DesignBoom has just announced the results of Intelligent Hand, an international design competition on theme of modern craft. Organized by DesignBoom and Macef, an Italian design trade show, the contest drew an astounding 3,131 designers from 88 countries. But only a handful won out. Here's a small sampling.

Above: Sono Mocci's Linea Rouge, a pitcher with an alcohol thermometer in the handle which tells you how hot the contents are. The basic tech is similar to the first thermometer invented in 1654 by Ferdinando de'Medici.

Cornelius Comanns took home $7,250 for his grand-prize winning design: An LED fixture built into the handle of an axe. You can hang the lamp, or place it anywhere simply by hacking into another object.

Shuhei Senda's Curvaceous Folder won Second Place, and $4,350. Aimed at making plain-jane plastic into something memorable and crafty, the single sheet folds along the center, which has been stamped with snaking creases.

Charlie Davidson's Cool Chair, made from stamped sheet metal.

Eduardo Alessi's Spaghetti Ruler, which is several tools in one. The handle is a measure for pasta portions; one side of the handle tells you how much water and pasta you should use, depending on how many people you're serving. (The idea being to save water.) It also works as a serving spoon.

The Third-Place winner, Yoav Avinoam's Shavings coffee table...

...the top is made from sawdust molded together with resin. Avinoam took home a cool $2,900.

Zhuo Wang's Poetic Plastic, a bowl made of stretchy polystyrene...

...when not in use, it sits flat.

Edwin Barber's Peggy Stool is meant to show exactly how it was made. The plywood base, bent from a single flat sheet, is held in place by a plastic top.

Matilda Ringnér's Rain Man, a wine carafe that makes pouring a glass into a visual and aural event. And as the wine flows into the glass, it breathes far quicker, thanks to the increase surface area making contain with the air.