Ask any booklover or “bookworm” and he or she would tell you that there is no better feeling than holding books in the palm of your hands. Well, various designers took that concept quite literally, coming up with bookends that represent both the function of said items, and the passion one finds in books. Here are a few hand-inspired bookends that will definitely give you more incentive to keep on reading. Now, shelves will no longer look boring and plain, what with these “handy” (no pun intended) and unique-looking bookends.
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5 from Apple.

The lightest and thinnest iPhone yet (so far) has finally been revealed to the world by Apple who, according to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Philip Schiller, is the most beautiful consumer device they have ever created. Now operating on the iOS 6, the iPhone 5 has a 4-inch Retina display, ultrafast wireless technology and speedy performance thanks to the proprietary A6 chip, all backed up by a longer battery life. (more…)

Pythagorean cup, also known as the Pythagorean Glass, Fair Cup and Pythagoras Cup. The Pythagorean cup is a form of drinking cup, which is a deep sense of control measures of a drink.

Tradition says Pythagoras, during water supply works in the island of Samos, around 530 b.C. moderated the workers’ wine drinking by the inventing the “fare cup”. When the wine surpasses the line, the cup totally empties, so the greedy one is punished.
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A Russian designer Art Lebedev created this off-beat Povodokus, a dog leash fashioned to look like a handgun. Povodokus has the shape of a pistol, which unwound the cord and fits your hand like a glove. When you press the trigger spring leash unwound or unwound under tension.

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In Greek mythology, there was a man from Crete Minoas, who went around telling people that he was chosen by the gods to be the King of Crete. As proof of this preference, he asked Poseidon, god of the ocean, for his help in raising a white bull from the sea.
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Extra virgin olive oil has been gaining a lot of ground recently, what with various countries coming up with their own variations of the product. However, it’s not just the quality of the product itself that draws the attention of users from all over the world.

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Firefly is a new professional car care business in Alexandroupoli, Greece. They are also distributors of Meguiar’s products.
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One may scoff in disbelief upon hearing the name of this structural design proposal by Michael Jantzen. After all, the wind has no shape! But let us not be literal, since the name “Wind Shaped Pavilion’ is used on a different context. Anybody contemplating having a fabric structure for either commercial or residential purposes would find this unique design proposal truly ingenious, not to mention, eco-friendly. (more…)

Andriotis S.A. is a family business that specialises in the trade and processing of olive oil, for the last 55 years. The logo was designed in order reflect the classic and timeless values of the brand name, while at the same time updating the communication image.
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What would make you spend more on a keyboard than you normally would? Simple: a superior one. Even simpler: one designed and created by Art. Lebedev. The Optimus Popularis keyboard, to be more precise.

Ever since word got out about the Russian design company coming out with “a million keyboards in one”, there were a lot of mixed reactions, especially when it seemed that the product would be worth more than $1000. Why, that is even more that what one would normally pay for a computer! However, there are a lot of reasons why the Optimus Popularis is going to be worth every cent of its $1000+ price tag.

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