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Gift Guide » Top Ten Duck Duck Goose
Clockwise from top left: Schnurpfel Pony by Naef, Manuella Big Elephant Floor Pillow, Kid O’s City & Country Blocks by Lisa Mahar, Baby Barolo Cocoon Sleeping Bag, Playsam Rocking Rabbit, Goodbyn Lunchbox, Donkey Products Helmet N. Crocheted Camera, and Sara Carr’s Lambswool Pencil Scarf… More after the jump!
Gift Guide » Top Ten Found @ Etsy
Clockwise from top: Papaver Verte Nesting Bowls, KnitKnit’s Knitted Power Chord, and Berkley Illustration Jackrabbit Portrait More after the jump…
Gift Guide » Top 10 Eco-Friendlies
Clockwise from top left: Freitag F74 Bob Bag, Eding:Post’s Picnica bunny bag, Magno Design radio, Resource Revival bottle opener, Fernando and Humberto Campana’s TransNeomatic Bowl, and Esque Studio’s Recycled Glass Slump Vases… More after the jump!
Kawaii! » Plushood • Pop. 5
VIGO: Ever wonder what a ray of light looks like? What for the embodiment of good and honisty takes? Only the third floor ceiling separates Vigo from heaven. He is the son every mother would wish for her daughter. Vigo frees whales, swims with wolves, and teaches jellyfish not to sting…
From: Tel Aviv » Feeling Reddish
More quirky flights of fancy out of Israel by way of Reddish Design Studio – a hop and a skip south of Tel Aviv in the city of Sitriya. Naama Steinbock and Idan Friedman certainly aren’t afraid of breaking the norm with their work, which is inspired by everything from Yakuza tattoos to embroidery…
Kawaii! » Totally OTOTO!
OTOTO, founded by Israeli design duo Ori Saidi and Daniel Gassner in 2002, focuses on simple & bright objects that expertly blend the utilitarian with the totally cute. Curvy snails creep out of their shells to reveal measuring tapes and what looks to be a teetering tower of porcelain teacups is in fact a quirky single flower vase. Treat yourself to one of these doo-dads at their site or visit the store in Tel Aviv…
Eco-Friendlies » Funktional Junktion
With a planet that is drowning in trash and choked by pollution, any company that makes the effort to be greener gets the “We Are Good People” badge in my book. When that company manages to highlight the “eco” side of their products in a way that sparks the imagination and demonstrates how far one can go with ecologically-forward thinking, well, that warrants a big freaking gold star.