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The DeLonghi kMix collection will totally make you want to cook, or at least spend time in your kitchen. The line includes five products: 5-cup coffee maker, 10-cup coffee maker, pump-driven espresso machine, tea kettle, and 2-slice toaster, available in eight eye-popping  hues — green, magenta, blue, orange, yellow, red — as well as glossy black or white. They look good enough to eat.

Available now at DeLonghi

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The Ring Calendar is a universal date stamp. Just turn the wheel and position the day of the week, date and month.

Available now from The Future Perfect

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Turkish industrial designer Mebrure Oral has found a contemporary method of displaying books on walls in an organized, creative and fresh manner. By separating books into sections like “has been read” and “will be read”, and making it easy to find each section with a two-level design, Mebrure Oral created the Target Books Shelf as an interesting aid for those loving how typography can prove useful around the house.

For more info visit Coroflot

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If you do a lot of cycling — especially in high-traffic areas — you no doubt know how important it is to keep your eyes off your fancy phone and on the road. The Hiod One is designed to let you do exactly that. Powered by Bluetooth, the One connects to your phone to make and receive calls, and also lets you talk directly to your other One-toting cycling pals up to 400 meters apart, using a super-simple handlebar-mounted control unit with an OLED display and a armband-mounted, water-resistant voice unit. All the advantages of Bluetooth, none of the dorky headsets.

More info at Hiod Sports

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Beautiful fifties-inspired chair by UK based Dare Studio. The Katakana Low Chair is refreshingly simple and a true design masterpiece. The chair is made of solid American Black Walnut or American White Oak with leather detailing. The cushions have a hard wearing wax oil finish and are also available in a choice of colors.

Available now from Dare Studio

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Instead of just hanging a simple map of the US on your wall, mount something like this Song Map from Dorothy. Every marker on the map is a famous song name instead of their more commonplace monikers. It also includes a full song and band name key if you’re not interested in firing up a streaming program and listening to everything on the map.

Available now from wearedorothy

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Young Israeli designer Daniela Bekerman has created shoes called Ze o Ze, which means “This or This” in Hebrew. The wearer can change the design of the shoes through changing the heel, which is a modular piece that connects to the shoe’s sole. Just think of the possibilities! A heel for your departure and a flat for your trek home.

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Wood You Wear a Wooden Watch?

Italian-born, but LA-based WeWood has a line of wooden watches that have graced such famous wrists as Rhianna, Ke$ha, and APL of the Black Eyed Peas.

WeWood’s approach is about sophisticated sustainability. Their beautiful wooden watches demonstrate that being eco-friendly is no barrier to style or luxury. These natural watches are currently available in two classic designs: Date and Chrono, and in four different types of sustainable wood (Maple, Ebony, Guaiaco and Red Wing Celtis).

The beautifully carved wood not only looks super stylish, it is feather-light and silky-smooth. This organic matter is recyclable, biodegradable and takes less CO2 to produce, than materials traditionally used in watch production, such as stainless-steel, platinum and gold. Each watch is hypo-allergenic, free from toxic chemicals and has a traditional Miyota movement.

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iPhone users and fans of electronics have realized that the iPhone can almost do anything; and when it can’t, they create an app for it so it can. Optrix, designer of extreme sports video cases, has just announced the release of their Optrix HD – Weatherproof Sport iPhone Case. This spill, splash, bump, and drop proof case can transform your iPhone 4/4S and iPod Touch into the perfect HD action camera.

The Optrix HD Case is made military grade tough by using high quality materials, utilizing ultrasonic welds, and silicon gaskets. Mount it on your helmet, your motorcycle, or take it on the slopes with you on a snowboarding adventure.

Get it for the extremist on your list from OptrixHD

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Pin Pres by OOO My Design is a playful shelf for children that adapts to the shape of the items placed on it. Perhaps this will make cleaning up more enticing to your little one!

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Check out the Felted Slippers from ekohaus. They’re made in Lithuania by the designer, come in a slew of colors, and are available with both hard and soft soles. Another nice feature is that wool is naturally anti-microbial, so you don’t have to worry about them getting (too) stinky. Also: custom orders are welcomed, so sky’s the limit for sole / upper color combos.

Check out the ekohaus Etsy page for more details

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We have featured a lot of speakers here on The Daily Gift, this set from GiiNii is definitely one of the coolest looking. They're modeled after light bulbs and offer a wireless music experience along with an LED light show. To recharge simply plug them in to any light socket or lamp to power up!

Perfect for the audiophile in your life. Available now from GiiNii

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Do you like the idea of customizing the look of your laptop to create envious classmates or co-workers? Are you hesitant to go with a sticker because it's permanent?

Enter The DrawTop - it's a whiteboard sticker for your laptop. You can easily change and customize the look of your computer depending on how your mood. It's dry erase so switch it up whenever you feel like it!

Available now from DrawTop

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The snow is set to fly across Canada and parts of the US, we recommend picking up a Slalom Sled from Mountain Boy Sledworks. The front section of the sled pivots allowing you to have a better option than bailing when approaching an obstacle. Made from molded plywood along with plastic runners, the Slalom Sled is exactly what you need to make all the kids jealous this year.

Slip & slide over to Mountain Boy Sleds for more info

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Have you ever looked at those airline carts pushed around by flight attendants and thought that maybe they’d be useful in your home somehow? That’s what German company Skypak is doing. They’ve recreated those carts for residential and commercial use.

They’re entirely customizable from the inside out. You can create just about any configuration to suit your needs – bar cart, beverage trolley, bath caddy, etc. Then, you can customize the outside with whatever design will work best with your interior from flags to artwork to mosaics to 24-karat gold leaf!

via design-milk

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Japan's Porter teamed up with ACE Hotel to produce this limited run of dopp kits. Available now from the Ace Hotel Shop

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Swedish design company People People created a very original speaker, the transparent design lets it blend in to any living room. The speaker is big enough to offer a good sound quality, yet takes little visible space. The speakers come with a small rechargeable wifi antenna, that can plug in to any device with a headphone socket. The speaker ships in a small, flat package that goes in through your mailbox. You can then assemble it IKEA style!