Chairs…err…bench…umm…chairbench? Unfortunately, I don’t speak German, so I have no idea what this is all about. Whatever Yvonne Fehling und Jennie Peiz have made, it’s cool and I want to sit on it.

See more work byYvonne Fehling und Jennie Peiz.

“My God, It’s floating!” Angela Jansen, in partnership with Crealev, has designed loS!, the first in a planned series of floating lamps. The lamp features two magnets that constantly repel each other causing the slightly surreal levitating lampshade effect to occur. I want one!

Find out more at Crealev.

Wallpaper for cyclists. I’ve mentioned Dan FunderBurgh before, but I’m doing it again because he’s created some amusingly beautiful bicycle themed wallpaper for Flavor Paper (I should be working on commission for these guys today!)

See more work by Dan Funderburgh.

Willy Wonkify your home! Flavor Paper have created The Fruit Cocktail Collection, a range of scratch & sniff wallpaper. When scratched, B-A-N-A-N-A-S! smells like bananas, Cherry Forever like cherries, and Tutti Frutti like…tutti frutti! Visual AND olfactory satisfaction from your walls. Pure genius.

More fantastic walllapers available from Flavor Paper.

Another reason to turn on the heating in this cold weather! I love this concept of heat sensitive wallpaper by Shiyuan. In a simple and elegant gesture, when the radiator is turned on a series of flowers previously unseen begin to bloom in reaction to the heat. Clever.

See more work by Shiyuan.

If you’re on a diet, look away now! It’s a new year, and like many others, I’m doing the obligitory resolution to eat in a more healthy manner. However, the exact moment that you start denying yourself sugary snacks, you start dreaming about cake. At least I do. Or to be more accurate, I’m dreaming about the edible creations of Carles Mampel at Bubo.

I found Bubo last year whilst mindlessly wandering around the back streets of Barcelona. The Bubo shop is more akin to an art gallery than a shop selling cakes and petit fours, which is fitting as the edible artworks created by Carles Mampel are beautifully designed statues of taste. Seriously, it’s almost a crime to eat these things!

If you ever find yourself in Barcelona, skip the tourist traps and head over to Bubo to stuff yourself with beautifully designed award winning cakes. Even if you’re not hungry, just go and feed your eyes.

Visit Bubo

A whole new world of mutated chairs. I missed the Martino Gamper exhibition of his 100 Chairs in 100 Days project which was shown in London last year, but there is now a book available titled 100 Chairs in 100 Days and its 100 Ways. It highlights the bastardised chair forms which have been created by Gamper using the odds and ends of other chairs, and other various objects.

See more work by Martino Gamper.

Don’t call it a comeback. Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know it’s been a while since I last updated Things of Random Coolness, but I’ve been getting kind of side-tracked recently. I crippled myself due to a recurring back injury. I’d like to say that it was triggered by something manly like a motorbike accident, or a bar brawl, but it was more likely caused from being drunk and over-enthusiastic on a Nintendo Wii. Also, I then flew over to Spain to see in the New Year (fresh seafood and villas on the beach wins out over anti-climatic british pub celebrations everytime.) Then on my return I bandwagon-jumped on the new Norovirus craze sweeping the nation (suffering from winter vomiting disease is the new going out!)

Ultimately, these are all excuses for being lazy. However, It’s a new year, and although it’s a little stale to be making resolutions this far into it, I’m going to try and post more regularly this year. Starting tomorrow. Hopefully.