spin

Swedish designer Marie-Louise Hellgren has a knack for whipping up modern designs with a multi-functional flare. Each piece from her perfect little mug collection, called Spin, includes a teak stirrer and a shelved saucer that triples as a cookie (etc.) tray and a lid. We have a winner!

designer dictionary

This leather bound Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is so gorgeous it could make Scrabble sexy. (I'm speaking of the gold one.)

Jennifer Poon

Ever noticed the abundance of cutesy, bubblegum illustrations that have popped up? These are not those. I love figurative work, and Jennifer Poon certainly has a talent. Her paintings look as if they've emerged from some twenty-first century fairy tale: they have an obvious dark side, yet somehow maintain an innocence. Oh the irony!