And just in case you doubt Lebedev's originality, try browsing his studio's website. http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/ I've lost whole days there before.
Ahmen, I'm aware of my inability to grasp "design" myslf, but it's application by skilled tradespeople always delights me. When I found AL I too spent unreasonable amounts of time trawling through it all! My favourite would have to be the studio lavatories: http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/toilets/
Just in case you trust it, check out http://www.humanssince1982.com, who did the clock clock, which was published in design mags across the world, about two years before Art Lebedev (who would have had no way of not knowing it existed if they read any industrial design media) copied it.
