Thomas Kinkade might be a little too grandma-ish for you, but I thought this mug was pretty neat, despite the hokey winter scene design. When the mug is filled with warm liquid, such as urine, the windows of the home illuminate.
My Grandma is extremely aroused. Hot cocoa has that effect on her.
Hey, pig. Stop dripping nacho cheese all over your t-shirt and get this snout-shaped cup. It’s very appropriate for you. When you take a sip of whatever godforsaken liquid you’re putting in there, you’ll look just like a swine. The swine that you are. Now get in the oven so I can turn you into bacon.
I’ve got a problem with designer Franco Marino Cagnina’s external hard drive concept. It’s not the fact that it’s 100% recyclable which gets to me, that’s just fine and dandy. It’s the fact that it looks exactly like a cup which really bothers me.
That’s not to say I don’t approve of a design change over the traditional square box with cables that is typical of most hard drives. I know, by looking at this design, that it’d be mistaken for my morning coffee and dumped in the trash with the rest of the garbage. So much for my terabytes of porn.
Earlier, Ryan spotted some DIY speakers made from paper cups and a pair of headphones. Now Arms22 is one-upping designer Dimitry Zagga with speakers made from Starbucks cups. They actually use a power amplifier, meaning they’ll crank your tunes out at a respectable volume. If you want to make your own, go for it, as the instructions are available online. The caveat? They’re in Japanese.
Found in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this odd display of art features a SOLO cup with a string in it tied to a an empty pay phone booth. It’s supposed to reflect how cellphones have overshadowed obsolete technology like the pay phone. No idea if this actually works, but it’d bring back childhood memories of sitting in a tree house with water balloons and a tin can phone.
Personally, I have no issue with other people using my coffee mug. It increases the chance of me picking up a wicked case of cooties and girls love cooties. Seems Israeli designer Efrat Gommeh has other plans. His Lock Cup is a basic coffee mug with a hole in it. A plug for the hole with a keyring is included so you can carry around the plug on you. This ensures that the only person drinking liquids out of that damn cup is going to be the owner, period. It’s a novel concept and would most likely sell like wildfire if released commercially. Now if only we could apply the same idea to the toilet…
We take our drinking games real seriously. Whether it be public inebriation or an intense match of Flip Cup, you’ll need gloves to make sure your hands are not only protected but also comfortable for reduced muscle strain. That’s just what the manufacturer of these gloves promise: a glove that will aid performance in a game of flip cup.
When the night is late and you’re staggering home, vomiting after every five steps you take, you’ll be happy you bought these gloves when you fall to your hands and knees in crapulence. At least your friends will have been amazed at the flawless performance of Flip Cup you played earlier that night.
A genius design that is based on the basics of temperature. The Hot Mug is your standard coffee-carrier with a sleek black finish and the words “COLD” printed on the side. Pour a cup of brew and next thing you know, the words “HOT” have appeared and your mug is whiter than an NYU Law party.
Simple design, big bold words for added safety. We like. Score one for $32 and stand out at the office. Good luck buying it on this abortion of a website, though.
I take my coffee like I take my woman. Bitter, with a dash of hazelnut and a pair of work boots to the testes. The Drink Selector Mug offers interchangeable rotating bands which clearly states which drink contents you are currently interested in.
And while it can’t deliver a brute face bashing or scare you into saving the environment, it will make sure that your drink is served correctly. If my slave were to mess up my drink with this mug, I think I might have to do something drastic. Like start paying him or something. And that just can’t happen. — Andrew Dobrow
