A telephone that looks like a sign for a telephone? How very meta. This swiss-engineered DECT phone has a screen, stores up to 100 names and lets you receive cold calls and automated messages in high style.
epure.swissvoice.net/uk
Brilliantly smart, portable barbecue means you can add burgers, halloumi, prawns and all things grillable to your pic-a-nic basket.
bodum.com
This multi-function Bluetooth gaming pad
of joy works with Android and Apple phones
and tablets, as well as PCs and Macs.
evolutioncontrollers.com
Porsche Design P'9981BlackBerry
In its titanium and leather case this
BlackBerry Bold remix looks oddly timelesssomewhere
between Star Trek and race track.
porsche-design.com
Coming in a range of colours - the price here
is for the aluminium model - this coffee maker
drips with fifties style. And coffee, obvs.
ascaso.com
This wearable fitness aid rewards your
exertions with Fuel points, which can be used
to purchase smugness and a better physique.
nike.com
Commuter's steed folds up in under 20
seconds without tools and has large wheels
that glide over potholes: take that, Brompton.
montaguebikes.co.uk
A new UI offers easier navigation, and films
now come in 1080p HD. Best of all, you can
Wi-Fi media to it from any iOS or iTunes device.
apple.com
Gravity Rush, pictured, is the best of a wave of
cracking recent games, using the Vita's touch
and gyroscope controls to great effect. With
Assassin's Creed and Black Ops confirmed,
it's a good time to be a stylish portable gamer.
uk.playstation.com
Dyson DC34 Animal Exclusive
A motorised brush bar makes this raygunlike
hand-vac ideal for sucking up pet hairs.
Dyson's cyclone tech handles everything else.
dyson.co.uk
This stylish pair of passive specs will not
only make you stand out from the crowd,
they'll also prove you didn't steal them from
a cinema like everyone else does.
lg.com/uk
With Bluetooth built in, this superbly
loud speaker plays tunes wirelessly from
compatible devices. The iDock part of it twists
landscape or portrait. like it did last summer.
nadelectronics.com
A steamer and iron in one, readying your shirts
and strides in minutes. The rounded sole helps
it slide perfectly for irritation -free ironing.
laurastar.com
Resembling something from War of the Worlds,
this lamp stands steady on rubber-tipped
feet. The shade's asymmetrical reflector also
evenly spreads light, like a Martian heat ray.
Weatherproofed against the British summer,
and in a range of hues, this is a 16-meg classic
that stabilizes as well as it sees off downpours.
pentax.co.uk
Surgical stainless steel pocket knife folds three
ways into credit card size, then hides in your
wallet. That is like a well choong skeng, bruv.
iainsinclair.com
Classic Teutonic sports ruggedness in wristmounted
form, this has a breathable strap
and a face that lights up, like Terry's All Gold.
adidas.co.uk
A neat, bullet-like dongle that plugs into
your iPhone's headphone socket, thereby
becoming a laser pointer. Hey, why not?
tangramdesignlab.com
In sizes from tiddly 40-inch to a satisfyingly
girthed 55 inches, these 3D and HD smart TVs
offer dynamic edge lighting for better contrast
and dynamic style for increased peer-envy.
sony.co.uk
Asus Zenbook Prime Ultrabook UX21a
Another smart, sharp laptop from the
Taiwanese giants, this ultrabook with 1l.6-inch
touchscreen is just gagging to have the touchfriendly
Windows 8 poured into its ports.
asus.co.uk
Colestron SkyProdigy 130
Watch the skies! Or alternatively, let the SkyProdigy use ots computer, electric motor and camera to do it for you. It knows where the stars are and will align itself automatically while you nervously finger your shotgun, readying for the aliens's arrival.
celestron.com
Nespresso Aeroccino 3
This noiseless, one-button gizmo steams or
froths hot or cold milk in under two minutes.
nespresso.com/uk
Nord Drum
This virtual analogue drum machine harks back
to the halcyon days of synth-pop and dance
music, with four inputs and MIDI to enable use
with your drum kit or sequencer of choice.
nordkeyboards.com
WAHH Quantum Sensations
Developed by top drunkologists and Philippe
Starck (again), this is a booze diffuser to squirt
minute amounts of alcohol into your gob for
brief merriment and no hangover. So long as
you don't tear into it and suck out all the booze.
£16 for two, labstoreparis.com