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A perfect gift

Nuacco — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:35:31 +0000

Now as the spring is almost here, it’s time to grow your gift cards. Yes, really grow – it has been made possible with Postcarden – post it, mount it, plant it, water it.

Postcarden is designed and produced by A Studio for Design. Their cards can be easily sent via post with room to write a personal greeting, creating an interactive part of the present.

As for how specifically treat this card, nothing more extraordinary than a daily horticulturist’s work – just don’t forget to water it.

Postcarden comes in three different layouts, all green in the end of the day.

More about the cards.

Make yourself at home

Nuacco — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:17:13 +0000

You have a cat? Make the cat be a part of your home interior – Koichi Futatsumata made a design for a coffee table, which would nicely incorporate your pet as a part of it. Now the trick is to make the cat (not sure dogs would work) crawl inside.

Every Drop that Counts series – plates from London based industrial designer, Ayda Anlagan. She completed an MA in Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

More from Ayda Anlagan and a chance to buy one of these.

And here is a very important home gadget – an alarm carpet. Means that the alarm only goes off once you stand on the carpet. Can’t snooze though, obviously.

Design by Sofie Collin & Gustav Lanberg

Things to encapsulate yourself

Nuacco — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:44:17 +0000

First of all, there is this absolutely awesome hardback leather case to cover MacBook and MacBook Pro up. It is stylish, safe and can help you keep strict secrecy as to what it has in its contents. Vintage design as you haven’t imagined it before.

Did we mention it’s awesome? It is available at TwelveSouth for 79.99 USD.

Next, it’s the Belly Love by Florence Jaffrain, this might look like a coral Sarcophyton Elegans from the Indian Ocean, but in reality it’s an exquisite sofa. Feel its softness encapsulate you (supposedly) for some very sound dreams.

Neff Knit Headphones. Warm, stylish and actually functional. Neff is normally making snowboarding equipment, but these headphones go only too well on some snowy mountain. Available for 42 USD.

Life in Jell-O

Nuacco — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:33:04 +0000

All you people out there who like jelly bears, now you have something more to drool about – Liz Hickok is making cities in Jell-O. San Francisco based artist makes kids and adult dreams come true by creating edible installations.

More about the artist

Simple crafts is no rocket science

Nuacco — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:42:57 +0000

These absolutely fabulous cups are a product of Livia Marin. Little could be found on the artist, however this china is an absolutely fantastic piece of art! Maybe not very useful for a tea party, but surely the highlight of home decoration.

Livia Marin’s website

Maria Cristina Belucci, another lady, only this time from Rome, makes jewellry out of colored pencils – rings, brooches, bracelets, very environmental friendly design. Recycle your pencils into art!

Check more here

A cup of tea becomes a new experience thanks to this witful design by Soon Mo Kang – now you can hang your teabag onto your cup. So cute.

Place where Charlie goes grown up

Nuacco — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:58:16 +0000

This unusual candy store is located in Harajuku, Japan. Chocolate drops are hanging from the ceilings, milk is seemingly floating on the base, ready to be mixed with the brown chocolate bars on the walls. Godiva Chocolate is the Chocolate Factory for grownups, and the ultimate hang out place in Harajuku.

Virtual window shopping

Nuacco — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:49:43 +0000

1. Knitted food by Ed Bing Lee

2. Prickly pair chairs by Valentina Glez Wohlers

3. Mons Lavabo Eco-Friendly Sink for kids

4. Denis Belenko floating cup

5. Chilewich + Griffin iPhone cases

Happy bin bags

Nuacco — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:32:30 +0000

If you don’t get a kick out of the idea of recycling, maybe these bin bags can help you have fun with disposing your trash and leftovers. Wieden + Kennedy, who created the design, claim that now taking the trash out is so much more fun! We are on the same page here.

You can buy the bags from SUCK UK

Art in the time of cholera

Nuacco — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:58:38 +0000

Pretty drawings of some bugs? Is this your first thought? They certainly are pretty, but looking closer, one might notice that in reality these insects are deformed, which was the result of the radiation.

Cornelia Hesse-Honegger, scientific illustrator from Switzerland, makes illustrations of morphologically disturbed insects, which she finds near the nuclear areas of the infamous places like Chernobyl, nuclear power plants in Switzerland, radiation-contaminated areas in Europe and the US.

Cornelia sketches how perfect symmetrical lines of bug surface are slightly changed, deformed by dangerous exposure.

Beautiful but scary.

Immensible beauty of Zeitgeist Toys

Nuacco — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:59:00 +0000

Zeitgeist Toys are one of the most beautiful designer toys out there. Not only they are hand-made, also the toys are made of superb quality material, like porcelain and metal.

Every piece is unique based on traditional non-industrial manufactory processes.

One can feel a special touch applied on every piece; the toys look extremely fine and delicate, with immense detail and care.

Zeitgeist Toys are produced in Berlin, find out more here.