Caroline Williamson

Tiffany & Co. reached the milestone anniversary of 175 years and chose to celebrate by having an exhibition of their archival jewelry travel around China. The New York City-based 2x4 were brought in to design the structure and technological pieces that made up the exhibit.

Daniele Fratarcangeli is both a sculptor of glass and a teacher teaching his glass skills to others in San Diego, California. Each piece is handblown glass that is then mirrored on the interior to give it the reflective quality. Between the mirroring and the reflective quality of the glass, the pieces shine that much more.

Inspired by the fact that porcelain shrinks when you bake it, Eindhoven-based designer Dave Hakkens decided to explore the material with his

h2o architectes managed to squeeze a whole lot of apartment into one small space in the most creative of ways in their recent project, The Cabin. Asked to redesign an apartment in a ski resort in Menuires, France, the team increased the bathrooms from one to two, found room to house eight beds, all while keeping the foot traffic separate. Now that was a tall order.

South African born designer Natalie Gerber has a line of handbags and other accessories from reclaimed materials and prints she's created in collaboration with a group in Durban, South Africa.

Designer Kelly Caruso is a recent grad with a degree in Furniture Design and Woodworking but it's her Recycled Pendant Lamps that really caught our attention. What began with a grant from her college to study "the application of recycled material in furniture design", led her down the path that she's now on and it's a good one.

Israeli firm Auerbach Halevy Architects designed this unusual concrete house in a rural section of central Israel. The massive concrete monolith appears cold at first sight but then you notice the wood lattice that is inlaid in the facade. You also don't notice any windows on the front and sides, making your wonder if it's really a residence at all.

Inspired by the lines of Shaker writing desks and the mid-century classic Swag desk by George Nelson, Ben Klebba of Phloem Studio designed the Laura Desk. The made-to-order desk has beautiful clean lines and handmade craftsmanship you won't find with most companies.

The London-based duo of CoWorks combined their architecture (Tom Brooksbank) and art (Allan Collins) backgrounds to create a collection of four geometric objects, one being the Me-Far Bowls. The eight, waxed copper bowls can nest together or be displayed apart. They can also be stacked in a variety of ways to create all kinds of neat configurations.

Built for an older woman who desired a fresh start in a modern structure, Casa Mirador meets that expectation as well as able to meet the comforts of everyday living. Situated on a steep slope in Lima, Peru, 2.8x arquitectos built the house on three levels with the middle floor housing 75% of the project.

I love it when someone's idea is not just clever, but it makes you stop and think like Lambchop's Typographic Fences project. The Michigan-based artist weaves words and phrases into chain-link fences using ordinary flagging tape.

The Chameleon Clock app isn't just another app that displays the time - it uses your iPhone or iPad camera to capture the environment and turns it into the clock's background.