Product Designer Lee Murray has created a new application for CCTV surveillance with his object, The Observer; a public access viewing station allowing any member of the public to watch others through CCTV cameras.
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Nestle Ice Cream and JWT Johannesburg created a new summer accessory, a hat made from ice cream sticks!
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Very cool cutlery kit concept, by Brazilian designer Rafael Morgan.
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Louis Vuitton with the photographer The Selby introduces the first step of "The Journey of a Man’s Wardrobe" Fall-Winter 2010/2011.
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On window display animals ~ Puma had the Penguin army... now Thomas Pink has BULLDOGS!
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Martin Skelly's Playlist Player takes digital music away from the dusty old pc. It is based on the rich interactions of vinyl records and turns digital playlists into physical objects for you to touch, treasure, drop, lose or spill beer on.
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The invisible light source Aria by Massimo Iosa Ghini is a refined and ethereal empty crystal bubble which fills with the light flow coming from a LED source hidden in the small canopy of white metal.
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jacek barcikowski, jennifer kay and martina pagura from the copenhagen institute of interaction design present'sidetrack', a table which allows users to reflect on their working routine by drawing their pattern of behaviour.
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McKenna Kemp Graphic Design crated a series of great book cover designs for Virginia Woolf's novels.
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Frank Chimero is set to present at the May 13 Designspeaks in Portland, OR.
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Pixel group eBoy illustrate one of the strangest landmarks in all the world: the Atomium in Brussles. Behold all 9 spheres in all their pixely glory.
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SUPER K SONIC BOOOOUM by Nelly Ben Hayoun. With 50,000 tons of pure water and expert navigators from Imperial and Queen Mary, Super K Sonic Booooum was a mind-blowing visual equivalent of a massive sonic boom.
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Rockid by Ontwerpduo, a rocking chair and cradle in one. Softly swinging the rocking chair while reading a book or singing a lullaby. When the baby outgrows the cradle, it is possible to reconstruct the rockid into a rocking chair.
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Expo Shanghai 2010 has opened its doors. The Denmark Pavilion designed by BIG featured a giant circular loop so you can ride a bike just like if you were in Copenhagen. Photos by Iwan Baan.
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The Mad Dwarf Workshop is the swordsmithing work of Andy Davis and David DelaGardelle, but it is also an extended group of like minded individuals who have a love and passion for history, mythology, nature and ancient craftsmanship.
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The Eraser+ing Eraser is a wearable ring that doubles as an eraser. Available in 5 colors, it's a super chic way to undo.
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A new exhibition at the British Library reveals the history of cartography. Drawn from over more 4 million historically significant maps, most of them have never been seen by the public.
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I've put together a web preview of my upcoming show at Mondo Bizzarro Gallery in Rome for those who won't be able to make it in person.
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Typographic moustaches by Publicité Actuelle just in time for Moustache May.
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Designer Hexagonall remakes Quentin Tarantino film posters.
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In what will be his first NYC solo show, Scott Campbell will showcase his unique aesthetic via sculptures, paintings and drawings. If You Don’t Belong, Don’t Be Long, opens Thursday, April 29, 2010 6 – 8pm.
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Great house with a swimming pool on the roof. The Universe house is located in Roca Blanca, Mexico. Designed by Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco, and built by architect Tatiana Bilba.
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Photographer Robert McLaughlin has managed to add a sense of substance and subjectivity to his ethereal smoke images in his series titled 'Ephemeral'
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Pencil packaging design by Swiss artist Kevin
Angeloni, each pencil is contained in a thin glass
cylinder and topped with a stamped cork.
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Cloud Lamp #11033 at the Brits Insurance Design Awards Ceremony at the London Design Museum. Showcasing the most innovation thinking design from around the world
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Flos Soft Architecture is an ambitious system of light fixtures that blend into architecture. Pure beauty.
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Finite Elemente's new Hohrizontal 51 sound board is an impressive iPod dock in the shape of a wall shelf.
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How I Met Your Motherboard ~ tales of early computing... and adorable old mac os interface...
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Sophie Mouton-Perren, a talented French artist, enjoys working with papier mache, her creations are graceful, beautiful and poetic. Sophie has worked with Frederic Guibrunet ,to create customized product line for lighting (LUMIGrane).
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Wind Knitting Factory by Merel Karhof -- A wind powered knitting machine creating scarves to visualize the amount of urban wind.
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The Horse in Motion - A flatpack walnut backpack that plays with the design of knock down/ flat pack furniture. Features cabinetry hardware, allowing flat-pack ability and easy portability. Ready to assemble.
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Ray Cicin explores the imagery of nature and the elements. In this Micro Macro series he has turned to an old Nikon Coolpix 995 camera mounted on a trinocular microscope to expose beauty in the miniscule.
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La Trufa is a dreamlike house, a stone carved from the ground, by Ensamble Studio. A preview with pictures by Roland Halbe.
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A Tribute T-Shirt to the Bones Brigade using Experimental Jetset's iconic design
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Mus, the most symbolic contribution of the proposal pursues awaking new consciences on animal life preservation. Mus as an ornament object, recreates an upside down jail and represents the bats´ lost homes.
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FouFou is a champagne bar situated at the very edge of Stuttgart’s red light district. The German architects Ippolito Fleitz Group designed the bar as a mixture of Swabian wine tavern poesy and Paris Bohemian world.
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Are you a detail maniac? If so you will love these series of pics of brands and designers names imprinted in products.
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Jose Collection is a family of storage furniture pieces produced out of materials and processes that achieve a more responsible environmental impact.
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FEATUREDPinneti's modular leather bags... are genius! So fun to have a series of products all made from the same modular unit of leather that you can evolve and build on!
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Finisterre's very own surfing sheep, Mildred. This video of Mildred surfing is the latest collaboration between Finisterre and DLKW with directional and digital genius from Dom and Nic who've won wide acclaim for their work with the Chemical Brothers!
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FEATUREDOnly Maison Martin Margiela would fill a room at 10 Corso Como with open safes behind paintings to show off jewelry, glasses over creepy dolls eyes... and cover the walls with paint by numbers wallpaper.
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Once again the Gallery Kreo welcomes designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.
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Contemporary minimal Japanese design at it’s best. The S House design by Katsuyuki Fujimoto Architect & Associates Office.
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archiTokyo is an in-depth, five day Japan design immersion experience for serious architecture and design enthusiasts & professionals seeking inside knowledge and access to the best of the field.
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VIDEOAfter its launch at Superstudio, you can now see the assembly of the Iconic Coral light in this film by Davide Calafa for David Trubridge. It shows the how to assemble the flat-packed Coral or Floral lampshade.
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Alternate Reality, surreal paintings by Alex Andreyev, artist form Saint Petersburg, Russia. Unusual, creative and inspiring.
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FEATUREDA selection of this week’s posts featuring stunning architecture, gorgeous highlights from Milan and many other of your incredible finds!
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With Wisteria's Metal Twelve-Bottle Carrier you can carry twelve bottles of whatever - wherever.
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Shell just released a video showing the making of a translucent Nissan 370Z they hand built to promote their new line of engine oil. The footage examines how they managed to show the oil actually working inside the car using a painstakingly built clear engine.
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Celebrate recent volcanic eruptions with this Noldur ("grumble" in Icelandic) T-shirt. More attractive than an "I survived Eyjafjallajökull" T and far less specific. Hand printed on american apparel, limited to 100.
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Yniq is a new Swedish eyewear company founded by freeride skier Jon Olsson. Their line of ski glasses are designed by Norra Norr.
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Isabella Wolfe - a psuedonym based on a first name she really liked and a last name taken from Elsie de Wolfe, from whom her inspiration is drawn - but what does it matter, this is just a great table flawlessly blending pretty and cool.
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Eve, a pull up bar based on balance, designed by David Tsai
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McSweeney's just published a fun children's book illustrated by Scott Teplin and Adam Rex...
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This solar lawn mower would be quiet, lightweight and cheap. Solar panels sitting on the mower top and save the energy in the system of removable polymer-ion battery.
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Philippe Halsman's JUMP pictures from the '50s are so much fun. He even got Nixon to leap for joy!
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A few vintage style animal illustration. These image are part of an A - Z set to be used as either flash cards or bound into a book for children
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Examining the history of East and West, CeramiX is a unique art and product design project that delivers ‘remixed’ compositions that challenge the origins and purposes of each original piece.....
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FEATURED“I am furniture” Radiators by Studio Vraay ~ stunning radiators that are really pieces of furniture/works of art for the home ~ and functional too!
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Artist Peter Root latest work is ‘Ephemicropolis’, a metropolis made completely from stacks of metal staples. [an expanded version of low rise #29379?]
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ALS Designs' Angle Shelf made from sustainable bamboo and finished in natural tung oil.
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Digby & Iona release the new 2 x 4 Ring from their Spring 2010 collection called The Wood.
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Everybody can be an artist with Malibu by U : limited packaging concept in Canada. Here local artists, Damzels in this Dress, David Glantz and Nick Fox, create their bottle.
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Shane is a mapmaker, songwriter, producer and recording engineer based in Montreal, Canada. He has been making these thematic maps for 2 years and it has to be said, has turned it into a bit of an art form.
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Something so lovely about the combination of thick macrame hanging glass pots with plants... by Smalltown of Australia
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I Have Wanderlust ~ beautifully inspiring posters of continents to visit...
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Discover the Center Pompidou-Metz, in France. With architecture signed by Shigeru Ban Architects Europe with Jean de Gastines, Paris, Centre Pompidou-Metz includes 5020 square meters of exhibition space.
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FEATUREDA close up look at the IMPOSSIBLE Projects' Polaroid SX70 + First Flush polaroid film...
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Share-a-chair (limited "tho/net" edition) by Laszlo Rozsnoki, is made of a second-hand "Thonet"-chair sawn in two, with additional legs added for support. The halves can stand side by side, permitting the chair to be shared.
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tipi is e new interpretation of nomades houses by confused-direction
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Peter Marigold’s new collection – MAN MADE. Each piece of furniture is cut from a single piece of wood using successively smaller L-profiles thus maintaining structure while obtaining as much useful material as possible.
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Make Your Glass by Marina Dragomirova - A series of glasses split in two parts.
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Bols 1575 Amsterdam (aka the inventors of gin and the oldest distillery brand in the world!) asked Mash to assist them in revamping their Bols Vodka Bottle. Amazing is that they are stackable...
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This lamp concept was released by Arnaud Lapierre in 2008 and is called "Le Strip Tease".
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Strand coffee table by Chris Kabatsi for Arktura. Made of laser cut steel, it combines sharpness, transparency and resistance.
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Cryptids of The United States. Did you know you might have a Skunk Ape—or is it Batsquatch—in your backyard? Don’t be confused! Now with your trusty cryptozoology map you will be able to identify and place these rare creatures.
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Liu Lecture Series in Design at Stanford, May 3rd: Four designers discuss morality of Design in the future. Gadi Amit (NewDealDesign), Robbert Brunner (Ammunition), Valerie Casey (The Designers Accord) and Dan Harden (Whipsaw).
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A mesmerizing sound-reactive light installation by rAndom International in Home House in London. The photos don't do it justice - check out the video to see the full effect.
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FEATUREDPorsche all SLICED UP! A beautiful display at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, demonstrating the design/production process of Porsche...
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THIS. IS. SPINAL. TAPE! This tape goes to 11!
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Evan Cheng aka 2b, share his story about the character and customize products.
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AMC promote the release of Mad Men season 3 in DVD. The idea is to recreate Sterling Cooper agency in NY underground thanks to a clever cover inside a subway train.
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A gallery of "deactivated" LSD and acid tab art from the Institute of Illegal Images
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Core 77 teamed up with Craighton Berman of sketch blog Fueled by Coffee to provide illustrated coverage of Milan Design Week 2010. [Editor's Note: SO AWESOME!]
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Bloomberg Businessweek unveils their latest magazine redesign, compete with a new logo...
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Marco Fulle is a professional photographer based in Italy specializing in nature (volcano) photography. Marco’s photographic expeditions have taken him to the ends of the earth in search of amazing photographs of active volcanoes.
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FEATUREDHTC Legend ~ helped me survive Volcano Eyjafjallajokull ~ and physically/visually its more mac than my macbook pro! See the details up close...
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Alex Posada artwork has installed interactive moving lights in various locations, unfortunately has not made the home version you can buy.
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Ben Heine creates amazing images by combining pencil drawings with photographs.
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Reminiscent of snow-covered stumps, wood for these stools were harvested from a fallen maple tree. White leather upholstery and copper tacks over organic latex foam. Small, nearly-invisible feet 'levitate' them ever off the ground.
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This "basket tree" was created by arbor-sculptor Axel Erlandson more than half a century ago. It's part of "Tree Circus " opened in 1947 in California. Read the amazing story and see the rest of the "circus trees"
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Eco Highway Wallpaper gets kids thinking about their carbon footprint - in this futuristic town, cars run on milk instead of gas
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Lighting designers Cattelan Italy Calimero is the greatness of this reflective mirror pendant lights. Calimero light reflective mirror can get a view of the surrounding space.
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Jaw dropping puppets in new Japanese Subaru commercials. Puppets by Swazzle, costumes by Alex in Wonderland. Characters designed by The Chiodo Bros.
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Alite is an outdoor wear specialist with a difference, with a range of camping products that are not only practical but very stylish.
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Experience the new portrait work of Shepard Fairey, complete with original photographer credits, all in preparation for his biggest show to date: MAY DAY! As presented by Deitch Projects.
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CHOCOLATE Bombs! Design studio Omlette makes some delicious commentary on the state of Mexico's cacao import/export business.
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Real life Pacman game painted on the streets of Brooklyn by freelance photographer and street artist Katie Sokoler
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KAREN KNORR. FABLESSTORIES - eighteen great photographic works and a video of the Fables series. An evocative and silent dialogue between nature and culture at the Contemporary Museum of Photography.
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A creative circular bookshelf created by architect David Garcia, part of the Archive Series.
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At the Brooklyn Museum's annual Brooklyn Ball, food artist/caterer Jennifer Rubell presented "Icons," a participatory performance art and dinner gala.
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DARK MATTER a new mysterious installation by NIO architecten (Maurice Nio) at the Pecci Centre, Milan.
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The A La Carte kitchen range by Stuttgart, Germany-based Stadtnomaden offers modular and space-saving functional kitchens that are small in size but big on style.
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OSLOOM (short for OPEN SOURCE LOOM) is a project aimed at creating an open source electromechanical thread-controlled floor loom that will affordable for the studio weaver to make as a DIY project. By Margarita Benitez.
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The most photorealistic renderings yet of the $1.2 billion Transbay Transit Center, future terminus of high-speed rail in San Francisco — topped by a 5.4-acre rooftop park. [updated from #21193.]
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Hidden on a hill overlooking Australia’s Pittwater Bay, Rob Brown’s design for the James-Robertson house happily opens itself (and its occupants) to all that Mother Nature can dish out.
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A living face mask that filters away bacteria, captures carbon dioxide and grows plants! Robert Ortega's Green Screen was one of five finalist in Project Greenway, organized by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture.
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Julien Muller created concept bottles for Coca Cola and all its different version. Stunning.
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David Choe's first L.A show in 6 years taking place at Lazarides Gallery, Beverly Hills.
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New York artist Kaws is releasing his new Accomplice bunny keyholders. Really cool!
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This business card plays a classic rock theme when rubbed by fingernail, using the same principle of a musicbox comb
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Baby sea lion found on Mike Kai's roof this morning in Newport Beach! Mike tells the whole story and shares a video of the sea lion showing off on the Lifeyo Blog.
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Banksy is making his rounds in the US along with the premiere of his movie. After LA, first artworks by the iconic UK artist have now been spotted in San Franciso.
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Fold It, Tape It, Ship It ~ Patrick Sung's take on mail packaging...
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Mr Clement is a wonderful sculptor and graphic novelist. Don't miss his exhibition from 05/22 to 06/22 at Artoyz Paris and meet his favorite character : le Petit Lapin. Simple and fun !
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Enrico Dini has developed a 3D printer called D-Shape, a machine that can print buildings. This machine could be used to construct anything. Dini wants to build a cathedral with it. Or houses on the moon.
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Amazing paintings by Norwegian artist Jørund Aase Falkenberg.
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FEATUREDLuce Plan's Hope lamp family grows... and they are all stunning ~ incredible to get to see them all in the same room and up close! And from below!
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The MAKO bike tool by PocketToolX would be MacGyver's choice as well.
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Dennis Yang just showed me the awesome new Banksy in SOMA that just popped up today! See his photo set.
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We love "Still lives" from Kraud, a life-sized pig leather stool from german Design label Kraud (Yvonne Fehling & Jennie Peiz).
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At the frontier of eco design and slow design, Bleu Nature's driftwood flooring is created by the smooth evolution of objects and shapes over time.
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Hang On is an unpretentious and humorous coat rack that is accessible and easy to decode with its oblique expression. Hang On is the work of the British designer Jade Barnes-Richardson and is available in several colours.
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Frédérique Morrel creates one-of-a-kind products made with vintage tapestries: poufs, lamps, trays, but also life-sized animals... Strange encounters in Milano.
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This oak chandelier by Dizajn Nudrvetu consists of 258 separate pieces that create a series of block shadows on the walls.
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Ocean Rocker III by British designer Jolyon Yates. A birch laminate sculptural rocking chair.
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A beautiful wooden house, in the middle of a Ticinese vineyard, jutting high above Lake Maggiore in Switzerland. Designed by Daniele Claudio Taddei.
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Vitra had everyone talking at Salone with the chair that is not really a chair. Chairless by Alejandro Aravena.
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Interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio's Mimosa installation in Milan, featuring light panels that open and close like flowers.
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All those you've been during the Milan design week, surely you have seen hundreds of colorful dragonflies in Zona Tortona, on objects, on the people. Don't worry friends, they're harmless objects of visual communication of Libellulab!
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This lungless frog is one of 123 new species just discovered in Borneo. The WWF provides a report on the island's rich wildlife.
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Surprising packaging by MASH from a new wine label Adelina. The bottle is wrapped with printed tissue paper, to provide maximum shelf appeal. The labels inside are purposefully understated and simple to contrast with the tissue wrap.
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Paper City campaign by Pawel Nolbert & Lukasz Murgrabia for Chrysler.
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For their 50th anniversary, MINI has created the sporty Coupé Concept car which will enter production in 2011.
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A two headed bobtail lizard, a type of skink, at its new reptile park home at Henley Brook in Perth, Australia.
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Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum by Jürgen Engel Architekten was developed with references to the historic urban environment that surrounds the site. Two interlock u-shaped buildings located in the cultural center of Nanjing.
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Beautiful workshop and office by Barkow Leibinger for the German production machinery manufacturer Trumpf
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Great tutorial on how to make a Typeface character by Julian Dorado.
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rise-and-shine studio's bifold business cards offer a virtual handshake in a letterpressed world.
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Wanderlust have just launched their Earth Day print series. 50% off all proceeds are being donated to charity.
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FEATUREDSome luscious looking recent delights from Liqurious.com. You won't want to miss out on these drinks.
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Create your own king, Burger King concept redesign. Create King figurines from value meal packaging. Interchangeable pieces mean you could swap his robe for a pimp jacket, or his boots for red high heels.
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