buildings. of. disaster.

Over on the Moss site I found some very strange "artwork" for your house called Buildings of Disaster. Like any other disaster, I find myself both fascinated and horrified by these. Fascinated that someone would make them, yet...horrified that someone would make them.

why?
The obvious question is, why? The answer is "Souvenirs are important cultural objects which can store and communicate

boy. girl. boy. boy. girl. girl. duvets.

Over at Fitzsu I found these duvet covers and pillow shams with the outlines of boys and girls on them. You can match the duvet to suit your lifestyle, with options including boy-girl, boy-boy, girl-girl and, for those of you who are unattached, single boy and single girl.

down. under. covers.
The duvets and shams are 100% cotton with a 250 thread count, and come special ordered from Australia

looking. for. funky. dressers. etc.

I've been looking around for funky dressers, chests and nightstands to complement the funky decor of a bedroom, and I haven't come across too much. If anyone can point me to some cool stuff, I'd appreciate it. You can reply to this post or send me e-mail at the address on the right. I'm particularly interested in stuff that has a curvy/organic shape, but would love to look at anything funky you

terra. by. nucleo.

What's a lawn chair? Dictionary.com defines it as a "chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden." The designers at Nucleo have a different take on it, though. Their definition is a chair made out of your lawn. Called the Terra, of course.

grow. your. own.
The Terra starts out as a cardboard form in the shape of a chair. Fill the form with dirt, then fill the dirt with grass seeds,

loch. ness. desk.

The Loch Ness by Bram Boo is a funky "storage element" with a removable chunk and an odd overhanging lip. Odd, that is, until you take the chunk out and sit on it in front of the lip, and then you realize the chunk is a stool and the lip is a desk. Mr. Boo is quite clever, no?

naming. names.
I'm assuming the Loch Ness is so named because it kind of vaguely looks like the Loch Ness monster if

gravity.

The Gravity from Front is a concept design (at least, I think it's just a concept) for an interactive lamp that reacts to your presence. When you're not in the room, it lays down and goes to sleep. When you enter, it wakes up, stands and turns on to give you light.

creepy. and. cute.
The Gravity is equal parts cute and creepy. Cute because it's sort of like a pet that's happy to see you when

lampadina.

The Lampadina is a simple, elegant light that deserves a simple, elegant description. The base is an aluminum audio tape reel that works as both a cord wrap and (via the holes) a wall mount. The base is fitted with a basic bulb socket that comes in black, purple or orange. Topping it all off is an oversized bulb with a round, frosted patch to reduce glare. The pieces work together to create a

meditation. pod.

The Meditation Pod from Edra is an interesting idea that to my mind suffers from a serious flaw. First, the idea: Create a three-leaf clover design that looks good in the center of the room and "whose ample proportions allow for the freest interpretation of the word 'comfort.'"

okay. but.
Now the flaw: Look at the woman in this picture. She's not quite sitting down and she's not quite lying

ak. rocker.

I was in Best Buy the other day and I came across what looked like a car seat attached to big plastic rails, and I'm thinking, "Okay, I'm not usually interested in car seats, but I have to know what this is." So I asked a Best Buy guy who told me, of course it wasn't a car seat. How could you put that in your car? "Good point, Best Buy guy. So what is it?" A rocking chair, he says. So now I'm

sofa. one.

Sofa One is yet another amazing design for people like me who want their furniture to multitask. In fact, designer Karim Rashid created the sofa specifically so he could get more work done. Which is a good thing, because I’d like to see more designs by Rashid.

bits. and. pieces.
The most interesting thing about Sofa One is that it has a chunk carved out of it. You can use the chunk either as a

yet. another. gmail. post.

It turns out Funfurde readers are so nice, they've been causing trouble (in a good way). In response to the gmail invitation thread, some FF readers have been giving invites to other readers, and the result is that I've sent out a bunch of invitations to readers who have already been invited by someone. Which is great for the person getting invited, but it means a gmail invite goes to waste since

more. free. gmail. invites.

Gmail just gave me more free gmail invites, so if you want one, reply to this note with your e-mail address. First come, first served. (Everyone who replied to the Monday, Aug. 30, post should have received an invite by now.)

hf02.

I usually don't cover things if they've been blogged somewhere else, but since you may not have seen Erasable Ink yet, and since the HF02 sink from Thoms & Nilsson is outrageous, I think I have to do it this time. So, behold the HF02.

water. water. everywhere.
The HF02 was designed to let you "capture the joy that water can bring," which it's already done for me and I haven't even seen it in

sticksound.

I bet you think the Sticksound is a joystick, don't you? As if! No, this clever little beast is actually an FM radio.

control.
Well, I guess technically it's a joystick, because you control the radio station search and volume with the stick part. (Which, I must say, gets a high rating on the cool-o-meter.) But it's not, you know, a gaming joystick.

details.
The Sticksound runs on 2 AAA