Yoga Promoting Super Toilet? "Led by faculty members John Takamura and Dosun Shin, students at Arizona State U.'s College of Design have come up with a "transgenerational toilet design concept" called Go With the Flo."
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Capilla Vallejos Arquitectos designed this simple -yet detailed- visitors center in Cantabria. I like the use of wood on the main volume, almost transparent when viewed from the right angle.
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Interesting aluminum Scoops on clearance at DWR
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Kenneth Fraser and his video channel full of calligraphy tutorials.
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Tolix Cafe Chairs - Since the 1930s, these French-made chairs – have been adding style to dining spots from bistros to back yard. Built of galvanized steel and fitted with rubber feet to prevent scratching.
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Reflectors designed by a photographer to take the pain out of adjusting fill light and accent lighting to tabletop products. LightRIGHT® reflectors are adjusted via sliding magnets. Each reflector is adjustable from silver to white.
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The Liu Lecture Series in Design at Stanford University is hosting a lecture by Dr. Jon Cagan! The talk is free and open to the public, Monday May 4th at 8pm. Check the link for location and details.
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Spamghetto is a cool generative spam-based wallpaper by the italian design studio ToDo. If you feel that junk-mail can be amusing and interesting, this is your thing. It's printed on-demand and adapts to the dimensions of your walls.
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Charming stop motion animation created by UK design house Miller & Goodman using their ShapeMaker wood block set.
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Wonderful bits of illustration work mixing cut paper and embroidery by Alycia Garcia, a senior at Massachusetts College of Art. I love the textures created from the handmade paper and threads!
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wonderful nytimes article on social insects and slideshow on ants. including pics of some of the more unusual species.
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Maillard Honey/Syrup Dispenser ~ i think my maple syrup needs this...
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Beautiful bike portraits and custom bike craftsmanship in this photo series.
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a site graphically locating the swine flu or influenza porcina around the world, it's impressive to take a look each day and see how it gets more crowded over the time please be careful and take your precautions, let’s not help it become a pandemic
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Here are some fun pages from the new Hella Jongerius for Camper catalog that features Jongeriuslab designers weighing in on their inspirations and favorite designs.
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Three sets of salt and pepper shakers by designer, Luke Saule. Each being based off of the dining experience while bringing a a slight tweak to ordinary view of salt and pepper shakers.
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Incredible photography by Poras Chaudhary of "Holi," the Hindu festival known as the Celebration of Colors.
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The Mypressi Twist is a portable espresso machine with a pneumatic engine! [Editor's Note: Remember #8130 the Handpresso?]
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Funny Adobe App pillows from My Suite Stuff ~ turn your couch into your dock?
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Created by 20.87 estúdio from São Paulo, the Ginásio closet - It is a remake of the classic gym locker.
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Acquire Mag has a first look at the new plastic Sigg lunch boxes with built in utensils designed by Masato Yamamoto
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Augmented Reality strikes again. Use your webcam to create editable movies of a Sasquatch on your desk.
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SevenZero is the portfolio of soon-to-be graduate, Gary Austin. Shown here is promotional material for Display/Type - a museum dedicated to all things typographic. This project earned Gary an M.I.S.T.D.
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Noferin has adorable new Natural Wood Pecan Pals available in their store now!
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Bradly Brown: A multimedia artist in the truest sense of the word. This site shows a veritable mixture of a working relationship between art, design, photography, and video. Hard to believe it's just one guy creating all of this.
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Incredible set of photos of the new Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China by Iwan Baan. The building, designed by Wang Shu from Amateur Architecture Studio, uses traditional chinese architecture in a contemporary way.
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Bluetooth headphones inspired by Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. These are an actual working wireless headset. Designed by Johnny Lighthands
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Work of Artist Dan Gregoras, Art Director and Lead Technical Director for 1stAvemachine.
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Philips has produced a new piece of OLED technology. Small panels that can instantly transform from illuminated to transparent.
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This pavilion by french architects Beckmann-N’Thépé brings a new space for social encounters on a housing project in Rouen, France. The plain steel structure contrasts with colorful interiors.
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We get a look at the new large size plush toys that Takashi Murakami designed for Louis Vuitton to promote the new Multicolor Spring Pallet product that carries his signature multicolor monogram design.
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The Fulton line (duvets, etc) just launched from Unison ~ and the fine and dense cording with that pleated look from afar with alternating pillow shams to match is nice and modern ~
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Wimbledon's Centre Court recently received a new retractable roof constructed out of translucent fabric. It stands to eliminate rain delays, ensure greater security for the grass courts, more comfortable viewing for fans.
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Kwanghoo Lee call this piece Stroke Full Light and is a lamp made of electrical cable.
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Absolutely fantastic illustrations by russian Yaroslava Krutakova (JaRa).
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floorlamp by zaha hadid, genesy for artemide
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Toyo Ito´s new tower in Barcelona. A sinuous tubular skin wraps this irregular building for the FIRA exhibition center. The 114m tall tower is expected to be completed during 2009.
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Hopefully its not just a concept, Mercedes is thinking of reproducing the Mythic 300SL Gullwing: The 2009 Gullwing-America 300 SL Panamericana is just a beauty !!
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Great simple idea : a lamp in a cage (by a french furniture designer : Ascete)
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German Studio Aisslinger have designed seating module and lamp inspired by the shapes of the microorganisms of the oceans and coral reefs. Of course is the series called Coral.
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Portsmouth Creative Movement, FarkFK and Stickee take part in a Street Art Blitz on Portsmouth Streets.
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Designed by Frederik Roijé, the Rocking Squares
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How'd i miss that Sigg's started having cool retro cap options?!?!?
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"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" is a film by Terry Gilliam, for release Sept09. A fantastical morality tale, starring Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law and Tom Waits.
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FEATUREDGoodmorning Technology's Handlebar Basket!
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The 'New York Street Advertising Takeover' project happened over the weekend, with 120 illegal billboards in and around NYC being white-washed and then painted over by about 80 different artists.
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Exhibition on wheels during Fuori Salone 2009. A new way of exhibiting to keep all extra costs to the minimum and the fun level to the maximum.
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The Selectbutton Collection: videogame boxes if they were in the Criterion Collection...
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According to the architect, this lofted forest house is a physical manifestation of the “fluidity and complexity of music.”
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Urban Outfitters has some pretty Moroccan lanterns!
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Designed by Valerio Bottin, the Foscarini 'Bubble' table lamps combines a chrome body, with a satin-finish polycarbonate diffuser.
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Vernissage of "Headlines" exhibition in Venice. Hundreds interested visitors were at the opening at Magazzini del Sale, an ancient wharehouse in the island. The expo could be visited until 30th of May.
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Seward Street Slides (& Corwin Community Garden) - San Francisco, CA. First opened May 21, 1973. Fun for big kids too!
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HOPE, a modern and innovative interpretation of the classic chandelier. Designed by Francisco Gomez Paz & Paolo Rizzatto for LUCEPLAN. Now at the Milan Design Week 2009.
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Street Art: Recent finds in Harajuku & Shibuya
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A quarantine officer monitored travelers with a thermographic device at the arrival gate at Narita International Airport, which serves Tokyo.
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The work of Italian Illustrator Maurizio Santucci (aka Bombo!)
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Hreinn Fridfinnsson makes awesome conceptual art.
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Nike has their legendary Cortez footwear new look in creative illustration creativeness. Imagination rules in footwear games!
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Super curious about Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman ~ the math in cooking!!!
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Takashi Murakami adds character to the May 2009 issue of Casa BRUTUS (which includes self-portraits of Murakami and a designed "Flower" plate).
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The Legacy of Bond: A series of the most memorable photographs from the all the 007 films. Provided by MiNDFOOD.
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Smooff Lounge Cushy. Ohh I'd like one right now in the office! Great idea, nice and compact for something like moonlight cinema watching, camping etc.
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This is what I call a packaging that kills 2 birds with one stone - It is a box and also acts as a hanger! Concept cleverly thought of by Steve Haslip, a graphic designer from Wivelsfield Green, England.
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Roots Run Deep's Educated Guess 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon ~ i hear its delicious ~ and i'm smitten by that label!!!
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Toshiba lighting systems at milan design week 09 - WOW - featuring lights surrounded by arches of mirrors. LED lights embedded in the objects will glow brighter as people approach, and pulsate as if alive.
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Check out the beautiful Jupiter Hotel in Portland!
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The Hyde Tube is an on-line short film festival / showcase, that aims to connect directors with agencies.
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Another treat from Salone Satellite was the D.Lab stand with a long table filled with small objects. The objects would be anything for the table, such as reading lamps, flowerpots, plates and glasses.
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VIDEOTrailer for Valerie Reid's "Sand Dancer," a short film that showcases Peter Donnelly's sand art in New Zealand. He creates vast works of art on New Brighton Beach with only a rake and a stick.
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Selected large scale sculptural installations using various fabrics by artist Craig Fisher.
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Seven350.com- A little inspiration goes a long way. Everyday I See My Dream. This is a 14″ x 18″ canvas, spray painted sky blue with cloudy white type.
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naoto fukasawa + patricia urquiola: panasonic at milan design week 09
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Adorable v-day gift ~ indoor porch swing! And the cushions are hand made from old (canvas?) tote bags!
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My Flickr Photos from an awesome art exhibit in Austin called Bodies in Urban Space!
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Showcasing at Via Carlo Botta 8, Milan this week has been Love Design, an art and design project that has fun with the concepts of affection, desire, pleasure and romance, but also jealousy, distance, separation and pain.
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rolf's furniture massacre at milan design week 09 - rolf is a furniture transformer. by cutting away parts and by adding new ones a piece of furniture gets a new span of life. See his process in the pics!
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The Bacone: A bacon cone filled with scrambled eggs and country gravy topped with a biscuit.
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The illustration and design of Borja Bonaque
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Long Table Bangkok is claimed to be the longest dining table in the world. With an impressive 24 meters teak dining surface, long table seats around 70 peoples at one time.
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The physical involvement of the spectator finds a resonance in the ephemeral existence of light particles.
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Beautiful set of photos of Emily Blunt for May 09 issue of Vanity Fair.
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Belvédère (2008) - This seat or rather perch is on the borders of urban areas where the view should be raised. Wink to the referee or lifeguard chair, to the observation post for hunting, it offers to the pedestrian a new viewpoint/
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At salone satellite Pour les Alpe are showing the three chests of drawers ‘Ehrfurcht’, ‘Neugierde’ and ‘Sehnsucht’, witch are the perfect combination of product design and traditional craftsmanship from the Swiss Alps.
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How To Make A BABY! Absolutely adorable stop motion video over the course of 9 months...
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Stylist Pontus Djanieff creates a set with "Space Odyssey meets interior design"-feeling.
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The Georgica House by Bates Masi architects is a monochromatic cube shaped home with great white blank interior spaces. The walls were left blank at the request of the homeowners to make it seem like a gallery for their artwork collection.
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Get a better look at all the 2009 Wallpaper Design Award Winners here. Lots of extra photos of each winner from each category.
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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.
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Type Nesting. Do birds have a favorite font?
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Here are the first High-res pics of the new and very limited production Ferrari 599XX, which, according to Ferrari, “incorporates the most advanced technologies resulting from Ferrari’s road-going and F1 research.”
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Selected works of Nam: Japanese Graphic Collective.
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Just found this dope new site called Borgger, a place to develop ideas and connect hands with minds to make them happen.
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Insane default wallpapers to be featured in Windows 7.
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FEATUREDAnnenberg Community Beach House opened in Santa Monica today! First city-run public beach house of it's kind on the cali coast ~ and there were even cirque du soleil girls in giant beach balls in the pool... tons of pics!
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