Spin Recharge table from Mark Product

 

Mark Product are a furniture design studio based in Cornwall, their Spin Recharge table is designed to help you tame the tangles when charging your phone. The table houses an extension lead outlet and chargers for mobile phones and other devices - ideal for ay neat freaks.

The table is made from oak legs and steel shelves powder-coated in matt white. The table measures 48cm high by 45cm diameter.

Priced at £382, you can buy the table online from Moleta Munro.

Mathmos Airswitch Az Floor Light from Authentics

Oh the fun to be had with the Mathmos Airswitch light from Authentics! The light can be controlled by simply moving your hand through the air above the product. To turn it on you move your hand horizontally over it, to brighten or dim it you move your hand vertically. 

Aside from the novelty of how to control it, the light is quite beautiful too. It's made from mouth blown glass with would be great as a table or bedside light too.

Priced at £69.95, find out more or buy it from Authentics.

Mr Jones' Tengu All Stars

If you work from home and don't have much social interaction in your daily life then the Tengu All Stars from Mr Jones could keep you company.

These little characters sit next to your computer and react to  sounds around them such as music, your voice etc. Their faces then animate according to the sound - the louder the sound the more animated they become.

The Tengu All Stars are powered via a USB connection to your computer and are compatible with both PC or Mac, they also come with stickers so you can personalise your All Star and make it your own.

Shown here is Stardust who priced at £25.00 and 'loves glam, glitter and sparkle with his music'. For a full biography of Stardust or to buy him check out Magma Books.

Propello Fan from Pedlars

If, as the weather men predict, we are set for a hot sticky summer then the Propello fan at Pedlars could be just the thing to stop you getting hot under the collar.

The blades are made of soft natural rubber so hopefully won't chop off any inquisitive lttle fingers! The motor is also very sophisticated so the fan is virtually silent - bliss!

The Propello is priced at £89.95 and available to buy from Pedlars.

Cool-er e-book reader hits the UK

With no sign of the Amazon Kindle on these shores, we're forced to look for other e-book alternatives - and they don't come much more stylish than the Cool-er e-book reader.

Available to pre-order now at Firebox, this is a super-slim, colourful reader that can hold up to 800 novels in its 1GB storage. More if you take advantage of the SD card slot. On top of that, there's a 6-inch screen, an iPod-like scroll wheel for page turning, a battery that's good for 8,000 page turns per charge and the option to use it for viewing your photos and listening to your tunes.

Available in eight colours, it's yours for £199.95, with a discount to an online book retailer thrown in, as well as access to 500,000 free books. Yes, you read that right.

Firebox website

Sony B-Series Zappin' Walkman

If the iPod shuffle doesn't float your boat, maybe this equally small player from Sony will appeal - the Sony B-Series Zappin' Walkman.

In truth, it's much like any other pocket player overall, 2GB of storage, FM radio and voice recording heading up the features. But there's also an extra-long battery life of 18 hours per charge, a mini screen for track details and that 'Zap' feature - a button that allows you to zap through your tunes, playing a snippet of each to find what you want.

The Sony B-Series Zappin' Walkman has just been unveiled in Japan and is likely to be in the UK very soon, for a price that's unlikely to break the bank.

Sony website

Dolmen Bambou LCD clock radio

Over on Retro To Go, we flagged up the latest version of the Mini Dolmen radio with a bamboo finish, but we've just noticed a rather stylish bedside variation too - the Dolmen Bambou LCD clock radio.

It's a very stylish accessory for your bedroom, offering that bamboo finish for the casing, aluminium detailing, a bold blue LCD display, AM/FM reception and an MP3 amplifier.

Available for pre-order now, it's yours for £114.

Made in Design website

Book of Lights by Takeshi Ishiguro

We love an original idea, and the Book of Lights by Takeshi Ishiguro is definitely original. Just open the book and up pops the light...ingenious!

The book is beautifully crafted and bound in linen, then simply open it and up pops the lamp which then lights up automatically. The book is available in a choice of red or grey and you can choose between the traditional lampshade or a Parisian Streetlamp.

Available to buy from Charles & Marie, the Book of Lights cost 100 Euros.

Paul Koh Click Clock

Just when you thought nothing new could be done with the digital alarm clock, Paul Koh hits us with the Click Clock.

In truth, it's as much to do with the past as the present, that white plastic casing looking very 70s space age. But just check out that display - big, bold and unlike anything we've seen before. In terms of functions, it offers that large display, a backlight, snooze and 24-hour setting.

Made of ABS plastic, glass and steel, it's yours for $35.

Moma Store website

Microsoft Zune HD media player

Microsoft is once more challenging Apple in the portable media player market, this time with the Zune HD.

Destined for US shelves in autumn (and probably much later, if ever in the UK), the player offers up a stylish brushed metal casing and 3.3-inch widescreen OLED touch display, the latter providing multitouch web browsing, using a portable browser based on Internet Explorer, as well as offering a quick way of skipping through the menus.

There's also the 'HD' part, which means HD video out and HD radio (US equivalent of DAB), Wi-Fi connectivity and an accelerometer. Storage? That's not been confirmed as yet. As we said earlier, the US will see this in autumn, but here's hoping this is also the first Zune to officially make it to the UK - and hopefully before Christmas.

Zune website