Proof that not every timepiece needs a pendulum
Is this the design equivalent of truck nuts?
via LA Times — Accessories

D.P.W. Bowls
We just revisited Boris Bally's recycled street sign furniture in our September 2004 Flashback, and we are reminded about these cool bowls made from recycled signs too.
via Apartment Therapy — Accessories

My Cuppa Tea (or coffee)
Using Pantone colors to get the perfect cup of joe. Brilliant!
via Gizmodo — Accessories

Link Mugs
Clever way to carry six cups of coffee by linking/plugging them together. Makes me wish I had six mouths. Just imagine the caffeine buzz :)
via Gizmodo — Accessories

The Octopuss is Sober
One of the wittiest calendar designs I've seen to date. What's your favorite month?
via swissmiss — Accessories

MuNiMulA Wine Tray
For the "cool, but why?" category... this aluminum tray (which I like for its high weight to strength ratio) holds four glasses and a bottle of vino. From our friends at MuNiMulA (seen L+L 2/21/2006).
via uncrate — Accessories

Better View
A roll-up black-out curtain with perforated city views by Finnish designer Elina Aalto of Fiasko Design.
via Cool Hunting — Accessories

F*** Frank Gehry
“Somebody sent it to me,” Gehry said the other day, over the telephone, “and I thought it must have been the people in Brooklyn who are sort of angry. But then I thought, well, it must be loving, too. So I decided it was funny, and I put it on."
via archinect — Accessories

Sliced Vase
It's like the love child of a topographic model and a Tupperware container... by Belgian furniture designer Frederik van Heereveld (FEEK).
via Core77 — Accessories

Front Door Storage
A nifty (and certainly pricey) concept designed by Lee Stanlier for all of the odds and ends you tend to dump off as you walk into (or need to pick up on the way out of) your abode. Please ignore Charlie's aesthetically challenged version displayed below.
via Gizmodo — Accessories

Ian Gonsher
Some cheeky designs by Ian Gonsher - Puddle Tray and Side Table.
via Swissmiss — Accessories

Canyon & Fusion
Nice pillows designed by Lauren Saunders.
via design*sponge — Accessories

House Numbers by Studio Fe
Nice numerals in brushed nickle with four options for the backing plate finish. Custom signs are also possible.
via Apartment Therapy — Accessories

Ceramicist Alyssa Ettinger
A Brooklyn based artist who makes some nice handmade pottery .
via Design*Sponge — Accessories

Architects Are Building Brands
"A growing number of companies are turning to 'starchitects' to boost sales by designing everything from household items to luxury goods."
via Business Week — Accessories

FingerPrints
Custom art from your fingerprints.
via Reluct — Accessories

Global Warming Mug
Ok, so pour yourself a latte and Florida disappears. But, what if it's an iced latte? Is an Ice Age mug far behind? Wait, who drinks iced lattes in a mug? Oh, nevermind.
via Treehugger — Accessories

Rechargeable Smoke Alarm
A smoke-alarm that screws into a light socket and recharges each time the light is in use. A good idea but as one person commented, "The only bad thing about this is that there is no way that is fitting under any conventional light fixture covers."
via Gizmodo — Accessories

Meniscus Pint Glass
A "device to measure pleasure", the Meniscus Pint Glass features "gulp lines" so you can accurately gauge...well, if you're one who gulps his pints, then you're not accurately gauging anything, are you?
via Wallpaper — Accessories

Green Glass
Environmentally friendly glass products from green glass inc.
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Half Pint Power
"Your favorite pint glass just got more useful."
via Cool Hunting — Accessories

Signature Vase
"Why settle for a boring round ceramic vase, when you can have a beautiful custom-made vase extruded from your own signature?"
via Inhabitat — Accessories