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Here’s a cute little perpetual calendar by the Furni guys. Every time we see them at ICFF they’re just the most laid back and cool guys you’d ever want to meet.

Solid Walnut Based perpetual calendar, features 1/16″ white acrylic tabs with black and orange lettering in Helvetica font. Each set comes complete with full set of days, months and dates. Walnut base is oiled with danish oil to highlight the woods natural beauty.

Materials: Walnut and Acrylic
Size: 9″ x 1.5″ x 2.5″

This is perfect for that person on your list who you have no idea what to get. It’s a box shaped like a gift. Done.

“Box Gift” memorializes the fleeting moment of gift-giving. Try as one might, this wrapping cannot be torn off and thrown away. Think of all the paper and ribbon that will be saved. Think of the joy that will come each time the recipient dusts. “Box Gift” is the gift that keeps on giving.

Designer: Harry Allen
Material: Resin and Marble
Dimensions: 4.5 x 4.75 x 4.5 inches

Given the popularity of the Psycho diagnostik Coasters, this game could be a hit. Though I’m not so sure about how you have to choose between 5 answers. What happens when you see something else, like maybe a clown dying a slow death, what then? Are your friends/family forced to analyze your answer themselves? That could get ugly.

Contents: 20 cards with ink blot designs, and a Diagnosis Book for analyzing responses.
Dimensions: 4″ x 5.5″ x 1.2″

Pillows are always an inexpensive way to make a room feel new and/or different, and these circus-ish ones (it’s the fringe + animals) will add a tiny touch of middle-eastern flavor to a seating area.

The Thomaspaul Bazaar Pillow Collection, made of 100% linen and cotton fringe, features a hand screened image, with an overall design echoing the designs and patterns of the middle-east.

18 x 18 (inches)

Bazaar Ostrich Pillow, $100.00
Bazaar Elephant Pillow, $120.00

For your cyclist friends (as long as they own a bike, they count)…

Materials: Compressed wood with a high gloss melamine finish
Dimensions: H9.5cm x D0.4cm

[via Cool Material]

We’ve posted something like this before, but these have a slight variation in colors and have more of a pastel tone.

This multi-purpose adhesive tape is made of washi, handmade Japanese paper known for its use by artists and craftspeople. It comes in 10 beautiful colors can be used for gift-wrapping, book-marking, arts and crafts, and other projects. It is easy to tear by hand, write on, and remove.

Inscribed with the names of French cheeses in the geographic area where they are produced, this France-shaped board might be just the thing to get for your favorite turophile. (I had to look that word up, btw.)

set includes a Laguiole Cheese Knife with a stainless steel blade.

Instead of hiding your wires, why not create some interesting features out of them? Though I’m sure it’s not for everyone, it’s certainly a smart solution to pesky wires. I’d love to see this sort of idea used to make all-out faux period detailing in a room, as in, molding and such… though at that scale you’d be wasting a lot of wire.

[via Design*lounge]

I love the simplicity of these.

They would be perfect right by the front door for keys and such, or in the kitchen or bath for hand towels.

Dimensions: 6.5″ H x 1″ W x .75″ D
Materials: Mahogany and Maple

Maybe you remember seeing Peter Schlumbohm’s Chemex Coffee Maker? The same functional simplicity is found in this water kettle.

Handblown from heat proof borosilicate glass, the kettle has no lid, yet is nearly completely enclosed. The silicone stopper ensures that steam escapes without coming into contact with the glass neck, allowing it to be used as a handle. Part of the Museum of Modern Art New York’s Permanent Collection.

Design: Peter Schlumbohm, USA, 1944
Dimensions: 8.5″D x 13″H
(or you can buy it here for $69.99.)

You’d have to be quite a fan to shell out $400 for this nativity, but hey, if you are, go for it… it’ll be a holiday highlight each year.

Alexander Girard amassed a huge collection of nativities, most of which he spent the last years of his life curating for his wing at the International Museum of Folk Art in Santa Fe. We thought it would be an appropriate homage to create a completely new nativity that is based on a Girard illustration that hangs in his son’s house.

– Non-toxic, child-safe inks
– Pieces 1″ (2.5 cm) to 7.75″ (19.5 cm) tall, Stable 11.75″ x 4″ x 8.75″ (30 cm x 10 cm x 22 cm)

[via Dwell]

If you had this in a hallway, wouldn’t you be tempted to see how far you could jump? Or would you just wear out your kids (or guests) by suggesting it? Note: a non-slip rug pad would be needed to make sure no accidents occurred.

100% new wool
Dimensions: 13’2″ x 3′

These are pretty fantastic and festive.–although if I paid $135 for a piñata I wouldn’t want anyone to destroy it with a stick. These might be nice for a birthday or the upcoming holidays as decor.

So, you audiophiles, what do you think of this? I’ve never claimed to be an expert on sound, but this has some serious style to it. While currently it’s available through special order, there are a few Limited Editions in Silver Beech that are priced at $1600. Not cheap, certainly, but it looks like the people behind the speaker have put some thought into sustainability and quality, and we all know you get what you pay for (usually).

Designed by Grier Govorko and hand-crafted in New Zealand from real wood, Q-speakers use highly efficient Class D amplification to deliver 60W of smooth audio in stereo to you, the listener. Hidden from view, the mid/high speakers create an ‘all-around’ sound, the listener can be in front, behind, to the side and the sound remains perfect. This is made possible by what we call ‘reflective-sound’. Dave Levine, the genius responsible for the Red Hot Chili Peppers live sound, dreamt up this unique concept. Q-speakers adopted it.

Limited Edition collection starts at $1600.00

Shopping for recycling bins that fit right in your kitchen space can sometimes be a little difficult. These quite colorful bins were designed to fit under all kitchen sinks, and seeing as you can use any size or type of bag in them (even fit two bags per bin), it offers you a little bit of versatility.

-bins are made by offset printing on recycled plastics, shipped flat and put together by plastic rivets
-The bins or boxes cost between 15 – 22,50 euros.