Bon Bon Sound is an interesting spherical speaker from Japan that combines hi-fi technology with ancient Japanese woodworking. The speaker enclosure is made entirely out of wood- no metal screws are used- by employing lacquerware techniques from the Yamanaka region of Japan. The wood is of Japanese Zelkova and Japanese Cherry Blossom varieties. The lack of metal assembly parts is said to give these high end speakers an acoustic advantage of their competitors and they look really sweet. As you can see in the subtitled video, the sphere is made of two halves that screw together using embedded threading in the speaker itself:

Here’s the full specs:
* Drivers: 1″ full-range with neodyium magnets and titanium cones
* Impedance: 8?
* Frequency response: 220Hz-20kHz
* Input: 5W (maximum peak input 20W)

Available for $988 at the Japan Trend Shop

Sweet fireplace! Now that the seasons are turning colder here, our thoughts turn to keeping warm. Unnecessary intro about coldness? Check. So yeah, they’re claiming this is the world’s only spherical wall mounted fireplace. I’m not about to Google this find out if that’s true or now, but it’s on the Internet so it must be true.

It’s made by Vauni, is called the Cupola, comes in white or black, is made of lightweight aluminum, burns bio-ethanol, and costs $2700. Did I miss any deets? Oh yeah, it’s really freakin’ cool! My dream house (cue the Barbie/Ken jokes now) has a round room with like 12 of these fireplaces surrounding the entire room. Also the floor is a ball pit and the TV is on the ceiling.

via born rich