House Industries is more than a type foundry. It’s proven this time and again by producing an inventory of products that are inspired by the font suites they create – most notably the modern designer series from Neutra, Girard and now the Eames. The Boomerang Chair was the most impressive. It that was produce to coincide with the release of the Neutra collection. Just last year, House released their Girard collection, based on Alexander Girard’s whimsical typographic lettering. A small collection of toys followed, including Marilyn Neuhart dolls, puzzles, alphabetical blocks, memory games, and a nativity set. This year is no different. In March, the Eames family was released accompanied by an alphabetical block set that created the Eames house when stacked on top of one another. A collection of serigraphs were also produced, flexing House’s design skills. They recently added to the series based on the Eames Century Modern font family and the forthcoming Photo-Lettering collection. All hand printed by long time collaborator David Dodde.

House Industries is currently showing at Reserve in L.A.

Areaware has had a great track record of representing some of the best talents in furniture and industrial design. They recently added Karl Zahn to their ever expanding roster. Zahn’s Animal Boxes are now a part of their catalog featuring six different animals that include a whale, bull, llama, polar bear, rhino, and walrus. The animals range from four to eight inches in length and are all made from new growth beech wood. Each retail for $35 and can be pre-ordered on their site. The animals are expected to ship in November. It’s not too early to think about the holidays.

To most people ping-pong is a casual sport, a social sport – but at aruliden it’s also the starting point for high design. Their latest project is a highly functional piece of design as well: the stunning CHALK ping-pong table for Puma which just launched at NYC’s Conran Shop at the start of June. Rinat Aruh and Johan Liden started aruliden in 2006 after having met while collaborating on the Mini Lifestyle campaign, Rinat for BMW and Johan as a part of fuseproject. Since then aruliden has done a little bit of everything, their body of work ranges from packaging to industrial design from identity to marketing. The Scout met with Rinat and Johan in aruliden’s Chinatown office. Read the interview after the jump.

Attack, a division of Wieden+Kennedy, designed and hand-painted a mural to help its team find an answer to everyone’s daily question – what’s for lunch? Dubbed the Restaurant Wall, it lists a collection of the greatest hits in restaurants and dining options in the surrounding neighborhoods. The application of the mural resembles Lou Dorfsman’s famous 1966 Gastrotypographicalassemblage for the CBS lunch room. Inspiration or homage?

There is a certain pleasure in the hunt, in uncovering that diamond in the rough. I’m talking of course about the endless search on ebay, craigslist, or even a good ol’ dig at a flea market to find that design piece. It’s the thrill of the discovery. However, there are times when you just don’t have the time. That’s why an assembly of designed objects all in one place is a welcome to any design aficionado on a schedule. This Saturday and Sunday visit Stephen Burkes’s Design Sale at Relative Space. Here’s what he has to say about it:

“Design Sale! presents a curated selection of the best international designer objects, lighting and furniture from the private collections of New York City’s designer community for sale. Stephen Burks of Readymade Projects, in association with the Relative Space showroom, has asked fellow design aficionados like David Weeks, Dror Benshetrit, Jamie Gray, Lindsey Adelman, and Todd Bracher to put their gently used designer, with a capital ‘D’, products up for sale — no IKEA, Crate & Barrel, or 19th-century bric-a-brac will be accepted. The result is an artfully piled trove of goods in search of a new home, each item tagged with its former owner, original designer and manufacturer, date designed, date purchased, and price.”

Valencian Design Showcase will exhibit 12 of the most renowned design companies from Valencia.

Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle an Museum of Art and Design opens today.

National Design Triennial: Why Design Now? at the Cooper-Hewitt on view May 14.

Matter unveils a new line of products from their MatterMade collection. See flier for details.

It’s all about America in CITE Goes America where a 400 square feet skeleton house is filled with products from over 50 designers and design companies.

Merchant no. 4 will host its first annual pop up shop in Tribeca featuring designs from Totem, by Boym Partners, Balloon Shakers by Masayuki Kurokawa, Kami Glasses by Hidetoshi Takahashi, ceramics by Emogayu and much more.