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If You Don't Look Like Steve McQueen At Least You Can Dress Like Him.

Steve McQueen was the embodiment of rugged sexiness. The fact that he was as masculine offstage as on, makes his appeal timeless. So it's no wonder that clothing company Barbour has introduced a Steve McQueen Collection consisting of good-looking outerwear, rough-hewn workshirts, knits and tees. Created to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the International Motorcycle jacket, the iconic British Brand designed this limited edition capsule collection featuring the King of Cool.

From flash drives to fishbowls, here are five new items on the market that are guaranteed to bring some cheer into your life.

The Fishscape fish bowl:

By Aruliden for Gaia and Gino.
Made of hand-blown glass and manufactured by Gaia & Gino in Turkey.
$140
buy it here at Conran
or here at Unica Home

Avanti Kids Chair:

A beautiful walnut wood chair from Data Modern Furniture made to children's proportions and comes with some fun cushioning - genuine Schylling sock monkeys.
Designed for kids up to 45 lbs.
$300
buy it here

Fire Kit Lamp:

Made for Skitsch by 5.5 Designers
buy it here

Tampon Flash Drive

A flash drive shaped like a feminine hygiene product. made of PVC material by Meninos, it's not yet ready for mass production, but will be soon.

Cheer The Beard:

Fitted corduroy and felt New Era cap with detachable felt beard.
Designed by Jeremy Fish for superFishal
Buy it here

House Industries Designs Hand-Printed Eames Tables For Herman Miller Asia-Pacific

The very hip type foundry House Industries has teamed up with Herman Miller to produce a limited edition series of 80 Eames wire-base tables.

The Eames wire based low tables (LTR) include letters, numbers and ornaments from their Eames Century Modern font collection.

Each tabletop is hand-printed by House’s own David Dodde in their Grand Rapids, Michigan factory, returned to Herman Miller for assembly then packaged in a special House Industries-designed wooden crate.

Andy Cruz originally showed sketches of a printed LTR table to Yoko Sasaki, Marketing director of Herman Miller Japan, during his trip to Tokyo in 2010. Soon after House Industries got busy with the Eames Office and Herman Miller in Zeeland, Michigan to bring the sketches to life. As with most House Industries projects, they tried their best to make the packaging for this limited edition something you wouldn’t throw away once the table was removed. I believe they succeeded.

Photography by Carlos Alejandro

Forty tables will be available in Hong Kong at the Herman Miller Reach event on September 16, 2011 and 40 will be available at the House Industries exhibition at the Herman Miller Tokyo Showroom on October 27, 2011.

Reach Hong Kong
September 16, 2011
Hong Kong Design Institute
3 King Ling Road,
Tseung Kwan O,
N.T., Hong Kong
http://reach.hermanmillerasia.com/

House at Herman Miller Japan
Opening Reception: October 27, 2011
Herman Miller Japan Showroom
Marunouchi MY PLAZA
2-1-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
http://www.hermanmiller.co.jp/

information courtesy of House Industries

Funky Find Of The Week: Venini Tits Lights

Illuminated boobs? That's right, just the thing for your bare walls. Hand blown Venini glass Tits lights designed by studio job are actual functioning wall sconces with a milkwhite/pink finish.