+ Takumi's Plug Pin is just what it sounds like, a pin in the shape of an electrical plug end.

+ Sumie Noda continues to add to the line of RETTO bathroom accessories for I'mD.

+ New York-based Takeshi Miyakawa's Fractal Drawers re-imagine the drawer chest. Via Boing Boing. JS

+ Lovegrove & Repucci are launching the new London Delft series of porcelain dinnerware. The five-piece settings bring the London streets to the table in an unusual, yet traditional, manner.

+ We are looking forward to seeing Bev Hisey’s new hand-knotted rugs at ICFF. The rugs are inspired by oil paintings her grandmother did in the 1950s and are as effective as wallhangings as floorcoverings.

+ This origami-inspired dish by Rachel Young called Fold is a polypropylene fruit bowl (or centerpiece for dry articles) that has been carefully hand-folded.

+ The Margaretae sofa by the Central Design Unit was a comfortable hit at the Salone Satellite.

Another design blogger publishes a book, this time it's David Carlson of the David Report blog with Designboost 07, "the first in a series of books that in words, pictures and moving media describes the work of Designboost. Designboost is a knowledge company that helps companies and organisations to learn more about design in general and sustainable design in particular". Contributors include Beckmans College of design professor Mathilda Tham, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design PhD research associate Kristina Börjesson and architect Tim Power & designer researcher/ writer Jennifer Leonard from IDEO. Also included, a DVD with interviews with all the participants at the 2007 Designboost event. Softcover, number of pages unknown, well illustrated, 136 kronor (approx. $23 USD) at Bokus. A detailed english language How to shop will help guide you through the process at Bokus.

+ Designboost 07 at Bokus

This week's MoCo picks.

+ The Hanger Prefab Group's Joshua Tree, "a steel skinned prefab with a wooden interior described as a ‘mountain refuge’, presented at the recent Milan Furniture Fair.". Via materialicious via Judit Bellostes.

+ ... and Hangar Prefab is distributed by Holiday Homes Design which also distributes architect Matteo Astolfi's Sized Projects; S/ M/ L/ and XL holiday home prefabs...

+ ... and via TreeHugger we saw Next House Swedish Flatpack Homes In Large, Medium, Small and XXS, where S/M/L is on a different scale. "Magnus Ståhl wanted to shake up the Swedish prefab market with stylish and cool flat pack homes that are also affordable.".

+ sculp(IT)'s Live/Work; "Four wooden floors between two existing walls, hanging in a steel skeleton, organize this house: downstairs for work, dining on 1st, relaxing on 2nd, sleeping on 3rd, and on the roof, go and enjoy the view" at Archinect via Dezain.

+ Matthew Woodruff's Gulf Islands House, "the two-bedroom pad has some green features we can all appreciate, such as its solar orientation and design, small footprint, and use of locally harvested materials.". Via Jetson Green via Dwell.

+ Atelier d’Architecture Pierre Hebbelinck's steel cube Maison Dejardin at Plataforma Arquitectura.

+ Hiroyuki Ito & O.F.D.A.'s thin and tall Matsubara House in Tokyo at 10+1. Via Dezain.

+ Monocle's Milan Furniture Fair video, "This year's Salone Internazionale del Mobile defied the credit crunch with an optimistic mood and a record number of visitors.".

+ Designguide.TV's video of the Swarovski Crystal Palace.

+ cardesignnews reports on The Cars of Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2008, "What once used to be a fairground full of furniture design has become a city bustling with design events and innovation, and the auto industry's new design darling.". Via Dezain.

+ Bulthaup's "patchwork families" B2 kitchen, with help from EOOS, "based on a workshop layout comprising of three main elements: a ‘workbench’ housing the sink and cooker, ‘tool cabinet’ for utensils, crockery and food, and appliance cabinet for the oven, dishwasher and fridge.". Via Dezeen.

+ Inhabitat covers BKLYN Designs, "We discovered beautiful lighting ideas in LED designs from PRATT Institute; new eco-friendly pieces from some of our favorite Brooklyn-based designers like Brave Space, IglooPLAY, Argington".

+ Designer Philippe Starck and Philippe Grohe's modular Axor Starck ShowerCollection, a series of 12 x 12 cm units that combine to form a range of flexible shower solutions. The system includes the usual control and shower elements but also thermostat, lighting and speaker modules. Via Trendir.

+ Nice list of built-in bunk beds @ Remodelista.

We look back at the week that was...

Milan was the flavor of the week this week at MoCo Loco & Art MoCo, but there's no doubt ICFF is just around the corner. Unexpected and fun were Post Fossil's First Light with it's weight and cog light power system, Peter Jansen’s rapid prototyping sculptures, Alvin Aronson's D/A Clock whose surface tells time, Kaiju Studio’s ceramic, felt and walnut i/o desktop organizer and Adieu, the arts magazine with dissipating ink that becomes personal journal. And finally, The House on the Table polarized you - and open cubicles/pens are more natural and human?

+ House on the Table from Design Mong, the rooful cubicle
+ William Speakman’s Experience and Logic Structure exhibition lit art
+ Greg Lynn’s Blobwall, blobby bricks
+ Preview of new company Bond, featuring Partisan the socio-political plaything
+ Fundraising project from Scott Wilson for the World Wildlife Fund
+ Preview of the Botanist Blank Canvas Series, something old is new
+ Projects from Post Fossil/ pre production
+ New work from Florian Gypser, ABC-Button, Knoend and Vito Selma, who wouldn't want a geo cocktail?
+ New work from One & Co, Dogenvol, Stanley Ruiz and Tract, the Tract Soliflore, light and transformative
+ New work from Parvez Michel, Kaiju, La Tête au Cube and the University of Idaho, printed concrete furniture and eco friendly
+ New work from Incorporated, Tim Buckley, notNeutral, Michelle Kaufman and Sandy Lam, got Hex on the mind now
+ Domestic's Milan show, a 2D company makes 3D interesting grâce à Matali
+ Design Factory Brainport Eindhoven's Milan show, more concrete and color
+ Shows in the Exansaldo space in Milan, project-a-couch
+ This Week from Tokyo, we want a Mini Chimney
+ This Week at Art MoCo, designy
+ Fresh MoCo round-up, featuring the Alice in Wonderland Vagabond Cabinet

Above, Devilrobots & Kidrobot's Mochi serves as the mascot for MoMA’s Destination: Japan collection and our Week-in-a-minute, for a minute. Featured earlier this week as wallpaper on Twitter/mocoloco.

+ ThrICE Cubes form an interactive table light by Henry Bagshawe that is part of the Nottingham Trent graduate show. The website shows a plethora of interesting work covering a range of furniture and industrial design.

+ The Debranded Home has a very simple mission: eliminate intrusive labels on products in the home by replacing them with simple labels that are straightforward and to the point.

+ Buro North, in conjunction with the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab, has developed a solar-collecting sunshade for Australian schoolyards to create energy while protecting children from too much direct sunlight.