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keyboards

Japanese-Style Keyboards Look Almost Too Good for Typing

These traditional Japanese-style keyboards are a class apart from the grey or white boringness of the average keyboard. As well as looking different, and neat these devices are even handmade for that extra "creative" touch. The gold one's damn attractive and would look cool on many a desk: but not the green "kara kusa" one... that just looks like a typing nightmare. That attractiveness costs, mind you, as they're available for $154.90. Except the gold "Zip-Ang" one, which is a whopping $214.21. [Akihabaranews] More »

4:03 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Kit Eaton
70,517 views, 18 comments

Latest by dasnake: only one word falls into this: LAME! more »

magnetic leaves

Your Fridge Gets the Forest Effect with Leaf Magnets

Forget fridge magnet poetry— you know you only used it to make up smutty phrases anyway—stick these fridge leaves on that boring metal door, and you'd have your own indoor forest. Granted it would be much more "lovely" if it was made of real leaves not plastic ones, but I reckon they've got a charm all of their own. Designer Richard Hutten created them for office ceilings in a Rotterdam museum, and now they're being commercialised. No word on pricing or availability yet. [Dezeen]

3:30 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,919 views, 15 comments

Latest by n/a: Buy them when they're immediately released, people, because these have "recalled due to child ingestion hazard" written all over them. more »

fireplace

Safretti's Latest Wall-Mounted Gaya Fireplace Looks Like a Flaming Mouth

Safretti's latest in their line of wall-mounted fireplaces for urban living spaces without proper wood burning ventilation looks a lot like a mouth. A mouth much like the mouths Seth MacFarlane likes to draw on inanimate objects on Family Guy, which is why we picture this thing spewing obscenities, as well as 7.1kW of heat from its alcohol-fueld fire hole. The bad news? That 7.1kW doesn't really measure up against a real fireplace, so this is more for a mouth motif decoration than practical heating. [Safretti via Tuvie via MocoLoco via DVice]

6:30 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Jason Chen
5,971 views, 13 comments

Latest by fastm3driver: @jbhitter24: Use mine all the time. It makes me feel rich! And also warm. more »

son et lumiere

Digital Messaging Light Switch Cover the First of 2008's WTF Products

Parrot's light switch cover with a built-in speaker to relay the digital message of your choice makes me long for a product banhammer, a hefty blunt instrument with which I can bludgeon pointless gadgets to death, entertaining myself and sustaining plastic splinters in the process. Record your 20-second message and then flip either light switch to play it back. Costing $12.97, the good thing is you get four free screws with it. [WorldStart via OhGizmo!]

6:09 AM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By AddyDugdale
4,201 views, 20 comments

gadgets

Cyclone Vertical Fireplace Makes the Human Torch Feel at Home

Just purchased a house but still manage to have money left over for decorating? Check out this vertical Cyclone fireplace. It's a freestanding wooden fireplace with two tall, vertical glass enclosures with spinning towers of fire inside. More »

7:00 PM on Mon Feb 12 2007
By Jason Chen
1,089 views, 15 comments

gadgets

Adventures in Ugly Design: The Cable Carpet

Most of us try to hide cables under the carpet or along the walls or inside the walls, but this weird cable carpet displays them prominently. Designed by a German student, this rug has cable patterns cut out of it, designed for you to pass your cables through. More »

4:30 PM on Wed Jan 31 2007
By Jason Chen
1,263 views, 8 comments

gadgets

Invisible Bookshelf

Amaze your friends and freak out little children with this invisible bookshelf. Powder coated stainless steel makes this strong as well as handsome. Which is moot, since you'll never see it. Available now for 18 Euro ($22.92 USD). More »

9:34 PM on Sat May 6 2006
By Jason Chen
10,663 views, 17 comments

home entertainment

Radiator Heat Wave Gives a Warm Look to Your Walls and You, Too

Droog Design cranks up the heat with Radiator Heat Wave, a piece of wall art that actually generates radiant heat. Made of concrete and aluminum, the whole thing is held together with glass fiber and is available now. Droog Design says a water version of the Heat Wave is on its way in 2007. There s something pleasing when function follows form. Nice, job, oh my brothers. More »

4:10 PM on Fri Feb 10 2006
By Charlie White
506 views, Comment