FAN FARE

Not Pantone. Fantone, the wood and fabric Spanish fan designed by Madrid’s IS Creative Studio.

PROOF POSITIVE

Oh yes. Positively spare photography from Matthias Heiderich.

HEART-Y

Who could resist a dip into honey packaged this beautifully by illustrator Jamie Nash?

BASIC INSTINCT

Here’s a case for leaving nothing to the imagination:  a brilliant white–and just plain brilliant–steel and enamel bread bin from Old Faithful Shop.

THOUGHT LESS

A doctored New York City street sign takes center stage on the DVD cover art for a film about the band, The Chemical Brothers, designed by London’s Tom Hingston Studio.

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RED INK

A red ink version of Bryan Nash Gill’s signature woodgrain prints; this one was created from the cross section of an 82 year-old ash tree.

LIGHT LUNCH

Box Appetit is a reusable, compartmentalized lunch box, with a microwave-safe, removable component, and its own fork. All that, and pretty, too.

IRON WOMAN

Inspired alternatives to an overstuffed closet: Annaleena Karlsson’s sculptural clothes racks, which may reasonably  double as objet d’art.

TEST DRIVE

If only this were the official film poster for the 2011 film, Drive. Alas, it’s only a concept from the Belgian neon artist, Rizon Parein.

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

The design studio Joseph Joseph has created a colorful series of measuring spoons that are meant to be displayed: they’re magnetized to adhere to refrigerator surfaces.