They're Erotic. They're Art. They're Sexy Gifts For Designers.

Looking for something sensual for your designer friends and lovers this Valentine's Day? 

Tired of the Kama Sutra Kits and Chocolate Body paint? 

 Well, step it up to these: ULTIMATE MEMBER LIMITED

 

 Jimmyjane & Jamie Hewlett Collaboration (the description below is from them): Immortalized on a limited edition collection, the saucy boys and scintillating girls of decadent London nightclub Kabaret's Prophecy are now available in the light of day. 

Envisioned by acclaimed pop culture artist, Jamie Hewlett, these ultimate club members epitomize the larger-than-life characters that the paparazzi revere-from randy heiresses and hunky male supermodels, to busty baronesses and pouty designers du jour. 

With the ULTIMATE MEMBER LIMITED collaboration, Jimmyjane and Kabaret's Prophecy have joined forces to give the characters a new life as pieces of useable pop art.

Bringing new meaning to "the enjoyment of art", Jimmyjane has adorned its award-winning LITTLE SOMETHING vibrators with intricate etchings of acclaimed artist Jamie Hewlett's characters to create a limited edition of 1,500 sequentially numbered vibrators and a boxed collector's set. Buy them here.

FU*K LIMITED

 

Jimmyjane and CITIZEN:Citizen collaborated on a new limited edition design for Jimmyjane's little something vibrator. The new "FU*K LIMITED" is available in both 24k gold and stainless steel, and launched in New York City on May 20th in conjunction with Design Week and the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. 

FU*K LIMITED in Gold ($375) FU*K LIMITED in Steel ($275) Buy them here. 

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above: Inked and Little Steel Tonight vibrators by Jimmy Jane. 

  Wink Suede Blindfolds  

 WINK is available in four colors - pink, black, white and brown. Made from over three yards of hand-dyed, bias-cut silk.The supple suede design is soft against your skin and completely blocks out unwanted light. You can buy any of the four colors here. Or the pink or black from here. 

The Sex Candle

 

 Sexy & scorching hot, the colette Sex candle is back in a Purple's Olivier Zahm designed box, with Terry Richardson pictures & unseen print from artist André. buy it here. 

  The Lelo Black Pearl Valentine Edition  

With LELO’s basic NEA acting as the canvas, Jesper Kouthoofd has chosen to graphically interpret the romanticised aesthetics of an archetypal sweet heart tattoo. The resulting artwork hints at an age of innocence - vintage 1950 – with undertones of a tender naivety reserved for the realm of pristine love. The NEA herself is a sculptural pleasure object with a porcelain-like finish and deceptively powerful purr. Like all LELO pleasure objects, Black Pearl Valentine is rechargeable and a 2-hour charge provides up to 7 hours of bliss. Comes presented in a discrete gift box, accessorised with charger, user manual, satin pouch and a 1-year LELO warranty. Buy it here. 

Also from Lelo:

   

Yva is an elegant pleasure objet d’art, handcrafted in stainless steel or 18K gold-plate, with a deep and resonant vibe. The metal, luxurious and evocative against the naked skin, offers exciting prospects for users inclined to the sensual utilisation of hot or cold.YVA is small, rechargeable and exceedingly quiet. Comes included with wooden gift box, universal charger, manual, satin pouch and a 1-year LELO warranty. Buy it here. 

  Massugu Adult Glass Blown Toys  

The Massugu Adult line, a new division of Massugu Distributing, USA founded on the idea of providing sex toys that are clean, sustainable, durable and beautiful to customers in a safe, private environment. Hand blown glass, they are so pretty, you won't hide these in the 'secret drawer". Buy them here. 

  Designer Condoms  

Above: The Designer Mix series of Condoms from One. 

See them all here. 

 

May be for the more adventurous but be sure to see the modern and erotic luxury jewelry of Betony Vernon here.

Colette's Cool Collaborations

One of my favorite stores' websites is that of Colette, whose physical store has been located at 213 Rue Saint Honoré since opening in march of 1997. The french cyber home to Cap and Pep (Capperino and Peperone, the two adorable dog 'mascots' created by designers Kuntzel + Deygas) and all things cool when it comes to art, fashion, style, music and design.



The site design is a delight, an engaging interface accompanied by hip music you can opt to turn off, down or up. And the site is very deep, you can spend hours on it.



Because the site is all flash, several surfers have missed out on Colette because it doesn't show up when you 'google' something.

They have so many wonderful projects in the works, images to see, exhibitions to attend, I wish I could tell you about them all, but instead I've chosen to focus on some of their recent collaborations between artists and designers. So, be sure to settle in when you have some time and surf their site: http://www.colette.fr

Never a stranger to collaboration, Colette has premiered many limited editions of fabulous items in conjunction with Medicom's Be@rbricks, Kid Robot's Dunny Series, Absolut Vokda, Disney, and Goyard to name but a few. Go to their site and look at archived issues of their newsletter or look under their 'design' section and you'll find a million things to write home about.

But today I'm talking about four of their most recent collaborations.

1. Famous japanese label Comme des Garçons meets artist KAWS for a series of limited edition products: leather wallets, men & women t-shirts, wool bags & fragrance sets. This amazing collaboration should make many people happy. Starting November 15th at colette and on colette.fr, then from November 24th at Comme des Garçons, Dover Street Market, OriginalFake.




Buy the Comme Des Garcons and Kaws Products here.


2.Longchamp and Paris DJ Michel Gaubert have collaborated to come up with the MG collection. A mini-collection that address creative, practical and technical needs. From ipod cases to high tech bags. Below are some pieces from the collection:






Buy the MG collection here.

3.Sexy & scorching hot, the colette Sex candle (they named it, I didn't) is back in a Purple magazine's Olivier Zahm designed box, with Terry Richardson pictures (the photographer who shot the controversial Tom Ford Cologne ads I blogged about) & an unseen print from artist André.




Buy the SEX candle here.

4.In 2005 Finé Japon decided to launch it's project for new bottle designs. Finé Japon plans to make people more aware of the connection between aesthetics and functionality of products. For its first new bottle design, Finé asked Karim Rashid to collaborate after having admired his bottle and packaging designs for clients such as Issey Miyake, Kenzo, Shiseido and Prada. After 2 years of work with Karim, Finé is pleased to be able to finally offer you its new, limited edition bottle "that captures the fluidity and purity of thermal artesian water". Worldwide premiere at Colette.

the current bottle:


Karim's New Bottle for 2008:

Finé Japon Water