Look at him. Look at your freeloading baby, with his onesie and his carefree drooling. It’s about time someone devised a way to make him pull his weight around here. Or at least give him the impression that he’s doing something productive. Atypyk introduces a working vacuum cleaner on which your child can ride while you clean. Your baby just might grow up with the subtly green notion that cars should clean up after themselves, and that’s something you can’t get with a Hoover.

Let’s face it…that BFF heart necklace is so 8th grade, and wearing it around your neck at your age might cause people to look at you a little strange. Luckily, the clever folks at Atypyk have solved this problem with a new way to declare your adoration for your top confidante without the embarrassing public display of affection. With the Best Friends Cup you can stow your solidarity safely at home next to that Pulitzer, Nobel Peace Prize or the tattered blue ribbon from the Junior High Science fair, instead of around your neck for all to see. On the other hand, if your best friend is your dog, it may not be the most ideal chew toy.

The folks at Atypyk have answered the age old question, Why the hell won’t my dog catch a frisbee? Answer, lack of motivation. If you have trouble getting your canine to put on aerial displays for the reward of a measly sausage flavored biscuit, maybe you should try Atypyk’s Wooferang. This bone-shaped plastic foam boomerang gives Fido the illusion that he’s chasing one of his favorite things, and makes fetching fun for best friend and owner alike. After all, if you love your dog, set him free (or at least let him off his leash). If he comes back to you carrying the Wooferang you just threw, then it was meant to be. Or, uh, something. Related: Atypyk Archive

Glancing at other peoples’ workspaces is a voyeuristic habit of mine, so with NowNow (virtually) publishing desktop//desktop, a study of designers’ desks and their immediate surroundings, I’m tickled pink. If you’re anything like me, you instantly consider about how you would rearrange any or all of the items on a desk, and this site just sent me overboard. Much like the products he designs at ATYPYK, I am more than intrigued by the workspace of Jean Sebastien Ides, although it might be because I’ve never seen an iron, a life-size fake deer, and five images with containing the word “kamasutra” framed in the same picture. A deep-seated extension cord phobia prevents me from falling in love with Robert Bolesta’s work area, but I am naturally drawn to Giuseppe Demaio’s chaos of an office because it reminds me of teenage years when I thought writing on the ceiling and having mismatched pictures of places I’d never been was like, totally friggin’ awesome.

–Stephanie Young

Reminiscent of most college dorm rooms worldwide, the witty design group Atypyk (always thirsty for ideas) just announced their latest product: The 6 Pack Vase. The small, probably plastic accessory piece holds the half dozen used beer cans together, adding a design element to what is usually considered trash. I have to admit it actually makes it look pretty decent– especially the color of the stems against the green cans. Would I pay for this? Not likely– but Atypyk, the same clever designers that brought us the Christmas Tree Poster and concealed gun shirts, always make me think twice about other uses for items I see and interact with on a day to day basis.

Not enough room in your tiny one bedroom studio apartment (7 story walkup of course) for a Christmas tree? Sucks for you. Love the smell of a fresh pine tree but can’t deal with the disposal, or your significant other is somehow allergic to pine-dander? Ouch. Want to give a funny gift to your Christmas-celebrating friends early this year? We do! Atypyk just introduced “Do Not Prick”, the 160 CM Christmas Tree Poster, available for $22 today. No more clean up, no more mess, just stack presents against the wall and voila!

You might know Colette from Paris as the shop with that cute, eclectic mix of knick knacks, but they've got a tough side. Now, you can show you're from the streets too with the “Tough” tee-shirt by Atypyk. The tee comes in white with a gun handle print on the back and is available directly from Colette for â‚40. Because, “You can carry a gun, but it's preferable to wear one.”