Know someone that needs a budding and pruning knife? Victorinox makes one specifically for that. Nevermind what it’s for, it looks damn smart. I like the brass blade, which is for something having to do with removing bark…

One of the coolest hoodies I’ve seen in a while. It may also be the nerdiest – Traditional Greeting on Threadless, designed by Paulo Bruno. Why’s it got to be the asian dude with the nerd glasses doing the Spock thing? I’m just saying…

Gonçalo Campos collaborated with Maria Bruno Néo on a set of porcelain candlesticks. Called Pano, the Portuguese word for cloth, the mold for the candlesticks is made by using cotton fabric soaked with porcelain, which is then dried and fired. During the firing, the fabric is burnt away, leaving just the delicate porcelain. Each candlestick is one of a kind, and I love the juxtaposition between the perceived material, and the actual material.

Not completely sure if these new Rankin Swatches are cool or actually kinda creepy.

Playsam makes some expensive yet very simple and cool kids(?) toys or desk-type objects that kids can play with too. My favorite is the Streamliner Rally Organic. The driver-navigator cockpit is funny. It’s always good to have a co-pilot.

Being that it’s blazing hot outside and it’s going to be 96 degrees today, a popsicle (or five) sounds like just the thing. These boat, robot and rocket popsicle holders from Uncommon Goods are super fun.

Via Refinery 29.

The Genie from Nixon features a magic 8 ball type feature that helps you decide your fate with the push of a button. No info on what the actual answer texts are. Maybe they’ll match the actual 8 Ball?

I love these super customizable headphones by MIYA. For about $63, you can come up with a million combinations with the number of pieces that you can customize. Oh, and if you are lazy like me, you can hit the shuffle button to create random customizations (all of the headphones above were created that way). Fun!

At first I thought, oh Burton makes a yoga mat carrier, that’s kinda weird. A look closer reveals that it’s actually a Beeracuda, which makes a lot more sense.

The McMasterpieces exhibit was a lot of fun – it reminded me of a project we were given in architecture school – to take six random objects and to create something new from those objects. The designers invited to participate in the McMasterpieces exhibit were asked to use objects from the McMaster-Carr catalog to create new objects. I was most impressed with the objects that used the McMaster-Carr pieces in a totally new way, such as Bec Brittain’s Chess Set, which is made up of nuts and bolts, and Karl Zahn’s Oil Lamp, which ironically incorporates a fire hose nozzle.

Bec Brittain’s Chess Set.

David Weeks’ Pendant Light.

Henry Julier’s Mesh Bowls, made from polypropylene plastic mesh with nylon snap shank rivets.

Alissia MT’s Trivet, made of wood dowels and vegetable tanned leather cord.

Karl Zahn’s Oil Lamp.

Timothy Lile’s Clocks – even though in the spirit of the McMasterpieces exhibit, these aren’t as innovative as the other objects (being that they are just modified clocks), I’m including them anyway, because as finished objects, I really liked them (love the graphic – it reminds me of the retro video game, Arkanoid)!