November 06, 2009 - If you’ve ever wanted to own your own volcano, now you can with these Jakub Berdych glass bowls. Okay, you got me, they’re not actually volcanoes (the ‘glass bowl’ part give it away). Considering that instead of a lava-esque feel, the glassware...

September 16, 2009 - Now, the first rocky planet, lightly coined the ‘Lava Planet,’ has been disovered by a team of European astronomers. Hence the nickname the ‘Lava Planet’ (its real name is Corot-7b, which is decidely less fun).

August 28, 2009 - These awesome photos are from Laboratory for Visionary Architecture’s (LAVA) winning entry for an urban centre in Masdar. Not only is the Masdar Urban Centre going to be beautiful with its snowflake-like design, it will also be a zero-carbon, zero...

August 06, 2009 - These Mathmos Fireflow O1 lava lamps are an environmentalist’s dream, as the ‘lava’ is heated by tea lights rather than electricity. Lava lamps have come back into vogue with the help of eco-minded individuals, who prize the 60s-era lights because...

August 05, 2009 - When Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Sydney, Australia commissioned LAVA architecture to build them a bookcase, the result was this unexpected but aesthetically pleasing honeycomb style bookcase.

June 27, 2009 - Flydende Lava’s ‘Gold’ project proves that the brain doesn’t need much to recognize a logo. Lava scanned over 60 brands and crumpled them for this project. Ordinarily, crumpling a printed image would render it unrecognizable, but the ease with...

June 05, 2009 - Usually these videos are recorded in another language and then they are “translated” by what the words would sound like. The phonetic translations result in lines like “Who put the goat in here? and “The loony bun is fine Benny Lava.

April 26, 2009 - ...geeky modern alternative to a retro lava lamp....

April 25, 2009 - These Matryoshka-inspired ‘Babushka’ lights by Mathmos Design Studio modernize the classic lava lamp and give it a Russian twist. In place of wax, however, these lamps are illuminated with chip-controlled LEDs.

April 14, 2009 - From wall decals to Russian nesting dolls, bringing Obama home with you is no problem thanks to a range of patriotic designers. Online and in stores, Obama household ornaments are plentiful, and range from bizarre little Obama Chia pets to Obama...