Variations on a Theme

Beautiful series of vases, called Variations on a Theme, by Piero and Barnaba fornasetti. Via designboom.

Lacie's iamaKey 4Go by 5.5 designers

I absolutely want this. I lost my keys, dbs dongle and keychain recently, and even though totally irrelevant, I deserve this thumb drive that is so beautifully crafted as a key. Via 5.5 designers.

Distrito Capital Hotel by Joseph Dirand

Clean, modern and minimalistic interiors,  that I absolutely adore, designed by French architect Joseph Dirand, the 30 room Distrito Capital hotel is located in Mexico City. Check out more interior photos at the Contemporist. Check out the hotel's stylish website too.

Links of the Day

1. La Charcuterie Business Cards and Stationary [Kitsune Noir]
2. Atheist Damien Hirst to display oil paintings in St Paul's [Times Online]
3. What Space Invaders Really Look Like (T-Shirt) [Gizmodo]
4. Denver to Singapore (and back) in 5 minutes (technically, a cool video but what the hey) [Kottke]
5. Neither Fish Nor Fowl interview [Grainedit]
6. Porter for Monocle [SLAMXHYPE]

Where The Wild Things Are x Medicom Toy

Where The Wild Things Are x Medicom introduces this 400% version of the Max figure. This cool shit is not available to me at thoseluckyfrenchies'colette for an unaffordable to me price of 110 freakingEuros. Via SLAMXHYPE

Adrian Riemann's Masters of the Universe

Very nice modern update of the characters from The Masters of the Universe illustrated and dressed by Adrian Riemann. These here are Tri-Klops and Teela. As I grew older, I realised that the villains in MotU are extremely scary and dark.