Interesting advertisement magazine buy for DHL. The ad is for Express services and the ads use a special magazine media buy, whereby at a flick of the page, the DHL parcel is instantly delivered to the other side of the world.
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FEATUREDIn Oakley's Secret Lair ~ there is a secret panel ~ behind which there is a secret door ~ which leads to a.... SECRET BAR! Which is awesomely designed ~ see the details inside!
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Renowned Sydney tattoo artist Kian Forreal created this amazing eye-catching Asian inspired dragon tattoo for WICKED Energy Drink. What a good match for an energy drink!
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This wooden house was designed with the famous architect Marcio Kogan. This contemporary modern wooden house is located in São Paulo, Brazil.
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San Francisco based practice Iwamoto Scott recently completed the PS House in North Beach. The project generates a new openness behind an old Edwardian building, bringing light and fresh air to the interiors.
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FROM THIS DAY FORWARD Milano Design Week 2010. First solo show outside England by London based designers JAMESPLUMB.
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FEATUREDGIVEAWAY!!! We have 5 bundles of FLEXICORDS to giveaway! Super fun useful cables you can bend that hold their shape! (Also, help us poke at this new contest platform that we're experimenting with)
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Pebble Mattresses are beautifully designed non toxic infant mattresses by Nook.
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Fireplace by Redwitz. Do you like modern rokoko, or do you prefer a round one in steel?
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Florian KALLUS + Lamp + Table = Tamp & Lable
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Super fun site for Broken Bells. Each little planet has its own URL that's a mix of the letters in "broken bells" and plays a song. Reminds me of Super Mario Galaxy! And check out the lyrics view.. like designer karaoke!
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The Hello Project is an online creative collaboration giving people the chance to say hi, hello, or hola on one of today’s most common yet neglected canvas: the Post-it®.
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Behind the scenes at Parisian atelier 180g, a creative studio/shop that will hand paint virtually any article of clothing in your color choice. You may recall seeing 180g's collaboration with Nike last Fall right here on NotCot.
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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark are allowing the public to take a look around their new Amalienborg residence before they move in. An apartment full of modern art in a Castle from the 1700's . 4500 square m!
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The delicious Hidden Moves arrive at ClickforArt.com with cool new limited edition prints and cushions.
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Bjarko | Serra Architects have designed a home on Hat Island, which is near Seattle, Washington.
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These anatomical Oscars from D*Face appeared all over LA for one night only.
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Original pencil drawings on ceramics by artist Laura Zindel. Tarantulas to blue birds.
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Nike’s recent football related headlines continue with the announcement of a special (PRODUCT)RED™ ball that has been released as part of the ‘Lace Up, Save Lives’ partnership between the two entities.
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Beautiful campaign for Surfrider Foundation - "In the sea, there's no such thing as a little bit of rubbish."
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JakPak is a clever all-in-one jacket, sleeping bag and tent. It looks like a normal weather proof jacket but it unfolds to become a one man shelter.
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A solo exhibition curated by Beppe Finessi in occasion of Salone 2010.
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Sarah King organized the temporary Australian Design Museum Exhibition in Sydney. Limited edition posters from Don Fish, Mark Gowing, David Pidgeon, and A Friend of Mine & Coop are still available
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Fresh air from rural and coastal locations around the country captured in jars by the NationalTrust – given out to reduce stress. Collected from Lake Windermere in Cumbria, Stourhead in Wiltshire and Box Hill, Surrey
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Alpines Heroes is a new furniture idea from design-duo undpartner(punkt)at from Austria. It reminds of the good old times in the alpine region
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Alle, a new chair designed by Luca Nichetto for Skitsch will be presented during next Salone del Mobile. The preview will take place in occasion of the opening of Skitsch Brompton Road shop in London at the end of march.
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Interesting tumblr photography site from WR7. East London to the Alps.
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Chilling in the parisien subway ~ IKEA style.
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Hundred of jaw-droppingly gorgeous designs for restaurants, cafes, ice cream shops and more in the new book, Eat Out!
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Frank and Franco in the wardrobe - I met Frank Gehry at the 'scandalous' house in Santa Monica: had wanted to interview him for Modo magazine back in the 80's. The interview is finally coming out in Abitare.
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An American architect has made the world’s biggest free-standing playing cards house using 218,792 cards.
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Mile Aldriges worked with Lavazza for their 2010 calendar. Their 18th calendar visually interprets six Italian classic songs: "Va' Pensiero", "Guarda Che Luna", "'O Sole Mio", "Con Te Partirò", "Baciami Piccina" and "Nessun Dorma".
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The Mexican artist Damián Ortega hung steel parts from the ceiling to create the illusion of an actual truck.
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Gorgeous minimalism from Japanese firm Maruni
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Black Magic in a Bottle! Laser etched imported glass bottle for Small Gully, by wine maker Stephen Black ~ designed by /M/A/S/H/
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Bacon & Eggs... for Easter? Really its a Bacon Chocolate Egg... filled with liquid caramel... from Vosges Chocolate (the choc bacon bar folks!)
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Fun! Pott Cado Knife Block Natural Ash ~ magnetic and a beautiful and unexpected addition to any kitchen.
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Invicta has some beautiful cast iron wood burning stoves
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Oji & Design ~ love the merge of leather and metal in this washbasin combination
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Architects Eat recently has completed the ELM & Willow House. The U-shaped plan which to provide a series of visual layering between the spaces, while also creating a better relationship between inside and outside.
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Genevieve Côté was very busy in developing those pretty triangular prisms for a large number of spices known and less known. The result is striking and the modular boxes allow very interesting geometrical configurations.
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Chanel used a 265-ton, 28-foot-tall iceberg as the backdrop of its Fall/Winter 2010 collection at Paris Fashion Week.
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Dune wall tile produced by Toronto based urbanproduct. Concrete tile suitable for indoors and out, produced locally, using natural ingredients and pigmentation and sealed with a soya based sealer.
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Coil Colour Sound Oblivion box set. Handmade box set of DVD's including four hand-made cloth bags in the same (or similar) fabric Coil's costumes were made from.
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FEATUREDAston Martin One-77 ~ Got close up with one at the Aston Martin Factory ~ only 77 will be made, priced at around $2mill each... and the details are just stunning! See the video of it on the road too!
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Sony officially announced the PlayStation Move motion controller calling it the next generation of motion gaming because it’s so precise.
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FEATUREDSweet Dreams by Daniel Bjugård ~ amazing glow in the dark skull poster... up close it looks like a bunch of stars... step back... and the skull emerges.
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Coca Cola's resealable can ~ interesting packaging detail
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Imaginary Architectures by El Ultimo Grito ~ amazing glass works!
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San Francisco artist Klari Reis combines science and art with her amazing petri dish paintings. More paintings can be found at klariart.com
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Beautiful DIY curtain made from film slides.
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More photos of Kate MccGwires absolutely amazing feather sculptures. They seem to be undulating in their glass enclosed boxes. Just incredible. And she's doing an installation in NY soon.
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This kitchen is designed by Cesar. The designer combines three elegant colors into modern kitchen architecture.
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Using a little bit of humor and imagination, Suryoko makes us think less about product placement, and more about the creative scene that's taking place.
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The first stamp in the form of a book has been designed by Richard Hutten for the Royal TNT Dutch post to celebrate the 75 years of Dutch book week. eight pages, contains a 500-word story.
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If you're headed to SXSW check out the Kimber Modern hotel in Austin - it's retro-meets-palm-springs.
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Design agency Anti has made a classy, yet refreshing and decorative design for Solberg & Hansen, the oldest coffee house in Norway.
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Mykita and designer Romain Kremer present the new "Yuri" sunglasses, that are certainly very different from everything else out there. The idea is, that they protect the 3rd eye as well - the brain!
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The Skull Dress created by designer Thom Ravnholdt really made me smile!
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Avocados give this pound cake its surprising green color and surprising sweet avocado flavor. Joy The Baker is tricky like that.
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Pictures of Germany's super cool 'hanging railway'
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Tropicana creates an enormous artificial sun to brighten the mornings of those living in the northernmost town in Canada, where they live without sunrise for a few weeks each year.
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Yesterday we announced Wonderlamp exhibition: Studio Job and Pieke Bergamans together for the fist time at Salone 2010. Today Dilmos sent us a lot of funny images from the working progress.
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Mrzyk and Moriceau produced a really nice video for the 10th Anniversary of the label Record Makers.
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La rinascente in Palermo by Le Creative Sweatshop : amazing paper installation.
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These illustrations by Luke Pearson a.k.a MumblingIdiot are simply beautiful.
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The giant montane pitcher plant of Borneo has a pitcher the exact same size as a tree shrew's body...could it be that this incredible carnivorous plant evolved to eat tree shrew poo?
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Fun packaging where you can make a little tree with the wrapping of this printer paper... by Frogfile for Hemlock Printers, Frogfile Office Supplies and Grays Harbor Paper
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Gizmodo has a nice review of the new wireless Wacom Intuos 4 tablet!
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Tom Dixon does it again with this crazy mirrored ball lamp. Definitely an eye-catching statement piece!
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An amazing chandelier meticulously constructed using fishing floats and nylon fishing gut. 'Beautiful' is the last thing on my mind when I think of fishing gear.
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EARSHELL is a simple, efficient and elegant sound enhancing device. It can be used to improve our listening of music or opera. Refined, sleek profile, functions as piece of jewelry.
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Sharon Pazner's paper cutting work is enhancing both the positive and negative shapes.
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"Extended Play" mixed media by Wade Mickley.
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A beautiful collection of eco-friendly modern bamboo products for infants, babies and toddlers from French brand Castor & Chouca
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New Tea Set and electric water kettle named Pomperipossa by Jonas Wagell for Muuto. Jonas Wagell took his inspirations from fairytales. Available in Spring 2010.
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Concept for a Premium Adult Health Drink, designed by Guilherme Jardim from NTGJ. NTGJ is an award winning portuguese design studio.
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Designer Philipp Plein has just introduced his Murano Collection which includes these fabulous hand blown Skull and flower chandeliers in clear with lustre, frosted white and black Murano glass.
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Kardis K6. Futuristic semi-rigid boat designed by KEYFRAMEstudio.
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FEATUREDEvery Aston Martin DBS clearly needs a handcrafted leather Saddle ~ for random picnics, wine on the beach, and more...
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Upholstered in 100% eco worsted wool, with solid oak legs and oversized felt buttons, the M Series lends a whimsical twist to yellow diva’s collection.
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An other PR operation for the Tim Burton's movie.
Alice in Wonder Room in Selfridges & Co in London.
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Here is again something for all Lego fans. Dee & Rickey teamed up with M&M to create a series of interchangeable Lego jewelry. Really cute and now available exclusively from Barneys New York.
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A global CV hosted on Google Maps. Copywriter Ed Hamilton went a long way beyond the classic word document to tell prospective clients about his work.
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Designers from mode:lina architektura & consulting came up with a visionary skyscraper inspired by human kinetics. GESTERBINE (gesture + water + turbine) is in fact a device that helps to stop steppisation in western Poland.
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The first collection of eyeglass frames manufactured from curved wood, designed by Matteo Ragni. Lightweight, yet durable.
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The OO Wireless HD Projector by David Riesenberg brings a healthy dose of futurism to the projector market, both in design and functionality.
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It seems many product designers spent their youth on skateboards. Tunto founder Mikko Kärkkäinen designed this chair named Skede. For the printed decksTunto relies on the small finnish brand Control.
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AllesWirdGut Architektur is building an impressive 6000pax theater on an unusual site- a 2000-year-old Roman quarry in Austria.
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The saddle-like design holds 8 knives and a chopping board. Patina wanted: Traces of use like scratches or staining add to the worn leather effect. By Supergrau
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VIDEOWith high-powered video projectors and patented video mapping technology, Klip Collective transform the Art Deco façade of the Edison Hotel in Miami Beach into an eye-catching 3D illusion for the Super Bowl in February 2010.
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Iconic British luxury brand Dunhill, in a new Meatpacking district location, with a little help from London based studio, Campaign.
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Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another.
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FEATUREDA new Dear NOTCOT ~ from Lou Mora ~ who, inspired by the matte black penguin and the Oscars ~ created the GOLDEN puma PENGUIN! See the evolution...
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A light- and air-filled toilet paper sculpture created by a busker. I hope he used recycled toilet paper!
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Giles Miller’s unique Corrugated Cardboard Laptop Case at London’s [re]Design exhibit.
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Wood Wallet uses a credit card as a lid for a small chamber for money bills and coins.
It has room for 4 cards on top of each other.
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Jordan Walker's entry for the Let's Save Michigan poster contest focuses on the foresight necessary to change Michigan's future. It's a poster and a great cause and your vote is greatly appreciated.
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Penguins in Heaven : beautiful 3D animation made by Federico Costa for Delapostparis.
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Danish company Ferm Living has unveiled their new 2010 collection of modern wallpaper, decals, pillows, and kitchen accessories!
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Passengers lucky enough to be flying from Gatwick on Virgin’s ‘Upper Class’ service have an all new clubhouse from which to while away the pre-flight hours in considerable luxury.....
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The Toro collection by german label Zwei is made of the finest, vegetable-tanned leather and without chemical additives. The Toros are especially lightweight for leather bags and have a practical interior layout.
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Sony is going to release super compact digital cameras that use interchangeable lenses. Combining only the positive characteristics of both systems, this camera make me want one! Love the design!
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With art from the likes of Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Julian Opie alongside public submissions, Michael Landy's 'Art Bin' is a comment on creative failure... see it soon though, it's set to be destroyed at the end of the week.....
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A landscape for the birds using bass guitars and Gibson Les Paul electric guitars as perches, and cymbals as feeders containing water and seeds.
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British architectural firm Jestico + Whiles, designed the interior of the new Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
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Located near the world famous site of Woodstock, 100 miles north of New York City, Ben Ryuki Miyagi’s dramatic renovation of a 1960s home is challenging, unique and, well, frankly more than a little frightening...
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Utilizing the clean and highly graphic design of metro maps as a template, designer Alberto Antoniazza has created a simple and interesting map outlining the history of Rock n' Roll
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Archiwaste is a 10 meter high tower, entirely made from recycled cardboard.
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Out Of Forest signed by Tobias Gundorff Boesen is a superb stop motion short film.
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FEATUREDPlaymobil Safe Crackers ~ you can even set the combination on the safe lock! And there is something very Hipster Hobo about the look of these two with their stubble, striped shirts + jackets, and irremovable sunglasses...
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Fun idea ~ those old school geometric polygon building kits as a lampshade... or at least the base structure for one...
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Kuhn Rikon Dual-Chamber Squeezable Decorating Kit ~ after last weeks adventures with sugar cookies and royal icing in london ~ i think we need this! What a fun set?!?!
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FEATUREDThese Japanese wooden spinning tops are all unique ~ and some even have floating rings carved out of them... See the videos of them in action!!!
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Cafe+Space Beyond is creative space in FUKUOKA JAPAN.
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"Shopping turned on its head" isn't just a meaningless tagline for GAP. They literally mean it. To promote their new loyalty program, Sprize, the GAP in Vancouver, BC turned its entire store upside-down.
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Familiar shape with enjoyable appearance, inspired by Lego and Tetris games, to combine concepts in stationery design. You can use it to stick your photos on fridge or pin your memos on corkboard.
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Rarely seen embroidery label created by War Design for wine packaging. The Logan "Signature" Wine features beautiful, intricate compositions of fruits, berries, leaves and flowers...
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The Objects of Desire exhibit featured at the Museum of Design Atlanta, showcased works produced via computer-aided manufacturing processes, challenging forms and aesthetics that were previously inconceivable.
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Visual graph comparing historic U.S. event death totals to Haiti's devastating lost to help better understand that Haiti truly needs our help.
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Artist / designer HELMO creates this "ongoing" screenprint poster by the title "XlXXlXNlXWl" - so far it's 6 layers deep, including a thick, reflective foil!
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Graphic design? Nay. Artist, Masahana Kato takes an X-acto knife to paper and serves up wonderfully unique and stylish images.
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An attractive floor lamp by Irish designer Davin Larkin of Kooyong Design. Use of special woods as the main raw material.
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More from Amanda Jane Miller, a painter and illustrator living in Charleston, WV. Her work is whimsical and cute, yet insightful.
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A Bathing Ape is currently exhibiting their Case Study House furniture collaboration. Some really cool Eames chairs, wall clocks, tables and more.
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Do you buy art? William Powhida will convince you.
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Galls - some are hideous and some strangely beautiful but they leave the plant looking as if it has been invaded by miniature aliens. Take a look at the weirdness of the plant gall.
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Koomarty is a small paper bear by Kamimodel.
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Art from Amanda Jane Miller. She is too shy to blow her own horn, but I will say that she rocks! This illustration shows her perception of everyday surroundings.
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The BFI have released the first ever Alice in Wonderland film, shot in 1903. Lovingly restored it was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow.
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China makes 70% of the world’s toys. These photos are an interesting look at a Chinese toy factory
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Andrew Bell's O-No Sushi makes a return...from the dead!
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A team from the BBC1 science programme 'Bang Goes The Theory' has unveiled a car that runs on coffee. Car-puccino, the car is actually a modified version of 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco.
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giant DIY paper flower backdrop from Ruche clothing's Spring lookbook
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On the day of the release of Alice In Wonderland, Disney took over the Los Angeles Times with a 3D image of the Mad Hatter on a faux homepage wrap (the real LA times cover page was beneath it).
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For the red wine geek ~ Resveratrol (Red Wine) Molecule Necklace ~ by Made With Molecules
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Lighted Shower Head by Fir Italia - new Chromo shower system
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Smokey Storm - A collection from the Horsetracks.
Gamblers, jockeys, enthusiasts, horseowners, drivers and bookmakers... They are all here.
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Laurel Avenue Bakery is selling Down The Rabbit Hole curio boxes filled with delicious cakes, such as these blue meringue mushrooms, in honor of the Alice In Wonderland movie release.
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Designer Neil Chow's 'Villain' skateboard designs are graphically stimulating while maintaining a wonderfully stark minimalism.
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FEATUREDMax Wanger is one of our favorite lifestyle photographers, and he does amazing things with Love... now he has a line of tees inspired from wedding shoots! A new one each month! Beautiful!
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