Bamboo Electrical Bike

Good design is never without real world implications. The T20 Bamboo Electrical Bike is apart of an ongoing series of explorations by French designer Antoine Fritsch into the changing behaviours related to sustainable development. The bamboo body of the bike features cork, steel, aluminum & rubber elements as well as a small motor under the footboard which can cruise up to thirty five kilometers an hour. Brilliant design perhaps best suited to doing wheelies around the island in your IKEA kitchen.

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HP 12c 30th Anniversary Edition

Our technology becomes more homogenous with each passing year. One device replaces many. So the need for a calculator must be waning because there's an app for that too. There's an app for everything. What an app cannot replace is a culture's appreciation for a classic. The reverence of an icon. When Hewlett-Packard introduced their 12c scientific calculator in 1981 - running geeks everywhere $150 - they set a standard. The 30th anniversary edition has the same design and simplicity number pushers came to appreciate.

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LEGO to Jupiter

Three aluminum LEGO figurines depicting Italian astronomer Galileo and Roman gods Jupiter & Juno were specially commissioned by NASA to travel to Jupiter aboard the Juno space probe. Special manufacturing was required to insure the figurines do not interfere with the spacecraft's sensitive instruments. The probe is expected to reach its destination in 2016. Patience.

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iPostcard

A bit of postal nostalgia in Goodluckgoods iPostcard tablet sleeve which mimics the classic brown paper postal sleeve. Love letter doodles included.

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eBoy BMX

Speaking of eBoy. Rick Jesse wraps a BMX in eBoy pixelated glory for a retro bike show.

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Wayne Gretzky Rookie Card

California based SCP Auctions sold a Wayne Gretzky rookie card Sunday for a record breaking $94,163. The card broke the previous record of $80,000 for the very same card in 2006. Another bit of hope for an Oilers fan whose been through a few rough years of fandom. History gives hope.

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Papercraft Audi

Designer Taras Lesko used 285 sheets of paper to create the 750 parts over 245 hours in the creation of this papercraft model of the Audi A7. It's currently on dispaly at the New York Auto Show.

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Rockwell Playing Cards

Each card in the deck is a graphic representation of the popular typeface Rockwell. Created by design student Gloria Wu.

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People Too Paper Miniatures

More paper. Russian designers Alexei Lyapunov and Lena Ehrlich have taken to the parchment with a series of paper figures depicting rock & roll legends, Russian aristocracy and Michael Scott too. These Borrower sized caricatures are compelling in their attention to detail - from Bob's dreads to the honky-tonk axe cradled in paper McCartney's arms. Fantastic.

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Sticks by Emmanuelle Moureaux

There is something compelling and quite striking about French born-Tokyo based designer Emmanuelle Moureaux's Sticks in-store instillation for Issey Miyake. Easily mistaken as art exhibition, these four hundred and eleven coloured sticks circulate throughout the store creating balance and interest to an otherwise stark white showroom.

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Pac Man 30th Anniversary Google Doodle

There might be no better way to celebrate an anniversary online than with a personalized Google Doodle. Sesame Street rung in their 40th in the fall. Now, the iconic arcade powerhouse Pac Mac gets the treatment with embedded game play in the Google logo. But you've only got 48 hours to play! So great.

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Grove Made iPhone Cases

These laser engraved bamboo iphone cases by Joe Mansfield of Engrave Your Book are stunning! I want one too! The project is called Grove Made and allows you to upload your own image or choose from the artist series. I like the Tribal by Johnny Wan. You can also download your favorite artist's iphone wallpaper for free! Jones.

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Bang Boom

German designer Ingo Maurer exhibited this striking hanging lamp at Milan Design Week 2010. Constructed entirely out of paper, the lamp sources its inspiration in Maurer's previous work with a focus on comic book typography.

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Poladroid

You should download the free Poladroid image maker. Drag and drop your images. Shake it like Andre 3000. And you've got an authentic and nostalgic reimagining of your photo. Rad.

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Mad Men Barbie

Mattel is issuing a special release of their iconic Barbie dolls fashioned after the AMC masterpiece Mad Men. A limited run of 10 000 will be produced and go for $75 a piece! That's a lot of quiche. Don Draper could take Ken any day of the week.

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Elmo's Monster Maker

My fascination with Jim Henson continues. I want this app!

Harry Barker Fetch Balls

Sometimes well executed branding can make the simplest of objects extraordinarily appealing.

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Citrus Football

The first football you can see through was designed by secretive 'strategic intelligence embassy' AGENT. Promoting fair play through transparency and innovation, the Citrus Ball doesn't lose air and signals if it goes over the goal line or outside the field of play. You can also check out the amped up design process which brought it all together.

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Water Bobble

Filter water as you drink with the ingenious Water Bobble. Designed by Karim Rashid, the bottle removes chlorine and organic contaminants from municipal tap water; and looks cool doing it. The filter can last about 2 months or every 40 gallons of water. Which translates into about 300 bottles of crisp clean drinking water.

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101 Muppets of Sesame Street

A handy interactive guide to the Sesame Street cast of character from National Post writer and illustrator Steve Murray. Learn when Guy Smiley, Sherlock Hemlock and Pat Playjacks moved on the street or why Lefty is tenacious in selling Ernie the letter O and the number 9.

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