This is a good design for any one who enjoys having a glass of wine...or two...to yourself.  The design I chose is the wine stopper.  However, this is not just a cork that you stick in to stop the wine this is a cork that was made with other features to give the ultimate experience.  The cork comes with a decoration on top so that you can push the cork in as far as you want and will still be able to pull it out. It also comes with a ring that fits into the narrow opening of the bottle with a chain attached to the cork so that the whole piece will stay with the bottle.

  This to me is a good design because it takes it's purpose of vanity mirror to a whole new level.  This ultimate mirror is double-sided.  One one side, it has the normal view of a mirror where you see the reflection just as is while the other side is magnified so you can really get an up-close and personal.  Also, for each side of this double vanity mirror there is a ring on the outline of each mirror where a light will turn on when you press the button on the bottom of the stand.  This design for a mirror is a simple one, but really efficient in making use out of the entire mirror stand.

This is a DIY design that is probably one of my favorite designs of my entire apartment.  It is so practical and useful, that I honestly don't know how other people don't have this at their place.  My roommate took a white board, that has a cork outline, and jazzed it up with colored tape to divide the board into different sections.  She made the top portion just a general section to write whatever we want on there, and the bottom section divided into three parts (the two outside boxes are for what we individually want, and the middle box is what we both need for the apartment and can split the cost on).  She took a plain white board and took it to a whole new level of essential.  

  Here is a design made for those who love jewelry!  Any jewelry owners know that as nice as the necklace looks on you, it's more frustrating on what to do with it when it's off you.  It's always hard storing necklaces without getting them all tangled on each other, which is why I picked this necklace stand as my piece of what I think good design is.  The necklace rack is a very simple design with only three parts: the base, the pole that keeps the rack elevated, and the actual elevator piece (the bar).  This was an item I got off of Etsy, and is easy to assemble as well as disassemble.  The rack allows for a easy glide of putting your necklaces on the stand without any mess and is perfect for organizing.

  Here is a design that I admire in a purely artistic form. It is a wall piece that is purely for decoration, but I find to be a unique and interesting piece.  It is an image done by David Hockney where he has an image of a person sitting and looking into a camera.  Just that in itself doesn't sound interesting at all, but how he displays the piece is what makes it work.  He doesn't just take the picture of the person as a whole, he takes pictures of different parts of the person (some even overlapping areas) and then puts all the images together.  The piece itself comes out to be an abstract form of realistic images.  It is a concept that is unique to David Hockney and is his signature.  The fragmented imagery makes you really look through the entire image and appreciate all the details rather than if  he had taken one solid image of the person.

  This piece here is a classic design that has been around for centuries.  This is one that cannot be improved on any more because...how can you?  This is a tea pot.  A tea pot is made to just boil some water, but the genius thing about it is the spout where it comes out of.  That spout is the whole reason for why I think this is a great design  The spout comes with a lid that has a tiny hole in the center of it.  The purpose of this hole is to inform you when the water is boiling because there will enough steam being produced that when it trickles out of the hole hard enough then it creates this high pitched noise that is hard to miss.  Then when you want to pour yourself a cup of hot water for you tea, all you do is lift the lid that's covering the spout and pour.  It's a very simple and functioning design.

I have always loved using nail polish, but doing the nails yourself has always been an annoying process.  The nail polish always takes a very long time in order for it to dry, and just when you think you've waited long enough to resume back to other activities you see a smudge on a few fingers.  It feels like all that time you spent on it was just wasted.  Then if you miraculously do happen to avoid getting your nails smudged, the polish starts to chip off within a few days to a week at the most.  The image I have posted is nail polish, but revolutionized; gel nail polish.  The beautiful thing about gel nail polish is that it never chips! The trick is the UV light where after each coat of polish you add you put them under UV light for 30 seconds then the job is done.  It's a much faster process than regular nail polish, you can resume to other things immediately after, and you don't have to worry about it needing a touch-up for up to two weeks.  Once you go to gel nail polish you really can't go back to the original thing.

This is a really great storage design.  It is a really simple idea that it actually a very practical one too.  This design doubles as two things in a perfect way.  It is a drawer that also acts as a bed.  The base of the bed is divided into four parts where each quadrant has its own separate drawer to allow you to put stuff in.  There are two drawers on each side, and when all drawers are closed the only thing you see left is a bed.  The perfect thing about this bed is that it allows you to make the most out of your furniture, it is probably one of the best space savers.  This was a piece that I got from IKEA, and definitely one of my favorites. 

Here is a furniture design with a unique look to it as well as a hidden functionality side to it.  This coffee table is made for storage with a double-sided top.  It is split into four quadrants with a separate lid that goes on the top of each one.  Each lid can either be flipped to have a side with cushion or a side with a hard surface where you can place items like your drinks or food.  It is a functional design for a coffee table with a sleek look.

This a type of design that is made for your health and one that is at easy access.  It is a pull-up bar that fits perfectly to most door frames.  It is a way to try to easily fit in some exercise into your daily routine. The bar doesn't just give you one type of exercise, it gives you multiple options for your upper body.  The bar features five different grips that give you the option to target different muscles, and even doubles as a push-up bar when you place the exercise device on the floor.  The narrow design of the exercise device allows for easy storage as well.  All in all, this makes for a perfect to-go exercise design.

This is a very trendy and popular design.  It uniquely combines the idea of wearing a scarf that comes as hood too.  Even in the ends of the scarf are little pockets where you can put your hands in, which actually triples the item as being a scarf, hood, and gloves all at the same time.  The trendy part of this combustion is the theme of the scarf hood.  The brand name of this piece is called Spirithood.  The idea is that you become the spirit of a animal depending on which one you buy.  They have endless amounts of different animals you could be through this scarf hood from a lion to an owl.  The one pictured above is a cheetah.  This thing takes cat ears to a whole new level.  Its cute, comfy, and practical in the sense that it really does keep you warm.  Even the pockets that are doubled as gloves have an imprint on the inside to indicate that they are your animals "paws".

For all of you wine lovers, this is the kitchen-gadget.  Taking the cork out of a wine bottle can be kind of a hassle sometimes, and at the very least takes some labor work.  This little machine is designed to make life simpler for you by taking the cork out for you in the simple press of a button.  You push the button down and it spirals itself into the cork, then if you keep pushing it brings the cork up and out.  Press the up button and it pushes the cork off the spiral.  It's a simple and sophisticated design with a pure purpose of acting as a helper.

If you have carpet at the place where you live, then you know how dirty it can easily get.  Shoes plays probably the biggest factor in this, so the obvious way to help keep your carpet clean is to pick a place to put them by the main entry door to your home.  Luckily for me, the kitchen is by my entry door (which is hardwood floor), and the carpet begins just to the right of what you see in the picture.  A shoe rack is a great design for shoe organization.  Also, keeping a shoe rack by the door gives a constant reminder to leave your shoes there so you don't forget to do it when you come back home.

This is a design by IKEA for your dirty laundry.  It comes as two separate bags that hang on a rack which serves the purpose of dividing up your white clothing from your colored clothing.  Each bag has a set of handles on them, so you can grab the bag easily and carry it to the washing machine.  The two bags save the trouble of having to later separate them, and helps prevent an accidental throw-in of a red sock into a wash with whites. The bags also come with an extension of it's material sewn at the top to act as a lid to go over the top of the clothes.  There is a little plastic weight that is on one side of the "lid" to ensure that it stays in its place.

Here is a design that doubles as a decoration and as a handy kitchenware.  To the left are measuring cups with the appearance of being owls.  To the right as measuring spoons where the end of the handle are various heads of cats.  The measuring cups (owls) all can be stored within the largest set, which gives it a practical way for storing.  I use the measuring tools all the time for cooking, so it's nice to have it set out for me ready-to-use while looking decorative all at the same time.

Here is a water bottle that has a unique and practical twist to your average water bottles. The design on the screw on cap (gray top) is what sets it apart from others.  This is a bottle that you don't have to open in order to drink.  All you have to do is push the orange button in the back, and there is an opening that appears in the drinking hole.  This is my favorite bottle to take to the gym, it's a quick and user-friendly bottle with a practical design to the cap for a faster storage.

When I moved into my new place, one of the things I had to adjust to was how I was going to organize all of my stuff.  Where to put all my clothes, and how I was going to fit everything was one of my struggles.  I went to the Container Store, and looked around to see what could help me.  After some searching, I discovered a product there that acts as a extra rack that can be placed on any door.  This allowed me to place all of my coats on the door, and gave the entire closet for all of my other stuff.  This design is a great organizational piece, and one worth getting if you are looking for a way to create extra space.

Here is my first choice of something I consider to be a good design.  It's something that I use and look at everyday: my desk/bookshelf.  This is something I got at IKEA, and have never been happier with it.  The desk itself has a decent size length, and a very spacious width.  The right side of it is attached to a bookshelf, which is one of the best parts about it.  I have all the stuff that I would need to look at right next to me when I'm sitting at my desk.  It's very sturdy, practical, and even pleasing to the eye.  The bookshelf gives my desk a sense of a semi-cubicle feel, which allows for me to focus on the task at hand.