Household

Erasmus Darwin's Steam-Cerebrum Skull

$60 Amazon »

The Erasmus Darwin's Steam-Cerebrum Skull wishes all you Frobisher Brophys, Inquisitor Victor Lippetts, and Prof. Dr. Elias Claver, Esquires out there a Happy Neo-Victorian Halloween! A full 360 degrees of eye(socket)-catching...

Brass Honcho Armored Flashlight

$39.98 Brass Honcho »

Reduce, reuse, recycle may not be Brass Honcho's mantra, but when you buy one of their flashlights made from a real machine gun bullet you can still feel good about doing your part to eliminate some of the world's waste...

Bookniture - Furniture in a Book

$86 - $89 Amazon »

You don't need to know how to read to dig in to this book. Open the pages of Bookniture, and where you might normally find a Tolkien story you'll instead encounter an entire stool or side table Gandalf-ed into existence...

Inspired Designs Ferrofluid Sculptures

$25 - $150 Inspired Designs »

Ferrofluid represents the glorious union of science and beauty. Of visual art and tactile interaction. Of workplace boredom and sweet desktop toys. Inspired Designs head inspirer, Kyle Haines, creates his ferrofluid displays...

Convertible Bean Bag Chair Bed

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A full-size bed that pulls out of a bean bag chair: sweet. A full-size bed you have to stuff back inside a bean bag chair when you're done with it: hope you didn't have plans this weekend. I'd rather carry a couch 5 blocks...

Measured Olive Oil Dispenser

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Typically talking to me about "portion control" makes me feel very cheated and melancholy, but I actually don't like a ton of dressing on my salads or oil in my stir fries. I also don't like trying to measure out a teaspoon...

Phantom Skull Decanter

$32.98 Amazon »

I'm not sure the skull in this decanter is so much a phantom as it is a piece of glass blown inside a bottle. But you don't have to tell your kids that when you warn them about what Skully McSkullface will do to their...

Elysium Weightless Chair

The Elysium Chair is the result of an equation defining posture and gravitational force. I think that's the math geek way of saying it's reeeeeeeal comfortable. So comfortable, it will simulate weightlessness when you...

Chris Maynard Feather Art

Chris Maynard's father was an eye surgeon. Chris inherited his manual dexterity. His precision. His patience. He also inherited his father's tools. But instead of becoming an ophthalmologist, he decided to use them to...

Sleeping Bag Chair

Someone please tell me this is the new proposed design for airplane seats. The Cocon is an armchair with an integrated sleeping bag. Designed by Celine Merhand and Anais Morel of Les M, the piece endeavors initiate "maximum...

Muzo - Personal Zone Creator & Noise Blocker

$159 Kickstarter »

Muzo uses anti-vibration technology to turn the world off. (Makes sense, given the number of other devices that use pro-vibration technology to turn the world on--VibeRider, anyone?) At approximately the size and shape...

Chill Sack 8-Foot Bean Bag Chair

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They call it the Chill Sack only to avoid the lawyers' C&D letter or profit-sharing demands from a major corporation. But you can go ahead and call this giant 8-foot bean bag chair built for two (or three!) like it is:...

Quell - Wearable Pain Relief

$248.95 Amazon »

I wonder if Quell would help the pain in my ass. No, I really have one. On the bottom of my left butt cheek when I sit for too long, kind of right where it...yeah, yeah, don't think you're the first to say that. People...

Ugo Cedarwood Bench

Here's a true man's best friend. The UGO Cedarwood Bench is the kind of dog that will always be there when you need to take a load off, put your shoes on, set down the groceries, and find a boost to change the light bulb...

Kwan Loong Pain Relief Oil

$8.49 Amazon »

No snake oil here. Just a 2-ounce bottle of pain-relieving, muscle-soothing, but-admittedly-funky-smelling Kwan Loong. I first experienced Kwan Loong Oil administered by the disturbingly powerful hands of a massage therapist...

Pig Cabinet

$1,529 Seletti »

I just saw that pig eat 25 comic books, 11 old Cosmos, 7 random cables, 5 remote controls, a coupla IKEA catalogues, a stack of coasters, and an old Xbox console. What a porker!...

15-Minute Meat & Vegetable Vacuum Marinator

$159.75 Amazon »

Not quite as good as tumbling your meat into diamonds, but way better than waiting 12 hours for it to marinate. The Chef's Elite 15-Minute Marinator uses a vacuum system and a (literal) drum roll to (literally) turn your...

The Toad Sofa

You can kiss the Toad Sofa if you want, ladies, but remember: fairy tales and wishes always seem to have a catch. The prince might turn out to be this. Or, worse, this...

Quaffer Double Bubble Layered Shot Glass

$9.98 Amazon »

It was Jimmy Quaffa's destiny to design the Quaffer double bubble layered shot glass. Because "Quaffer" isn't just a play on Jimmy's name, it's an actual, dictionary-defined noun. One that probably existed long before...

Shark Hologram LED Night Light Lamp

Discontinued

If they'd given Joseph an Amazing Technicolor Dream Shark instead of a Dream Coat, this holographic LED lamp is probably what it would have looked like. It would've been a way better gift too--I bet Joseph's brothers...

LINE-X Virtually Indestructible Coating

LINE-X protective coating supports a habit--no, not a habit, that suggests it's a bad thing. LINE-X protective coating supports a grand tradition I've established of extolling the bludgeoning, impaling, pulverizing, and...

Dino Lamps

Holy extinct species, Batman! Is that a Diplodocus on your nightstand, or have you just been shopping at Toys in Babeland again? Dino Lamps ignite the night, and all the dark crevices of your living space (except those...

Overbed Work Desk & Table

$84.99 - $94.99 Amazon »

Awww, too sick to get out of bed? Better call the office and tell them you won't be in...but you'll be online in 5 thanks to your sweet little double-wide (or queen, or king--it's adjustable!) workstation on wheels, the...

Better TV Viewing Beer Mug

$10.99 Perpetual Kid »

Like the Viking Beer Horn Glass, the Better TV Viewing Beer Mug gives you every reason to pick up your pint for a sip, and then keep on sipping 'til the last hoppy drop is gone. In the mug's case, the strategy isn't so...