For Whom The Boil Buoy Tolls
The Boil Buoy from quirky.com floats in a pot and will chime when the pot comes to boil. Bit like a whistling kettle only without the whistle or the kettle. Lots of cool products on the quirky.com site.
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Bamboo Kitchenware
bambu make kitchen and house wares out of bamboo. They have some really cool designs. The principals of the company live and work in China.
Beautiful Hand Drawn Ceramics
Laura Zindel draws beautiful complex animals and plants on ceramics such as plates and cups. They're wonderful detailed works. The finished article is available for purchase at Blackbird.
Ambigram Door Mat
This door mat by Suck UK has an ambigram that either says "Come in" or "Go away". Try standing on your head and look at the screen and you'll see what I mean. Ok then. So, depending on your mood,…
Recycling Fire Hoses
Elvis & Kresse re-cycle fire hoses (from the UK) to make all kinds of accessories from wash bags and wallets to guitar straps. Marvellous. Google translation of web site. See also Freitag, who make bags from re-cycled truck tarpaulins.…
Ambient Umbrella
Ever get caught in the rain and wish you'd checked the weather before leaving your brolly at home? The handle of the Ambient Umbrella from Ambient Devices lights up to predict rain. It does this by wirelessly receiving data from…
Spooch: Spoon Chopsticks Combination
This is an idea called chopsticks plus by Aïssa Logerot. A combination of chopsticks, spoon and (in the second project) toothpicks. It's a good idea but in China the soup usually comes last, i.e. after the chopsticks have been…
Toshiba Escargot
Gotta love the Toshiba Escargot vacuum cleaner. It's small (about 22cm), light (2.2Kg), quiet (65dB) and can be carried over the shoulder so there's do dragging the box on the floor after yourself. Have vacuum will travel.
Solar Mobile Charger
Solio make a range of solar mobile device chargers like the one above. Not only does it look very cool it is also practical. Great Christmas present. Now, if only a laptop was available with a solar panel on it's…
