gray.wood

The background from Yanko Design: Form Beyond Function is a neat and simple image of vertically-placed black wood. Modern and minimalist yet lacking any distractions, the background is just that: a background. If you're looking for a minimalist screensaver to match your new background, check out the Fliqlo flipclock from 9031.

clothes.hangers

These modern hangers by Cecilia Lundgren are an actualized concept but yet to be available for purchase. Despite this, I really enjoy the design and you'll ever need to worry again about your hangers breaking.

lange.31

A. Lange & Söhne is currently my favorite watch brand, and only the second watch brand I have ever fell for. Although I've been wanting the previously posted Cartier Tank Francaise since the beginning of high school, A. Lange & Söhne is in a whole different league, making Rolex feel like Timex. The Lange 31, shown below, was an engineering feat when it was released in 2007.

I always thought it would be neat to have a manual wind wristwatch, but this one takes it to a whole new level. The 270 degree arc measures how many days of energy are left, but to accomplish storing 31 days worth of energy after a single wind in a small wristwatch is unheard of; indeed, Luxist even quotes another watch maker as saying there's no way it seems possible

So beyond the beautiful minimalist inspired design, the watch is manual and incredibly one of a kind. Made from platinum and finished with a black crocodile strap, I fell for the watch before I saw the price, which would of caused me to move on. With a price tag of  $300,000, I'm sure you can negotiate a smaller figure, but whatever you pay, you must remember the small home you could of bought. But don't think what you see is all you get - go to the A. Lange & Söhne website to see what the watch looks like on the inside, it's nothing less than it's own piece of artwork, or watch a video that explains the making and perfection of the Lange 31.

bandages

Designed by Scott Amron, these leather bandages make band-aids cool. At $15 for a pack of three, you’ll always feel guilty when you use one, but if you’re headed to NY Fashion Week or lunch with Anna Wintour, why not? The bandages are available on Amron’s website with a small assortment of other unique and experimental products.

brushing.teeth

The Sonicare Flexcare Plus is the 2.0 of the Sonicare Flexcare Brush. Instead of forcing you to choose between three brushing options, the Plus gives you five: gumcare, sensitive, massage, clean, and refresh mode. It sounds a bit like a spa, but for $149.98 on Amazon, you get two brush heads and a UV sanitizer. With two different brush head sizes, a three week battery life, and a timer for each mode to let you know when to move to a different section, your teeth will never need whitening again.

place.settings

Chilewich has a lot of great products, each stressing their own unique color and texture. Ranging from place mats and napkins to window shades and floor mats, each product is defined by its individual weave and color theme. Their website is fun to browse and they offer their products online  so no reason to not check them out.

found.functions

While browsing Dropular.net I came across the following image. Dropular is a media bookmarking service site that allows you to save photos and videos that you find throughout the internet. Although invite only, anyone can browse through the extensive archive, which is how I came across Nikki Graziano's Found Functions series. As evident in the image below, Nikki finds great pictures and finds the function to describe them.