CULTURE BUZZ: A cantilevered plastic chair that defines new ways of making furniture. Besides being a striking-looking piece of design, the Myto is an unusual collaboration between designer Konstantin Grcic and the chemical company BASF, which altered the chemical make-up of its plastic to be able to conform to his specifications.

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The Best Links:

1. New Pictures of the Myto Chair
2. Behold the Mighty Myto
3. One of the New York Times Favorite Ideas of 2007
4. Konstantin Grcic’s Site
5. The Making of Myto

STYLE BUZZ: Designer Antonio Beradi unveils 5 1/2 inch high heels that have no heels, which have already been snatched up by Victoria Beckham and Gwyneth Paltrow. The snakeskin pair Victoria Beckham just got should match perfectly with the wacky creations that Christian Siriano is going to whip up for her.

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The Best Links:

1. Fashionistas Can’t Wait to Totter Around in These Hazardous Shoes
2. We Predict This to Be the Hot New Trend Amongst Celebutards
3. I Call These WTF Shoes
4. A Heel-less Shoe from Manolo Blahnik Shoes
5. Get a Pair from United Nude
6. Physics Keep You From Actually Falling Over in Them
7. Victoria Beckham and Uma Thurman First to Place Orders for Antonio Berardis Heelless Shoes
8. Fork Over $3600 to Fall On Your Bum

STYLE BUZZ: Grobal, designed by Treg Bradley and Karim Rashid, is a planter for people who have a hard time remembering to water their plants. The marketing copy for Grobal is full of phrases like “techno-organic base” and “a material visualization of digital and sensual technology and nature synthesizing,” but we just think it looks good.

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1. Each Pot, $25
2. Comes With Pot, Soil and Plant Food!
3. For a Greener Home Life

STYLE BUZZ: A new umbrella design that acts more like a huge helmet. It’s got straps that will let you use it hands-free, so you can concentrate on your texting-while-walking skills. We hope they bring these to New York soon; we’ve had our eyes nearly poked out during rainstorms too many times to count.

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The Best Links:

1. Umbrella: Not Of The Rihanna Stand Under Variety
2. “The umbrella of the 21st century is here and now”!
3. Nubrella: Making It Easier for Yuppies to Stay Dry
4. Haha: “Nubrella: tomorrows fashion mistake, today!”
5. Cannot, Will Not Turn Inside Out

TECH BUZZ: A Russian-designed computer keyboard made up of tiny OLEDs is fetching $2000 and up on eBay . You can customize this keyboard to use any language, including HTML and math functions. Which sounds awesome, considering that typing out all those umlauts and upside down question marks really slows down our IMing.

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The Best Links:

1. The eBay Auction Listing
2. The Official Website - Preorder Here
3. Hands On With the Optimus Maximus Keyboard - Video and Photos
4. Optimus Maximus Keyboard Killer: Optimus Tactus touch sensor display
5. Optimus Maximus Keyboard on eBay for $1700 and Climbing
6. Gadget Normally Retails for $1,564
7. First Optimus Maximus Hits EBay After Premiering at Wired Store in NYC
8. Video: Optimus Maximus Caught On Tape at CES
9. Key-Changing Keyboard Causing Hype in Geek World
10. What is an Organic light-emitting diode? Find out on Wikipedia
11. An Informative Article on How OLEDs Work
12. “The only complaint we have with the Optimus Maximus display-changing OLED keyboard is its price”

STYLE BUZZ: Matryoshkas or Russian Nesting Doll designs are everywhere. We can’t get enough of these cute Russian Dolls. Matryoshkas are popping up as design elements in everything from textiles and stationary to tech toys and evites.

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1. Matryoshka Prints Roundup
2. Paper Nesting Doll Kit
3. Quiet Hours Matryoshka Dolls - Too Cute!
4. See the Matryoshka-Inspired Skirt I Made
5. Jewelry Made from Rings Sliced from Russian Nesting Dolls
6. Seriously? Adorable Matryoshka Evite!
7. Crafty Matryoshka-Inspired Items on Etsy
8. “Russian Dolls In Fashion” from Dress Prints to Screened Tees
9. Pantone Matryoshka - A Modern Take on the Russian Nesting Doll
10. Matryoshkas Items at Urban Outfitters
11. Children’s Book “The Littlest Matryoshka”

STYLE BUZZ: A double-walled porcelain cup with a silicone lid, pretending to be your old coffee cup standby. We somehow like these way better than those sanctimonious “I Am Not A Plastic Bag” totes.

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1. A Porcelain Cup W/ Silicone Top
2. But I AM A Lovely Porcelain Cup With a Silicone Lid
3. Will Be Available Soon