If the financial system collapses, people are gonna be trading in gold (and batteries all Mad Max style). If you don’t have bars of bullion lying around, you can at least pretend. Made of cast iron, steel and aluminum with gold plating and the bottom is lined with felt to prevent scratches. 6.1″ l x 2.5″ w x 1.6″ t. You can buy it here.

Add a friend to your desktop. This stylized porcupine by young Korean designer Mika Kim keeps paperclips neat and accessible and makes conference calls fun again. Made in Italy by Alessi of plastic and magnetic steel. Also available in green. You can pick it up here for $20.

Created by French designer Aurelien Barbry. At 96 x 11 mm, there’s enough space for five credit cards. So leave you’re bulky wallet at home, pick up this and a money clip and you’re ready for a night out. Does anyone even use cash anymore? 3.75 in. x 2.5 in. Pick it up for $65 here.

Scouring the internet for deals on well designed items, we came across this stainless steel office bin. The design is circular at the top and gradually changes into a square at the base. Polished finish. On clearance for the uber-resonable price of $20 here.

Finally, a desk which who’s elegance makes the iMac feel right at home. It doesn’t get much more minimal modern than this. This would look great in a reception area or gallery. Height-adjustable. The desk is made of MDF. Standard finish: white high lustre varnish. All desks are individually numbered.

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With the weather getting cold, bring a little warmth and comfort to your desk. Done as only Germans know how. Smores sold seperately. 13.8:h x 11″l x 4.7″w. Order it here for $650.

In what has to be the best product Microsoft has released in a while, Microsoft has plans for this beautiful mouse. The mouse is wireless and folds up for portability. The design would look good next to an iPhone on a desk. Expected out this fall in in choice of red or black for $60.

–Via fubiz

Jasper Morrison and Vitra never dissappoint. As we become increasingly mobile so grows the need for impromptu workspace. The NesTable is a clever update on the TV tray. Not only is the height adjustable, the angle of the surface is as well. The design seems to take a certain amount of inspiration from the design of traditional music stands. The NesTable even promises to make working from a lounge chair or sofa ergonomic. Here’s to that.

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We picked up this sexy lil’ router the other day after our apple base-station took a dive. And, aside from looking so friggin’ cool, was the easiest setup we’ve ever encountered. Complete with 4 gigabit ports, an LED screen displaying what devices are on your network and, subsequently, how much bandwidth they’re pulling, this router finally answers that age old question; ‘Which roommate’s computer is downloading all those torrents?’ That, and we can FINALLY surf the internet on that hammock in the front yard.

Art. Lebedev Studio has created a rather interesting prototype for a keyboard. Each key contains an LCD capable of displaying whatever graphics you like on a key. When you hit shift, letters on the keyboard change case. When using applications such as Photoshop, the keys can display the icons of tools on the appropriate shortcut keys (illustrated below). Apparently production has been in the works for a while but the keyboard is slated for release in March. Presale orders are being taken here for $462.