All I need now is a pipe! With the financial world collapsing, and money getting tight, many of us are going to be spending more time at home. So it’s only fair that we should be comfortable whilst lounging around the place. Maybe a pair of slippers wouldn’t be such a bad stocking filler this christmas? Especially if they’re a pair of artificial sneaker slippers from String Republic. Designed to look like your favorite sneakers, these pure virgin-wool lined slippers are stylish enough that don’t have to be ashamed of wearing them when your friends turn up on your doorstep.

Buy them now in time for christmas at String Republic.

There aren’t many people I would let draw indiscriminately on my walls… but Denise Fort is one of them. you’ve got check out her Behance portfolio. I’m seriously tempted to lock her in a room of my house, supplied only with a bucket of marker pens. That sounded creepy, didn’t it?

See more work by Denise Fort.

Great interior work. The work coming out of Dupoux Design is incredible. The blue interior for Nylo Warwick is beautiful, as is pretty much everything else in their portfolio.

Find out more about Dupoux Design.

There are not enough chairs with faces, don’t you think? Although, they are out there. I came across 100lica which has a nice selection, but still doesn’t please me as much as the ones depicted in Doc18’s Flickr photos (here & here) of the chairs and tables at the Palais de Tokyo restaurant that have been given added flair by Monsieur Andre.

Anybody know of any other chairs with faces?

New paintings & installations by Numskull. Super Nothing Maybe Never! is a new exhibition of paintings and installations by the artist Numskull, which will be showing at MTV Gallery in Sydney (4 Yurong St East Sydney). Opening night is the 5th December 6—9pm. The show them run through to the 10th December (gallery hours 12—3pm).

Expect more of Numskull’s stylings with phrases, words, characters and childhood idols mingled into one drippy amalgamation of false advertising.

Find out more at Funskull.com.

Ever dreamt about a life on the seas from the confines of your drab office environment? In the near future, you may be able to make your dreams come true. The architecture practice Gillard Associates has announced that one of it’s latest commissions is to design the H²Office a compact, luxury floating office space for use in marinas.

The proposed design for the floating offices will include a compact design giving enough space for one or two people to work in, which will include all the usual office amenities, but with the added bonus of a sun deck so you can catch some sun when you get bored of answering emails.

See more work by Gillard Associates, or find out more about H²Office here.

Unique, simple and home-grown. There is a wealth of young british design talent out there; one such example is Sonodesign, who specialise in the design and production of contemporary products and furniture. The company was created in September 2007 by Grant Baker and Nick Jackson, two young and innovative designers who share a passion for designing unique, yet simple products produced in the UK.

This partnership was formed during the duos time spent studying furniture and product design at university. It was here that their desire for creating accessible products for the retail market developed, prompting them to start their own design venture.

Setup straight out of university and still in its maiden year of trading, sonodesign has acquired some impressive stockists worldwide including Purves and Purves, Selfridges and the Design Museum. With this base and the brand constantly increasing their collection this British design duo are defiantly ones to watch.

Find out more about Sonodesign.

Art lovers and denim connoisseurs now have a new joint objects of desire. The artist Damien Hirst has teamed up with Levi’s to produce Damien Hirst X Levi’s a limited edition capsule collection. The Levi’s brand and designer Adrian Nyman worked closely with Hirst to showcase his art in an exclusive, custom range of jeans and tops that is sure to be highly regarded by the most discerning denim collectors. The collection revolves around three key themes of Damien Hirst’s body of work – the skull, spots and tropical butterfly. Jeans and T-shirts are emblazoned with iconic Hirst imagery – tropical butterflies, dots and skulls.

Retail Prices start at £55 for tees, £150 for jeans and the collection will launch at Cinch, Newburgh Street, London, W1F 7RG, from October 14 2008.