Seattle firm submaterial makes these 3D panels out of leather and textiles. They each add significant textural detail to a situation, and have an understated complexity about them I find extremely enjoyable. I have only two reservations: firstly felt, which I just have a visceral tactile dislike for; I also think I would fill all [...]

I’m a huge fan of shaving with a brush and safety razor. Not only incredibly manly, but utterly stylish. The eShave flame set is available in prices from $240-$325, depending on the quality of the badger brush. The design of this stand, brush, razor combo is absolutely exquisite. My only complaint (well, apart from price)? [...]

These lasered boxes from Harbinger are very cool, but pretty pricey. They run $50-$74, and the more expensive ones definitely look better. That said, I think you could hack this together to save some cash if you’re feeling nefarious…

The Pencil Printer by Hoyoung Lee, Seunghwa Jeong and Jin-young Yoon is an intriguing idea: a printer that extracts the lead from pencils, and uses it as ink for the printer. The idea being you would salvage half used pencils, and be able to erase the writing when you’re done with the printout. The issues, [...]

The Aqua Carpatica bottle concepts by Draw are phenomenal. Designed specifically to remind you of opening a bottle of champagne when you take off the special lid. It’s made of solid glass, with a fluted neck for easy pouring, and a ceramic stopper. Personally, I think these would make entirely fetching decanters. [via NotCot]

Modular design is always a wonderful thing, and these units from Ismail Özalbayrak are no exception. They stack into book shelves, sideboards, end-tables and just about anything else you can think off.

Gorgeous, Asian influenced ceramics. Unfortunately, no word of price or availability. [via NotCot]

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Ventricle Vessel by Eva Milinkovic of Tsunami Glassworks. Far better than the usual, saccharine cartooned version, wouldn’t you agree? Hit the jump for some Blondie, to drive the point home.

These German chopping boards have a wooden surface, and small bowl at the end for depositing the cut up materials. I can’t stop thinking of useful functions for this—both in the kitchen and presenting. Olives and pits, anyone? The boards are designed by Klaus Hackl as part of the Eno brand, and the wood separates from [...]

The Katakana writing desk is designed for both hand-writing, and laptop—guess which is more common these days? It has a special compartment for power supply, and built-in cable management. Plus, it’s dead sexy. Word is that it won the award for best furniture at the 6th Hidden Art Design awards. More after the jump