Beautiful patterns or even plain colors are passé when it comes to pillowcases. Etsy seller LoveAddix has proved that pillow cases are a great canvas to showcase his artistic talent. Instead of painting beautiful patterns, LoveAddix has hand screen painted pictures of Greek god David and Goddess Venus on a pair of pillow cases. Another pair of hand screened painted pillow cases from the Etsy seller boast of the picture of the King and Queen of Hearts from a deck of cards. These amazing pillowcases will definitely give your room a new look. What is more, these pillowcases will also make for a great fun gift for your newly married friends. The 100% cotton pillowcases are priced at $12 and available here.

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Designer Kim Yong Seong has shown his unique style and approach in his concept Dual Music Player or DMP. The amazing portable player is designed to support both CD and MP3 files. Use it as an ordinary MP3 player or just open the two sides of the MP3 player put in your CD and transform it into a CD player. A great idea, you can now listen to all your songs on one device. This extremely useful device is compatible with a Bluetooth headset as well.

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Here is one fashion accessory that will literally make you shine. Industrial designer, Maria Roza Szczepanska has designed the unique illuminated ledBag handbag. The ledBag lights up when opened showing an illuminated, shooting Space invader star-ship. Inside too there is a row of LED’s that will enable women to locate anything in their purse in the darkness. Both the inside and outside LED will light up on opening the bag and turn off when you close it. Besides the unique lighting feature, the design of the bag is also impressive. The light emitting layer, which contains the LEDs and the conductive traces, is sandwiched between the outer shell of the bag and the inner lining. Both, outer and inner layer have image perforation to let the LED light shine through it. The unique structure provides the flexibility to reuse the Light emitting layer to be integrated into another ledBag style. Simply amazing, this bag with the cute structure and LED feature is sure to be one hot accessory to flaunt.

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If you are an environmentalist or have a keen eye for design, you will surely appreciate the architectural wonder that is the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion. Designed by Atelier Feichang Jianzhu, it is one of the hopeful designs to enter in the World Expo 2010 in China. What is impressive about this piece and what we think is one feature that will give it an edge above others is the fact that this pavilion building is composed of thousands of plastic tubes made from used CD cases. A green building, its exterior structure is composed of hundreds of polycarbonate transparent recycled plastic tubes formed into a grid-like matrix. Recycled from used CD cases, the polycarbonate tubes will be able to be recycled again at the end of the building’s life. Multi-colored LED’s will be fitted in the exterior and will be controlled by a computer to light up and give the building a unique appearance.

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With our sedentary lifestyle, we prefer everything in our hands and keeping this in mind designer Joshua Simandjuntak, has created this bean bag table. The table is an extension of the bean bag which will comfortably accommodate your coffee mug and a book. So you can just relax on the bean bag with your favorite book and sip your coffee. You can also choose between the three colors maroon, black and cream.

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2secondTennisTable is different from the rest of the ping pong tables as designer Philippe Vahe from India has thoughtfully designed it from tissues and a flexible easy-to-fold frame. All you have to do is throw the 2secondTennisTable in the air it opens all by itself. Unlike the regular ping pong table which are made up of a rigid flat surface, this one is developed out of stretched tissue provides a playing surface making it more user friendly and safer for all the family.

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Not all designers are interested in designing daily appliances or creating unique sculptures. There are some who like to contribute to the protection of the nation by designing powerful weapons. One such designer is Darren Powless who hopes to help our soldiers with his concept R22 Rifle design. His aim was to pack enough firepower in a small punch that would allow soldiers to easily maneuver and use the weapon. Thus he narrowed down on a standard assault rifle with a basic carbine stock to realize his goal. His main plans for the R22 include a rifle that can perform multiple tasks like shooting, cutting open doors, equip grenade launchers and even a liquid nitrogen torch. A great idea, if it helps our soldiers I am all for it.

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If you love stylish footwear, you will surely love the Addiction footwear 2009 range. Designed by industrial designer Vladimir Petrovic for Delta Sport Balkan, Addiction is Delta Sport Balkan’s own sportswear brand. The footwear created for this sportswear brand is sporty and stylish. The Addiction slippers currently available in Serbia are sure to become a rage. Comfy, colorful and extremely stylish, these slippers will appeal to all. Vladimir Petrovic surely has surely struck the right chord with his amazing designer Addiction slippers.

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LETTERMAN XXL can really surprise you with its capacity. It is a huge size mailbox with a generous upper flap to hold your newspapers and magazines. Its capacious format shields your precious documents from the wind and rain. Also outstanding peephole makes this model a real eye-catcher.

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Thoughtfully designed by Fusion design team, My Time Mirror and Clock is - a clock and a mirror in one. You can easily figure out how much time you spend in front of the mirror as it also is featured with a clock. You can also choose between the contemporary and classic style of mirror. I’m completely bowled over this fusion as it is a perfect blend of utility and style.

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Design students these days are breaking all norms and treading unchartered territories to create some of the most unique designs with the most extraordinary materials. The Slim&Strong is a beautiful product of such an endeavor by design graduate Delphine Frey who pursued a Mas Luxe diploma at ECAL (University of Art and Design Lausanne) in Switzerland. Slim&Strong is a unique desk lamp or console lamp made from carbon fiber. According to Frey, this lamp was born from the association of two different universes; the softness and elegance of the haute couture pleat meet the rigidity of carbon. This object represents the encounter of an ancestral know-how with the latest technology. The pleats are not only esthetical; but they also hide the leds and add rigidity to the structure. A beautiful creation, Frey has definitely created a functional design masterpiece with the Slim&Strong lamp.

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Hubless is a unique concept clock designed by Petter Knudsen. At first glance, you will definitely not believe that the Hubless is actually a clock. The Hubless Clock gives up the typical rotating hands for smaller nub type boxes that rotate around the exterior of the circle. This creates a floating hand effect without the center radiating clock arms. A great design, the simple and minimalistic approach is what impresses me. A far cry from the traditional clock designs, the Hubless is unique, aesthetic and simply marvelous.

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Innovative designs and concepts help us to chart a better picture of our future. Since we have thousands of such projects floating all over blogoshpere, Electrolux invited entries for home appliance ideas for the next 90 years, in honor of the Electrolux 90-year anniversary. Out of 900 submissions from 50 countries, only eight finalists are shortlisted. Themed “Designs for the next 90 years”, the aim was to create thoughtfully-designed products that will shape how people prepare and store food, wash clothes, and do dishes over the next nine decade. Since living green is the need of the hour, most of the designs are shaped for eco-friendly existence in the future. Every design is simply out-of-this-world and reading about them motivates me to hop on the time machine and fast forward to 90 years from today. Most of them revolve around water conservation but the one that caught my fancy the most is the Teleport Fridge by Dulyawat Wongnawa, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. His concept, “Teleport Fridge”, teleports food, eliminating the time and distance a person has to travel to buy fresh groceries or products from a store or farm. Using touch-screen technology as the interface for the teleportation process, the Teleport Fridge simply teleports food to compartments in its refrigeration and freezer units. Such a futuristic system can help to reduce or eliminate carbon footprints.

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I personally loved the light bulb-shaped Watt Time alarm clock from Quirky. Unlike a real light bulb, this alarm clock is made from high-gloss, hard plastic that illuminates the bright blue LED time display. What is more, if you hate waking up to loud sounds, you can set this alarm clock to light up when it’s time for you to wake up. All set buttons sit on the back of the bulb. A bright idea for an alarm clock, the Watt Time Alarm clock is a great alternative for an ordinary table clock. What is more, this bulb will make for a fun gift for your friends as well. The fun alarm clock is priced at $25 and available here.

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Some of us just lack culinary skills. Even frying that occasional omelet is an impossible task. But Dutch designer Martijn Boskamp’s design concept will surely help us get over our cooking woes, at least when it comes to eggs. His unique design concept known as “How to cook eggs” involves eggs which are individually printed with instructions for different cooking techniques. These eggs printed with instructions will surely come in handy to beginners as well as culinary skills-deprived folks. However, if you are not Dutch, you might have to familiar yourselves with the language to decipher the instruction on these eggs.

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