Happy 50th birthday, Flos! If only we had taken a photo of the Bouroullec in attendance.

Urbio is the magnetic modular system that attaches to any surface for indoor or outdoor vertical gardening and home organization. Configure in myriad ways for creative display of everything from spiky succulents to colorful Sharpies--perfect for any household with children or gardening enthusiast.

HAPPY HOUR TROLLEY Designed by Zürich-based designer Alfredo Häberli, the Happy Hour Trolley is suitable for a wide range of functions— not just to hold your favorite beverage. Its chromed iron structure make it ideally suited for use as a side table in the living room or for additional storage in the bathroom. Tripod wheels make it an adaptable piece for any home.

It's not quite Hemingway's movable feast, but a well-stocked Happy Hour Trolley may come close. Designed by Zürich-based Alfredo Häberli for BD Barcelona Design, its legs are crafted from durable chromed iron.

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"99 percent of the miniatures featured in the book were made painstakingly with hand tools: Xacto knives, sandpaper, felt, a needle and thread, strips of basswood, and mahogany—things you can find at a great art supply store," Chun says. "I only recently got a Dremel rotary tool to help with sanding the curves of a Saarinen dining table. But overall, the simple, clean lines—often pure geometry—found in mid-century and Danish modern sensibilities helps with creating pieces at this scale."

The handbuilt set includes the following roster of furniture, lighting, and accessories: A George Nelson daybed and nightstand; Achille Castiglioni's Arco lamp; painter Barnett Newman's Vir Heroicus Sublimis; painter Helen Frankenthler's Robinson Wrap; a Florence Knoll credenza; Eero Saarinen Executive side chairs; a Pro Ject turntable; Florence Knoll sofa; Finn Juhl's Japan chairs; Donald Wexler's Palm Springs house; Rodney Graham's Inverted Drip Painting #43; a Danish modern–inspired sideboard; Josef Albers' Homage to a Square; Noguchi table; a Danish modern–inspired desk with Olivetti typewriter; Saarinen tulip table; and Florence Knoll chair.

Pete Peanut and the Trouble with Birthdays is a book that's seeking funding via Kickstarter. What caught our eye were the meticulously crafted sets in the video, which features midcentury design in miniature. The authors Mimi O. Chun and Sean Hewens were inspired by a trip to Palm Springs Modernism Week. "All of the homes were perfectly preserved, the way you might imagine them in the 60s," Chun says. "Despite all of the visitors in town for the event, there was a stillness to Palm Springs that seemed like the perfect backdrop for Pete Peanut, who is the quiet type of peanut—a contemplative sort who understands that not all change is good, regardless of whether or not it involves birthday cake."

"Just as the narrative can be read on multiple levels, we wanted the visual appeal to span readers of all ages," Chun says. "At face-value, this is a story that will appeal with children; on an allegorical level, the human-sized themes—e.g. our preoccupation with aging, the unending celebration of self, introverts being easily misunderstood, and the rise of the underdog—will resonate with adults. Visually, there are brightly colored photographs for kids, but we hope the miniature replicas of design icons will charm all ages."

"Pete has no idea that he lives amongst iconic pieces of design or seminal artworks and they don't figure into the narrative at all," Chun says. "In fact, within the story itself, it's somewhat ambiguous what era Pete actually lives in, which made a midcentury environment an ideal backdrop as these pieces that were designed half a century ago—or more—continue to be revered as examples of good design today."

Here's a shot of the set for scale.

The living room features a host of goods from Jonathan Adler's Happy Chic line, including the Crescent Heights sofa and Triangle leg floor lamp.

Happy Table The Happy family consists of stackable stools and chairs and a table and is characterised by its playful design. Distinct colours elegantly meet genuine oak. The table is three legged and the meetings between the round surface and the oak gives the table-top its identity.

The "Happy Mac" was one of Apple's first icons.

For the Happy D.2 line, Sieger Design updated its Happy D. collection from 1998. Like the initial configurations, Happy D.2 has a curvy, D-shaped silhouette. The proportions have been slightly refined and the furniture now comes in a linen-fronted option, shown here on the vanity and wall storage.

Dusty built the half-pipe for their son Gram's first birthday. It's the cornerstone of the large back yard.

The Airstream's height and length were extended for comfort and ease, and an HVAC system was installed with hydronic and radiant floor heating.

Clayden is perfectly happy enjoying the subtropical sun on the balcony, though his much-beloved cat Ginger appears far more enthusiastic about lolling on the patio.

Denny Fong of Toronto, Ontario, invented the Norm smart thermostat and sensor. "The largest tech challenge at Quirky to date? The thermostat," Kaufman says. He and the company began to question the very premise of the technology. "It's one of the most outdated products," he stated. "You don't need thermostats, you need sensors to keep the ideal temperature." Instead of controlling heating and cooling based on a single thermostat, Norm can pair with sensors throughout a house to detect temperature and humidity in individual rooms and allow you to set a schedule based on your budget.

Our succulent cuttings are happy after the recent rains.

For the "Don't Worry Be Happy" 2010 group show at Showroom Mama in Rotterdam, Netherlands-based Merijn Hos created this little gem of a collage.

Happy Family chairs, 2008, manufactured by E&Y.

Sarti is only too happy to demonstrate one of his favorite inventions: a mobile kitchen-supply box/cocktail station/breakfast bar with casters that hides beneath the stairs.

Happy Birthday Rodney Mullen (8.17.66). Always an inspiration.

Pink Peacock and White Dangles make happy wall-fellows.

Chris Johanson's addition to the collection of eight shirts most explicitly references the museum's birthday.

Their creative confections may ruin our diets, but we’re happy to be their taste testers anytime.

It was a happy accident the way that the floating Fire Orb, which was designed by architect Doug Garofalo, echoes the onion-dome-inspired architecture beyond.

The house has been outfitted with upgraded systems including the Electric HVAC, Gas HVAC, two recirculating tank-less water heaters, and new (3-200 Ampere) electrical panels.

The HVAC unit inside the bunkroom is rarely used, but was installed for use during humid days and chilly nights.

If only all bike rides ended with a free glass of wine! The Tretorn shop was happy to host all of us riders and we were happy to celebrate a successful ride.

“We would normally integrate the fridge, but this French Door refrigerator looked so good we were happy to keep it exposed,” comments Josie Sommerville of Whiting Architects.

The bed sits atop a platform; above it is an HVAC vent.

“The exterior walls are not happy with just being the limitation between interior and exterior,” Collectif Encore explains. “You can shower, go to the toilet, stand on stage, cook, sleep and bathe ‘inside’ the walls.”

At a seaside New Zealand house, the simple kitchen has strandboard cabinetry and an MDF island that conceals a fireplace at one end. The bright green cabinetry of the island are a happy pop of color that references the native greenery outside.