Some of it's new, some of it's not so new, but it's all modern and paying to get it from the Museum of Modern Art means art and design won't be crushed into oblivion forever, or something like that.

Here's some of the more interesting stuff MoMa is hawking this fall on their website and in their stores starting next in late August to keep modern art funded and whatnot. Let's go on a tour.

Magno Wooden Radio by Singgih Kartono, 2005, $250: It's a wooden radio in the shape of a cube. What's not appealing about that???
It folds into a pizza! But it was a Kobra. Get it???
Mantle Dome Clock by Cedric Rot, 2008, $215: You're not a designer until you make a clock that can hold someone's attention for longer than it takes to the tell the time.
Pig Lamp by Ariel Rojo, 2008, $90: I'm sorry, if a ceramic pig with a light bulb shoved in its ass doesn't appeal to you, we can't be friends.

Light Switch Rack by Paul Koh, 2009, $250: I like Paul Koh. Light switch hanger? Genius, just like his pop-up pencil cup.
Wooden Flashlight by Jonas Damon, 2009, $55: Wood, hahahaha.
Oh yes, this is art. I decided not to ask.
Pop-Up Pencil Cup by Paul Koh, 2009, $30: This seems very clever if you keep your pencils in a jar and they get stuck together.
Blackbird, Fly Camera, $125: Your pet hipster wants this twin-lens reflex camera.
Magnetic Clock by Naori Miyazaki, 2007, $28: Hey, guess what this does?
Hello, little bitty camera.

PizzaKobra Lamp by Ron Arad, 2007, $1995: Wait, are you saying you don't understand why this LED lamp costs two thousand dollars? Just go to the next picture.[MoMa]

What can we say? It's called the "Modern Space Saving Mini Kitchen" for a reason.

This otherwise standard, boring island's countertop slides out to stretch its surface area while revealing (cold?) storage, a sink and electric burners. Comparing this design to the layout of more than one of my tiny apartments, there's really no contest—this island is simpler, more space efficient and has a lot more eye appeal. I'd far rather work on an island than with my face pressed to cabinets, and there's enough surface area here to match most small kitchens.

Then again, keep in mind that you need to leave the open space for everything to unfold and the island fails to accommodate a simple toaster, blender, or even oven. So maybe existing designs don't have it all wrong even if they aren't quite as chic or idealistic. [Ensci via freshome via dvice]

Not only can you possibly slip off the side and cut a gash in your face on these crazy tread stairs, you could slip and fall crotch first onto the middle bar.

Very useful for keeping fatties off the 2nd floor, as well as making sure your children NEVER RUN UP THE STAIRS. That is, if you're still viable to have children after all those accidents. [Costel21d via Treehugger]

What do you get when you mold a face in acrylic and backlight it with multicolored LEDs? This. You get this. [MAKE via bbg]

Sony's cassette tape Walkman came to life in many shapes and forms through the years. Here are a few of the great, the important and sometimes plain weird Walkman models.

The original TPS-L2 Walkman went on sale 30 years ago today, July 1st 1979, in Japan. It played stereo and had dual mini headphone jacks for sharing audio with a friend. There was a mic, but it was not used for recording, but to output your voice to your buddy's headset so he could hear you over the music. The press received it in a lukewarm fashion, but the device took off thanks to celebrity product placement.

The 1981 WM-2 is the first attempt at making a Walkman so small, its only slightly bigger than the tape.

The first Sony Sport walkman was quite waterproof, with jack plug and gaskets around the buttons and tape hold. From 1984. They offered special edition models for locations like Hawaii and Okinana Beach.

The WM-F2 came out in 1982 and was the first Walkman to include both playback, recording and an FM tuner.

The WM-DD was the first personal model to move from a belt driven motor to a "disc drive" reducing wow and flutter and greatly improving the quality of sound reproduction. It also had a metal case.

The WM-F107 was solar charged, but would not support playback as the power to run the tape was more demand than the now ancient back mounted panel could keep up with. It handled FM fine, however, off the stream of electrons. 1987.

The WM-10 expanded on the tiny WM-2's small form factor, and is considered by the experts at Walkman Central to remain a fine example of reduction engineering. For example: the single AA battery was not actually powerful enough to turn the motors, so they used a step up converter to power the tape drive. 1983.

The 1983 Walkman Music Shuttle was a Walkman that docked into a car stereo. Wow that guy is super stoked to be listening to the same song he was just driving to!

1985: The WM-W800 is a Walkman with TWO tape decks. One for playback, one for recording, which made dubbing tapes ridiculously easy. More photos at Walkman Central.

The WM-3000 from 1990 is one of the earliest My First Sony products designed for kids. They took a basic walkman, and made sure the edges weren't sharp, the batteries couldn't be easily popped out of the back and swallowed and the volume limiter ensured baby eardrums didn't pop under duress of mother goose tapes.

The WM-GX202 is one of the last tape playing Walkmen and guess what? They're still being sold in Japan in 2009! The product's focus is not on music, but on language learning tapes.

Carrying a cooler full of Pabst into a job interview may seem like bad form, but hauling a twelve-pack in a Dolores Cooler shaped like a messenger bag is just the thing to show off your go-getting attitude.

The pack is waterproof, comes with a built-in metal bottle opener on the strap and is fully insulated to keep coldness in. And when you're done drinking, it's a perfect portable container for vomiting into. [Timbuk2 via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Even if Gizmodo readers weren't one of the first ones on the Blu-ray train, they would have hopped a ride some time in the last few years that the format's been out there. Well, yes and no.

According to our poll, a full 52% of you made the switch to Blu-ray for some reason or another. What's surprising is that 40% of you still haven't switched to the HD format even though prices are pretty damn reasonable now (sub $200).

Is it because $200 is still $100 more than you want to pay? Is it because you don't have an HDTV? Is it because you've got a guest room full of DVDs you already invested thousands of dollars into? Tell us.

I stopped by BFG yesterday, makers of the Phobos—a mega performance/home theater PC aimed at the rich and the lazy. Their touchscreen-wielding Phobos is an understated beast of a PC, but I'm more interested in what they're planning next.

Starting at $3,000 (and easily reaching $10,000+), the Phobos features a single-pieced aluminum body tastefully coated in black car paint. The DVD drives are slot-loading, the USB/SD card reader pops up from the case and everything is so simple and tucked away that I'd have missed the iPhone doc on top of the case had they not pointed it out.

Its touchscreen LCD, mounted to the front of the monolith, can do everything from boot the system to one-touch tweak its performance settings thanks to the fact that it runs its own processor and custom Linux OS.

The machine, packed standard with luxuries like dual video cards and SSD boot drives—is actually not meant to be opened by the user. Instead, BFG includes a full professional installation and 6-month on-site tune-up in their pricing for the system. They'll also send pros out to install new components like video cards—upgrades they fairly offer for the difference between the price of your old card and the price of the new card. But the Phobos is still very easy to open (the case slides right up).
Looking under the hood, it becomes obvious that BFG has design a normal tower PC and flipped the whole thing 90-degrees so that its sits on its own ports. The design allows the machine to pull in air from the top and expel air out the bottom. It's a smart idea that apparently cuts down on dust and pet hair inhalation.

The processor is water cooled and the cords neatly arranged. But it's all for bragging rights since BFG doesn't want you hassled with cracking the case anyway.

So the Phobos is nice, but I had two ideas for improvements. If the touchscreen popped out of the case, the system would work far better as an HTPC since you could take the remote to the couch.

BFG's next model will have that.

And the size. The Phobos is huge, easily the biggest tower I've seen in some time.

BFG is working on a lower tier Phobos model with a smaller footprint.

The company is realistic. BFG knows that most hardcore PC gamers prefer to build their own PCs and that many HTPC users would prefer something small. But they're happy in their service-oriented niche, even if it means selling 500 uber PCs a month. Still, shrink the thing and offer me an innovative PC remote...and maybe we'll talk. [BFG Systems]

Question: is this a great iPhone case, or is it the greatest iPhone case?

I'm going to go with the latter. I mean, look at it! The disc cover opens so you can put in your iPhone! It comes with a super-detailed controller charm! It's absolutely fucking adorable. And for $20 (plus $7 for the controller), I really don't know how I'm going to show the restraint to not buy one right this minute.

[Etsy via iPhone Savior]

These Michael Jackson Thriller headphones are pretty fantastic cause, well, they're Thriller headphones, but the graveyard imagery might be a little bit too soon. Still, awesome. [Thriller Headphones via Josh Spear]