Household

Now that we've got Thanksgiving out of the way, it's time to deck the halls, fire up the "Jingle Bells" sing-a-longs, celebrate Jesus, and eat cheese. Cheesus Christ, a cheese grater that--like many folks' Sunday rituals...

Corkcicle. Not only are this tchotchke's name and aesthetics cute 'n' clever, the item actually serves a utilitarian purpose. Keep white wines chilled, or bring red wines people who don't give a Corkcicle about wine have...

Brendan Duggan's steel-tentacled Octopus Lamp is here to allure, fascinate, and potentially creep people out from a table or floor setting. Specializing in handcrafted feats of blacksmithing, Duggan creates a host of...

Monkey see, monkey do--if you drink like a fish, your kids will too! So put away that bottle of Tanqueray, stow the Whisky Advent Calendar 'til after hours, and grab a couple of these Handblown Fish Straws to sip, suck...

Boy do I miss the days of my youth. The days of emerging victorious from head-butting battles with rhinoceroses, claiming their horns as trophies, and, after gnawing out the marrow inside, filling them with a thick black...

Not everyone can be like former 'N Sync definition of awesome, Lance Bass, and make a very public, failed attempt to ride in the space shuttle, but everyone (well, everyone with $500 to $1,600) can gaze at the stars from...

Even if your kitchen crusades consist of little more than scrambling eggs or, like my dad, changing other men's lives by showing them how to use a skillet to reheat day-old pizza to its just-delivered splendor, the...

For the dog: Italian greyhounds seem like fragile, sensitive creatures, so I'm going to let the fact that you're wearing a canine snowsuit with a 270-degree hood drawstringed tightly around your head in this photo slide...

The Cocoon 1 is for that sort of selfish kind of privacy people seek. The kind that means no one can bother or make any demands of them, but they can still watch and hear and pass judgment on what's going on with everyone...

Artist Ryan McArthur might just be Epson printing a name for himself as an icon of icons. His Walking Dead Minimalist Prints gave understated life to the essences of Sheriff Rick Grimes & Co., and now his Star Wars Prints...

With this In-Home Fireworks Theater, you can now say, "Happy New Year!", "Happy Birthday, America!", and "Happy Sweet 16, spoiled brat with a rich daddy!" 365 days a year. From the comfort of your own living room, no...

The MK-84, a general-purpose US military bomb, is known as the "Hammer." Here incorporated by the incomparably creative and mildly devious MotoArt into an 80" tall fish aquarium, appropriately termed the MK-84 Aqua Bomb...

"Simplicity is resolved complexity." So says architect, designer, sculptor, and creator of the Zero Day Bed, Jorge Goval. The indoor-outdoor lounger and sleeper subscribes to nature's tropism phenomenon--the adaptive...

Landfills be damned! Today, we as a society advocate green living, composting, reusable grocery bags, and installing bike lanes on city streets (yet still bitching about gas prices). So what better to do with our 1,289...

I've been looking for a $300 way to make my living room look more like an industrial warehouse. I hear the ladies find concrete walls very manly and Rocky-boxing-sides-of-beef-esque. Concrete Wallpaper, available in 8...

The recent, tragic path of Hurricane Sandy reminds us that disaster planning shouldn't just be relegated to theoretical discussions and jokes about Zombie Apocalypses. Seikoh's Life Armor Disaster Shelter can accommodate...

The latest in shoebox living, Buse Ustun of Ankara, Turkey created VIA particularly for young adult couples cohabitating in tiny apartments with limited kitchen space. The compact, modular cooker incorporates all major...

La Scala's pimped-out jacuzzi, termed a "Jetted Entertainment Bath", is just another in a long line of life's Catch-22 creations. It costs $40 grand, so if I could convince the bank to give me a loan for it, I'd probably...

54 ounces of skull-shaped Brainfreeze coming your way. The skull ice bucket is made of thick-cut clear glass primed and insulated for holidays with the family, bad office parties, social gatherings populated by more than...

Minimalist prints work only for the rare group of people so ingrained in our culture and minds that a mere flip of hair, trademark accessory, or unmistakable body part identifies them to us. Think Elvis. Dorothy. Kim...

Termed "66 meters of absolute silence" the Shut Up Tape is made in France, apparently by people who speak English, and probably by people who have these types of antagonistic thoughts about Americans regularly. Which...

An upside-down, convex city. Well, Spider-Man would fare well here anyway. Dutch designer David Graas has breathed new life into boring frosted light fixtures with his urban cityscape lampshade, which he calls the Huddle...

On guard! This valiant knight is armed with the plush cotton 2-plys that will defend the honor of your innocent underwear from the nefarious infidels of your excretory orifices. I bet his pecs and delts are enormous under...