Thanks to Korean designer Yeongwoo Kim, we can now have a unique experience of pouring light out of a tea cup. Inspired by moving water, the Pouring Light Lamp comes with a cup part and a water part, and the latter is filled with phosphorescence to create an amazing flow of light. So how do you like the lamp?

It’s literally a cup for light! How interesting! The cup looks amazing when it’s upside down and when bathed in the silent glow of beautiful lights.

Can you imagine that the simple Loop Chair can be arranged in 12 different ways? Let the pictures tell you how to do that: simply fold the hinges and fix the shape with special connectors, you can have the furniture change into various states, from a television chair to a bookshelf, from a chaise-lounge to a barstool.

Isn’t that sounds just interesting? You should really have a try yourself, and even make some new shapes maybe.

Though flax fiber is widely used for suits, have you ever thought of making a bike with the same material? Actually, the world’s first bike made from flax fiber has already won EuroBike Gold Award. Built from biodegradable flax fibers, the bike is durable and lightweight, and it performs well at absorbing and dampening road vibrations. It’s also built with a battery-free lighting system that is powered by a dynamo in the front hub, making it a stylish and eco ride.

I love beautiful designs, I love innovative ideas, and everything becomes so cheerful when it’s eco-friendly! The flax fiber is absolutely adorable, I love it totally!

Time again we’re convinced that small changes will result into a better life. Just have a look at the wine stopper designed with a twist by George Lee. Made from a food-grade stainless steel and silicone, the new stopper has a sleek and elegant look and also adjustable date rings which can help the users to remember when the wine bottles were opened. Then you’ll never miss the date with your wine.

Try this little cutie, and you’ll find your life more enjoyable, don’t miss the fun!

The action of pushing in or pulling out a plug seems really simple but not that pleasant, coz times and times again there’re people getting shocked when plugging in and out. So to save your fingers from electrified discomfort, designer Luofang Jun has come up with an innovative and practical plug that has a collapsible coat at the end to keep your flesh away from the metal prongs, and still ensuring you to easily have the plug in or out.

This is actually safer to us and it may mean much more to families with little kids, and also this is quite beautiful too. I love the design, the idea, this is the kind of idea I would like to call “the designs for a better life”.

You’ll never pick up any clean clothes from the washing machine unless you take exercise. That’s what we may have to face when China based electronics company Haier launches its Pedal-Powered Washing Machines in the future. Shown at IFA 2010, the eco machine is really simple but practical: the charging battery will power the machine to wash clothes when a man pedals on the exercise bike. And you don’t have to spare too much time, as basically 20 minutes of work can wash one load of clothes on cold cycle.

I think the idea’s actually great, now there’s a pretty good reason everyday to take exercise! Since the human-powered washing machine would save your money and keep your figure, will it be taken back to your home?

Amazon is planning to bring apps onto its Kindle e-reader. The retail site and Kindle-makers have just opened an app-making developer kit for its device, and apps should be arriving on the e-reader sometime later this year.

Kindle apps, I’m gonna call them Kapps would we imagine do a range of things based around the Kindle’s core function of books and reading.

A Kindle is of course a little flat portable 3-G internet-connected computer (could we call it a tablet? not quite sufficient…) and Amazon have realised they can add value and functionality to it if they let apps on (and then it’ll be more qualified to be called a tablet).

Key Kindle features are a 7-day (now improved to a month with the latest generation) battery life and the electronic display that looks like real paper. There’s already a marketplace for writers to upload work and readers to download and pay for it, so business-wise, the model is already there.

One kindle-app currently in development is from Handmark who are building an active Zagat guide featuring their trusted ratings, reviews, and other guides to restaurants around the world. Sonic Boom is building word games and puzzles (some are now available at Amazon already).

Perhaps a Facebook app would be fun so you could share thoughts and recommendations with friends, creating online book clubs. Sort of. Other fun stuff would include marginalia apps, letting you write little comments in the margins that others could choose to read and share if they wanted.

With the market for e-readers looking a little shaky, in the face of the Apple Tablet launch on 27th Jan, I guess it makes sense that Kindle-makers get a bit inventive.

I think it is totally great to bring some decent apps to the Kindle device, the word games and puzzles already out are quite enjoyable, so I do believe the apps will make the Kindle even more appealing to us. But one thing we should always remember is that the Kindle is above all an e-reader and its main job is reading, and that’s what the Kindle-makers should always keep in mind too!

Incense sticks are widely used in the east, and countries like China, Korea and Japan all have a tradition of burning incense to worship the God or ancestors. But the incense here is not made for burning, but for lighting. Charged by a base station, the “Scent” lights can be placed individually or collectively, to offer you soft warm light in the night.

Having lights like that we all should be happy at home, and all the troubles inside our heart will be wiped off softly.

Called Funnel Vase, the ceramic vase designed by Roger Arquer features a simple but meaningful change: a funnel on the side allows the users to change water without having to remove the flowers. Also deemed as an art piece, the Funnel Vase will be on show at the ‘Translations’ exhibition during London Design Festival later this month.

It is beautiful, innovative design, and as a beautiful vase it is amazingly convenient!

The V-tape is made with a V cut on one side, so you can always cut the tape by the V without a scissor. Honestly, I would prefer to look for a scissor even though the V Cut cellotape is indeed a good design that ensures an easier usage than regular cellotapes. As all the V cuts are designed in the same place, you cannot tear out smaller than one roll length and that no doubt results to waste. So my suggestion is: always take along a scissor or forgive yourself wasting the tapes.

I think the idea is quite good, but apparently not perfect, let’s just hope that a better idea that would solve the problem perfectly will come soon!