Casa 11 Mujeres: some of the latest from Santiago-based Mathias Klotz.
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Mexico & California color photography from the 50's by photographer Paul Outerbridge.
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MSNBC's new Ess feed viewer- truly impressive. Color coded current events!
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The Yacht Plus, Her unique contemporary shape makes her unmistakably a piece of modern architecture.
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The absolutely gorgeous designs of the 'parashell' are stunning. So delicate and functional.
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The Twitter Fail Whale has a fanclub? and a facebook page? and zazzle tees, mugs, and more? Not sure whether its brilliant or terrible branding to have your downtime get so much attention!
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While on GPS units ~ here's the video of the Knight Rider Mio in action ~ you can even choose the start up names that Kit addresses!
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GladOS ~ as your GPS VOICE! I think i want this one even more than the Knight Rider GPS unit.... see the video!
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Black and white photography from the 70s and 80s by Joseph Szabo. Amazing.
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Picked up this Electrohome Circa 711 "Saturn" record player from Prototype in Austin. Works!
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Spain won big at the Euro 2008, but the real gossip is the huge upset Nike pulled over Adidas in their sponsorship. Adidas sponsored Spain's team but Nike sponsored the players. Interesting read...
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Right Brain Terrain ~ has turned some of their great AMP (alternative motivation posters) into Desktop Wallpapers! I still love the Focus one most...
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FEATUREDA close up look at the great packaging of the new Futurama "feature length epic" #2: The Beast with a Billion Backs... great retro sci-fi graphics!
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You may have seen the emoticon book - here is another great experiment here by designer/artist Allison Wilton. These books are all about the presence of spam in your inbox!
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Another new “collection” tee by Chop Shop. This time the theme is VEHICLES. Can you figure out all 55?
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Wired finds out how the crazy stunts in Wanted were actually achieved.
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Patrick Dougherty's works look like nests, cocoons, hives, and lairs built by animals, as well as the manmade forms of huts, haystacks, and baskets, created by interweaving branches and twigs together.
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Fascinating look back at the fashion of the ivy-s back in the day - "Take Ivy was the product of Japanese photographer T. Hashiyada, who traveled to America to photograph the fashion of ivy league schools."
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald~ Jonathon McNicol has been beautifully typesetting a pdf version... he's up to chap 7... of 11, i had to jump ahead to the UVA version to finish.
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Mirador in a Madrid suburb (designed by Dutch studio MVRDV in collaboration with Spanish architect Blanca Lleó) - it has a incredible void used by the residents as a meeting area and playground.
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Were you thinking of building your own Wall-E (#11439) out of LEGO? Pfft. I mean, no, go ahead. Just don't ever put it next to this model by Angus MacLane, who actually helped animate the film.
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FEATUREDGetting ready for 4th of July this weekend ~ here's a roundup of bbq/beach/pool party attire from NotCouture!
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FEATUREDWhaleless ~ fun new show opening in london July 11th, showcasing pieces from a selection of international artists with a portion of sales going to Greenpeace to keep us from going Whaleless!
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Battle of the batmans!!! Nice composite trailer of trailers pitting various batmans of the past together!
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Julia Pogodina is a fashion photographer from snowy Russia who is currently living and creating her color-full and texture-rich pictures in New York City.
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FEATUREDWall-E's Eve ~ is a descendant of the iPod and the Automator... she too is a brainchild of Apple designer, Jonathan Ives.
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Byracka Design is a Swedish artist and designer, Her full format wallpapers as the Chihuahua Medallion is a hit!
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FEATUREDGot a little Spore happy trying out various creatures with challenges like "make it cute" - "make it with as few vertebrae as possible" - etc. Here are some pics and vids...
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Livescribe pen records your writing and relates it to the audio it recorded as you were writing. Audio quality doesn't seem great, but its a cool commercialization of an idea I first saw at CHI a few years ago.
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Diablo 3, by Blizzard Entertainment. Announced today at World Wide Invitational. Check the site's artwork.
"And the Heavens Shall Tremble".
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Box Vox has a great post on Interactive Packaging of the past ~ from Strip Toothpaste to Jiffy Pop, and even the pressurized refrigerated dough pilsbury containers... Love the patent sketches...
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Peek inside the exclusive Set nightclub in Miami Beach, courtesy of architectural photographer Corey Weiner.
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FOOTBALL EM '08 ... FINAL MATCH ...
SPAIN vs. GERMANY ... there's one flag for all fans ; )
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A beautiful house that overlooks Medellin, Colombia. By Jaime Rendon.
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Patrick Brown from Australia, has done some rad graphics on his favourite video game GTA4.
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Unreal beautiful works of the German photographers at Lightmark!
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Scottish designer Johanna Basford is yet another amazing hand printed wallpaper designer. This is the artwork for "glow", but Insectiana, Macbeth and Crazy Botanicals are all equally fabulous.
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Other Earth: Parallel dimension of earth with beautiful photography and video by Xárene Eskandar.
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The Linnean Society has begun to release their extensive and detailed collection of insect images. An extremely useful resource for science, art and the curious!
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Apex is a rucksack concept designed to improve posture during cariage, by allowing the users hips and shoulders to move as they should do ~ by irish, brightside design
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Really nice ads for WMF Knives by Leo Burnett out of Bangkok, Thailand and art directors Supachai Toemtechatpong and Sompat Trisadikun.
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A brilliant collection of creative retouching pieces by Electric arts
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Loving the new Disk Poltrona armchair by Karim Rashid for Ferlea
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Shocking Argentine campaign against the production and use of fur coats. It was launched with big billboards and a street performance.
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ample sample's 2008 contest finalists have been decided! designers were challenged to come up with useful DIY projects that could utilize the large amount of excess carpet samples that accumulate every year.
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By attaching a camera to the passenger side window of his car, photographer Andrew Bush took photos of his subjects whilst driving beside them in and around LA.
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Sunboat - Electric boats are quiet, reliable, and easy to operate. They're great fun, cost almost nothing to run, and are pollution free, taking their energy from the sun.
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FEATUREDElectric Artists celebrates their 10th anniversary, and sends us this awesome quote/inspiration book ~ bound simply with a rubberband which is surprisingly effective!
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Scent Map This new website offers an interactive way to find your perfume while sitting in front of a computer.
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Real world Mario question mark blocks and coins!
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Today's xkcd comic is SO cool -- based on the recent Discovery channel commercial-- that we're asking people to send us video of themelves singing the xkcd lyrics so we can make a giant xkcd music video!
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Max Lamb has made a cool exercise in seating by casting two pewter stools directly in the sand on Caerhays beach on the South coast of Cornwall.
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The new Armani building, in Tokyo, Japan is the image crystallization of this great designer. By Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas
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The “Flooded London” exhibition provides a look into NASA scientist, James Hansen's prophetic warning about global warming.
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FEATUREDTransforming accessories by Bernadette Deddens.
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The rooftop terrace of the sophisticated and elegant hotel Las Casas del Rey de Baeza in Seville provides a welcome sanctuary for the oppressive heat of this city....
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Art Lebedev's Matryoshkus Nero - Great way to understand the relation between bit values
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The form of this 1700-square-foot house by John Donkin derives from three specific client requirements: a garden, a visitors' apartment, and a strong street presence. Done!
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Re-working 30+ year old data provides a new look at the surface of Venus.
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Time has a great slideshow on real life robots since Wall-E is out tomorrow!
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Fifty Designers Favourite Typefaces. 100% of the cover price goes to UNICEF's Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Children's Appeal in the wake of Cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar on 2nd May 2008.
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Shutter Houses by Shigeru Ban, an exclusive 9 unit condo in Chelsea. It has perforated metal shutters to give privacy, resulting on a dynamic facade.
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A brilliant "Sweded" version of the science fiction classic "Aliens." The special effects, costumes, and sets are remarkable. The out-takes included at the end credits are a hilarious touch.
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Beautiful retro DAB/FM-radios from British Roberts Radio. I understand why they have two Royal Warrants of Appointment from the British royal court...
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New Zealand giftware and design brand Nuzilla is a team consisting of student and lecturer. There are thousands of illustrated kiwi's and tiki's....
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Tim Hunt has just graduated from Dunedin University and shows a bright future with his end of year Eclipse Lightshades.
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Visual communication on Marsatac festival. White poster but clues hidden in the decor.
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Trailer for the new Spiderman video game, Web of Shadows. The game joins combat and web slinging.
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New images from Iceland by photographer Ryan Fowler!
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Great seeing corporate support for biking - it is finally back! Puma supports the I-Cycle Film Festival, a collection of short films exploring bike culture and the people who influence it.
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A to Z Brand Project by Burak Kaynak - says;
TAGS are showing what i think about each brand. I broke each logo into pieces. Re-construct them from my own perspective...
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FEATUREDImprove Everywhere's Charlie Todd teams up with Taco Bell to freeze a store's grand opening ~ i can't believe people poke at their food and cut them in line! (ok, well i guess i can)
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FEATUREDLynn Lanterns from Williams Sonoma Home are a gorgeous use of porcelain and candles, i wonder what the lighting actually looks like at night!
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NEW RELEASE: Print Liberation shows you how to start screen printing today using the most basic elements. With tips and troubleshooting from Print Liberation, you’ll soon be able to print on the bottom of a ship in a hurricane.
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"Don't expect your food to look after itself."
Great ads from the advertising agency DDB out of Sydney, Australia. The look on the face of the tomato is just priceless.
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Just opened 2 days ago, Citizen M is a new hotel in Amsterdam. The concept is all about giving weary global travelers modern - and affordable - accommodations.
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Nike will release a limited version of the Hyperdunk in a McFly (Back to the Future II) inspired colorway.
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FEATUREDDesigner SuperHeroes + Toys = ZAHA! Empress of Architecture. KARIM! King of Plastic. JAIME! Chief of Ceramic. Awesome project by Olivia Lee.
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BASKETP "Flip" made in Japan for the design week in only 10 pieces.
up for sale in I Love Tourism SHOP, Venice, Italy
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Communication Arts Illustration Annual. It's the annual that sets the industry standard. Gorgeous artwork from Anna & Elena Balbusso, Daniel Bejar, Chris Buzelli, Harry Campbell, many more.
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There are some clouds that are so rare that you will be very lucky to see them in your lifetime. This is a list of the top 10 most rarest cloud formations.
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The Image Fulgurator is a device for physically manipulating photographs. It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able to detect anything.
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Bruno Muff, Markus Freitag and Daniel Freitag risked their lives dangling from ropes over hours just so the audience could view the mother of all oversized football portraits at the Freitag tower in Zurich.
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Lamp made from plates. Idea: Denis Belenko
Model: Dmitriy Nkolaenko
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No matter how cool your office is, it will never beat the view of this office building on a dock in Amsterdam. By OTH.
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Oooh Delight has fun sets of the EIKO Egg Boiler sets that are spoons that can hang from the side of the pot to make it easier to get your soft/hard boiled eggs out...
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Creative Home Engineering specializes in building secret doors and passageways in your home. I don't know what to say except, "Yes, please!"
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Free screenprinted posters from Orange Element! First come, first serve. Check out the deets on the blog.
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NEW RELEASE: Wood Type Impressions, Vol. 2
Awesome hi-res collection of printed letterforms & ornament for digital designers.
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Um...Yum Snail Caviar anyone? At the Modern in NYC
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Demo of HP's TouchSmart, a thin, all-in-one PC with a touch screen. Do you wanna touch?
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New nightwear collection by Mademoiselle Jean - belgian fashion designer. Her latest show at the Grand Casino in Brussels was great... Check out the video.
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Life Luggage comes with a motor in the wheels that not only helps you get from A to B with your heavy luggage, it also balances out the suitcase like a Segway.
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The Birds, Bats and Bees: Phillips and Adventure Ecology's Sculpt the Future Foundation have commissioned artists to make bird, bat or bee houses out of waste that comes from an art sale - the crates, catalogs, invitations, packaging etc.
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Orange22 Design Labs and Botanist have a new Designer series which royalties go to the charity of the Designer's Choice. Karim Rashid, Milton Glaser, Yves Behar and among the 8 designers.
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Colette is opening a pop-up store in New York City from September 6th to October 5th on 54th Street next to Gap. Good news!
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Olafur Eliasson's New York City Waterfalls: a public art project of 4 man-made waterfalls rising from New York Harbor. It will appear June 26 -Oct. 13, running 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Creative print ad campaign by Tan Advertising for Heinz Baked Beans. Food gone crazy without the beans!
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Pingmag has a great piece rounding up the art of the RFID tag.
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Ad campaign where clothing detergent samples were sent in a bot wrapped in a white tshirt, so when arrived it was perfectly dirty to test the sample on!
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LOL VOGUE? Jezebel gets all LOL Cats on Vogue... and while the captions could be better - we love the concept.
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Oooh Makezine has some awesome how-to's on turn things like credit cards into guitar picks!
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Converse has launched lots of mini websites with fun content. It goes from how a Chuck Taylor reacts to soda or celebrating the Celtics victory.
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Artist Brian Dettmer was featured on post # 5958 but the link is no good. He is known for his alteration of preexisting media -- such as old books, maps, record albums, and cassette tapes -- to create new works of visual fine art.
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A giant stadium in Tenerife, Spain. It is enclosed by a giant stone wall that makes it look like a crater. By AMP Arquitectos.
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New prototype under development by Petter Knudsen
will be made of PET Felt from recycled water bottles.
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FEATUREDGreat packaging on the Nike Karma Golf Balls!
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The Solarise lampshade of the London Skyline The sky is printed on a thermochromic layer that reacts to heat. Once you turn the lamp on, the shade gradually lets more light through giving the effect of the sun rising.Dimensions height 30cm, diameter 22cm
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Ecopanchina has won the prize "the best readymade of the bottle" for the Nastro Azzurro Design Competition celebrated in Milan. It´s a poetic concept about the beer´s life cycle.
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In a very cool colour project for Walrus Magazine, designer Todd Falkowsky created Pantone palettes out of the most prominent colours from nature and landmarks in each Canadian capital city.
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GIZMODO has an exclusive video of Lego's secret vault. It contains nearly every lego set ever made. Mint in box madness!!!
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Duncan Shotton's Digimech clock uses printed sliders to reveal digital numbers at the right moments.
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Nice radio, with cast aluminum casing, from Dualit. Functions both with DAB and FM and has AUX in, stereo & & optical output and comes in four colors.
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The long time assisstant of Terry Richardson, Keiitchi Nitta, has his first solo exhibition in Milan at the moment.
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FEATUREDLuxury Teepees! With WIFI! Organic composting outhouses! and Solar-Powered DVD players?!?! also queen beds, spa, fireplaces, etc... in the Yukon!
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Nice collages: Tange, Wright, Corbu and Archigram projects in Dubai. part of the marketing of the Al Manakh book by Koolhaas
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Amusing remake of retro gaming on real backgrounds.
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Marc Jacobs’ new Fall/Winter 2008/2009 ad campaign. Male model Cole Mohr is featured in both Marc by Marc Jacobs menswear and womenswear campaigns.
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The news of a long lost Brazilian tribe that had strayed away from civilization to be found while taking a aerial survey of the amazon was a big fat hoax.
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Neoshed's latest bird feeders (inspired by their prefab sheds for people) are architecturally stunning. In addition to the feeders, they have birdhouses that are beautiful too. $250 a piece.
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Longer Days ~ love the logo for this personal assistant service ~ as for whether they are good, no clue, but i'm curious! [Update: tried them for a little over a month, didn't work out so well]
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Ltd edition serigraph print by Rob Schwager. Included with the latest issue of I Want Your Skull.
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Light can be music....
Light can be weapon...
Light can be fun... ;-)
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Vandal City: Designer toys meets North American urban wasteland.
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The trioBike is simply art, and considering a world where gas prices are hitting way beyond the roof, a great alternative to the family buggy over small distances.
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FEATUREDMeet the SNIPER! from Team Fortress 2 ~ i love the animation, and this particular aussie sniper, such a great video.
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impressive action of environment created by the agency Kitchen, which spread human arms in Madrid to disclose the series Dexter.
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Massimiliano Fuksas designed the new Zenith Strasbourg in France, a giant music hall covered with a textile membrane, looks like a light sculpture during night
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This is a DIY kit version of Coactlab's Kelvin Slider Bent Ply LED Lamp. It comes with everything you need, even the heat gun for bending the plywood!
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Knight Rider themed Mio GPS! With the voices, lights, etc! (I'd love to have this voice instead of the horrid Dash one)
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you've got to love the hats at ascot. the nytimes captures some of this year's finest.
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Oliviero Toscani - amazing set of photos showing off these kids as "Eco-Warriors"
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Wonting NYC Shop ~ has the cutest print gocco otter cards!
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Cash Money Clips ~ made with duct tape and magnets, or epoxy... or DIY "kits" ~ hehe.
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jmenomeno's photostream contains a lovely lego Wall-E he built that is jointed and motorized.
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Oooh fun packaging for GE's single servings of Caulk!
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Pictures of Corbusierhaus, one the housing complex done by Le Corbusier. This one is located in Berlin, Germany.
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