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FxBallery's Ref Projet 12, up/down lamp:


Practicality be damned in the charming modern living space—FxBalléry’s altitude-based Ref Projet 12 lamp runs up and down on its post—the higher you set it, the brighter the light. Quite possibly the most perfect designer prop for a peeler we’ve yet laid eyes on. See also the effervescent balloon lamp, and the rather adorable Gravity Lamp.

[Via Core77] & "Engadget"

Nike Considered.

Teach your child a harsh but ultimately necessary lesson in mortality with this adorably insatiable plush sea mammal. Because of its vague description, we're not exactly sure what's up with the "Eating Whale Puppet," except that it's extremely cute and seemingly capable of devouring your young. As seen on Excitement Machine, the toy reportedly talks and includes a yummy squid dinner which it-- get this-- ingests through a hole in the back of its throat. At $16 from Puppet Jungle, this whale promises to be an educational gift for any marine-biologist-in-the-making, as long as the deceptively darling thing doesn't leave your child on the losing end of the food chain.
"Josh Rubin: Cool Hunting"

Materials|Applications
"The new vortex—shaped installation by architects Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues warps the flow of space with a featherweight rendition of a celestial black hole; “the deadliest force in the Universe.” Hovering over M&A's courtyard, “Maximilian's Shell” is the size of an apartment building and is a spectacle that has been stopping traffic along Silver Lake Boulevard since its unveiling. Constructed in tinted Mylar resembling stained glass, the vortex functions as a shade structure, swirling above the outdoor gallery through November 26th 2005."

Public service announcement: avoid launching drug-filled rockets from your car:


Yeah, we know it’s been a dilemma for some of you for a while now — finding the perfect way to jettison your stash should the long arm of the law find its way to you — but the verdict is in on at least one method: don’t use vehicle-launching rockets. Luckily Michael Ray Sullivan and Joseph C. Seidl of Missouri did the groundwork for us all on this one, by rigging up a methamphetamine-filled rocket in the trunk of their car, triggered to ignite via the dashboard cigarette lighter. Trouble is, even with all that meth the rocket never got high when the cops actually did come to call and amusedly found $145,000 worth of crystal stuffed inside a hobby rocket in the trunk of their 1990 Ford Thunderbird. And even if the thing had flown, we’re not 100% sure on this but we imagine the cops would probably have noticed a rocket launch — but hey, YMMV.

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