Hope & Apologies. Rafael Morgan, a Brazilian based designer, looks set for a great future. His work has already been featured on several of the big design blogs, and now he’s unfortunate enough to have hit a low by appearing on mine, haha. Anyway, I’ve spoken to Rafael once or twice via email, but I always forget to post anything about him on Things of Random Coolness (Sorry Rafael!)

Anyway, I saw Gijs Baker’s droplet style fruitbowl for Royal VKB, and it reminded me how much I liked Rafael’s Hope Table Design. Apparently, the table is going into production through Six Inch this year, so that good news! Nice work, Rafael!

Find out more about Rafael Morgan.

As sweet as… I really love the Honey Chair by Buchegger, Denoth, Feichtner Design. The angular form displayed by the chair has become something of a trademark for the design team (just look at their cutlery designs, for example!)

See more angular work by Buchegger, Denoth, Feichtner Design.

Make eating bizarre! With experimental chefs such as Heston Blumenthal and Ferran Adrià being all the rage these days, it’s about time someone designed some cutlery that can match their bizarre cuisines. Simone Brewster has created a range of experimental cutlery entitled Seasons Of Love, which are a collection of bizarre and beautifully fluid eating utensils. They probably don’t make the act of getting food into your mouth any easier, but they’ll certainly be more fun.

See more work by Simone Brewster.

Get out your credit cards! For those of you that aren’t obsessive Mac fanboys, you might not be aware that Apple have released the MacBook Air, the world’s thinnest laptop. I know I shouldn’t fall for Apple’s powers of seduction, but I can’t help myself. It’s a sickness.

Available from Apple.

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