Category: Design

The Smartflower solar energy system is a sculptural array of solar panels in the form of a flower that follows the sun throughout the day. Due to the system’s movement, it’s able to collect as much as 40% more energy than a comparably sized static solar panel.

The Meownooker Cat Toy Set from purr-veyor of unique pet goods Vetreska is a miniature pool table with felted balls and feather toys attached to the pool cues for your feline friends to play with. That’s fun.

Modeled after Thor’s mythical hammer Mjölnir, this 15.2 oz mug is sure to gain the favor of the god of thunder. Or, I don’t know, maybe piss him off for making his hammer into a novelty item.

Inspired by the throttle grips seen on motocross bikes, the Throttle Opener is a bottle opener with a rubberized grip in the style of a dirt bike. Plus, it opens bottles with the same wrist motion as operating the throttle, just like you’re revving a bike.

Designed to look like a Japanese bowl of instant ramen, the Soup Cat Bed available from Happy & Polly features a luxuriously soft interior, complete with a bottom cushion printed with noodles and egg and a velcro topper for keeping maximum warmth inside.

Designed and built by LEGO (and presumably Tesla) fan Airbricks95, this Tesla dealership model is currently looking for builder support on the LEGO Ideas website. The set includes a Tesla dealership building with a showroom and service center, three charging stations, and four vehicles: a Model Y, two Model S, and a Cybertruck.

Carved from bog oak by Etsy seller Nordic Forces, this wooden watch features the likeness of the all-father Odin and his watchful ravens. The watch costs around $350 and can be customized with additional engraving or other requests.

Created by luxury pet goods designer Lord Lou of Amsterdam, Copycat Art Scratchers are cat scratching boards that look like famous paintings. Specifically, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Because whose guest bathroom doesn’t have a medieval or pirate theme that demands more skulls and sword decorations, Brazilian luxury bathroom accessory designer Vallvé has created a line of just that. Now I know what you’re thinking, and I’m thinking the exact same thing: “Finally!”

Inspired by the double helix shape of the DNA responsible for all living organisms, this is the the DNA Trellis from Etsy shop ThePlantyPrint. It features a strand of 3D-printed deoxyribonucleic acid designed to keep your climbing plants climbing upward instead of just falling over.

Because innovation is everywhere, sports manufacturer Wilson recently unveiled its 3D Airless Basketball prototype, a new basketball created as near to the specifications of its official game-used NBA balls but with no air. Or leather. Or the same aerodynamics since it’s filled with holes.

Crafted by Redditor smittynumberone, this giant bookshelf is shaped just like the United States, with the majority of states each getting its own state-shaped shelf. Sorry Maryland and New England! Now all you need to do is fill the shelves with travel books related to each state, and this project will have reached its logical conclusion.

Because every garage deserves an appropriately themed kegerator, Etsy shop AutomotiveDesignM5 has built one featuring a tap made from a real moped engine that’s been cleaned and polished (complete with piston pour handle!). I imagine somewhere out there, at least one diehard moped and beer fan is ecstatic their dream kegerator has finally been made a reality.

Because plants occasionally like to get down and party just like the rest of us, Firebox is selling these Disco Ball Hanging Planters. Covered with a traditional disco ball mosaic of mirrored tiles, your plants are sure to thank you for the new digs.

Because screen real estate is one of the most affordable forms of real estate these days, YouTuber DIY Perks took it upon himself to build a triple-screen laptop display that combines both form AND function, nearly doubling his viewable area in the process.

Inspired by nature and designed by Robert van Embricqs, the Flow Wall Desk is a wooden desk that folds out from the wall when you need to write an angry email but folds up flat to the wall when you don’t.