Top-notch AV fiddlers Bang & Olufsen have unveilied a new brand recently called B&O Play.  The new brand is not going to be a poor man’s B&O (sorry!), instead a range of products which integrate with consumer electronics and take design inspiration from art, fashion and furniture.

So this, the first offering from B&O Play, not surprisingly looks a bit like a toaster.  It’s not though, it’s a high-end portable wireless speaker system.  Running Apple’s proprietary Airplay standard this one is only for the iPhone/iPad users of the world, but surely that’s everybody by now.

Inside that shiny exterior is a 120 watt amplifier, 2 tweeters and one 4 inch subwoofer.  It also has a built-in power supply and rechargeable batteries for music on the go.  Looks lovely and I’m sure it will sound fantastic because it’s by B&O – but that fact will probably also mean I can’t afford one.

For more info, visit beoplay.com.

This is Qlocktwo, part clock, part art – a digital timepiece that tells you the time in words using LEDs and an acrylic matrix of words.

The designers, Biegert  & Funk, have decided that you probably don’t often need to know the time exactly, with the clock displaying the time described in 5 minute intervals.  Others clearly agree as the Qlocktwo has received more than a handful of design awards.

You can choose from a range of colours, or a stainless steel finish – and now there’s a smaller desk clock version available too.  Still, as ever design goodness don’t come cheap – €885 to you…

Available from Biegert & Funk

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In an apparent move to align the sportscar brand with good old fashioned boozing Porsche have added an ice cube tray to their extensive merchandise catalogue.

This blue silicone badboy costs a round tenner and features moulds of the 911, Cayenne, Cayman and Panamera.  Not that you’ll be able to distinguish between them once they’ve been cooling your schnapps for a while.

But why not?  Perhaps it will stop a few rock stars driving their 911s into swimming pools.

If you must, it’s available here…

These coasters with images and quotes from The Big Lebowski are the perfect place to set down your white russian between sips!  They come in a set of 10, each with a different design.

They’ll also satisfy your inner printing geek, having been letterpressed by hand using a vintage 1915 Chandler & Price press.  You know, if that’s your thing…

Either way, the dude abides.

$12 USD (that’s about £7.50 to you guv) on Etsy.

Found via CoolMaterial.

DJs: Looking for an alternative to that wobbly pasting table which makes your records skip all over the place?  Perhaps your other half is fed up of your decks sat in the corner of the living room uglying the place up?  This might be just what you need…

The Hoerboard Scomber Mix is a beautiful, hugely customisable deck stand designed and made in Germany.  You can have it glossy or matt, in any number of colours.  You can specify whether you need space for turntables, CDJs or both, maybe a laptop stand, and lay it out in either standard or battle configuration.

The construction itself is all sleek lines and curves, and your equipment fits flush into the surface of the Hoerboard.  All cables are neatly hidden away and you can choose what sort of connectors you need (located underneath).  The stand is made from laser-cut, powder-coated steel.

Such beautiful engineering and customisation doesn’t come cheap, naturally – prices start at €1,690 – about £1,450.  But if you’re still tempted head on over to the Hoerboard site…

Is your pooch too posh for Pets at Home?  Has he inherited a small fortune from an unhinged relative?  Or are you just trying to keep up with the Hiltons?  If so this might be of interest…

Paul Smith has brought out a dog lead, bearing the iconic “multistripe” design.  At £110 this is probably beyond the reach of most canines, but could make the perfect gift for the dog that has everything.

Still, if this is your sort of thing you may well also be interested in the matching dog bowl – a snip at £32.

Paul Smith Dog Lead and Bowl from Van Mildert.

Cashing in on the recent trend to sell a bacon-based version of pretty much everything is this – Mr. Bacon’s Bacon Toothpaste.

If you must get some, it’s $4.50 USD from here.

Mmmmm.  Porky fresh.

(via Unfinished Man)

While it might be rocking some seriously 80’s styling, the inMotion Air from Altec Lansing could still be just the ticket for bringing your music collection kicking and screaming into 2011.

This little speaker unit can pretty much go anywhere, either plugged in or on it’s built in 7-hour battery.  The real big deal though is that it supports A2DP bluetooth – so you can stream music to it from your phone, MP3 player – anything really.  It also comes with a dongle for your computer so that you can stream all your PC-based tunes to it over the air.  Add to that the 90 metre range and this really does open doors (if you’ll pardon the pun) for mobile audio.

It’s priced at $200 in the US and it’s due to hit the shelves on this side of the Atlantic shortly, but no mention of pricing yet.  This does mean that the most important thing – sound quality – is anyone’s guess!

This is the Keybrid – a hybrid of key and keyring in such an obvious way you wonder why you didn’t think of it.  Available in several types of blank ready for the man at Timpsons to cut it to fit your lock.

$8.99 from Keybrid.

These reworked movie posters from 37 Posters are awesome.  The idea is they take an iconic image from the movie and fill it with snippets of dialogue to create something beautiful.

There are 12 designs on offer so far, including The Big Lebowski (pictured), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Superbad, The Goonies, Clerks and Pulp Fiction.

Available from $25 USD via Society6.