In today's youtube obsessed world, where celebrity and instant messaging prevail, we often find ourselves wasting our time and wasting away and then there comes TED - Technology, Entertainment, Design.
TED is a conference that brings together some of the most inspiring and intelligent people in the world, challenging them to give the talk of their lives.

Check it-
www.ted.com

Brilliant Spanish photographer Eugenio Recuenco clearly understands the plight of women. However I must say, the idea of women as dolls makes me a little uncomfortable and yet every woman has experienced these complexities of sex (arousal, menstruation, and our power over men)

http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com/

[479 US]

Ok, I admit, I often pretend I'm a princess...Ummm, so to have this adam and eve'esque swing in my house would make all my childhood dreams come true. But get this, it's an actual plant, not just a cheap plastic mock-up [allowing the vines to growclimb on the ropes].

Summertime breeze, market drums, white dress, homemade cookies and cocktails... and said swing.

http://www.gnr8.biz/product_info.php?products_id=595

[149 US]

Every aspect of your life can be beautiful. Bottoms up door bell, imagine the sound, it would make even the most unwanted guests welcome.

Great.

Two crystal wine glasses hanging on either side of a miniature hammer, triggered by an electromagnetic doorbell.

Amazing.

http://www.gnr8.biz/product_info.php?products_id=595

[CHLOE & CHRISTIAN LACROIX]

[TETRIS]
Since when is fashion influenced by ones and zeros?

GRANDMA'S CHINA

designed by Ryker

My grandmother's china is already pretty fancy, and I mean, a vintage dining set would probably be the most amazing gift ever, but let's get serious, what are the chances of that happening?

Anyways, I think I'll just purchase these instead.

Each plate is vintage, no one being the same as any other, the edges of each plate are gold-plated and refired at 820C. Only a square cutout of the original plate remains.

Pure Austrian Design

http://pureaustriandesign.com/products/818/7766/furniture/Ryker

High loft-space ceilings, fluorescent lighting, visible wiring, coloured plexiglass, fuschia insulation, white cotton balls...pretty much a dream come true.

http://www.produktmanufaktur.at/

[I DON'T DO DAINTY!]

Dior Fine Jewlery [rings] Lanvin [necklace]

Candy Coloured Dreams

I don't like sweets, cupcakes, ice cream, really I wish I did, but I don't. The thought of those pretty delectables is so appealing but they make my throat feel funny...

So, here is my replacement -

[Giambattista Valli, Gucci, Michael Kors]

[CDN 11]

Heel Protector

I've refused UGGS, almost given in, and then quickly reverted realizing they look like, well, the least esthetically appealing pair of shoes you could purchase.

Then, I had a dilemma;

heels + snow = damaged pumps.

http://www.uptoyoutoronto.com/ (available in black or clear)

[US 11,119]

Heat Wave Radiator

I'm not so down with sterile cubic condos (even if they come equipped with 'central air'), there is just something about the character of an old home that I love...

However, I'm also not down with ugly radiators that ruin the design concept of any room.

Ta-da.

http://www.gnr8.biz/

[US 2499]

Enough with the black laquered chandeliers please, thanks.

http://www.gnr8.biz/product_info.php?products_id=152

[US 175]

Tobias Wongs Ballistic Rose, meant to be worn over your heart.
Romantic, much like the single dead rose residing beside my bed.

http://charlesandmarie.com/



[US 43.75]

Fantasia Lights


Why did I decide to quit again?

http://www.natsherman.com/



[EU 9.50]

Amour Patches
More awesome, less trashy than hickeys.

http://www.atypk.com/