Ode to Design: 17 Standout & Stunning Gifts for 2021

I wouldn't normally write about some new Samsung Galaxy something, but dudes. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G is some new Samsung Galaxy flip phone. A type of phone so close to my heart I only parted with mine and got a smartphone last year when T-Mobile took over Sprint and informed me my Sanyo Pro 700 would not be compatible with their towers. And now, in a world where I thought the beloved compact flipper was nearing extinction at the hands of phones the size of my entire crotchal region, here we have the Galaxy Z Flip3. Sigh. Thank you, Samsung, it's bee-yoo-tee-ful.

Do you like plants? Do you kill plants? If you answered yes to both, TerraLiving's Preserved Moss Terrariums are for you! Creative in conception, stunning in design, and absent of still-aliveness, these moss displays will bring the lushness of a rainforest - or the regrowth of a post-apocalyptic world, or the cultivation of another planet - to the desktops of thumbs green and black alike.

I don't know what I like better about this hanging bookshelf: it's simple, innovative design, and the ease with which you can use it to decorate a wall; or that it was created by a husband and wife team named Agusta and Gustav, who call their company AGUSTAV Furniture. Add to the second bit that they operate out of Reykjavik, Iceland.

Are you kidding me? On second thought, I don't think I can even consider what I like best about the hanging bookshelf. Through and through it is too cool for me.

Get your king-me lolz and show off your Queen's Gambit skillz with Rolz, a chess and checkers set with a fine-looking notched wood board that rolls up for both play and display anywhere.

Come to the Dark Side...or the Light Side. They both have the sexiest smoking accessories your strains will ever see in Session Goods' Designer Series of all black and all white bongs, pipes, and cleaning caps.

I think I've just found my own Octopus Teacher in this stunning Octopus Decanter from Ignite Glass Studios in Chicago. Creator Josh DeWall has blown borosilicate glass magic with his Einstein of the sea design, ready to put you 3 sheets and 8 tentacles to the wind.

You can't swing from the Hexa-LED chandelier, but you can gaze up at this stunning honeycomb light fixture in wonder of its design. And then in blindness from its 6000K LEDs and 730W of power.

As functional as it is fantastic, the Hexa-LED light fixture actually wants to help you look at everything in the room but it. According to creator Eko Design Co., "This modern light will make sure you'll never have an issue seeing anything in whatever space you place it in."

Splinterworks Pool Slides, now here's something to buy now and look forward to using next summer. Or, more likely, look at now and look forward to using never, since most of us can't afford them.

Splinterworks is known for their luxurious sculptural masterpieces for the home (see Hammock Bathtubs, Bodice Rocker), and their custom-made pool slides for the top 1% are no exception.

Is this what they mean by hiding something in plain sight? The Million Dollar Cube Money Table is an 18" x 18" x 18" decorative side or end table that looks like a pile of neatly stacked hundos. It's totally fake. ... ... Or is it? Or if it is, perhaps the Million Dollar Cube's cleverly designed wood and laminated matte vinyl exterior is the perfect diversion. The interior of the table is hollow, and what thieving hands would think you're dumb enough to stash your real cash, jewelry, and weed in such an obvious place?

Oooh, swingers at the bar. Sounds like good times! Oh wait, it's a swing set turned into a bar for people to sit at while they drink. .... Sounds like vomiting!

A next-iteration of Duffy London's Swing Table, The Swing Bar "brings the playground to the adult playground of bars and restaurants." As the booze flows, it's a way to get the room swingin' before it starts spinnin'.

Math strikes again. But when we're talking Kinetrika Square Wave Kinetic Sculptures, math is more of a beautiful dream than a cold-sweat-inducing nightmare.

Designed by sculptor Ivan Black, Square Wave is a series of interactive kinetic art inspired by the Fibonacci sequence. A simple spin along its axis, either between your fingers, on a magnetic stand, or hanging like a mobile, creates "a series of mind-bending optical illusions, and unexpected hypnotizing revolutions" that will put the old Windows Mystify screensaver to shame.

Joy Complex calls their Hringpoki Guitar Pick a deliberate effort to create "the most unique guitar pick in the world." And also, they admit with unabashed frankness, "the most expensive." Optionally most expensive, I'd add, as the titanium version of the Hringpoki Pick will indeed run you a hefty $175, but plastic options are available too for $45.

Who's up for a roll in the...moss? A shag on a shag rug woven into a lush forest floor? These Green Forest Moss Rugs from A Saturday Shop come in a handful of different sizes and shapes, all in Mother Nature-approved shades of green, and all with a high, fluffy pile that will titillate your skin whether you're stepping onto a Moss Rug from the shower, sitting on it to assemble your new BloomingTable, or rolling across it with your favorite forest sprite.

In his latest piece of nifty home decor / functional art, Stelios Mousarris fits modular cushions into a wall-mounted frame to produce a 3D piece of art depicting abstract mountains in various shades of blue. And he does this so that you can un-fit them from the frame, and pile them on the floor in any configuration your heart desires to create a sofa, chair, play area for your kids, or play area for yourself and a partner to explore sex positions you never thought possible.