Hasta La Ideas

Beautiful, practical, attractive and/or just plain ol’ desireable, here’s my list of the best objects I came across this year:

Victorinox’s all-black, unfortunately-named SwissTool BS:

Marc Newson’s stunning hourglass for Hodinkee:

Microsoft’s beautiful, design-ey Surface Pro:

Stanley’s Master Series line of thermoses:

Pensa’s sexy One Drop glucose monitoring devices:

Daniel Perlman’s no-drip wine bottle design:

Hushme’s noise-canceling “mouthphones,” which I’d like everyone around me to begin wearing immediately:

This transforming open/closed sign, originally designed by Yosuke Ikeda and perfected by Matt Harrison:

Calavera Tool Works’ leather shop aprons:

Davis Furniture Industries’ wide variety of sexy wall hooks:

This brilliant design for a traveling hanger, by Japanese brand Y:

This elegant box that an industrial designer turned cello maker produced from his cut-offs:

These hubcaps that automatically deploy snow chains:

And finally, Ron Gilad’s awesome “Dear Ingo” task lamp chandelier: