Aside from personal hygiene and protecting myself from hearing loss at shows, I really don’t like putting things in my ears. Sure, earbuds are convenient and easy to carry around, but they can’t match a great pair of headphones. That’s why I’m totally eying the new Marshall Major. Designed for comfort in everyday day use, these headphones look stunning and make a great gift for music lovers. Even the box is sexy as hell. Well, for a box.

Everyone loves IKEA, there’s no denying it. Half of my apartment was miserably lovingly put together with those special little IKEA nuts and bolts. But it’s true that shopping there has its downside: all your stuff ends up being pretty plain. Mykea is trying to change that. Their funky designs are especially suited to cover IKEA tables, nightstands, bookshelves, and more. You can also become a Mykea artist if you really want to get the creative juices flowing.

One of the best things about creative pursuits is what happens by chance. You might not intend for something to turn out the way it does, but that in itself makes it great. Take these double exposure photos by Ruby Mercier. She bought a camera with some film in it at a Goodwill and had no idea that the film had been exposed before taking pictures of her friends. She just so happened to shoot on top of someone’s wedding photos. My favorite has to be the one with the bride and groom getting all Creepy McCreeperson and peeking in from the side.

“Han Solo. I’m captain of the Millennium Falcon. Chewie here tells me you’re lookin’ for passage to the Alderaan system?” Not really, I’m just looking for a coffee table. [via Curbly]

It’s never too early to start drawing miniature comics! Such is the case for Ben, the son of designer Rob Kimmel. Every day since kindergarten, Rob has been sending his son off to school every day with a sticky note on his lunchbox. Ben creates a story using pictures and words for his father to enjoy on every sticky note, resulting in a collection of miniature comics that are really fun to read. Sounds like a great idea, doesn’t it? I think it’s something really special and if you think the same, keep track of Ben’s growing comic collection! It might be exciting to see how Ben’s work progresses if the project goes on for a really long time (although I don’t expect him to use the same lunchbox after awhile). (via Quipsologies)

I asked a handful of my guy friends if they’ve ever used Kiehl’s products. The responses were all the same, “I got them as a gift once.” Not too surprised, but what is surprising (in a good way) is their custom packaging designed by London-based studio ilovedust. Just might have to find a girlfriend so I can get these as a Hannukah gift.

This is going to piss a lot of you off but I’m going to say it anyway, Pandora sucks. You can keep it and the bullshit ads, no skipping and crappy design. However, if you’re like me, obsessed with good design, good music and social dialogue, you’re about to fall in love. Say hello to We Are Hunted. I have no clue what the name stands for but it’s such an amazing experience, I sorta don’t care. In a music economy that’s still treading water, We Are Hunted is the first music discovery site that’s truly built for the connected world we live in today. The site is so well designed, with incredibly smooth UI and integrated social functionality, its surprising to me that record labels didn’t invest in technology to create a platform like this. Flipping the traditional model that measures success by number of records sold or downloaded, We Are Hunted presents new music from around the web using sentiment, expression and advocacy to understand what people like and dislike. It’s a fresh new model and the experience is fucking aces.