Studio Lo offers customers a chance to create their own album artwork. Through simple folds, a unique hexagonal case is created that can be fed through any home printer. The ultra-flat cd case also comes with a piece of adhesive so the user can connect the cases on a wall and display the artwork continuously. View Site

We all can appreciate the struggles of trying to manage or, better yet, hide our cabling, so it's refreshing to see it celebrated. WirePod is the first piece in Artecnica’s Wiremore™ collection, a series of electrical products that challenge conventions by transforming power cords and wires from concealed objects into visible, active design elements that energize living and working spaces. View Site

Hard-graft offers products that are skillfully designed from premium materials. All of the products are made of a similar materiality and have the same distinguished look. Designed in Austria and manufactured in Europe, hard-graft is sure to inspire. Take a look for yourself. View Site

"Paper ware for spiritual enrichment." Wasara serves inspiration by striving to carry on the legacy of Japanese aesthetic and value sense. The paper ware is eco-friendly and has replaced typical material like wood pulp with bagasse and reeds. Wasara serves to "enrich the mind", and it doesn't hurt that clean-up is a breeze. View Site

Ever wanted to build your own scrub brush? Ok, we’re not really sure why we would want to either, but the design of this kit actually makes it tempting. From a German company that commissions designers to work with their highly skilled craftsmen and craftswomen who are partially sighted. Available on-line from Labour and Wait. View Site

View winners of the 2008 Ample Sample contest. The contest challenges designers to "Rethink. Reuse. Upcycle." unneeded carpet samples. Winning designs include a vase, a chair, a pet house, and a shoe. Download design instructions to make something new of those old samples. View Site