The amazing (and very Italian) work of interior designer Piergiorgio Robino:
http://eternallycool.net/?p=432
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KU DIR KA Rocking Chair
http://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com/2007/09/ku_dir_ka_rocking_chair.html
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Quad by Nauris Kalinauskas:
http://www.gnr8.biz/product_info.php?products_id=501
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That one-piece curved lucite table is just everywhere--for example, the cover of this month's Domino--but here's a neat engraved version that I like quite a bit:
http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=1210&f=3844&viewall=1
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This is such a great idea: a dual kitchen timer, one that's an hour and one that's 20 minutes:
http://charlesandmarie.com/blog/modern_living/2007/08/31/double-timer/
Love the design, too.
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Whoa! These broochs and pendents are breathtaking:
http://www.modamuse.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=15&zenid=51e9302da0c2488eb5e83fc84ae61fe0&main_page=index
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Niina Aalto designed this set of beautiful holders for plastic cups:
http://www.style-files.com/2007/08/27/beautiful-holders-for-disposable-cups/
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Hilarious "topographic" soup bowl:
http://www.kyouei-ltd.co.jp/t-s-p.html
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Atelier Lzc Oval Mirror Houx
http://store.roseandradish.com/product-exec/product_id/1515/nm/Atelier_Lzc_Oval_Mirror_Houx
(I have no idea what those words mean.)
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Ikea's seesaw:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30089915
(Looks vaguely OB/GYN...)
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This sculpture is also a sentence:
http://www.notempire.com/images/uploads/trisowood1.jpg
Can you read it? And, more to the point, once you read it, can you NOT read it?
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An introduction to Carsten Höoller:
http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2007/09/carsten_hller.php
Much more here:
http://www.airdeparis.com/holler.htm#
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Finally, how freaking adorable are these?