This faux bois sofa is a great trompe d'oeil. It seems like a rustic pine bench, but it's really photo-printed fabric covering cushions.
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halo is a handy light specially dedicated to light-writting - by Aïssa Logerot
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FEATUREDA sneak peek at Carlos Ramos' upcoming solo show "India" ~ at the Corey Helford Gallery
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sam winston: romeo and juliet - "cut every word from a copy of shakespeare's 'romeo and juliet' and separated them into three categories: passion, rage, and indifference. he then cut each letter individually and worked them into the patterns you can see here."
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Spiky Bracelet ~ Dangling spikes hanging from a chain link bracelet with lobster clasp closure. also in black and white!
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A great collection of digital art from designer/illustrator Gianluca Fallone. At only 23 years of age, Gianluca already has an impressive portfoliio having done work for clients like Nike and MTV.
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Discover the Genesis of Making Love with Luxury Sex Toys. One for each day that God created....7 in all.
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Amazing artwork from Absolut in the latest ad : Absolut Anthem
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The Works of Fernando & Humberto Campana
1989 - 2009 (Vitra Design Museum)
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Does paper justify the destruction of trees? Do we see them as one and the same in our minds, just in different states, like water and ice? - Forestal by Pezo Von Ellrichshausen Architects.
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New Typeface: St Atmosphere /// Will be available soon at myfonts.com /// by german designer Sascha Timplan
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VIDEOThis is the new animated video for my song “Goodbye London”. It combines 2-D animation with stop-motion photographs of walls, buildings and various favorite parts of London.
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'Home Sweet Home' - Original art & limited edition prints in Seb Lester solo show.
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Designer Mia Cullin creates these TYVEK-made 'Flake & Flower' pieces that can be joined together to form the shape of screen you like in 3-dimensional, totally flexible & interesting.
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Luxirare presents us with lollipop-pies! Ridiculously cute, and I bet they taste really good too.
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Maeve Harness Necklace from Girl Tuesday Jewelry
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It's not a security camera! It is Spoticam, new light design from Antrepo. It comes with adjustable arm, you can use it on your table or wall.
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A beautiful collection of pics capturing the Loraine Mondial Air Balloon Rally held in Chambley France
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City of London Information Centre is contemporary building design was designed by Make Architect. Located to the south-west of the South Transept of St Paul’s Cathedral
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Eye Candy! Vintage typewriter ribbon tins on Flickr
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Set of new ceramic monsters made by Eva Funderburgh, presently on display in Port Townsend, Washington.
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Donna De Cesare is a talented photojournalist from NY who among other things has documented the spread of LA gang culture to Central America. Amazing images.
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Beautiful short film in stop-motion called "Pigeon Pilfer", by Michael Stevenson.
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Swedish designer Jonas Forsman has created the ‘Old News’ magazine and newspaper holder for Creatables, a Gothenburg-based network of designers who develop products made from waste materials
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Toys R Evil has a great interview with Camilla D'Errico ~ also i'm loving the hair to tentacles transition on this Neil Gaiman adaptation...
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Finally! Hudson Paints has quite the array of COLORED Chalk Board Paints! Lovely pictures over at Design*Sponge of ideas of what to do with them.
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“Body Paint” by Mehmet Akten is an interactive installation and performance allowing users to paint on a virtual canvas with their body, interpreting gestures and dance into evolving compositions.
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"Found In The Noose Of The Fountain Of Youth..." ~ from a 16yr old's suicide note in jail, expanded into poetic stencil art... by Jerm IX
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Science Lab Stools! I think these would look pretty awesome in so many other places... and adjustable height and totally affordable too!
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VIDEOStreet Artist: Gaia, Taming Nature, a short clip on his work. Incredible stuff, Rock on.
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Pulse, Teague's new concept for an urban bike, addresses all the necessities of a standard bike commute. Taking cues from both fixed gears and cafe-racers. sweet
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The new metallic Qee series from Toy2R definitely look like mini Jeff Koons sculptures.
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Great new exhibition book on 'Super Contemporary' London designers. Exclusively available from the Design Museum. Book Design by Bibliotheque.
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Remember barrel organs and their perforated cards ?
Here they go again !
A musical interface experiment.
Have fun !
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Traditional landscapes utilize paint to represent nature. In this series of work by Gregory Euclide the paint captures nature as it flows - the paint becomes the river that literally captures the scene.
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‘Muji manufactured by THONET’ is a collection of simplified, stylized Thonet designs made of bentwood and tubular steel, available exclusively at Muji stores in Japan, Germany, Paris and the UK.
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A selection of artists, architects and writers were invited by guest curator Paul Prudence to contribute work that dealt with biological, botanical and morphogenetic ideas and processes.
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Leica has released the new S2 DSLR, 37.5 megapixels of sheer photographing prowess.
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In the context of the Festival des Architectures Vives at Montpellier, France (18th-21st June), on the theme ‘Ephémères Curiosités’, ateliermob purposed to reinvent children’s universe on one antique mansion’s courtyard of Montpellier.
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Adidas SLVR ~ some gorgeous new pieces in this collection... intriguing, i'd never have thought to turn a carabiner luxe? Cover it in leather?
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Ceci n'est pas une un pipe ~ magritte goes USB? I'd love to have this sticking out of a front facing port on my tv... beautiful illustration by Kevin Van Aelst for NYT
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Lac Bleu (m) from Poland's Jerzy Goliszewski
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The linear courtyard is introduced in between two linear apartment blocks that playing an important rule to the project. Designed by Garduño Arquitectos
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VIDEOThe Longest Way 1.0 - one year walk/beard grow time lapse. Man walks across China and photographs the grown of his beard.
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"Black Gold" is an installation by Tattfoo Tan that includes mobile gardens built out of discarded shopping carts and jarred compost priced at the value of gold.
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Beautiful cutlery set made by Clara del Portillo and Alejandro Selma for designboom’s Beyond Silver competition.
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Artisan accessories by Kouta Fukunaga
The Japanese designer and craftsman Kouta Fukunaga is one of several artisans from Hokkaido who find inspiration in the natural environment of the northern Japanese island...
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A lovely animated short about a dog and a butcher.
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Deformscape...within limited space this outdoor sculpture garden inherits a large tree where Thom Faulders uses this sole arboreal presence to establish a gravitational pattern of grooves that are focused towards the centroid of the tree.
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VIDEOHome movies from the crew at ILM during the making of Star Wars. Very cool and candid look at the team that brought so much innovation to film FX.
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We love MAG FRAME, a magazine rack designed by the japanese designer Shigeichiro Takeuchi...
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White Wall SF has a beautiful show on - 07 Becca
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A pack of love is a subtle and elegant condom-packaging; it looks like a fancy mach-box and opens the same way. It contains 3 condoms and it’s already to bee found at Berns hotels in Sweden!
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Artist Milan Heger launches 'Artifacts'. A new collection of luxury eco-friendly furniture finally available to the general public!
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Boston Dynamics make robots that run, climb and swim just like animals. It's unnerving.
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rob dobi of fullbleed.org has released his 9th series of teeshirts, featuring conceptual artwork on a high-quality, ultra-comfy canvas!
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Kurt Dexel recently released the Angular Collection, inspired by a triangular piece of scrap wood that he found in his studio. Really beautiful pieces!
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While giving us a peek at Christmas In July ~ NYT's The Moment shares a peek at Marcel Wanders for Target coming this holiday season... a wreath made of gold jingle bells
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FEATUREDPrometheus Springs: Capsaicin Spiced Elixir - occultish branding, fun bottling video... and upside down pentagon of 5 stars around a crowned dragon ouroboros encircling what looks like a simplified masonic symbol for a logo...
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This is Norihiko Inoue's interpretation of how a new vertu phone could look like! The phone consist of a hollow shelf which incorporates all keys and display...
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FEATUREDRose thorns or shark's teeth? Beautiful jewelry collection from young brit, Dominic Jones
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Beautiful lettering by the graphic designer Geri Popova. Find new inspration in this creative project.
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Vintage bodybuilding ads - beat the bully and get the girl. Has advertising moved on much since?
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Pixel Mickey, Pixel Naughty Bits, and a bunch more! All cut out of newspaper and stuck up with a brush and wheatpaste. Designed and stuck by Pedro Biz.
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Domodinamica - scuba lounge chair by domodinamica
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27 East Sussex Lane is luxury house design was designed by ONG&ONG Pte Ltd located in Singapore. The house is hidden behind plenty of bamboo plants which imparts a sense of privacy and an oriental outlook.
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What? You didn't know about the Apple Classic II Monotone? Made in promotion of the newly online portfolio of designer/typographer Thomas Williams.
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fantastic installation by you collaborative duo Smith & Clarkson. Questioning the potentiality of failure in contemporary technologies and the implications they have on architectural formations.
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FEATUREDLotte Berk Method ~ the photography in this 70's exercise book is stunning ~ and fun to see how her methods evolved into Exhale and Bar Method teachings as well...
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The Magma Arts and Conference Centre features local volcanic stone, however it is almost entirely made out of concrete; cast concrete, concrete blocks, concrete tiles used cleverly back side facing out, and rough concrete worked on site by local craftsmen...
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What could possibly entice you to attend a date more than a bit of the brain of Stan Lee?
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Sabrina Jung's photography - quiet and beautiful.
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Intrigued by the harinezumi ~ a toy digital camera that shoots video! check out the test videos...
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Billboard Media. Real Pinball Game at bus stations. The "tongues" beat the "eye-ball" when it tries to get to the "Flavour" goal, as an allusion to the film campaign.
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Ever wonder what Apple.com [would have] looked like in 1983? This is a great mock up of what Apple.com looked like when Ronald Reagan was still in office!
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Nissan unveiled it's new all-electric car, the LEAF today! Going on sale in 2010, it's a slippery looking car. Nice touches throughout. Exciting!
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Designed in Italy from the famous clock manufacturers Diamantini and Domeniconi this is their latest design Cuckoo Clock. The Cuckoo Clock is hand made using coloured resin in fabulous stripes. It reminds me of the Paul Smith stripe design.
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Digitally fabricated LED lighting installation by Ball State University students responds to human movement using sensor technology. Their work was displayed recently at Beyond Media in Florence, Italy.
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Omri Barzeev has recently finished his degree in industrial design at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Zaza chair was his final project.
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Chris & Tibor presented the latest collection for Fall Winter 2009/10. Simple and clean, minimalistic approach to bag design.
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And? Steven Bonner of AKA Studio has a bit of a thing for amperands.
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Lightbox is actually a wood cabinet with 8000 holes reinforced with transparant resin. Designed by Studio Jo Meesters.
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25 Deckchairs designed by 25 local artists in Southsea, Portsmouth, UK.'Own a piece of Southsea with your very own deckchair designed by local artists'. Follow the making of them and choose one to buy.
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Mehrzeller's customizable caravan is configured with an online program so each user can tailor the trailer to their individual needs and desires!
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A public urinal in the design rather surprising, to eliminate the bad habits of the men.
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Koolhaas Houslife: an architectural documentary about his famous House in Bordeax, through the eyes of the housekeeper
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buBbLe is an independent, nomadic, flexible dwelling mechanism that allows its occupants to give an answer to different time situations.
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Wood meets Brick. This simple fence, designed to hide a water pump, shows how two traditional materials can co-exist.
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Tulip collection by MDT-Tex, consists of elegant parasols with quite unusual shapes similar to a nice flower.
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Recently completed by Peter Pran of NBBJ, the project composed of two distinct architectural forms split by the dramatic striking color glass atrium.
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Ferm Living, Denmark has gorgeous Animal Farm Wallpaper
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"Stick With Me" Plaster Logs! Designer: Something's Hiding in Here, Philadelphia - Dimensions: 8" long, 2" diam.
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jubru - nice flickr set of cassette tape inserts
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Wool and the Gang prove that anything can be packaged beautifully... even balls of yarn for products to be...
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The Lamborghini Murcielago Strada Concept by Reiter Engineering has replaced the front splitter, rear diffuser, and rear wing with carbon fiber parts. The new vented hood gives it a mean machine look as well.
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Very cool manual-winding bedside lamp. Wind it up for a few minutes of light, and when it goes out, you're probably asleep!
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A truly strange new Diesel billboard ad that is very hard to explain. ‘Happiness comes from inside. I'm working on it.’
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These stunning pictures show the latest activity during the rebirth of the infamous volcano which holds a long-standing record for causing the highest number of human deaths ever – a staggering 36,000 in 1883.
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Dutch artist Geke Wouters has created a stunning collection of paper-thin bowls made from carrots, peppers, beet root, leeks, tomatoes, and other vegetables. And yes, they are edible!
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Polypropylene Detritus by PDX artist Blaine Fontana.
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Ryan McGinley returns with a highly anticipated solo show of 24 new photographs. This time he takes his band of young naked models into caves and takes some truly spectacular shots.
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Monkee Design interviews industrial designer, Aaron Hughes. He shares helpful sketching and rendering tips, the difference between being a student and a pro designer, and adds some helpful advice to boot.
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A special display from over 100 well-known international contemporary artists custom painted Japanese kokeshi dolls is available for sale at the JANM store.
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Lotus City if just one of the wonder-filled vegetal dreamscapes that architect Luc Schuiten has translated from his imagination to paper for our viewing pleasure.
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Ou Studio based this instalation on the idea of a 3D blueprint. Various items from an old house is placed on the blue wall and complemented with white lines
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Super-cute new icon for the Bacondrop application on OSX!
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Felissimo’s 500 Colored Pencils is a subscription based program where subscribers receive color themed sets of 25 pencils each month. Colors include names like "Arizona Sunset" and "Drizzly Afternoon."
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The Camouflage House is a hidden home peeking out from under the ground.
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LG goes borderless with their latest TV ~ "LG's new SL-series LCD TVs are noteworthy because of their "seamless" design which makes the bezel, LCD panel and speakers all look like a single piece."
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Photojojo has the Monsterpods ~ "Only the coolest freaking, gravity-defying, mind-boggling tripod ever created! Monsterpod is a Viscoelastic Polymer-based tripod" - I'm so curious to try it out!
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Spread the love with momiji dolls. So Kawaii!
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FEATUREDAnthony Burrill has a great series of posters over at Concrete Hermit ~ here are my favorites!
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STUNNING new Brian Viveros print from Think Space ~ limited edition of 12! "Mess With The Bull" ~ gorgeous hand embellishing and framing...
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Full Circle Sustainable & Bio-degradable Multi-Purpose Cleaning Set ~ some of the cutest woody cleaning supplies i've ever laid eyes on!
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Leica and Andre team up for a Collete limited edition camera!
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A polar ice station - part of a new book looking at Extreme Architecture from all over the world. Includes chapters on cold, high, wet and space.
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Colette has a super cute acoustic sculpture JB/N and Caperino & Peperone Haute Fidelité by artists Kuntzel + Deygas
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The name ‘Saloukee’ comes from my name – Sarah Louise Kelly – and I create sculptured art jewellery made in paper.
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Shoelace Converse project by Timothy Liles.
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The Fontplore by Christian Hertlein and Marcus Paeschke, is an interactive application designed for searching and exploring font databases.
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Comicscope! I forgot how fun retro comic book ads were....
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Label design for "Cem Amigos" (hundred friends) portuguese wine.
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Artist David Lanham's amazing new toy, Bill the Yeti!
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Fantastic coffee cup drawings by Cheeming Boey.
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Todd Falkowsky takes the iconic Canadian toboggan and converts its molded shape into a new use and a new experience. The table builds on the structure of the sled and flips some of the slats to become support for either end.
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FEATUREDStandard Boardshorts by Quiksilver ~ awesome collaboration, impressive attention to details, and they come in "odor resistant waterproof bags", and sold in poolside vending machines!
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Estee Lauder found Brad Hamann via theispot.com and commissioned him to create limited edition Pop Art for DKNY's "Be Delicious" fragrance.
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A Sneak Peek Inside Tim Burton’s Head (and MoMA’s Show)
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Through the use of gallery style imagery, Britain's Best Buildings aims to highlight the best in the built environment throughout the UK.
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"Bus Stop" from the series Light is Life showing light characters hand drawn by Christopher Hibbert, french photographer and light painter.
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What's better than a Dyson vacuum cleaner? A Dyson tricycle. That's what I'm rollin about.
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Oh boy! To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Gundam, a sixty foot monument has just taken its place in Odaiba Park, Tokyo.
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Francisco Mangado’s competition-winning archaeology museum provides a modern setting for the exhibits of a historically rich region.
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American minimalist William Earle, Hal table.
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Hollister, left, and Porter Hovey, sisters with an appetite for late 19th-century relics have truly stunning collections. Great slideshow and article from the NYtimes on the New Antiquarians,
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For those who eschew air-conditioning for the open air, ARTINFO chooses six of the best public art projects currently on view in New York.
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The premise behind Surtido de Mutaciones is pretty interesting...Basically that IKEA is actually a supplier of raw materials, rather than of finished products. 35 designers took IKEA parts and came up with their own products.
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The surge in human size creations of the classic game Mouse Trap
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