Industrial Design

Add this to your arsenal drawer of office hijinks supplies... the Bandit, by Sebastian Bergne, puts good use to abandoned rubberbands. By fitting the rubberband into the appropriate grooves, you have a classy, professional and undercover version of the rubberband gun.

Steve Watson, an industrial designer in the UK, created the post-modern Skase teacup set based on the idea of symbiosis: "a close, prolonged association between two or more different organisms of different species that may, but does not necessarily, benefit each member." Each piece can exist alone, but the cup cannot fulfill its purpose and the base stands empty, hence the happy relationship of lovely design.

Time is money, and I'd definitely be more inclined to start my day more quickly if my clock was burning through my Benjamins.

TABISSO is a French design company focusing on high-end, typographic lounge furniture. Their chair line includes letters A-Z and numbers 1-9, and the coordinating floor lamps cover more than 20 punctuation marks.