Rock and Royal lighting

These really cool, bling custom chandeliers made by Rock and Royal in the Netherlands made me smile. If I had a house big enough I would definitely be getting one of these.

Monolith Table

This table design by Gioia Meller Marcovic is a really nice idea. It

allows you to have a big table when you don't have too much room.

Also when your not using it as a dining table you can use it as an

ordinary table instead.

Miniature city

This video is so cool, the time lapse, tilt shift videos are just so amusing. When I first saw one of these I was amazed I thought that someone had built a mini city and spent days moving everything about to create this movie. However I soon found out that it was real everyday life and I was even more amazed. Using a certain technique and speeding the footage up you can turn an everyday city life movie into this.

iTables

For all those Apple fanatics out there, heres one more thing to get your hands on. These really cool iPod style tables were designed by AN italian artist Mirko Ginepro for Milan design week. The tables are made to order, so probably pretty pricey, but well worth it.

Gummi bears light

This is amazing, when I first saw this I got so excited. A chandelier made of gummbi bears, my life is now complete. Made of approximately 5,000 hand-strung gummie bears, Kevin Champeny must have resisted temptation to eat them all.

cradle rock

This invention is something so simple but so effective, what a brilliant idea to combine a rocking chair with a cradle. Rockid is from the design studio Onterpduo.

Leaf tie

This is one for the green people out there, these leaf ties act in the same way as cable ties whilst bringing a bit of the outside in. The leaf tie make your cables look like wrapped up twigs and give and nice quirky touch to something so boring. Designed by Lufdesign.

Wheel of nutrition

This is a cool plate which reminds us about nutrition, I feel in a fun way. The plate comes in three types: Diet, Extra ordinary and Supersize which all have different proportions for people with different needs. These interesting and different plates were created by Hafsteinn Juliusson, Rui Pereira and Joana Pais.

Ka advert

This advert has been around for a while now, however every time I see it I find another car. The whole concept of this ad is great, hidden cars through out the advert really draws the viewer in. It's something so different to any other adverts I have seen especially a car advert. It is definitely one that you remember.

Cutting board

As quite a keen cook when I saw this cutting board I thought it was a great idea. As well as having enough board to cut on, this chopping board has a channel so that when you go to tip everything in the pan it actually will go into the pan and not all around it. Great idea, check it out at http://www.amordemadre.com/?s=objetos&lang=en

standing umbrella

This standing umbrella is such a good, practical idea. Whenever it's raining and you have your umbrella out, when you go inside there is never anywhere to put them. Well this solves that problem with it able to stand up itself you can stand it somewhere out of the way, without it falling over and it will also drain all the water away, great! check it out at Gizmodo.com

Reebok Extra Grip

This packaging for Reebok's extra grip trainers is great, I think it's really nice to have some concept behind the packaging it really makes it stand out and it shows that they have thought about the whole product in so much care and attention to not only design the product but to come up with some really nice, interesting packaging to go along with it.

Paper cut scupltures

I recently came across these paper cut sculptures by Peter Callesen and I was amazed. The intricate cutting out of the paper and the care and detail is great, it must take Peter ages to cut these out, but I think the end result is well worth it. Check more of Peters work out at http://www.petercallesen.com/index/index2.html

What is the world coming to?

Now don't get me wrong I'm all for a bit of new technology, however this 'Roll and Pour' that I recently came across is ridiculous. Who is that lazy that they can't pick up a carton of juice to poor it into a glass?

Bookshelves

After recently moving house I realised just how many books I actually have. This was cause for a bookshelf, which got me thinking just how boring bookshelves are, well most, until I found this array of funky bookshelves design by all different people which you can find at Toxel.com

Now some are more practical than others, I defiantly don't have space to fit a bookshelf shaped like the USA on my wall, however they all put a smile on my face and some could work for me.

Ear budeez

This cool ear phones won second place in the electronics category at dielines awards 2010. You can see why, just the quirky idea behind them really brings them to life. It makes something that is normally a particuly fun thing fun and interesting, these defiantly put a smile on my face. Well done JDA, Inc, Retail Ready Design for this great entry. Check it out in detail, and the other runners up and winners at http://www.thedieline.com/blog/

Heinz Ketchup advert

Recently this ketchup advert caught my eye, not only is it a good concept but it has been made so well. The indents on the hands and fingers of the people is amazing it looks so real. This is probably the most creative advert i have seen for ketchup, it's a really nice idea and made me smile when I first saw it. Check the full advert out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNYeUijwkvw

Here are a few stills from the advert...

Print Shop

Urban outfitters and Society6, a international artist community representing more that 70 countries worldwide, have teamed up to create print shop, bringing a collection of their favourite pieces for us to buy as prints or accessories our iPhone or laptops with. They have some really good pieces. Check it out, at http://printshop.urbanoutfitters.com/collection/society6artists/prints/1

Love fonts memo

This quirky little memory game is a nice take on the classic, with a designers twist, so simple but makes you smile. Designed by Sara Strand.

Grassland

Grassland are a German company who turn real dried grass into quirky and unusual objects of interior design. Their work really caught my eye, it's something different for the home, bringing the outside in, literally. Check them out at http://www.grassland-site.com/en/home.html