Five Fabulous Finds For Friday from Fish Bowls to Flash Drives to Fire Lamps.

From flash drives to fishbowls, here are five new items on the market that are guaranteed to bring some cheer into your life.

The Fishscape fish bowl:


By Aruliden for Gaia and Gino.
Made of hand-blown glass and manufactured by Gaia & Gino in Turkey.
$140
buy it here at Conran
or here at Unica Home

Avanti Kids Chair:



A beautiful walnut wood chair from Data Modern Furniture made to children's proportions and comes with some fun cushioning - genuine Schylling sock monkeys.
Designed for kids up to 45 lbs.
$300
buy it here


Fire Kit Lamp:


Made for Skitsch by 5.5 Designers
buy it here

Tampon Flash Drive


A flash drive shaped like a feminine hygiene product. made of PVC material by Meninos, it's not yet ready for mass production, but will be soon.

Cheer The Beard:



Fitted corduroy and felt New Era cap with detachable felt beard.
Designed by Jeremy Fish for superFishal
Buy it here

Lighting? Speakers? Try Both. Sensai Wood Designs Light Up A Room With Sound.

A beautiful new collection of lighting that function as wireless bluetooth loudspeakers for the home. The Sensai wood collection designed by Decoma consists of a suspension light, a floor lamp, a table lamp and a wall sconce in dark and blonde woods that conceal omnidirectional speakers.

Suspension lamp/speakers:


Table lamp/speaker:



A view of the underside:

Wall sconce light/speaker:



Floor lamp/speaker:


Listen to the radio or music wirelessly through the discreetly concealed speakers within the contemporary lighting. The bulbs are available in white, red, green or blue bulbs and have three dimmer levels.

The Sensai collection will be distributed through FDV group in their Alt Lucialternative Line.

An Origami Artist & Aqua Creations Introduce Molecules, A Lamp Collection

Recently unveiled at Milan Design Week was this new collection of lamps. Molecules is a comprehensive lighting collection based on the origami art of Ilan Garibi and designed in collaboration with industrial designer Ofir Zucker and Albi Serafty of Aqua Creations*.



The traditional Japanese art of paper folding begins with a blank sheet of paper which is folded and sculpted by hand into tessellations of individual molecules, with no cuts. The paper used for the origami lamp shades perfectly diffuses the light and easily resists the folding.





A complement and contrast at the same time are the superior wood structures which derive their shape by digital wood carving. the on/off switch is seamlessly integrated into the wood neck:

and the base has a subtle convex curve to accommodate the cord:


The lamps are powered by digitally dimmable LEDs, operated and controlled by touch. In Aqua's tradition, natural materials and artisanal manufacturing interact with technology; the result is an elegant and luxurious lighting collection.









*Aqua Creations Lighting & Furniture Atelier was founded in 1994 by designer-artist Ayala Serfaty and photographer Albi Serfaty.
*Ilan Garibi is represented by Talents Design in Tel Aviv.

Meet Pawly, Man's Best Table Lamp By Ilsa Parry.

Pawly, made by Ilsa Parry for REthinkthings, is a lamp with the body of man's best friend and a head of a shaded lightbulb, intentionally reminiscent of the cone one puts on a dog's head to keep him from scratching or biting.





Made with a slip cast ceramic hollow body, he's available in standard single color glaze or bespoke [custom] patterns on request.




Measures approx 30x20x45cm
Price £280.00 GBP
Buy him here

REthinkthings is a Liverpool based product design agency owned and directed by 3D creative consultant Ilsa Parry.

A Vibrator You Can Leave On The Nightstand. Love The Bird Lamp.

above digital composite by laura sweet

Sex toys belong in the bedroom nightstand drawer. At least until now. Lebanon designer Marc Dibeh's "Love The Bird" Lamp discreetly conceals a vibrator stowed in a functioning table lamp.



Love the bird by Marc Dibeh:

In certain countries (like in the middle east i.e.) sex toys are taboo and their shops are forbidden, so the point was to create a sex toy hidden in an element that could be sold in the shop front of a home accessories boutique.

The choice was to have a bedside lamp with an integrated sex toy. The lamp was the solution due to its size, its place near the bed and its light which could set the mood of the room.



This way anyone could think that it’s a simple table lamp without doubting that the item hides a naughty little secret.

The “bird” became a switch determining the color of the light depending on its use. This way the lamp turns on yellow:


and during the use of the hidden toy, the light turns red:


At present Marc Dibeh's site is under construction
Thanks to Dezeen for the images and info.