FEATUREDThis gorgeous bike has - AUTOMATIC SHIFTING.
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#4484
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FEATUREDVideos worth watching this morning ~ Icelandic Reyka Vodka's youtubes ~ brilliantly written, cute clothes, adorable actress, and the black and white sketch animation world is great.
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Artist Jethro Haynes is customizing shoes into great little dioramas for Pointer Shoes.
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La casa sull'albero is group of italian architects which features some well designed treehouses in his portfolio.
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Hyper Island welcomes non-Swedes to apply to the fall 2007 Digital Media education in south Sweden. The school also introduces a new Interactive Art Director program in Stockholm, Sweden.
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#4475
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Bin Bin is a funny trush can for your paper made by polyethylene.
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#4473
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speaking of cassette tapes, check out the marcella foschi cassette wallets at the designboom shop.
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#4474
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Studio Dialog spring reel - Beautiful and elegant motion !
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"rig.our (n.) 3. a harsh or cruel act"
Dictionary Buttons.
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#4468
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I saw these adorable buddha banks at a shop in San Francisco this weekend.
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#4467
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Analog audio tape cassette nostalgia.
Beautiful collection of 138 audio tape cassette.
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Method will be launching their BLOQ line ~ body wash, lotion, shave cream, and bar soap. green mint for the "go getter", water flower for the "pure minimalist", beach sage for the "escape artist", and citron leaf for the "eternal optimist."
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#4457
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A Rocking Horse for grown-ups made of bamboo by Celery Furniture!! Of course they make one for kids too and call it a Rocking Pony. How fun is that?
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Given our layout/design ~ it seemed appropriate to show you this polaroid style flexible mirror from ATYPYK
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FEATUREDThe Museum Plagiarius in Germany shows products with their knock offs, like this knock off of Alfi called "Albi"
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#4454
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Le Vin au Verre ~ letting you have what looks like a mix between the setups at vino venue and a hi-tech kegerator?
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#4453
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Ming Oil & Vinegar set from Jansen + Co. Looks like upside-down wine glasses...but looks can be deceiving!
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#4451
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Andrea Galvani ~ something mysteriously surreal yet enticing about the photography...
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#4449
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Magnetosphere by Robert Hodgin. Audio by Trentemoller... breathtaking use of Processing for some of the most incredible visualizations i have ever seen. (thanks, Josh Spear)
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FEATUREDSvan Scooter - Swedish design at its finest? Mixing play and sleek bent wood.... i need one, as does every kid out there.
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FEATUREDAlso from Every Space Design, Arrange shelf ~ gorgeous mix of bamboo, steel, rubber, and glass test tubes.
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FEATUREDIt only LOOKS like frosting ~ but it is in fact the sweetest solution to keeping pigeons off your window sills as cast in plastic by Every Space Design.
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#4439
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If you click one thing today ~ pick this one. Nikon's Universcale... gorgeous flash piece giving you a feel for how tiny or gigantic we are in the grand scheme of things... great use of silhouettes
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FEATUREDSpotted at CA Boom ~ carolyn mendoza's incredible living artworks ~ patina techniques, metalwork, aerial plants... wow.
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99 Rooms is a unique internet art project that interweaves wall painting, photography, animation and sound in a manner entirely unknown until now. TOTALLY COOL, click around...
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Rob Dobi has done it again. Some humor + some great illustrations = some quality entertainment. Silly scene kids. [Editor's Note: i. cant. stop. laughing.]
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FEATUREDJUST got back from trade day of CA Boom 4 ~ "the west coast independent design show" ~ so for those who cant wait for posts or can't make it, here are my random pics.
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This is a plaster ceiling tile! Above View makes plaster ceiling tiles in every imaginable texture. This is the crocoldile, make sure to see all the others!
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Belkin's latest ~ hubs to plug your desk holes...
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#4432
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Ross Lovegroves' new 2 meter tall floor standing audio speaker For KEF audio, due out later this year.
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#4430
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This clever scale lets you compare your weight to famous people and pop culture figures instead of displaying your weight in pounds or kilos.
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#4425
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In time for Easter: Resurrection Bunnies, Eggs, and Chicks. They're adorable little dead plushie dolls guaranteed to resurrect in time for Easter-- get em' while they're dead! (This is deliciously wrong. I love it.)
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Jason Miller's stoneware Lego vases, now available in large or small from his gallery and soon available from Areaware!
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A true Heart made of Murano Glass by French designer Melanie Fontaine, one of the winner of the competition.
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#4429
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In The Palazzo Reale in Milan - by Gino De Dominicis.
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#4422
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flickr related tag browser - freeform image search engine lets you play - gorgeous!
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#4421
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Riding on a tide of interest in personal submersibles, these stunning Duo Beta and Trio Alpha concepts from Guillermo Sureda-Burgos look like they have been pulled straight from a sci-fi flick.
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#4419
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Ron Arad brings this simple fastener into focus with the eponymous Screw stool. Made from mirror polished aluminum and satin stainless steel. Only $1539
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#4420
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get a sense of how huge a whale really is. check out this blue whale life sized thanks to the whale and dolphin conservation society. well spotted core77!
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#4418
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This might need to be the next house for Shade Elaine's Mr. Chompers (the venus fly trap) - Regent House Tabletop Terrarium
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#4417
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Fredrik Johansson's centerfolding guitar. From the DeVillain Guitar Company.
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#4416
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Kinetica is the UK's first museum dedicated to kinetic, electronic and experimental art. It opened in Old Spitalfields Market, London, on 6 October 2006.
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#4415
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"each piece is unique. four to six feet in length." There's something timelessly romantic about clawfoot tubs... amusing that they use icy blue sensuede ~ is that supposed to be like water?
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#4410
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Exhibition at Stephen Wirtz Gallery in SF - CATHERINE WAGNER - A Narrative History of the Light Bulb ... March 28 - April 28, 2007
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#4405
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Ben Dunn Library - From the guys that brought you thelazerdome.com, here's their newest creation. Ad geeks everywhere should enjoy it.
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#4394
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Adobe CS3 announced and available for pre-order! YUP
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Beautiful cut leaves from Jen Stark. So delicate and complex in the simplest way.
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#4396
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Vertikal claims to be "the world's first neckless bottle" ~ which makes me wonder if the pom tea glass count as a bottle?
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#4393
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Solid teak and stainless steel trivet - Design: Designit, Denmark - gorgeously minimalistic and oh so functional.
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There are climbing walls... then there are what feel like alice in wonderland goes to the museum and has to climb her way out... Illoiha gym
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#4391
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Easy access, stainless steel cube, condom dispenser for your bedside? Particularly like their attention to detail with the shape on top... from Germany
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#4390
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Isaak Fernandez Rodriquez created a fantastic batman animation short. Check it out!
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#4386
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Amazing speakers from the Chinese mixed media artist Guan chun.
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#4388
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architecture overload! austria's summer house is gorgeous. reminds me of a sexy version of home. love the editorial by matthew hussey too.
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#4381
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Flying bed is a reality now. Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars spent last 6 years trying to develop this wonder of science and he finally did it.
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#4378
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im not so sure about the bookbag by Cogitatio...it seems somehow sacriligious to gut a book like that...
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#4380
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FEATUREDBigfoot's Survival in the Modern World Show ~ i'm currently obsessed with the collection of pieces that bring bigfoots right out of the woodgrains....
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#4375
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David Weeks little votive candle look like miniature fireplaces
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#4374
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Designboom launches their shop! Congrats! (some fun designer goodies, shirts, rings, lamps, books, you name it!)
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FEATUREDFor those with a love of condiments (or redbull, or haagen daz, or vodkas?) ~ Theo Fennel makes silver sleeves for your foodies.
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#4372
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Motorola's latest announcement - Bluetooth Headset H680 - 8 Hours Talk Time!
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#4371
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The Nodal Ninja- a panoramic tripod head. This is about as cool as camera equipment gets. Great industial design.
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#4369
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Boring old Japanese purikura becomes Videkura. What on earth will those schoolgirls do?
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#4362
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Songbird, an up and coming media player, has some sweet little mascots and the player is nice too. Still has a few kinks, but they accept user feedback with open arms.
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#4365
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check out Re:mo. SOZ will open its flagship store this spring in Osaka, Japan, and from March 12 will be featuring in a window display at the Musee des Arts decoratifs in Paris.
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#4364
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this ninja dreams shirt at owl movement had to be posted. lots of fun designs, including my favorite, Eleanor Grosch's platypus. [Editor's Note: YAY! Wee Ninja!]
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#4363
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Mint - See your website's statistics in style. Really love to look at my stats now, and understand them too.
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#4356
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...BuonaPasqua with PiOPiO new PaperToys Scarabokkio...freedownload!!! [Editor's Note: thats pretty adorable]
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#4361
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Computerized 3dimensional woodworking machine! The interface looks pretty user friendly too. Mildly pricey though, at $2K. I want one!
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#4360
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'MINI the book' details the history of the Mini from its birth in 1959 all the way through to going head to head with Charlize Theron for hottest cast member in the Italian Job. I'll let you decide who won that battle...
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#4357
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Monopolylive.com let you play Monopoly in the real London with 18 real cabs fitted with GPS systems as your movers.
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#4359
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Also love the idea of these wood slat tiles ~ instant patio, that you can even store when not in use... or in the bathroom? West Elm ~ 4 for 99$
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#4351
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Wow. I am thinking i'd almost rather have this wood slat double lounger instead of a couch in front of the big tv... gorgeous new piece from West Elm ~ nice selection of cushion colors
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#4350
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Geekiest Skincare Ad i've seen? Oil of Olay goes for the undo key command....
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#4349
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A child's school desk rendered in metal with like engravings, chewing gum and graffiti! Limited to 25 made! "Based Upon My School" by Jimmy St. James for Citizen:citizen
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#4347
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A beautiful new fire basket, when lit dancing fire dragons appear! Great for coming season!
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#4345
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Apparently pottery barn has realized that framing frosted glass makes a much prettier variation to the white board... i want one!
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#4344
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The TT Movement, a collective of Australian artists formed to celebrate the Audi TT, prepare to unleash their exhibition on the Museum of Contemporary Art in April. [Previously seen as 3377, but here's the full site]
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#4342
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Folding@home with your PS3 really is everywhere today ~ (we even got dugg about it) ~ but this little gamers comic sums up the situation pretty nicely.
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#4343
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Alessi's latest offering, the 'Pasta Pot', guarantees less time washing up and more time with a hearty feed in front of '24'.
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#4341
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For anyone who's curious about stats on a *real* site... going through boing boing's is fascinating ~ the referrals list reads like a who's who of high traffic sites to read
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#4340
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Brand New one-sheets for Optimus Prime & Megatron. I can't wait for 7.4.7.
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#4339
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Funny that OO wished for an Altoids phone in #3632, because I actually know a guy who made one...
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#4336
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The new Music Sofa by designer Giongkun Wuqiongkun contains a wireless speaker set-up with a built in CD player. Music to your whole body!
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#4330
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The Transport, an egg-shaped fiberglass vessel outfitted with speakers and an array of light-emitting diodes, available for $10,000.
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#4332
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Tu Fin is a new sport, operated with body strength boat. The body movement activates almost all groups of muscles and ensures thereby holistic cycle-strengthening body training.
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#4331
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Cathrine Krullberg's Norwegian Lighting series uses lasercut wood designs through which light eminates. Via Mocoloco
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#4329
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As spotted on TasteSpotting by Daily Olive ~ the Chork ~ fork meets chopstick... by laura rittenhouse studio furniture.
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#4328
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Ineeka has been working on reinventing the tea bag. They have combined the experience of loose tea with the convenience of a bag.
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#4326
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FEATUREDB. Shackman Company manufacturers some pretty unique plastic nodders ~ from hippos and cats to dachsunds and black poodles...
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#4325
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This Chinese smoker's phone doubles as a real pack of cigarettes. I want one disguised as a pack of Altoids, complete with actual mints!
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#4321
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FEATUREDMmmmm cake. Helvetica Cake. With a full on video of the eating in process that is not to be missed... Culinary Typography at its finest.
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#4320
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Now you see it ... Now you dont.
Compact living space? Try ghost furniture like this ~Jimmy~ bedside table from Embark.
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#4316
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Rektor has teamed up with Agens, a scandinavian flash design bureau, in order to present the world´s first playable online music video. “Princess” is a completely new way to promote a single.
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#4314
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Helio's answer to the iPhone hype: the Ocean. a feature packed, slim little thing that costs less and does (arguably) more.
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#4317
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Semafore celebrates 60 months of gorgeous desktop calendars.
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#4318
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"What you can't see doesn't mean it's not there. Please don't use non-biodegradable products." The AD was created by JWT Shanghai, for Greenpeace China.
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#4312
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Animals painted on walls and wall sockets - all this is "Vinyl", a project by French designer team "Domestic"
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#4315
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Clean up the dashboard, remember to grab the milk and get that lipstick off your collar in one fell swoop... Stelton's 564 Messenger
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#4308
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Wine label design that uses rubber bands as its label.
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#4307
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Feeling Lucky? Four leaf clover fly swattter ~
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#4305
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Visualizations of Hierarchical Edge Bundles ~ Danny Holten, PhD candidate in the Visualization Group of professor Jack van Wijk at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.
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#4304
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Snap A Party ~ easiest way to throw a party? by Fred.
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#4301
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FEATUREDflOw ~ its even more impressive than you've heard. The visually and conceptually stunning flash game turned ps3 download is quite the MFA project dream story
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#4298
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FEATUREDFolding@home ~ an impressive use of all the PS3s... do your part to help this protein folding project ~ feel free to join team notcot.
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#4297
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Golf Darts ~ playful gift for that golf/dart loving type in need of yet another office distraction?
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#4295
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Frank Buchwald - Machine Lamps. Beautiful lamps and furniture. It's too bad none of it can be purchased.
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#4293
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Cuisinart Mix It In ~ a fun kitchen gadget to merge your toppings right in ~ and the fun soft serve style action and cone holder as well!
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#4292
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Great bold, simple, Fuck Yoga line - skatedeck, flip flops, yoga mat, etc... via Big Chief
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#4289
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FEATUREDGIVEAWAY! In honor of Aesop Rock's new Nike+Original Run mix ~ you can win a 4 gig Nano, Nike+ Shoes, and the iPod sport kit ~
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#4288
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Speech Bubble cardboard coffee table by Leo Kempf [via Elmanco]
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#4280
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Death to Helvetica Tee: Get spat on by people in black skivvies with this response to the prevalence of Helvetica.
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#4279
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Helvetica: finally a documentary for typography enthusiasts! If you live in new york or toronto you can catch it next month. [Editors Note: about time! its been hyped for a while now]
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#4276
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FEATUREDOk. I'll be there at ICFF in NY this may ~ any tips on where to go, what to do, who to see, what to eat, etc?
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#4278
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Bekky is another lego inspired design. The modular rubberized foam pieces can be assembled into various sofa shapes
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#4274
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More DIY Print+Cut toys for you.... SAMURAI BUNNIES! from Nice Bunny, there is also a dj and tagger...
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#4273
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I'm sure you've seen the mentos/coke geyser vids by now... maybe even tried doing it... well for the lazier or less creative, here's a grenade style gadget to help you do it.... just pull the pin.
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#4271
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VIDEOontology of a mii in your wii... the existential crisis of Bill... from birth to death, this is a hilarious Youtube Video of the life of a Mii... by G4
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#4268
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First Adidas and Porsche ~ now Ducati and Puma!
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#4267
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Wallpaper artworks that can add flavour to each room
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#4259
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Photoshop brushes from Call Me Real are breaking away from the happy decorative trend and going a little darker this spring.
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#4262
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FEATUREDSandra Fettingis' Acrylic pieces... some gorgeous 60's-esque images
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#4266
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Designfruit has released Baroque Borders: a fancy ornamental set of decorative seamless borders in vector format.
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#4261
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Forgot your fork? Too many drawers?
I've got the right solution, or better.. the sticker solution!
... for fun & find!
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#4251
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Incredible puzzles cut from branches... follow the grain to put it back together. By Julienne Dolphin Wilding
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#4247
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Oceanic-Creations plans to create floating hotels of a plastic composite The $209M prototype, at this stage called Maya, is being constructed in Bulgaria and will be towed to Cancun.
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#4238
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FEATURED*Geeky Girl We Love: Jean Aw of Notcot ~ i feel a little silly sharing, but the girls of GeekSugar asked some really fun questions, and its an honor to make their geek girls list!
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#4245
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Carpet made to resemble Roy Lichtenstein's work! Fabulous and available at artware editions!
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#4243
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Blossomy Flower Stickers come in 6 different designs. You can use the stickers as wall decoration, on furniture and to personalize objects like greeting cards, mobile phones etc.
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#4236
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Studio Impactist for agency BBDO. Mix of stop motion and HD images.
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#4232
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Whitedecay is an online retail and design concept which encourages interaction and the exchange of ideas for designers across the globe.Recently launch the new 07 spring tee collections
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#4235
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pingmag has the best feature today on 'product poetry'...a genre overlooked tragically often. my favorite is 'happy infinite romances occur in a newborn oasis. wink your future!' aye, im winking.
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#4234
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coudal's swapmeat is worth checking out. you can trade stuff for stuff, not quite bartering, not quite trade, swapping really is the right word. get your stuff in before the end of the month.
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#4233
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i know we've already featured elephant dung paper, but "poopoo paper" offers its own collection, though sadly, does not include images of the process.
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#4231
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when i first saw this roadie crate, i was thinking, wheelie speakers, but its actually a cube chair! and a pretty comfy looking one too. from heinz julien.
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#4230
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Sony Ericsson Night Tennis in Miami ~ with music from Paul Oakenfold, Gen Art fashion shows, and black light tennis outfits on the court!
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#4229
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FEATUREDFeel like a mad perfume scientist with this "Olfactionary" made by Le Labo, perfume revolutionaries
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#4228
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tadaya is a traditional japanese styled hotel/resort. they normally have outdoor private baths but i absolutely love their website graphics and navigation. [Editor's Note: WOW.]
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