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These are nice and natural modern frames… and, they have an option to be a bud vase or a candle holder depending on which way you turn them over.

“In addition, they’re made of spalted alder…wood from trees that have naturally fallen in the forest; wood that has been left to age there. The result is a unique grain and color pattern. No two pieces are alike.”

When I was a kid I used to get the balsa wood dinosaur kits and I loved them. These are a cooler version.

“Playing with the theme of ‘reinterpreting the codes of bourgeois furniture’, these designs are a modernized, almost abstract version of the trophy head, executed in triplicate.”

These tree wall graphics can add a lightness and visual interest where previously there was nothing.

“The objective of Domestic is to create collections of articles devised by designers, graphic artists or artists whose common denominator is to offer a means for the end user to freely participate. With Vynil, an alternative to wallpaper, the principle of the collection is simple: literally hand over to users who are invited to transform their interior into an area for expression and design their own decor. Thanks to Vynil, the wall space becomes the playing field for composition and into which one can put a lot of effort and invention. Beyond the practical interest it represents (no longer any need for glue or a pasting table); the Vynil collection enables new thought to be given to the place and role of the ornamental pattern in our interiors. ARBORESCENCE DESIGNED BY FRANCOISE AZAMBOURG: François Azambourg is interested in means of production and new practices. His work is qualified by a rational and meaning research about materials. His approach is voluntarily experimental. “

This could be a good way to add visual interest to your walls without the weight of actual products or the cost of wallpaper.

Make a really cool visual impact down a hallway or on a blank wall with these hex wall applications. Hex is such a cool geometric shape. Much more exciting then silly old circles or stodgy rectangles and squares.

I can’t help liking this little bird. I don’t know how many of you like sparrows, but maybe you’d like them more if they were in porcelain on your bookshelf? You know, as a nick-nack type of thing, but better? I might have to get one just so he can be my ‘bltd’ mascot.

6″h
white porcelain china

Have a blank wall and no cash? The Rasterbator let’s you upload an image which it rastorizes to your specifications (color or B&W, dot size and how large the image prints out) and then converts to a PDF file.
(I recommend downloading the stand alone version to help them keep bandwidth down.)

A simple alternative to the garish options from which to choose to frame your family photos. Pewter base and glass.

4.5″ width 6.5″ height

This would make a perfect paper weight for that special someone…

“Souvenirs are important cultural objects which can store and communicate memories, emotions and desires. Buildings of Disaster are miniature replicas of famous structures where some tragic or terrible events happened to take place.”

special instructions:
numbered, limited edition

dimensions:
2.5″ high 4.75″ wide 3.25″ deep

Ruthless, my style as a juvenile…
Who doesn’t want a vector-type image of a rapper (dead or alive) superimposed over a bad thrift-store landscape? I know I do.

I think these are my favorite things for today. They’re die cut cork (with repositionable backing), and you arrange them however you feel like, and display your notes or photos on them. I’d like to see them spread out all over the wall, but goodness knows there’s all sorts of options. So if you get them, you’ll just have to be creative.

Box of 12 cork discs.

Oh, this is good. Obviously you wouldn’t want to give this to someone who takes their religion too seriously, or, maybe you would. Hopefully everyone can appreciate the fact that regardless of personal beliefs or ideologies, it’s simply a good design.

designer: Simone Luling
materials: bronze; horse hair, rubber
dimensions:1.50″ high 8.50″ wide 11″ long

Update: This item is unfortunately no longer available. (10/22/09)

A pleasant ginko pattern from the kids at twenty2.

Need some decorative nonsense? Try some of these wall slats. They can be applied horizontal or vertical. And are 1/2 inch deep, wood based, primed ready for painting; peel away sticker back for easy application.

The folks at Mike and Maaike have made this amazing bamboo cantilevered mobile and it’s available for purchase today.