Learn to make the plain custard base, a starting point for many Coolhaus flavors, then fold in the special ingredients. The base has to chill for a full 24 hours so make sure you give yourself two days for Coolhaus ice cream. Coolhaus recommends using a Cuisinart ICE-100 machine for best results.

Norman Bananas Foster is a classic, just like its name sake. First, make the custard base (the starting point of many Coolhaus flavors), then fold the base into the special ingredients.

Photo courtesy Reinhold Andris Office, Walddorfhäslach.

Canvas Banana Tree A new summer addition (and perhaps another example of there always being money in the banana stand), these eccentric, three-foot-tall pieces are great accents, and as Ponce de Leon says, “you don’t have to kill anything.”

The original building was designed by Kohn Shnier.

Just what the weather ordered: a handsome umbrella stand by Umbra.

The space functions as a showroom for the brand's modern wares. It displays the beloved products Umbra has developed over its 35-year history.

Umbra Shift will display its second collection at ICFF. Highlights include a folding wall shelf designed by Umbra Studio and stacked tables by Jonah Takagi. (Booth 1932)

Umbra Shift's Knob grinder has you covered when it comes to your spices and pepper. $60 from umbrashift.com.

Made from hardy powder-coated steel, the Umbra Conceal Book Shelf transforms books into a decorative element. Light, simple, and wall-mounted, it's another versatile tool for blurring decor and storage in small spaces.

Umbra's first store, built in 2007, now has a new interior designed by The Retail Lab in partnership with Designstead.

"Launched at #ICFF: Umbra Shift, a new collection of furniture and housewares. Dig the Hot Cold Carafe with two stackable cups and the Roll bottle opener."

The new store also holds a meeting space and multimedia room.

Split Table by Staffan Holm, $2,950

The exterior, built in 2007, showcases 300 strips of translucent pink polycarbonate that light up at night with embedded LEDs.

The Nest office caddy by Umbra Shift is a smart storage solution that can be stacked together or taken apart. The caddy can be used as a tray, box, or a tablet stand.

Arik Levy for Ton, Hall 12 Stand C05 at Rho.

Jonah Takagi collaborated with Umbra Shift on the Tier coffee and side table.

Knob Spice Grinder by Umbra Shift, $60 at Dwell Store The Knob Spice Grinder’s turning mechanism was inspired by the oven knob, a simple, easy-to-turn topper with traditional looks. Made of beech wood, the grinder includes a ceramic mechanism to finely grind salt, pepper, and other spices.

Design-build firm Blue Truck, working with Rough Workshop on the construction, expanded a split-level midcentury house in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles for a family of four: Noel, an entrepreneur, Satoko, a freelance creative director, and their four-year-old son and two-year-old daughter. A partial second-story addition adds necessary square footage, and also opens up new views of the city.

With one half covered in light brick and the other in ipe, the SPLIT house in Toronto reveales two distinct personalities.

Still House's offerings aren't all restrained. These playful banana-shaped salt-and-pepper shakers are designed by Michiko Shimada; $42.

Dear Charlie banana stand by Cranbrook's John Truex for Alessi.

A resin-coated mop makes up Misha Kahn's bright-yellow B.A.N.A.N.A.S, which recalls a torch, but doesn't actually give off light.

Cup lamp by Paul Loebach for Umbra Shift, $180 Umbra launched its Shift brand in 2014 with a mission to improve the objects we use daily. For example, the dimmable LED-illuminated desk lamp features a space-saving storage cup and handy USB hub for charging mobile device.

Split Box shelving by Peter Marigold at the Frozen Fountain.

The white marble backsplash of this tiny, open kitchen is gracefully juxtaposed against the rustic feel of this 19th-century former banana warehouse conversion in Barcelona.

The new Drink Buddy wine topper and wine glass identifiers from Umbra.

A split thread staircase leads up to the bedroom.

The Monkey House is located in a secondary forest in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest that had been used as a banana plantation decades ago. Brajovic has turned the area, which is located on the border of Bocaina National Park, into an ecological sanctuary called Aldeia Rizoma that’s now home to several eco-friendly homes.

The concrete floor takes on a silky appearance in the kitchen and dining areas. The Gideå table is from IKEA, the Karim Rashid Oh chairs are from Umbra, and the Erik Magnussen kerosene Ship’s lamp is by Stelton.

The split provides abundant natural light and a subtle pause, as well as a physical and visual connection down to the kitchen.

7-10 Split bench by CounterEvolution NYC

"The building form was intentionally asymmetric and clad in hand-stained, split-face shakes and metal," says Campos Studio.

Split House is built for a young professional family wouldfrom-home capabilities, entertainment, additional children in the future etc