Folding bikes are for geeks

Well, except for this one. Despite living in the Netherlands I don't use my bike that much. If I were in the market for a new one this one would certainly on my list.

(Via Core77 .)

Oh me, oh my an OLED MacBook Pro

LG insider points to Apple OLED notebook. Now if this were true I'd sign up in a second. I'd rather see an OLED in an iMac. But an OLED would actually produce a laptop screen that beats the pants off of anything else. Viewing angle? What viewing angle?

Personally I'd think that if they did do this the OLED would make its way into the MacBook Air. With a 15 inch screen? The Air's higher/exclusive price point would also make it a more cost effective fit.

(Via Register Hardware.)

Bombs away!

If you gotta go you gotta go, vertigo or not!

Blue tea?

Pantone Storage Jars, for that designer/chef in your house. But why not pick a more relavant colour for tea? It's not called Pantone colour Matching System for nothing!

(Via NOTCOT.ORG.)

MacOS iPhone Project

If you're a geek then you must have MacOS 7 on your iPhone. I'm not sure it can run Quark XPress. There must be a Commodore c64 emulator for iPhone somewhere!? Anybody?

(Via NOTCOT.)

The Elements of Islay

Anybody need a drink? One should always start with the elements, The Elements of Islay that is.

(Via NOTCOT.)

Bondage game

It's not what you think it is... perverts. It is a game everybody should play, just to calm down a little. How much rope do you need to wrap a brick?

Wondering if I could wrap a Barbie Doll, or is that my inner pervert talking?

Via Daring Fireball.

Very 80's

I'm getting bored with my iPhone. This looks like a nice replacement. oh, wait... it doesn't have shazam!

(Via Core77.)

I'll lose this one as well

USB memory sticks these days are lost just as easily as a Bic ballpoint pen. Furthermore they're likely to be 'nicked' more often than your pen. The problem with this USB stick is that it will be trown away more than anything else because it looks like something you should throw away. Leave it on your desk after working late and the cleaning lady will toss it in the bin. I suppose it's some kind of security.

Snazzy PC

Yes, I agree. "Snazzy PC" is a bit of an oxymoron. However, Dell has pulled off a fairly decent looking desktop PC design. Maybe skip the iMac after all.

Butterfingers

Bomb the Bass. Wow, these guys take me way back. They still sound as fresh as ever. Also, the guys from the Perish Factory have made a
fantastic video. Each 'button' has their own cute idiosyncrasies.

via 30gms

HD-DVD killed by the web

Toshiba's HD-DVD has thrown in the towel, or rather, kicked the bucket. As soon as Warner jumped off the bandwagon after seeing the Blu-Ray light HD-DVD found itself in a very tough spot.
Although some equate this with the Betamax-VHS war we have to remember that the Blu-Ray HD-DVD conflict was fought out in the open. Consumers could read in almost realtime that HD-DVD was doomed. No marketing strategy could combat this one. Toshiba may still look for some niche market to park HD-DVD, like BetaMax once did. But instead of being pushed out of the market slowly the web killed it, in an instant, stone dead. Instant news, instant opinion on such a massive scale is basically a bullet in the head.

It's evident that Sony's Play Station 3 played a large part in hogging a huge chunk of the retail movie market without actually being in the retail movie market primarily. Toshiba played nice with Microsoft but just that sent all the wrong signals. The XBox isn't exactly the killer consumer appliance it was hyped up to be. Nitendo's Wii waved it's magic wand and made all that go away.
Marketshare slipped through Toshiba's fingers. Everybody could see, there was no hiding, no spinning this one. Dead, game over for player two.

Working at home

Whoohoo! I'd never leave my bed with this tray for laptop and food. Make's me wish I was sick in bed! Cough, cough, sniffle.

Hanging Harry

I've seen some strange things in my life. Selling stuff without a pulse is one of them. Fur coats, stuffed animals, Céline Dion etc. etc.
But selling something that represents something dead is just a little bit stranger. Poor Harry.

Stuffed

I'm not a big fan of stuffed toys but weird stuffed toys are kinda cool. Maybe I'll get one. Just to give my own weirdness some company.

Till death does us in

I've found a little site called 'Instructables' and it has the most amazing things on it. I'm a total dimwit when it comes to DIY. But the section about dangerous stuff does appeal to me.

I would really like to thank all of the people who submit such dangerous things, because i really dont have time to do and post the things in my head. ... Yes, crazy ass shit; especially the fire. Everyone loves fire.

Hey maybe they should advertise The Darwin Awards website.

Flights of fancy

The United States of America is big. It's huge and Americans travel like there is no tomorrow. Researchers are always trying to find ways to represent this in a meaningful way. Some are good, useful and some are aesthetically beautiful. Especially when you display flight information in video format.

I want one!

I'd like an iPhone because it combines multiple gadgets in one. There is an option of an iPhone for the not so fortunate, like myself. I'd go with duct tape though.

Fashion victim

Going off on a trip? Going though airport security? Imagine placing your 'designer' man purse concealing a mobile phone in the Tupperware™ container for passing through the scanner.
You'll be shot in the head before you can say "Isn't this snazzy?"

The writing is on the wall

Like mother used to say. I'd forget my head if it wasn't screwed on. Maybe an entire wall with Post-it™ notes might help. As my girlfriend says, I need as much help as I can get! Now where did I leave that post-it™?

I can't plug it in!

For those with MS or alcohol related 'issues' may want to try the Rozetkus power strip. Although, some may still be stumped. I'm not so sure I would want to friends with someone like that.

PS. Don't spill your beer into it.