The Drop! Fruit Bowl by Menu

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Looking very much like “a splash of paint frozen in time” (its own self-description, mind you), Menu’s silicone fruit bowl — appropriately named “Drop!” — needs little introduction when placed on a table or countertop, since it clearly announces itself rather loudly. Unapologetically available in carbon, neo purple, neo red, snow white, storm blue and crisp lime, these poptastic 11.4” conversation starters “provoke in a positive and happy way and make most people pay attention,”

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The MechaniCard: A Grown-Up Jack-in-the-Box for Your Coffee Table

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Engineering and art combine to provide the perfect conversation piece in artist Bradley Litwin’s MechaniCards — fully functional, handmade kinetic sculptures crafted primarily out of paperboard. Sort of like a jack-in-the-box for adults, each of the five kinetic sculptures in the original collection exhibits its own reaction when wound by hand. Each card in the series comes either fully assembled or, for hobbyists who like a challenge, as a do-it-yourself kit; wooden display cases are

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Coffee Break Chic: Geektastic Ctrl+Alt+Delete Cups

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The traditional coffee break gets quite the reboot with ThinkGeek’s Ctrl+Alt+Delete barware series — a set of three dishwasher-safe black plastic cups emblazoned with the notorious keystroke combination used to reboot any PC with an attitude problem. The series’ tongue-in-cheek humor goes a step further with its display tray, etched to resemble a circuit board. Keep it within perfect reach for a much-needed break the next time a blue screen of death threatens to Ctrl+Alt+Delete

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B&F’s Matrix Clock Tells Time Rather Literally

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Some clocks are just clocks, while a rare few are objects of genius. German design studio Biegert & Funk brings typography, time, art and light (not to mention a more figurative form of brilliance) to its ‘Qlocktwo’, a clock that tells time in words presented in a quadratic matrix of letters that, when illuminated from behind, form phrases like “It Is Half Past Twelve,” “It Is Three O’Clock” and “It Is Ten to Seven.” This work

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DIANE von FURSTENBERG’s Designer Bedding

Fashionistas and style divas world over will be forever indebted to DIANE von FURSTENBERG for creating the wrap dress! Epitomizing perfection, the iconic wrap dress has given the designer a permanent place in the annals of fashion history. The ”Dancing Knots” Duvet may not elicit the same kind of exhilaration when compared to DVF’s other more famous design, but one cannot help but admire its stunning design. Whimsical, imaginative and unique, the duvet with its

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