Chimera

By CTRLZAK for Seletti: the Hybrid Collection juxtaposes Eastern and Western design:

Want.

[via Design Milk]

Typewriter Ribbon Tins

All images Janine Vangool [via Flavorwire]

Insert quotation here

Wish-list alert: punctuation lamps from Tabisso.

[via Design Milk]

They come in over 20 different punctuation marks, but I'd definitely go for two quotation marks or parentheses on either side of a couch.

Aled Lewis' Toybox

So I've seen this stuff popping up a bunch of different places, but Jezebel just led me to London-based designer Aled Lewis' website:

Some of his stuff is more traditional illustration than the Toy Stories series, but the use of figurines is my favorite:

Toy Stories

There's a handful of prints for sale at inPRNT; Lewis is also responsible for a bunch of Threadless shirts. Definitely on my wish-list.

Nobody Likes a Show-off

Philosoraptor

Chance Encounter

Slow Coach

Tossing in a nice book cover design, too: