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Because We Just Can't Get Enough Of Those Beckhams In The Buff

Giorgio Armani recently unveiled photos of its new Emporio Armani's Autumn/Winter 2009-10 underwear campaign, which features hot hunk soccer star David and Victoria (Posh Spice) Beckham photographed together as well as separately.

Ten fun new finds for you, your home or your friends who like colorful , different and unique items.

Clockwise from top left;

1. One of two new cabinets from Cappellini that are created as an homage to Piet Mondrian.

2. Kor's Hydration Vessels (yes, that's a fancy name for water bottle) are good looking and good for you since they are made with a compound that does not leach toxins into your liquid.

3. The newest Proust Chair by Alessandro Mendini is called the Geometrica and has a colored frame as well as wild fabric.

4. Jaime Hayon's wall mounted Horse Head vases come in black, white and yes, 24k gold plated

5. The Hartl Bros giant hand stitched leather fitness ball doubles as a modern and unusual looking chair.

6. the illuminated light bench has clear acrylic legs and a translucent white top that is controlled by a dimmer switch.

7. Amber Hagen's cotton and cashmere hoodies and blankets for babies come in every trendy design from peace signs to motorcycles.

8. The Egal 9 is a shelving system that allows you to add drawers of any color, or none at all, if you wish.

9. The Eninal Wall Tissue Dispenser turns your Kleenex into art by mounting it in a wood and canvas wall frame.

10. lastly, the Antler chair is a low chair with a wool and leather seat and a carved ash wood backrest and feet.

To go to the store of purchase for any of the above items, simply click on the image and follow the link.

To see more of my design and shopping picks, visit my lists at This Next here.

Peter Buning's Shadow Projecting Lights: The Shining And Sha-Do Collections

The Shining ceiling and wall lamps by Peter Buning use the interplay between light and shadow to create varying patterns projected on the ceiling and wall.

Above: Wonderland, the latest pattern in the Shining collection

The collection consists of 9 different styles (all shown below), each made of glass and steel and measuring 200 mm in diameter. These are presently available to purchase and links to buy are after the images.

Shining
Bombay:

Brussels:

Mailand:

Paris:

Tokyo:

Versailles:

Washington:

Wonderland:

You can purchase any of the 9 lights shown above here.
Or from Limn here.

Sha-Do

On the designers' own site, on which the lights are called it the Sha-do, come the following images of his other designs:

above: some of the designs of of Peter's Sha-Do lights.

"The concept of the SHA-DO-lamps consists of illuminating the environment through individual shadow pantomimes. The creation of the light is as important to the lamp as the design is. The lamps can be adapted to their environment because of their flexible construction and casts every location in a very special light." -- Peter Buning