In a bit of news that almost makes us want to drink some Diet Coke, fashion icon Diane von Fürstenberg lends her sensibilities to the low-calories soda for some bottle wraps that celebrate her knack for moving prints.

Following in the footsteps of old Karl Lagerfeld—who designed a series of bottles last last year (and who supposedly dropped 90 pounds in 2001 by drinking only Diet Coke and eating steamed vegetables)—Fürstenberg’s collector’s edition comes with four bottles and is priced at a bubbly $30. One-hundred-percent of the proceeds go to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in support of The Heart Truth program for women’s heart health research. The beverage inside still tastes like melted Styrofoam.

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The history and current day legacy of snuff is one not often spoken about. Here in the USA, I have yet to meet someone who indulges in the age old habit of snuff, but lucky for us, Martin Pilkington across the pond knew exactly where to go to get an inside look at the current day “popularity” of snuff, the paraphernalia around the habit, as well as a little of its dark side. Yes, snuff.

Read and see more of “Snuff – All the Cool 18th Century Kids Are Doing it” after the click.

Established in 1661, the Château Rauzan-Ségla vineyard celebrates 350 years of wine making with a special edition 2009 vintage bottle featuring a label by Karl Lagerfeld. Lagerfeld renders the Château Rauzan-Ségla grounds in his own unique way. “This Grand Cru Classé will hit retail in March at fine wine purveyors nationwide for $129.” Chanel purchased the vineyard in 1994. Pre-order status.

Good enough to eat (Don’t, it’s a book), Victionary publishers based in Hong Kong have created this book, Eat Me: Appetite for Design, focusing on restaurant, food and product design. The content itself is superb; innovative products, cleverly constructed brand identities with the book itself available in chocolate or vanilla wafer form, bite included.

Everything about this has been lovingly put together from typeface to photography. Amazon sells it Stateside. Via CR.

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Boozers of the bean may not need to be reminded of their coffee intake as strongly as the folks at C5 would like you to, but the idea is an interesting one. Their new 18×24 poster work, “In Caffeine We Trust” outlines a month’s worth of days to fill in and track coffee as it enters and feeds you. “The included set of instructions outline a few calculations to analyze personal consumption trends.” A nice gift, but I not need be reminded… Find it online at C5.

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Andy Ray of One Man’s Style shares with us his eight holiday choices. The Boston Brahmin does his best at choosing some of the most unique picks of the bunch. From Trussardi duffles, to impossible to find bourbons, Mr. Ray digs deeps into a list that could double as a “holy grail” list of gifting.

Read and see more of Andy’s eight pick for the holidays after the click.

Cyber Monday has the world spending like mad online. To make things easier, not only today, but over the holiday season, we’ll deliver a few, shall we say, “guides” to our favorite goods from 2011. While not all of them may be as accessible as a click online, they all will make for proper smiles on those gifted.

We start it off with our favorite coffee table books from 2011. We cover it all from art, photography, fashion, architecture, design, and even some surprises.

Click in for a look at our favorite coffee table books for the holiday season.

For all the years that we have been friend with the C-Store crew (and have we been through some stuff – ask Jason how they saved his life in Barcelona years back), they seem to never compromise on enjoying the very best in cuisine. They’re taking this love to a new dimension with their current work with Sandqvist. Together, they have designed a special apron and knife bag for Swedish masterchef, Niklas Ekstedt. Ekstedt, famous for his restaurant “1900,” the back door club “Kåken,” and books is set to open a new establishment under his name, “Ekstedt.”

C-Store and Sandqvist mark that opening with a knife bag and apron available exclusively through C-Store. Knives not included.

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The heritage trend does have some good points – the main one being that people are putting stock into locally made produce again. Especially when that produce is beer, something everyone can get behind, trend or no trend. Saint is a new beer that’s made in London and tastes prettttaay, pretttaaaay good. Take a leap to see some images of it in production. (Saint)

Fans of Jack will enjoy this special “birthday” edition of their favorite whiskey bourbon. The black bottle variant was produced in September. Around 200,000 bottles were produced. Clearly, not so limited, but still worthy of self space. (lp)

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