My friend Russ designs barbecues for Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet, where the starting price is around £6,000. He just sent me this video, a glimpse at their manufacturing process. Man, these are sweet pieces of kit—all hand-made in an adorable town in Michigan, USA, able to burn wood, gas, or charcoal. *drool* Read More >>

You can get Pantone suitcases and even Pantone Christmas ornaments, and now you can display your absurd devotion to that library of color buy wrapping some colour swatches around your neck. Read More >>

Ham is so delicious maybe you actually want to make love to it. Medically, it's not recommended, but you can curl up in pork's warm embrace with the ham leg pillow. Read More >>

The Hermes Birkin bag is the handbag holy grail. One costs as much as £100,000 and for years you'd have to sit on a lengthy waiting list just for the right to buy the pricey purse. The list no longer exists, but even if you're lacking an extra stack of cash you can have a Lego Birkin bag right now. Read More >>

Is around £13 too much for a deck of playing cards styled to look exactly like the pixelated designs in Windows 98 Solitaire? Not a chance. As their creator Evan Roth points out, before the internet Solitaire was the only real distraction an office drone could rely on. So why not give it the respect and immortalisation it deserves with this lovely deck printed on genuine Bicycle playing cards? Read More >>

Everybody needs a good looking black bag. And this fresh one from Puma and MiharaYasuhiro does double duty -- it's a messenger, but if you want to change it up, it's also a backpack. Read More >>

Try as you might to satiate that mischievous little voice inside you by watching Joerg Sprave's crazy slingshot creations, deep down you know it just isn't enough. So as long as you're not using it for random acts of violence, what's the harm in having a little fun with this beautiful GloveShot slingshot? Read More >>

There's no love lacking for Porsche's high-performance vehicles, but compared to Lamborghini's or Ferraris, they don't always have that wow factor. At least not like the office supplies the company designs. The P'3115 LaserFlex pen from Porsche Design has a laser-cut interlocking stainless steel body that expands and contracts when the ballpoint tip is deployed. Read More >>

Why drop hundreds of pounds on a regulation-sized freestanding foosball table that's just going to take up space, when for a mere £45 you can get XD Design's beautiful Gol table that you can plop and play anywhere? Read More >>

If you're sick of your bike helmet and you'd rather have something that looks like a giant baseball mitt to protect your cranium, you're in luck. After seven whole years of development, the Hövding invisible helmet is finally available for purchase. Read More >>

Nest was not the first smart thermostat to reach the hands of consumers. But it was the first that made our parents (and maybe even some of our grandparents) raise an eyebrow. It's cylindrical form and simple GUI are nothing, if not inviting to use, and it's ability to learn from your usage habits not only offers convenience, but possible savings when it comes to the power bill. Now with the second generation iteration of Nest—one that is slimmer and guaranteed to work with 95 per cent of home heating systems—the product wants to go from being a buzzy new product to a mainstream, must-have home gadget. Read More >>

We previously extolled the virtues of the space heater for warmth when the deep chill of winter arrives. But gazing at this pellet stove—a very modern-looking pellet stove—we're rethinking what we want in our homes come December. Read More >>

If you're looking for an easy way to raise your iMac screen closer to eye level, HiRise will do that. If you want a quick way to eliminate any trace that you use an external hard drive, or leave your keys and wallet on your desk HiRise will also do that. And because it's machined from aluminium, it will do so in elegant fashion. Read More >>

If gleaming white plastic and brushed aluminum don't suit your fancy when it comes to keyboards, a French design shop called Orée will hand craft you a beautiful alternative made from your choice of either maple or walnut wood. But if you thought keeping your current keyboard clean was a pain, imagine having to sand and re-stain it every year. Read More >>

A... friend... has always wondered what the pope wears on his day off because he can't wear that giant hat everywhere. Does he have a papal track suit? Holy but not holey jeans? White tees for the Holy See? This... friend asked the question when she visited the Vatican and was not given a conclusive answer. However, part of that puzzle has been solved by the Bureau of Trade, which is selling the luxe Gammarelli socks that ol' Benedict rocks on his feet. Read More >>