Smart Phone Notebook Version 2 by Nothing Design Group

Smart Phone Notebook Version 2 by Jin-Woog Koo, director of the Korean studio Nothing Design Group, is a brilliant mash-up of the two things designer carry around the most. Their phone and a sketch book.

The note book allows you to interact with the digital universe in relation to the physicality of pen and paper. As someone who always has his phone on next to him while he’s sketching, looking up things or using the calculator, this product would change my world.

The note book is 8.5″ x 11″ and has 176 pages and is note currently on sale yet in the US, but hopefully will be soon.

— Via DesignBoom

“In Caffeine We Trust Poster” by Column Five

As a year-end appreciation for their clients, the amazing talents at Column Five, a design firm specializing in data-visualizations based in Newport Beach, CA, put together the “In Caffeine We Trust” poster. This beautiful poster tracks the caffeine consumption over the period of month and is meant to be filled in using the very drink it tracks.

Users track their intake for the month then fill the poster out using coffee as paint. They gave one to each of their partners & clients and have produced a limited run that’s available for only $29.95 on their website.

— Via SwissMiss

MacHook by Workerman

This is a really brilliant & simple solution to an annoying problem, how to store your headphones neatly at your computer. If you have an iMac, and a spare $15 ($20 for the decoupaged version), the MacHook by Adam Brackney of Workerman is just what you need.

Sure, you could make one yourself, but you haven’t and I’m pretty sure your wouldn’t have the “nano-suction technology” that the MacHook uses to adhere, and cleanly remove, to your Mac.

— Via The Fox is Black

The Amazing “Little Shining Man Kite”

The amazing Little Shining Man Kite was thought up by Heather and Ivan Morison & designed by Sash Reading and engineered by the folks at Queen & Crawford. Not only is this kite beautiful, its a work of engineering art. Its made up of 1700 3D printed parts, carbon fiber rods, and cuben fiber aerospace fabric.

— Via Today & Tomorrow

Cheeseburger Wrapping Paper set by Gift Couture

This is by far the best wrapping paper idea I have ever seen. The Cheeseburger Wrapping Paper set by Sarah Fay & Justin Colt of Gift Couture, is currently being funded through Kickstarter and for a gift of $20 or more you get a complete set of 27″x 40″ wrapping paper.

That’s 2 buns, a hamburger, a slice of cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes, all of the components of a Cheeseburger, minus the bacon, which you can get for a gift of $1,00o or more.

I can’t wait to see what the rest of the Gift Couture themed lines are going to be in the future! Be sure to visit the Gift Couture Kickstarter page!

Quote Notebooks, Ogami Collection by Officemilano & Paolo Frello

These beautiful Quote Notebooks, designed by Officemilano in partnership with Paolo Frello for Ogami, are printed in primary colors with heavy black text, reminiscent of graphic design from the 70′s. Each notebook comes in three sizes and your choice of blank, lined, or grid paper, and features a nice design quote on the cover.

— Via Design Milk

Tea Diver by Ablepartners

I can still appreciate this brilliant little tea infuser even though I’m an avid coffee drinker. The Tea Diver, produced by Korean design studio Ablepartners, is the perfect friend for your cup of tea. The platinum silicon and stainless steel infuser looks like a squat little diver complete with an air tank handle! The Tea Diver is currently on sale at the DesignBoom Shop for $20.

The diver would go perfectly with the Tea Sub infuser by Ototo!

— Via DesignBoom

Viewmaster Wedding Invitations by Mélangerie Inc.

I love all this! The Veiwmaster wedding invitations by Mélangerie Inc. are a really amazing use of a toy most of us remember from our childhood. The boxed invitations come with a custom Viewmaster reel containing 7 slides with images of the soon-to-be newly weds.

The invitations were created for a client but can now be purchased as a whole set, for 100 guests, for $3,450 though Mélangerie Inc.’s Etsy store. Seems like a lot but I can only imagine how much work goes into these, not to mention the wow-factor for your guests.

— Via Design Work Life

Solar Powered Ice Pop truck by Sungevity with Kellie Anderson

This has to be my favorite summertime project ever! The Solar Powered Ice Pop truck by Jason Anello of Manifold for Sungevity is an amazing summertime advertising campaign about the benefits of solar energy. The Truck is making stops all over the east coast (I think its in Boston right now) handing out free ice pops. There are two really cool things about this truck. One, all of its electrical usage is generated from solar panels on the roof of the truck. Two, the entire exterior of the truck is wrapped in amazing ice pop shaped infographics by the amazingly talented Kelli Anderson!

Be sure to watch the video of the truck unfolding below and you can track where the truck is on the Sungevity Facebook page.

City Scout, City Recommendations from Designers by Studio Sweet Studio

City Scout is an awesome new web project by the talented peeps at Studio Sweet Studio. The website, as Studio Sweet Studio puts it, is “your favorite designers recommending a bunch of crap about a city you probably don’t live in.” Not only is the design of the site, icons, and typography great but this is going to be a treasure trove of awesome information!

So far they have recommendations for Chicago by designers Margot Harrington, Paul Octavious, Mig Reyes, Denise Holmes, Sarah Fox, Jesse Hora, Joe Van Wetering, and Meg Lewis. Brooklyn is in the works and coming soon.