The Helios Fire Bowl Set from Skagerak is a portable outdoor fireplace that is ideal for a back patio. It can be used as a fire pit, or with the Helios Steel Grille and some charcoal to create an outdoor grill for hotdogs, vegetables, or shish kebabs.

Soggy breakfast cereal is the worst. That’s not hyperbole; soggy cereal is literally the worst. To combat the despair of having to eat your bowl of Cap’n Crunch like a soldier late for drill practice, innovative minds have come up with the Obol. It’s basically two bowls in one. One side hold the milk, while the other holds the dry cereal. Just scoop up some cereal, dip it in the milk, and enjoy every bite as though it were your first.

Pros: Also known as composite quartz, engineered quartz comes in a wide range of colors and textures with the general durability of real stone slabs, but with the ease of manufacturing and installation of a man-made product. As a result, engineered quartz isn’t as expensive as other natural stone countertops. Cons: On the other hand, customers can expect to see these qualities reflected in the price of engineered quartz, which can be on the higher end. Quartz also doesn’t handle extreme heat as well as granite does.

"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."

Big Walnut Bowl Handmade in Canada and finished with a natural oil/beeswax mixture, this serving bowl is a handsome addition to any tablescape.

Vitamin Container Bowl by Ole Jensen for MuutoA bowl with a philosophy: “With a bit of good will, the bowl helps us take better care of our fruit and vegetables, and ourselves,” says designer Ole Jensen. The three spaces are also meant to impose order on your unruly countertop produce. $114

A closer look at a finished Balloon Bowl.

The Rose Bowl A national historic landmark, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena has played host to America’s first–and most famous–postseason college football game for every year but one since 1923. The stadium features more than 100 different varieties of rose bushes situated on its grounds and 77 rows of seats open to the Southern California sunshine. Photo by: Peter Bennett

The angular yet smooth Offset bowl is Fehlō's premier centerpiece.

Earthenware Pinstripe bowl from the U.K. ($28).

The 'compote' bowl shape.

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.

A part of Kaj Franck’s versatile Teema Collection, this large serving bowl is perfect for serving a fresh summer salad at a barbecue or displaying fruit on a countertop. Thebowl is available in a variety of colors and sizes.

The team reviewed twenty years of snowfall data to find an average that would dictate the height of the house’s base. They also extended the roof to protect both the front entrance and the deck—this way the family doesn’t need to worry about snow removal upon arrival or dealing with windows that won’t open.

2x Glass Bowl by Assembly Broken glass shards are embedded—and blunted—in this deceptively safe bowl that’s mouth-blown, molded, cut, and polished.

Goto's fruit bowl made from different strains of scored marble showed its many naturally occurring colors.

Lift Brushed Copper Fruit Bowl by Felicia Fferrone "It’s entertaining season! Time to think about the holiday serving platters and centerpieces. This copper stand will add just the right amount of metallic flair to your modern holiday table."

She produces everything herself, by hand, without any assistants in her studio. For a bowl, she typically starts with a block of wood, inspects it for cracks and knots, trims it down to size on a bandsaw or chainsaw, and then cuts it into a round blank that gets mounted onto a lathe—a tool which rotates an object on an axis. She shapes exterior of the bowl, sands the exterior, then mounts it onto a chuck to turn the inside using a bowl gouge. After mounting the bowl onto a cole jaw to remove the tenon (a stump of the wood that's used to mount the bowl to the chuck), Song then applies oil and wax to the finished piece. She typically uses sugar maple and claro walnut, two woods that are readily available. "Sugar maple is quite dense and the grains are very consistent whereas Walnut is much more porous," she describes.

Porcelain Sugar Bowl by Hasami "I have more sugar bowls than I care to admit," Stubbs says. "I drink my tea and coffee with sugar, so I always want to have a sugar bowl out, right next to the kettle. This is a really nice departure from the old-fashioned sugar bowls that I’ve been using for years."

5.4.3 BlockBowl (Walnut Cutting Block and Bowl) by On Our Table "Whenever I’m having people over for dinner, I’m always looking for simple serving pieces," Hesser says. "I also happen to serve a lot of cured meats, so this naturally appeals to me. It’s a nice, solid piece that would last for decades."

Organic Bowl, Domingos Tórtora

Jellies Family Bowl by Patricia Urquiola for Kartell, $73 from kartell.com The bowls' forms reference moulds used for jelly-making.

Jellies Family Salad Bowl by Patricia Urquiola for Kartell, $94 from kartell.com Spanish architect and designer Patricia Urquiola masterminded a comprehensive tableware collection made of transparent PMMA plastic for Kartell.

“Henge,” a deconstructed fruit bowl.

Architectural Pottery Model F-508 Peanut Planter Designed by John Follis | Architectural Pottery

The Peanut Planter is a playful nod to a peanut shell, but it still maintains an artful, modern look. The fiberglass planter is supported by an elegant wood stand, crafted from rich walnut. The planter is an excellent way to display a row of succulents, ferns, or small flowered arrangements.

A stone bowl Brothers made in the 1990s is positioned on a rock.

Kastehelmi Bowl - Light Blue Designed by Oiva Toikka | Iittala

MOSSER GLASS 3-PIECE MIXING BOWL SET $65 – $85 Perfect for mixing and serving, these Mosser glass products are great for adding an understated dose of vintage charm to your kitchen. They're still made by a small family owned and operated company with original molds and machinery from nearly half a century ago, while the clear, bright colors and intricate molded patterns are modeled after American antique glassware.

What American-made products are you tired of seeing? Anything that is cheaply made and isn’t thoughtfully designed, junk that will be thrown away within a few years, or products that still have the same form as they did in the ’70s. Deep Redwood Traditional Bowl, $150.