As flat-screen TVs look more and more like works of art, why not give them a proper display on the TV Easel ($1,000). Built from solid hardwood to hold televisions up to 60 inches, the TV Easel also features a height-adjustable design, integrated component storage and wire management, a hand-applied, four-step antiqued ebony finish, and the ability to double as, well, an easel, for artwork, mirrors, or other display items.

Deal death to the rain with this sleek umbrella in the style of a traditional Japanese katana sword. Wield this baby and you'll find yourself channeling Toshiro Mifune, forcing the harshest weather to make a dishonorable retreat.

A handy shoulder strap allows for easy carrying across your back, whether you're storming a shogun's castle or simply commuting to the office!

Measures 39 inches long.

This Papercraft Self Portrait was Eric Testroete his Halloween costume last weekend. Eric is a 3D artist in the Vancouver game industryand he was inspired by the big-head mode seen in videogames. It was probably quite fun for him to do an offscreen project with his 3D skills.

The only thing worse than being trapped in a sleeping bag, is needing to go to the toilet in one. Well cast those fears aside as the new Selk'bag is here. This sleeping bag is more like a body bag ( not the corpse ones ). It's padded and shaped to the human form and allows free movement both in and out of sleep, where traditional sleeping bags don't.

The various ties and adjustment belts allow for a very snug fit which keeps the warmth in and gives you further control when moving about. Selk'bag is padded with a number of layered inserts which provide maximum comfort when lying on even the hardest surfaces. Best of all , even the ugliest camper can look positively cute once wrapped in the Selk'bag. Snug, Smart, freeing! Now selling online

It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.

Rewind your dangling cords, cables, and wires! Old school meets new school with REW! It's a cool homage to the old Walkman era, when it was all about the cassette. These days things are better, except for those dangling earphone wires.

Colors vary. Measures approx. 2 inches wide x 1.5 inches tall.

Weighing in at a massive 110 pounds and standing 5 feet 9 inches tall, this life sized Mario model is completely structured, modeled and built using over 40,000 LEGO bricks. The pictures do all the talking here.

Steph Jones also known as Mr. Ordinary and The Mo City Alien is a singer, songwriter, and model.

Mr. Ordinary

Look What You've Done

The Pentax K-x was announced last month, and it seems to be a very decent entry-level camera. We already reported the device will be available in a few different colors in Japan, while the US only gets black, white, and red models. And today Pentax said in Tokyo [JP], they are ready to roll out a very special version of the K-x, which is a particularly colorful model inspired by the so-called Kore Ja Nai robo toy [JP].

The robot was introduced in Japan in 2001 and is available in different variations (the one you see in the pic above is a cell phone strap). Spec-wise, the K-x isn’t any different from the conventional models so the design is the main selling point

Burger King Japan’s 7-layered Whopper for Windows 7 release.

This watch concept by Designby8 may be a bit too complex to ever see production, but we’d be thrilled to see one of these in real life. The Artime Watch features a grid-style display with small metal tiles that pop with each second and move to expose a central digital readout. The video above shows the watch in action, and while the concept is promising you can see the mechanical difficulties of creating such a system.

Germain is a Parisian restaurant in a newly revitalized space at 25-27 rue de Buci in the 6th Arrondissement. The prolific, Iranian–born and Paris-based architect, India Mahdavi, created the interior architecture of the three-storey, funky establishment.

The most striking feature of the space is a massive yellow sculpture of a woman in an overcoat and high heels. Its lower half stands on the café’s first floor while the upper body and head break through the ceiling to the upper level VIP lounge area. The sculpture is one of three that the multi-disciplinary, Paris-based artist, Xavier Veilhan, made of his friend Sophie for an exhibition at the Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery (Miami) in 2006.

When Thierry Costes, scion of the Parisian hospitality family that owns Germain, asked Veilhan to contribute to Germain, Veilhan studied the multi-storey location and envisioned the drama that would be created if one of his Sophies “grew” in it, almost as if it were a feature that pre-existed the restaurant.

The Costes family is no stranger to using the talent and drawing power of well-known designers and artists in its hotels, restaurants and cafés. The fact that the 36-year-old Veilhan’s sculptural installation work has a prominent presence currently at Versailles cannot but help attract customers and the curious to the left-bank location of Germain.

Formafantasma have it clear that they like the idea to play with the symmetry between kitchen and workshop. Materials become ingredients, the kiln becomes an oven, plaster moulds substitute cake moulds and so on. The vessels are refined with elastic belts that allow the user to arrange bakery products as a new form of décor. One way or another, Formafantasma consider Baked as a work in progress.

On Saturday October 17, 2009 the Elisabeth Church was packed with people who wanted to watch the Swatch MTV Playground LIVE Art Battle. Berlin-duo, Ben and Julia, put their artistic skills to the test as they competed head-to-head while the clock was ticking backwards. The winner of the battle was Ben with his Obelix-like creature! We covered it LIVE from Berlin in addition with the ILLUSTRATIVE 2009 art festival, and just to refresh your memories a bit Yatzer is a media partner of Swatch MTV Playground which also took place in a successful event in Athens * GR. Enjoy images of this “Holy Battle” as their markers burn down like a candle.