In a previous post we featured Helene Ige’s birds of a feather mobile but here is something a little more ‘adult’.

Salty and Sweet have produce the Centerfold Mobile, with shapely profiles for the GI or gentleman in your life.
Figures are laser cut from 1/16″ solid black mat board and joined with black wire and takes up approximately the same space as a basketball when in motion. The Centerfold Mobile is extremely lightweight and stays in motion with even the slightest breeze.

Also available from their Etsy store are Pin-up, Hooligan and Wild West mobiles.

Beauty meets grade school nostalgia with our Single File Necklace. Five miniature circles stand in a straight line (with one cute straggler). Made from laser-cut MDF and 18 inches of hand-oxidized sterling silver chain. This jewelry is perfect for those who want to wear something beautiful that tells a simple little story.

dittoditto are two sisters (Emily & Marcie) based out of New York City & Dallas, great care is taken with every aspect of their jewelry from the design, the materials, the packaging, and the affordability.

Check out their Etsy Store for more

Helene Ige’s birds of a feather mobile is made from walnut plywood has been laser cut to create the ‘birds of a feather’ mobile. Each piece is packaged with its’ negative silhouette which can be used as a wall hanging or stencil.


Helene’s design aesthetic reflects her Japanese ancestry, west coast upbringing and New York training. Growing up in the multicultural hub of Los Angeles provided the genesis of her creativity, which was nurtured by her mother and then refined at Parsons School of Design in New York.
Helene’s signature Ige designs are comprised of couture handmade home, fashion, furniture and children collections. Also in March 2004 she opened her first retail boutique in Los Angeles, California. She continually expands her creative world by endlessly exploring new and unfamiliar opportunities around her…

This is a really great example of a simple 2D design that translates well into a ‘3D object’, a great flat pack gift and an inspiration for what is possible using Ponoko.

Available from her online store.
Available in Australia at One Small Room.

Via Aphasia Design.

Bride&Wolfe’s timber silhouettes evoke fairytales, forests and the magic of childhood. Designed to hang from walls, doorways, ceilings or window frames, each piece is a charming and sophisticated example of contemporary folk art.
Bride&Wolfe objects are ideal for unique wedding gifts, baby welcome presents, personal keepsakes or to make a statement in your home…

Bride&Wolfe founder Miranda Moreira lived in Paris for six years, getting as much buzz from the Metro signs and fire hydrants as from the bridges and the Pompidou. One day, she found herself in a shop in the 4th arrondissement, transfixed by a tiny timber Hansel and Gretel silhouette behind the counter. Despite Miranda’s pleas, the shopgirl insisted the intricate cut-out had been in the family for decades and was definitely not for sale. But the ominous, beautiful fairytale imagery stayed with her and, when she moved home to Melbourne, she started crafting her own timber cut-outs, inspired by her home town’s keen, fresh spirit as much as the easy ooze of Parisian chic. Bride&Wolfe was born in 2005.

Bride&Wolfe pieces are inspired by Chinese papercutting, fossicked embroidery and fabrics, European folklore, and vintage Disney films. These influences are the touchstones for modern, resonant designs that evoke fairytales, forests and the magic of childhood. The intricate creations are produced in Melbourne in small runs and hand-finished in Miranda’s garden studio.

All designs are available from her online store and selected stockists.

This is the final Xmas entry (I hope) so I will keep it short and sweet.

A recent NY Times article discussed how this xmas, with the recession tightening the financial flow world wide, people are resorting to hand made/craft objects as gifts. And those who cant do it themselves, are buying other peoples hand crafted objects.

Craft stores and online market places like Etsy (and hopefully Ponoko) are experiencing a boom in sales where U.S. retail outlets experienced a 7.4% drop in sales compared to last year.

So with crisis comes opportunity..

VW recently had a contest to design the next iconic Volkswagen car. The winners and other finalists have been announced at the VW site. There were three categories: professional designer, fan designer and an overall vote by readers in each category. The results are Farfegnugen!

above is the winner in the professional category.

and the “fan” category.

Now it may just be me but when I think of a crowd-sourced car I always think of it being reduced to the lowest common denominator, like the Homer which sent the car company in the Simpons bankrupt, no too dissimilar to the state of the automotive industry in the U.S. & Australia.

Good Luck V.W.

Via Trendhunter

Israeli design student Naty Moskovich creates colorful furniture pieces from old plastic crates. His work is not available for sale as it was never put into production, but his pieces give any viewer a host of ideas of how to transform raw materials into furniture.


Kind of like an old school IKEA hack.

also check out this chandelier (not quite as refined but still fun) and Milk Crate Stools

Above images from Toronto’s MADE and were photographed at the Gladstone Hotel’s show, see more here.

based in the Brooklyn NY, RE-SURFACE is a boutique factory and design studio established by Donna Brady.
RE-SURFACE produces a range of hand-crafted lighting and interior décor objects with art at heart, and design in mind.

Born on the 4th of July, Donna was raised in New Smyrna Beach Florida in a home where everything was made by hand. After studying architecture at Columbia University and working as a freelance graphic artist / web designer in Manhattan for 7 years, she crossed the Williamsburg Bridge and left the virtual design world behind to begin working in the 3D world of her Brooklyn studio.
In 2003, Donna Brady formed RE-SURFACE with the idea that urban decay could be transformed into beautiful design elements for the home.

The MORE-LIGHT pendant lamp is a 16″ diameter x 9” body lamp with the shade constructed from a photographic print on transparency. All the images used are ultra hip and urban, available in four styles, South3rd, Kent, Bedford II, Noble (pictured above) and Jewel.
Each lamp comes with a 15′ plug-in cord set available in black or white. Porcelain socket uses standard light bulb, max 100 watts (not included).

Check out the rest of her lighting range including the H-Light, D-Light & Solo.

The SOLO is a re-mix of the classic microphone as light fixture. the mesh top emits a soft, disco-like glow. hang over chair or table to create atmosphere, or above turnables for reading disc labels.

Available at Urban Alchemist, Etsy and Many More..

For many, the winter holidays are the one time of year that extended families come together to celebrate. Such rare occasions deserve to be recorded and shared, and Scrapblog makes it fun and super easy. Scrapblog lets you create online, multi-media scrapbooks that you can share on the web and have printed.

Creating a scrapblog is free, and you don’t have to register. All scrapblogging is done on the site; so there’s no software to download. You can either start with a pre-designed theme or a blank page to customize your own. There are tons of themes to choose from, and each can be tweaked.

Photos can be uploaded from your desktop or from online photo resources like flickr and facebook. Within the Scrapblog Builder you can add and edit photos and video clips, change backgrounds, include text, drag and drop stickers, select transitioning motion effects and even let your memories play to music.

Being a truly multi-media loving site, there’s a quick tutorial video to get you started and an online show devoted to digital scrapbooking called Get Crafty. And don’t forget the blog. They recently announced Scrapblog Calendars.

Scrapblog received the People’s Choice and the Rich Internet Application awards at the 2008 Adobe MAX Awards. It’s not hard to see why. Collect your holiday photos of friends and family and get started on your own Scrapblog.

Trained as an architect, Greek designer Ted Naos creates elaborate three dimensional scenes and objects with his die-cut cards. A favorite of museum shops nation wide (I came across Naos at the gift shop of the Walker Art Center.), his die-cut games let you explore the princples of design such as pattern, repitition, shape and color. His calendars and books of architectural silhouttes and skylines allow you to change the spatial relations of the shapes, creating a dynamic town-scape on your desk. Check out all the goods from Naos Graphics.