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Pantone Universe® Bag - Pink 18-2043 TPX (PA32)

Beautiful generous messenger bag made of thick canvas, lots of useful interior pockets and purple lining. Sling it over your shoulder, great for carrying laptops.

I really need this.

Free Idea Factory is a repository of free ideas. Some people have too many ideas, some people like to work from a prompt. Here is a place where the two can attempt to equalize the uneven pressures in the fluids of their creative minds. These ideas really are free, you are invited to use them, abuse them, twist them, turn them, shake them, bake them, make them your own.

I could play with this for another hour or so.

This clear acrylic dome opens a window to the world that helps satisfy a pets natural curiosity while maintaining safety and security.

Love!

Seriously. How cute are these little critters? Every Travel Kitty is a unique work of art. They are handsewn poseable kitties, numbered and named in order to keep track of their adventures in the TRAVEL KITTY PROJECT, an interactive art project. The kitties are packaged with a postcard style note from the artist that is date stamped with the date of purchase. Every Travel Kitty also has a different tail, because every kitty has a different tale to tell. So, get travelin’ and tell us your tale!

Check the Travel Kitty Project for more fun.

My latest obsession is a lovely web site dedicated to the joy of origami - concepts, products and inspiration.

Chocolate-pencils is a collaboration with patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu, the mastermind behind popular dessert shops like Mont St. Claire and Le Chocolat de H. Tsujiguchi created a new dessert based on his impression of nendo after conversations with us, and we designed new tableware for them. We wanted our plates to show off the beauty of meals and desserts like a painting on a canvas. Based on this idea, our “chocolate pencils” come in a number of cocoa blends that vary in intensity, and chocophiles can use the special “pencil sharpener” that comes with our plate to grate chocolate onto their dessert. Pencil filings are usually the unwanted remains of sharpening a pencil, but in this case, they’re the star!

Do they melt in your hands?

Adam’s Apple retells the story of God, Adam and Eve, with an interesting modern twist involving Apple, and its founder Steve Jobs.

Not-Suitable-for-Work.

Paper Invaders: No amount of emoticons can give a text message the same style and flair as these fantastically designed notepads.