While most of us may have picked up a ‘101 things to (fill in the blank) before you die’ book at some point or another, none of those books have had the charismatic charm of an ‘Experience Passport’. Designed by Communication Designer Alex Egner, the Passport offers the design undergrad students at the University of North Texas a way to step away from iPhones, Facebook, and Twitter, and experience the preexisting analog world around them.

As 3D Printing inches off the ground in mainstream culture more and more each day, it can be difficult for a new user to navigate the wide plethora of online 3D printing options. Perhaps it’s just me, but I see 3D Printing 2.0 as, among other improvements, involving more application-specific design and printing services. Twikit is just one of those companies…if you want a custom trophy for your annual neighborhood chili cook off.

You know the right lighting just makes the most cold, damp murder-scene of a space a warm, inviting nest of shadows and highlights. Thing is, most shapes wrapping the bulbs are just as cold and unstylish as the bloody room corners they’re illuminating. Not so with the handmade Faceture Light Shade from the fab mind of New Zealand’s Phil Cuttance. He’s created a series of faceted vessels, light-shades and table that we simply adore and he’s not afraid to tell about the craftsmanship either.