the fungus provides a welcome element of poetry, individuality and spontaneity. The fungus takes a supporting role: furthering the healthy development of the social culture.

Light of the sun and moonlight play in the LOVE HOUSE, and rain and wind visit LOVE HOUSE, and birds and insects visit a tree and a fruit tree of LOVE HOUSE. The situations differ every day...

L House, designed by Philippe Steubi Architekten GMBH..."The three-sided glazing of the library in the ground floor is mirrored-glass. Depending upon time of day and lighting conditions you can see the stored books or the reflected graden..."

Designed by Katsuyuki Fujimoto Architect & Associates, Oy House in Kyoto, Japan has this courtyard in the interior with an open street view allowing nature and its present to paint the house, as though it's a blank piece of canvas.

Does paper justify the destruction of trees? Do we see them as one and the same in our minds, just in different states, like water and ice? - Forestal by Pezo Von Ellrichshausen Architects.

Eternal Love...Mikimoto Jewelery window display at their Japan headquarters. Sweet color scheme, floating flower petals and rings that romantically emerge from those pinkish roses lying above the elegant marble base...

"Old worn saddles have a beauty and patina of age that I find really attractive. The use of old, tired or broken saddles is an attempt to not only utilize an existing object, but also to elevate peoples perception of the old and pre-used..."

For their Playstation 3, Sony were keen to showcase their new product in a more domestic environment , therefore, they commisioned Tom Dixon to design a glamourous yet fun interior...

Deformscape...within limited space this outdoor sculpture garden inherits a large tree where Thom Faulders uses this sole arboreal presence to establish a gravitational pattern of grooves that are focused towards the centroid of the tree.

Bookshelf of Wars & Wits & Powers. '... to transform an individual, to exude a form of language that will speak to the surrounding environment, expressing finesse between human, object and technology.'

The relation between a still and a mobile volume represents "the passage between two worlds, between the known and the unknown, the light and the darkness..."

On 8 June 2002, ANNEX Monma Gallery opened in Sapporo. Designed by Shinichiro Akasaka from Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier the art gallery is open between May to October.

The Swiss Border Cantons shed light collectively on borders and limits from a social, psychological, cultural and ethnic perspective.

The Circa 15th Century stool by Kochi Architect's Studio, refer to classical shape in Europe of the 15th century "Renaissance". There are "old and new" "abstract and embodiment" "ornament and anti-ornament" "reality and unreality" in it.

It looks exactly like a sea-urchin! No, it isn't the small, globular, spiny sea creatures found in oceans all over the world, it is a lounge chair with RVS-frame which is cover by 8ooo cable-ties. (also #15313).

Panama House...'The elegant economy to Kogan’s use of volumes translates to a very real sense of freedom. The result is airy, light-washed spaces that seem barely tethered to the ground, an apt escapist image perhaps for São Paulo’s congested megapolis.'

The Magma Arts and Conference Centre features local volcanic stone, however it is almost entirely made out of concrete; cast concrete, concrete blocks, concrete tiles used cleverly back side facing out, and rough concrete worked on site by local craftsmen...

Banba design by Tomita Kazuhiko...the stool that looks like a planter box for balcony or pool-side where it does look ideal for. The volumized fabric on top is comfortable + useful to pick up the lid.

the 'iced' word given + the icy bottle appearance looks so mysteriously cool... Designed by Marc Praquin, the icy prototype ended up not being produced because of cost factors.

'The Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre explores architectural expression as a way to convey the rich past and the transforming future of aboriginal culture. Features include the largest rammed-earth wall in North America; the use of bluestain pine...'

Lost & Found stool was inspired by "a scene from the start of the leather industry in Holland: the hard labour world with heavyweight machines making shoes to last a lifetime."

...a 15 unit condominiums...The ground floor apartments have a side patio courtyard. The apartments in the upper floors have spacious balconies overlooking the inner courtyard and an additional arch avenue housing like a box.

5,084,000,000 people, 5,360 pages, 3,700 years, 243 countries, 7 books, and 1 shelf. The world's most influential religious texts brought together, and their coexistence acknowledged and celebrated.

Made from paper(vulcanized fibre t2.4) and designed by Ryuji Nakamura, a Tokyo-based architect. Hechima 4 looks light + airy for a chair yet it comfortably strong...

Ben Oostrum made a model for a ceramic Jenever bottle, and worked on it with a rapid prototype milling machine to discover that the machine, with a certain setting, began to create patterns on its own...

The softness of the light reminiscent of a traditional Japanese portable paper lantern (Bon-bori) is enhanced by the light coming through the double and triple shelters, and brings to mind the image of light depicted in Junichiro Tanizaki’s “In Praise of Shadows” (In-ei Raisan).

Designed by Alejandro Castro from Pirwi, the BOP wooden bowls came as a set of multi-purpose containers that can be used for fruit, plants, toys, newspapers or other objects.

"I work towards creating a perfect synthesis between jewellery and art." Anthony Roussel's new jewelery range for International Jewellery London are made from woods, including maple, ash, birch etc.

Pronounsed 'kototowa', COTOTOI is a Japanese restaurant which stresses on, 'meal is not just about “food”, but it is about whole things including its safeness of ingredient, atmosphere of having meals.' - Dilight.

Allard Architects shared with us Matchbox, their latest building in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, that just got approved by the Amsterdam Aesthetics Committee.

The Mill House designed by Gert Wingardh from Wingardh Arkitektkontor is not only a family vacation house but it is a manifestation of the Swedish ritual of sauna and bathing.

Malacca Majestic: Intricately tiled floor and wooden shutters that filter natural light, creating dancing shadows. Crafted traditional wooden doors in calm peaceful shapes + colors, keep a sense of timelessness.

Designed by Atelier Van Lieshout, the Fossil series consists of several chairs, chaise longues and sofas. The Fossils are reminiscent or recall a primitive shape, half natural, half manmade.

Secret garden, stone ruins, and uniquely dense archaeological sites, are most impressive at 'Kolumba' in Cologne’s city centre.

"It’s not a pretty building, but it is heroic and dramatic." Andrew Melville Hall, design by James Sterling which has aged and weathered well with overgrown moss and lichen, had survived 40 years of age after it was completed in 1968.

The boutique hotel with only ONE room- The One Hotel Angkor.

Crochet Light is a personal editions from Marcel Wanders like the rest of his Crochet's edition...

Australian artist Timothy Horn's exhibition 'Bitter Suite' at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. “Mother-Load,” shown here, is a child-size Cinderella carriage encrusted in crystallized rock sugar..

“... The Bouquet makes people who sit on it happy, just as a bouquet makes the person who receives it happy. The vibrant, delicate colours trigger different sensations in each of us.”
-Tokujin Yoshioka.

Ndeur is a group a French who is behind the line of projects called Make a Paper World. These awesome shoes are made as accessories for designer Heidi Ackerman.

By Architects Pedro Pacheco + Marie Clément, Luz Cemetery is located in Luz, Mourão, Portugal.

Made from cardboard tubes, the Paper Tower by Shigeru Ban for London Design Festival is articulated by metal joints, a system similar in design to the system used by Ban in his construction of a bridge, boathouse and various pavilions around the world.

Exclusively at Tower Records and available only in Japan, limited run by Orange Train ¥ 7,200, Uchiyamada-kun is exclusively designed for the mega music store by world renowned Japanese animator Hideyasu Moto.

Kera is a polished chrome Rhino for World Wildlife Fund 2oo8. Designed by Scott Wilson in conjunction with Kohler, Kera was in an online auction last year for Faces in the Wild.

The Soma light sculptures.
In Greek, Soma means body and in Hebrew refers to blindness, emanates poetic bodies of light which have the appearance of immaterial foggy landscapes..

“Gordon Ramsay, at Your Service” is described as a half-hour laffer that will take “the essence of who he is and have a bit of fun with it,” according to Adam Shaheen, prexy of Cuppa Coffee...