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KNOCK KNOCK

Knock Knock designs and creates paper products and organizational materials for everyday life and everyday tasks ... but with a twist.  Their product line consists of notepads, sticky notes, folders, books, and much more - all totally unique.  *From Knock Knock: Our sensibility is proudly distinct, in contrast to the overwhelming homogenization and conservatism that characterize committee-created corporate product. We believe that many people are intelligent enough to appreciate wit, wordplay, and conceptual thinking, so we strive not to dumb down as we create.

Link: Knock Knock

NEW MOLESKINES

Moleskines are great for scribbling writing on the go, but if you like to sketch, they're just too small. They're finally addressing this with new products on the way.  *From Moleskine: This spring, Moleskine is launching The Folio Collection. This series of large format notebooks was created especially for today's creative market, and the papers are FSC Certified. The books will be available in 5 styles: Ruled book: 176 pages, available in A4 format; Plain book: 176 pages, available in A4 and A3 formats; Portfolio: an accordion-style tool featuring big pockets in cardboard and cloth, available in A4 and A3 formats; Sketchbook: 96 large pages in high quality heavy paper, available in A4 and A3 formats; Watercolour Album: 60 pages, heavy paper, 200 gsm, cold pressed, available in A4 and A3 formats.

Link: Moleskine

NOVANTA WORKSTATION

Designed by Luke Riggall, the Novanta Workstation is perfect for Mac users who are über loyal to all things Apple.  The desk that aims at enhancing task performance is a rigid MDF and aluminum structure allowing users to keep their collection of MacBooks and iPods together at one desk. It comes with integrated speaker grills, an illuminated tabletop, monitor stands,  and plenty of external connectivity options including USB, audio, and an iPod dock - increasing it's area of utility. Apart from that, the desk includes multiple drawers for hiding papers and electronics piled on your table.  PC users: need not apply.

Link: Unplggd.com

MOODWALL

Urban Alliance specializes in media objects in which state of the art media techniques are integrated in architecture and design.  Their mission is to integrate modern communication technologies in the built environment in order to create interactive public spaces and objects.  Moodwall, an interactive light installation, is located in a pedestrian tunnel in a dangerous area of Amsterdam.  The 80-foot long effect is built out of nearly 2,500 LEDs behind a ribbed, semi-transparent wall. The curves in the wall make it less suitable for graffiti and vastly improve the visibility of the content.

Link:Urban Alliance

BELLATO MUSIC BOX

Its purpose is to safely store over 500 CDs and/or DVDs in an anodized aluminium frame with a frosted glass front. Inside there are eight aluminum shelves and four brightly-colored dividers for additional organization.  The Bellato Music Box brings your non-digital media back out from under the bed without pairing them with that wire CD rack shaped like a  big cigarette you bought in college.  Plain and simple, this is a great-looking way to display all the music that you didn't download.

Link: Bellato