Why hasn't someone thought of this before?

These charming hand-knotted stair treads with coordinating runners by Liza Phillips Design are both clever and beautiful, and from my perspective - the most unique product at this year's ICFF. Every stair has a separate color and design to be arranged at will, and Liza Phillips artistic sensibility is apparent in each design and natural colorway. These exquisitely colored rugs are hand-spun and pot dyed in Tibet. Another collection is hand-tufted in India of New Zealand wool in undyed natural tones. Both collections are made without child labor.

Mini-moo's

I love my new box of mini-moo.com business cards. Above is a collage of just 5 of the cards, each one in the box of 100 can have a different image. They are opening a facility in RI shortly, so they will get here even quicker than from Europe.

Recession Chic

The New York Times is staying in tune with the economic times by featuring a California desert house created and owned by the sculptor Randy Polumbo. The house is featured in both an article and in an enchanting video presentation of the largely hand-made house, narrated by the artist. Found objects find new homes with glass bottles being the most common "find." Here an exquisitely beautiful window is created with bottles. Solar panels power the entire house. This house is a delightful antidote to the starkness of minimalism that only a housekeeper could find rewarding.

Scion xB transformer commercial

Toyota marketed this car, with many customizable features, to young drivers and are finding that boomers are buying it as well. The interesting thing is that this is the way American's used to buy cars, until the Japanese invented "packages." It seems what is "cutting edge" today evokes more than a few "back to the future" concepts.

Adidas Originals

Adidas shows attitude with their new marketing campaign, who wouldn't want to shop in their new store concept? Is Germany the new go-to country for the new marketing? Adidas will reformat some of its 80 worldwide stores into Originals, an "atelier" concept, allowing visitors to design their own shoes and send pictures and videos to a large wall within the store. They are also collaborating with hip jeansmaker Diesel in time for New York Fashion week.