Catwalk Fashion. Now available in wallpaper. Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is best known in fashion circles for his graphic heavy clothes collections. His coloured pop-art style patterns in the past have referenced Mikey Mouse, Princess Diana, Union Jacks and Jimi Hendrix. Now he’s bringing that style to the world of interiors with a collaboration with the wallpaper company Letuce. Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s wallpaper debut features Zebras and the Eiffel Tower, supermarket receipts, Manga cartoons and the Taj Mahal.

They’re going to be priced at roughly £18/€25 per 10m roll, so call 00 33 1 55 34 10 10 for stockists if you’re interested.

Never again feel alone in the dark! I can’t say I’ve ever really felt the need to go out in the middle of the night and play on a swing, but then again, I didn’t know about the Swinglamp by BCXSY. I imagine it would be quite relaxing to swing in the darkness from your own lighted swing and creating “a comforting ambiance through lighting and movement.”

BCXSY is a cooperative between designers Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto.

Contemplate your ContemPlate. Another great product I saw at Designersblock 2007 is the intriguing set of 8 dinner plates by Freshwest Design. Each plate’s design has a different anonymous figure in silhouette. Over 200 images of anonymous figures were collected on various Pembrokeshire beaches throughout the year, some of which ended up on these plates. Each plate is based on an actual event, with the date, time and beach location printed onto the reverse.

See more great products by Freshwest Design.

Eroticism and sophistication for lovers. Barcelona based company, Bijoux Indiscrets have created a range of products designed to enhance the level of erotica in your love life. Deluxe product sets like ‘Poême’ include jasmine-scented aphrodisiac liquid chocolate, an Ostrich pen and satin mask and encourage you to “write the sweetest declaration of love over your lover’s skin.”

Find out more at Bijoux Indiscrets.

Discarded furniture reborn. Karen Ryan takes discarded furniture items, and gives them a stylish new lease of life. Durings the recent Designersblock event in London, Karen Ryan was exhibiting some fantastic lampshades, each individually painted on the inner side of the shade. Unfortunately, I can’t find any photos online, so you’ll have to check out the one I took at Designersblock (here, here and here).

Despite having the slowest website in the world, you should check out her work, especially the chairs she creates from the remains of other salvaged chairs. You can also see some of her stuff at the Rabih Hage Gallery.

See more work by Karen Ryan.

A saucy cup and saucer. I originally saw this surreal and sexy Cup & Saucer set during London Design Week (although I can’t remember at which event), and couldn’t help but be amused by it’s bizarre coolness. It’s hand-made in the UK, and created by Undergrowth Design.

Available from Reiko Kaneko (unfortunately, it’s sold out at the moment though).

Beautiful swirling graphics. The SHCH Graphics Group don’t provide any information in relation to their intricate swirly typographic designs, but they’re stunning, and sometimes that’s all you need to know.

Check it all out at SHCH Graphics Group.

“Hello, are there any spirits here?” The Tassel Light, from the Rothschilds & Vickers Signature Products range, makes me think of dimly lit Victorian rooms and Seances. Inspired by Victorian decadence, the tassel light is one of those interior items that can either be the finishing touch on a sumptuous period interior, or be the item that pushes the whole thing over the edge and make the room look like it was decorated by a granny. I envy anybody with the guts and skills to take such a unique beautiful item and make it work. Handle with care.

Check out more products from Rothschilds & Vickers.

There’s never a plug socket nearby when you need one. Seemingly having been running since 2002, Un-Plugged appears to be an art project involving the placing of plug sockets around various cities in the most unlikely of places. So keep an eye out for the sockets in your city.

Check it out at Un-Plugged.