A bit early for winter design... But, the Orgel lamp by Swedish WIS Design is a modern take on a classic window lamp design that can be seen in more or less every window during the dark Swedish winter.
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FEATUREDBreathtakingly beautiful new ad by AB5TRAX for teh Toyota Prius, "Think Isaac Asimov meets George Jetson" ~ the car in a briefcase is here!
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Victory dances are innate? Throw your arms up, thrust your chest out, and raise your head high?
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Quirky, homely and achingly cool, La Minervetta is a chic 1950's hideaway in Sorrento which is laden with design, fashion and architecture books, modern art and much more general design goodness.....
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Guerlain Meteorites Illuminating Pressed Powder ~ beautiful packaging and power pressing
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300 Knitted Carpet project by Sebastian Schonheit.
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On the heels of Madden 09 releasing, here is the best 8 video football game players of all time. Dating back to Tecmo Bowl...awesome!
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You may be able to cook much faster (and of course with style!) with this kitchen designed by Pininfarina. By the way, my condolences go out to the whole Pininfarina family...
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Timothy Schreiber posted a video of his Morphogenesis Chaise back in post 12331 - check out his updated website for more beautiful furniture.
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Artist Steve Ellis paints images of crumpled celebrity magazines as part of a new series of work.
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Lenovo Thinkpads with Wacom tablets built in!
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I Am 8 Bit news ~ mini canvases by various artists are spread around the city ~ find them and bring them to the show for lots of goodies... great concept! (except that you take the street art down)
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I Am 8 Bit opens thursday ~ and they have collectible fliers that turn into adorably cool paper toys around the city!
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"Move To The Radio" by Sang Hoon Lee - using car "movement" concept and approach to control the volume and power of the radio. Pretty much same as Avian Radio by Mikel Silvanto. Check out Notcot post #11633
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Some great new vinyl figures by Hong Kong artist Michael Lau have been released today.
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DGPH created some great inflatable characters for the Nike Sportswear launch.
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Nice typography work with sugar by Marian Bantjes for Stefan Sagmister's "Things I have learned in my life so far" series.
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Rich People Rooftops NYC . Just Amazing. Thanks Pancho!
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This is sand. Click to release the sand; press C to change the color. Have Fun!
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FEATUREDJaime Hayon for Champagne Piper-Heidsieck - an incredible champagne bath/lamp piece that may be my new favorite piece by Jaime yet... wow.
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Didac Catalán of Lowink Studio packages the last cigarette you'll ever have.
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This panorama of all five NYC boroughs at the Queens Museum of Art is bigger than my entire apartment!
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German del Sol is a chilean architect that gets the most out of local landscapes. On his geometric hot springs, he enrouted a natural source of hot water with colorful architecture and green roofs.
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Waves - gorgeous letterpress print collaboration between Lena Corwin and Port2Port Press.
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A campaign about the power of reading. Printed on paper bags of a bookshop.
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Ooooh ~ turn that iphone 3G matte black! New slider cases from incase just dropped ~ there's also gloss white, and more colorways coming in the future
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Peared is the work of recent Syracuse grad Conor Hagan. Gorgeous bottle form and brand design.
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"Sometimes 'going up in smoke' can be a good thing" Here's an incredible roundup of smoke imagery.
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Brit loses her iphone in a cab in spain and shares the story via comic!
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Absolutely amazing video of all kinds of traffic, as seen from space. From the BBC's "Britain from Above"
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Dos Mas Uno Arquitectos designed this amazing social housing complex in Spain.
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Students at Stuttgart University recently perfected a vehicle propelled by nothing more than three wheels and a 6kw turbine.
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invisible... the new ad for peugeot 307... brilliant execution... created by Euro RSCG Argentina...
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The Third Space - an incredible installation put together by 52 German design students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich who created a gorgeous space out of 1.3 million cable ties. The project took 16,870 hours to complete.
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FEATUREDJapanese company WASARA makes an incredible set of disposable paper tableware. College parties will never be the same.
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What I don't know about space at Museum 52 sees Esther Stocker transform the gallery into a three dimensional graph with only some cardboard, gaffer tape and sticky back plastic.
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Zaha Hadid Architects will create an installation at Palladio’s Villa Foscari near Venice this autumn, to coincide with the Venice Architecture Biennale.
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A explosive mash-up of american icons, comics, street sign and pieces of books. The Greg Gossel's artworks.
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FEATUREDShepard Fairey's studio ~ we were lucky enough to visit his studio during Simple Pleasures ~ and you wouldn't believe how incredibly inspiring the space is... wall to wall inspiration and quite the library
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A look at the industrial surrounds of Cockatoo Island, one of the venues for the 2008 Sydney Biennale.
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FEATUREDVisual sneak peek inside the world of Obey Giant, Studio Number One, and the Subliminal Projects Gallery
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the nytimes takes a look at opening ceremonies fashion. great images of olympics through the past.
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*NEW* Video for Kanye West's "Champion". Just in time for the Olympic Games.
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FEATUREDJust what we all need in summer ~ playfully refreshing Missoni prints ~ Missoni Columbia Halter Bikini and the Missoni Corinto Silk Kaftan.
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upcycled and recycled detritus turned into a slobot for the lift detroit munny show. check out the hair!
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Eames., the duo that brought us molded plywood in every shape and form - That aesthetic could be translated into a Prosthetic Leg - concept by designer Joanna M. Hawley
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This is a time-lapse Lego visualisation of Radiohead's House of Cards video that has gotten a lot of play in the blogosphere . Nice rendition even if I'm not crazy about Legos.
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Cool Noir style animated commercial for... of all things, a pest control company! Nice lighting and a good example of a simple idea executed well.
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Not many companies (if any that I've seen) put this much energy into making their online retail stores so beautiful. Thank you Fawn & Forest for making it such a pleasure to browse and shop online!
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Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is finally here!!! On wiiware and pc ~ 5 episodes will launch over the next few months! (i've been playing with the demo, and its awesome)
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the 2008 Diesel Wall in NY is now up ~ and the winner is Artist Jonathan Sandridge's 'The Good Life' ~ a giant cheeseburger ~ check out the video of the installation!
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3 color Screen printed Poster for "Partisan The Sea - A Politically Charged Poster Show" in September by HALFTONEDEFSTUDIOS.COM of Jacksonville Fl.
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Anne Smith's robots have no lack of imagination in them...the horse animates online to show a full range in motion...mechanical yet organic and very playful.
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King Of Games makes the best shirts/hoodies from old games ~ here's the Famicom 20th Anniversary shirt, and the retro game boxes as packaging is brilliant as well!
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Pauline Baynes, 1922-2008 ~ apparently she was for a long while the only Tolkien illustrator, and her work was even approved by Tolkien himself!
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In Vino Veritas by Matali Crasset ~ impressive collection of wine inspired glassware that changes your perspective a bit
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Eselkunst has quite the flickr collection of found object insect creations... fascinating how simple yet intricate these are compared to many that have surfaced here
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2x4 by sand_box is what it sounds like - a light made out of a 2x4.
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bubbles... spot for the new kia sportage with 7-year warranty...
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Barry Sheehan and Gregor Timlin have teamed up to fabricate the Shelter Cart, a mobile living unit
for junk collectors/homeless. It would be nice if the cart had small perforations so that you could get air when sleeping.
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Incredible new laser-cut poster by Marian Bantjes, "Design Ignites Change".
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James Owen's Snowflake (top) and Rotor (bottom) fruit bowls. Each are laser cut and powder coated.
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The Great Bowl O Fire 100% recycled steel firepit by John T Unger.
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The BMW Blog has an amazing look behind the scenes of the design of the BMW 7 Series
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Planar house is a very detailed project done by Steven Holl in the middle of Paradise Valley.
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FEATUREDPlust's new Baddy ~ badass glow "guard dwarfs" for the garden... Design by Joe Velluto and A.Fabbian.
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a flâneur is a person who walks the city in order to experience it. Post your Video!
Videos caseros de ciudades con una perspectiva distinta. Tu tambien puedes montar Videos!
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Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has created two collections of carpets for Colorline of the Netherlands. The World Carpets and Tartan play off of layered patterns and multiple colors. Unlike any flooring out there.
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Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible.
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Villa Meindersma, a rounded house kinda like a bitten donut. By dutch architects Cie.
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Extra Wide Contact Lenses.... for that perfectly doe eyed anime/disney look of innocence
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Spain ... Euro Homer Simpson find by a candy man ...
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An all wood made duplex hut in a centenary tree in the Gentilhommière du Bois Adam, a charming bed and breakfast near Nantes (France)
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'botanical martini' glass by benjamin hubert studio has received the runner up prize in the UK
bombay sapphire designer glass competition. check out how they're made too!
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The BMW Z X-6 concept, from Torino IED auto design students - looks like a vehicle you'd see in a futuristic movie, such as i-Robot. Boasting slide-out doors, glass panels, and a sleek frame.
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The Mountain Dwellings are the 2nd generation of the VM Houses - 2/3 parking and 1/3 living. Parking area became the base for terraced housing - a concrete hillside covered by a layer of housing...
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Great stop motion movie showing Hamburg to the people. Also the two guys had a lot of fun doing this.
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Translucent architectural materials with low-impact from 3form. www.3-form.com
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Nice package! New premium, sustainable wood packaging from The Cyberoptix TieLab.
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FEATUREDStrangeCo's Friends With You Wish Come True toys ~ blind boxed, they cant be knocked down... and they make a wonderful chime noise that you can see in my video! Also, i love this red mystery colorway!
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Nick Baxter's amazing tattoos of classic chairs. See more of his work at nickbaxter.com.
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Norwegian Snøhetta has been commissioned by the Ras Al Khaimah investment Authority and RAKEEN to design the Gateway project which is situated at the entrance to the city and will form a landmark for the city entrance.
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Alfa Romeo Bertone B.A.T. 11 concept revealed
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2 wicked pendants by Jonathan Greenslade. I’m not about to suggest that the Brutal Deluxe Vyper could be used as a coke spoon, but hey, what’s the worse that could happen?
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Terra launches their nicely designed new site for the Beijing Summer Olympics 2008. The agency who designed the site was Avenue A / Razorfish...
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Sharp Pencil Quality TV - Papercraft TV toy
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Esther Garcia is an incredibly talented tattoo artist in Chicago with wonderful style, who likes to work with unusual ideas.
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Making Faces - Add two ping pong ball eyes to random metal objects, instant faces.
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Ships abandoned over twenty years ago, left by their owners after the Chernobyl disaster due to their high levels of radiation.
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No longer do you have to worry about a carrying case for that cumbersome chain saw. Suitcases also available for watering cans, furniture dollies and motor bikes.
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Victor and Rolf's giant doll house at the Barbican is amazing, if you happen to be in Lonon defiantly worth a look!
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Psycho Buildings is an awesome exhibition at the Hayward gallery on the south bank. There is, among other things, a boating lake on the roof!
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Amazing Butterflies is the summer "exhibition" at the Natural History Museum in London. The butterflies (and moths) fly around you and sit on your shoulder as you walk around. Open for one more week only!
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Elegant design used in new comic strip site, Head in the Clouds, about two birds.
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Tattooed taxidermy. The art of Belgian artist Wim Delvoye.
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