Jonas Damon's Alarm Dock allows your iPhone to read as an "alarm clock." Augmented by a flip clock app, this dock returns meaningful form to the sliver of a device that will wake you up.

IN STOCK: Buy Alarm Dock now.

Manufactured by AREAWARE

The Cesta, a magic lantern created by well-known designer Miguel Milá, consists of a cherry wood structure and an inner ball of light. Its oval volume and handle make it equally ideal for table tops and the floor. Cherry wood structure. White opaline glass lampshade. Requires 75W E26 incandescent lamp. Manufactured by Santa & Cole.

Individual pendants result from a complex glass blowing technique which result in a distorted clear glass spherical shape with a composed collection of inner shapes, one of which is made of opaque milk glass and houses a low voltage bulb. These pendants are designed to cluster in hexagonal shapes which nestle into each other to create patterns as dictated by the needs of the interior. Manufactured by Bocci

switchmodern loves Morris Lapidus (1902-2001). Idiosyncratic, baroque, and flamboyant, Lapidus knew his audience and never compromised his vision. After a career in retail interior design, his first large commission was the Miami Beach Sans Souci Hotel, followed by several transformative hotel commissions along Collins Avenue. In 1952, he landed the largest luxury hotel in Miami Beach, the Fontainebleau Hotel, which was followed the next year by the equally successful Eden Roc. In 2000 Lapidus was honored by the Cooper-Hewitt as an "American Original,"an award created especially for him. From seductive modern shops and private residences to iconic hotels and residential towers in New York, Miami Beach, the Caribbean, and beyond, this iconoclast proves that "too much is never enough." switchmodern hosted a book signing with Deborah Desilets, author of Morris Lapidus:An Architecture of Joy. Dennis Miller Associates' collection of Lapidus furniture are on display, along with a selection of the architect's watercolors.

SCENES FROM A PARTY AT SWITCH SHOWROOM IN ATLANTA

Left: the author, Deborah Desilets. Middle: switchmodern proprietor, Roy Otwell. Right: Morris Lapidus' watercolors

Roy Otwell and Bob Wethington saw it all as they scoured the 2,800 exhibitors ISO beautiful home furnishings, tabletop products, and accessories for switchmodern. We are thrilled that two of our lines were award winners.

Excellence in Product Design

Stelton won for its Pure Black Pure White knives forged from a single piece of stainless steel and coated in black matte titanium, and held on a single, white magnetic strip. A reinterpretation of the classic form, the judges liked its sleek, minimalistic high design.

Overall Excellence

Creative Danes representing Menu won for innovation in outdoor, dining and living products, presentation and technology. Menu's Scandinavian design originals boast clean lines with unexpected functionality to surprise and delight the user.

Hmmm. Well, it looks more like a dark pink to us. Being from the South, we are familiar with the twining vines from the family Caprifoliaceae. Sure, there are 180 species, but we Southerners are more familiar with the white/yellow variety and its intoxicating nectar. And yet, we would never second guess the colorists at PANTONE. We were thrilled with last year's pick: Turquoise 15-5519.

PANTONE explains: "Honeysuckle is upbeat and dynamic when used on large areas like the entry area of a house or an apartment. It is an appetite and conversation stimulant when used on the dining room walls. In the kitchen, it adds a fun touch on the table in placemats and other linens (patterned or solid), colored glassware, candles and small appliances. Honeysuckle is a great color to cover up shabby kitchen cabinets, or, if that's too much of a color statement for you, try repainting knobs and drawer pulls."

switchmodern has an item that comes in honeysuckle. This piggy bank is cast from a real pig that died of natural causes. Designed by Harry Allen and manufactured by AREAWARE.

Bank in the Form of a Pig

Alessi: Ethical and Radical presents Alberto Alessi's achievements since the 1970s in producing functional designs of exceptional quality by collaborating with leading architects and designers, including Ron Arad, the Campana Brothers, Achille Castiglioni, Michael Graves, Greg Lynn, Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, and Robert Venturi. Different from any other modern manufacturer, Alessi has offered its collaborators absolute creative freedom and technical support in a series of radical, experimental projects, whether or not the results could ever be brought to production. Alessi: Ethical and Radical includes objects, drawings, videos, and photographs that demonstrate the company's unique approach to design and unique way of working with its designers.