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As Tiffany Meyers observes in her overview of the 100 winners, one can’t peg 2009 as the year of any specific color or typographic convention. But the winning projects are reflective of today’s increasingly diverse design discipline. In fact, one has to wonder if there is any longer such a thing as a design discipline—in light of today’s fast-changing and even amorphous practice, the word discipline seems a little out of place.
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The Latest and Greatest Gadgets and Accessories (cont'd)

A BIT CRACKED
How do you take your eggs? There’s sunnyside up, over easy, boiled, poached, deviled— and now slightly soiled. A popular Japanese item, the Eggling is quickly making its way across the globe. Crack open the Eggling’s top to create an egg-citing garden all your own. Made of porous ceramic with an accompanying terra cotta dish, the Eggling grows your choice of basil, lobelia, phlox, mint, petunia, or thyme.
Elsewares Egglings, $8.95 each, 866.578.0730, www.elsewares.com

MODERN COMFORTS
Although Inhabit wall canvases have a clean, modern appeal, they’re still able to exude coziness, individuality, and warmth. The array of prints, colors, and sizes guarantees you’ll discover a flawless look for any area— and maybe even will help get those creative juices flowing.
Inhabit Stretched Canvases, $64–$116, 800.506.6541, www.designpublic.com

COMFORT SQUARED
Run your hands over the deep, comfortable merino wool pile of the Smile Cushion, designed by Ivan Baj for Arcade and handwoven in southern Brazil, and you’ll be sold. And since everything is better squared, the easy-to-store cushion is available in two sizes and a myriad of colors.
Unica Home Smile Cushion, $1186 and up, 888.898.6422, www.unicahome.com

TILE STYLE
A TLC favorite, Susan Jablon’s mosaic tiles have been featured on While You Were Out, Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen, Ty Pennington’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition, and many more DIY programs. Select your preferred tile combination from her Blend Catalog and keep it as is, or use the clever online feature, Tile Designer, to create a custom look for your own kitchen, bath, pool, wherever.
Susan Jablon Mosaics, $7.99 and up per square foot, 607.349.0553, www.susanjablonmosaics.com

IN THE BAG
It’s been said that to grab attention with a billboard, you only have seven seconds. But designer Jos van der Meulen’s billboard recycling project extends the life of these giant marketing tools. Made of recycled billboard paper, each totally functional Billboard Paper Multipurpose Sac displays images that are fresh, large, graphic, and rarely repeated.
Retromodern Billboard Paper Multipurpose Sacs, $12– $37, 877.724.0093, www.retromodern.com

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