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The Adapter

The Adapter wood utilitarian pens pencils office

The Adapter was designed by Felix Ng, the art director at SILNT and is available at the FARM Online Store (which has more cool stuff that my mind is able to comprehend this early in the morning).

Floating Animation Pen

Floating Animation Pen pens optical illusion office home animation

The floating animation pen is a collaboration between Japanese designers Satoshi Endo and Taku Sato who spent six months researching and developing the perfect combination of elements that would simulate a 6-frame slit animation within the tiny confines of a liquid filled pen. Mesmerizing. (via designboom)

By Christopher on February 13, 2011 • animation home office optical illusion pens

Face Mug

Face Mug office home food coffee ceramics body

Let’s keep today’s anthropomorphic vibe going with the ceramic Face Mug available exclusively at Uncommon Goods.

Put a smile on that mug with a hungry mouth cubby that bites off more than you can chew. Perfect for serving milk and cookies, coffee and doughnuts, tea and biscotti, or your favorite snack-time combinations.

(via holy cool)

By Christopher on January 21, 2011 • body ceramics coffee food home office

Fedrigoni 2011 Calendar

Designed by Paul Betowski as a promotional piece for UK-based Fedrigoni. Sounds like you’ll only be lucky enough to obtain one if you live in the UK:

To get your hands on one of these amazing calendars, simply email “2011 Sirio Calendar” to [email protected] with your name, company name and address (UK customers only). The calendars will also be available to collect at the Fedrigoni Xmas party on Tuesday 14th December 2011, in the basement bar of Clerkenwell House EC1N.

(via dieline)

By Christopher on November 15, 2010 • 3d calendars home office

When Bookshelves Attack

There’s been a virtual onslaught of innovative bookshelves this week, so I thought I’d do a quick recap of what I’ve seen. Colossal has not been immune to really great bookshelves.

When Bookshelves Attack office home decor books

Some clever new shelf concepts from Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger, of Israel-based Studio Ve. More info and images over at core77.

When Bookshelves Attack office home decor books

German designer Miriam Aust has devised a modular method of displaying old, unused books by creating boxed frames that scale to individual books. Extra space can be used for more storage. (via design boom)

When Bookshelves Attack office home decor books

The Trick and Cave bookshelves from Sakura Adachi. (via paul over at dudecraft who is a gentleman and a scholar)

When Bookshelves Attack office home decor books

Bookshelf/coffee table designed by Shay Alkalay. The slats serve as both bookmarks and storage, while the spines of the book form the top of the table. (via sight unseen)

When Bookshelves Attack office home decor books

And lastly the delightfully vertical Stair Case shelf by Danny Kuo. (via doorknob)

Any other hot bookshelves I’m missing?

By Christopher on November 5, 2010 • books decor home office

2011 Wall Calendar Made from 2,011 Keyboard Keys

2011 Wall Calendar Made from 2,011 Keyboard Keys posters and prints office home computers calendars

This 2011 calendar is a promotional piece for Harald Geisler‘s typography studio in Frankfurt. The hundreds of keyboard keys are photographed row by row to decrease lens distortion and reproduce the keys at actual size. The resulting print will be about 2′ x 3′. Learn more over at his Kickstarter page where you can pledge some money and walk away with a print or three. (via man-made)