Alcarol's Beautiful use of Resin Casting for Furniture

Alcarol is a design and fabrication studio which is doing amazing work with resin casting to preserve unique features in wood in stone.  

Marble ways table is made by using the sacrifical table from stone cutting.  When the table bed is too marred from cutting it is replaced.  Acarol is casting these slabs into beautiful tables, preserving the natural kerf marks as well as the stone and sawdust in the process.  (via Core 77)

This video from Vimeo shows the entire process.

Marble Ways from alcarol on Vimeo.

 Fisheye are made from the columns from the canals of Venice which are eaten by worms

Undergrowth captures the moss and lichens which grow naturally on the trees and are encapsulated to form the edge of shelves.

Gherkin Chandelier aka Pickle Light

Pickle Light

I have a bit of a thing for pickles and enjoy the many pickle related references and pictures in Richard Scarry stories as well as hiding one in my Christmas Tree.

That being said, I couldn't pass up sharing the video below where  Bompass and Parr have created the first Gherkin Chandelier.  From the video description;

“We always knew there was scientific magic contained within the humble pickle,” says Sam Bompas, one half of the experimental culinary duo, Bompas & Parr. “Everyone is pickling right now, and we were interested in pushing it to the extreme. We knew the time had come to create the world’s first gherkin chandelier.”

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Sleek Coat Rack Design

I'm liking this coatcrack design from Desu Design, though I'm always inclined towards seeing it made of wood something rich and contrasting like oak/ maple and cherry/ mahogany).

"During the coat-less summer months the Symbol hangs as a purely aesthetic piece, as the hooks lay flat and belie their function. When needed, the hooks pull smoothly out to help you organize your stuff. The Symbol Coat Rack is 1.5" deep with the hooks up, and 4.25" when the hooks are flipped down"

Available for $435 from Desu Design

Turn Canning Jar into a Travel Mug

It love this excellent design from Joshua Resnikoff and Aaron Panone, the Cuppow.  Turn any canning jar into a travel mug by replacing the seal with this BPA lid and screwing back on the retaining ring.   Brilliant, simple design and execution.   I also love that it's easily adaptable to both small and large containers depending on your need (of course that was Ball's doing making the mouths of their canning jars one of two sizes).   It is available for $7.99 from cuppow.com

CUPPOW! from Paper Fortress on Vimeo.

Timberland Zipable Trail Shoes

I love the design, but am left a bit wanting.   I want them to either zip together, zip to each other or zip with the sole side in or both.  Zip them together with the soles facing each other.   The video has you zip them up and hang off the outside of your pack, so it makes sense to zip the cloth inside, but for storing inside your pack, you'd want the sole (and the dirt) on the inside
They start at $29.99 from Amazon