I don’t quite get the “What the fuck is Heimat?” thing on all of them, but apparently it’s a joke about a German word that doesn’t translate to English. OK then! In any case, these are certainly a lot more unique than my clock radio. [Wicked Halo via Albotas]

By Diamantini & Domeniconi, the $US230 Striped Cuckoo Clock has ditched the typically rustic bark and straw birdhouse design for a more modern approach to avian living. After all, in the age of dyed plastics, there’s no need for birds to live in leaky, drab houses. I mean, seriously, just because you’re a traditionalist doesn’t mean that the entire mechanical bird world needs to suffer. Arse. [Rockett St George via Switched On Set]

The cuckoo clock has had difficulty adapting to the digital era, with its species bordering on extinction. But this cuckoo watch is evidence that this poor avion timepiece might survive the harsh habitats of 2009.

Dubbed the Nooka Cuckoo by designer Hannes Grebin, this concept cuckoo watch features a digital, Tamagotchi-esque bird that appears on screen to delineate the time. And indeed, its mixture of an angled roof and rounded bottom seems to merge modern design trends with the iconic bird house clock of yore.

But as long as we’re talking concept here, I’d love to see a Lilliputian bird pop out on the hour while expelling a faint “cuckoo” for just you to hear. Plus you could poke people with it and stuff. [Hannes Grebin via Yanko Design]

In fact, the only way it could be more awesome is if Vigny incorporated a deep baritone voice recording saying “CUCKOO” “CUCKOO”, as our own Jason Chen suggests. [Stéphane Vigny via Unplgged via The Design Blog]