We’re not saying that this couple hand coozie from etsy shop isewnaked isn’t adorable- it is. We are saying we would be mortified to walk down the street wearing it. BUT,  it could be the perfect gag VDay gift for your super touchy-feely friends! 

What better way to express your love than infographics? 

From etsy shop eggagogo

If you want to come close to giving the real thing…

From etsy shop OnceAgainSam

Maps continue to dominate the design landscape, and Etsy shop renklitasarimlar’s map-print tote let’s you carry the world in one hand.  

The only thing more intimate than sharing passwords these days might be sharing fingerprints.  Check out these neat rings from Fabuluster.

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Louis Vuitton’s iconic logo print bags have cycled through some edgy collaborations (see: Stephen Sprouse, Takashi Murakami), restyling the aesthetics of legendary Louis bags. But to mark their 100th anniversary, the luxury goods leader collaborates with British artist Billie Achilleos for Maroquinaris Zoologicae--even at 100, it’s great to see that the brand is playful. 

Achilleos reimagines classic Louis Vuitton bags, wallets, and accoutrements as fashionable fauna, all with a function of reflecting design elements of Louis Vuitton in their inherent forms—Achilleos says, “The armadillo was to highlight the soft yet durable quality of the leather. The chameleon displays the variety of color.” Form, function, and fashion? If only these could escape from the zoo and into production. 

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Hotel Lautner, Desert Hot Springs, California. Designed by John Lautner in 1947, and updated by Tracy Beckmann and Ryan Trowbridge.

BRB, booking right now.

Hello adorable retrofitting! Flickr user  Jason Hull converts 50s and 60s cameras into lovely night-lights. 

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For a while now we’ve had fun watching companies incorporate the shipping container trend into their marketing and publicity campaigns.  The trend started as a way to up-cycle these metal boxes as many of them are only being used once and then discarded.  The latest to jump on board is Starbucks.  On December 13th they opened a store in Tukwila, Washington built with four recycled shipping containers.  This new drive-through location is the first of it’s kind and is extremely eco-friendly (ask them about their rainwater harvesting).  The hope is to place these portable stores in underdeveloped city locations - for example a vacant lot.  As the city becomes gentrified and land is more valuable, Starbucks will easily be able to up and move these portable stores to a new destination.

This unbelievable Color Picker concept pen by Jinsun Park is one of those things that you just wish you could yearn into existence. I am pretty sure I would be buying one of these for every member of my family for the holidays. Park’s other concepts include a sink that doubles as a water fountain and a personal map projector. We’re just waiting for some brand to snatch her up to start creating these dreamy products.

(Source: tuvie.com)