*nicosaieh
This small hotel made by Sami Rintala in the North East Norway, houses just a single room, a double room and a lobby for sailors, fishers, hunters, backpackers and fortune-seekers. Small and useful.
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Super cute mother's day video from Zune Arts by - Parisian artist Yves Geleyn and New York indie pop duo the bird and the bee
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*matildaleo
Created by Japanese design studio A4 , Tumi-Ishi is beautiful game made of wooden rocks. Reminds me a bit like Jenga.
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Iron Man ~ wow. I didn't think i would, but i loved it... particularly all the design details, i have a serious case of house/lab envy! Check out the video of the Malibu house perched over point dume...
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Flip Video Ultra - that tiny idiot-proofed video camera with the flip out USB now has an Underwater Housing and Action Mount! Can you imagine the silly things you can do with such a low cost underwater video camera?
*XzanderX
Nice and clean packing from danish The Coffee Collective (TCC). The profile that circles around a simple and nice triangular pattern was developed by Hatch & Bloom in close corporation with TCC.
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*shag
Japanese artist Machiko Shishido hand-carves her paper thin porcelain vases. Place a tea light inside for the most exquisite translucent effect.
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IKEA 08 ~ in addition to the Trollsta (#9958) - this season they seem to be picking up quite a few trends - from vinyl stickers to floating tv walls...
*XzanderX
Nice, social housing, neighborhood in Ghent, Belgium. Designed by Neutelings Riedijk. Great photos by talanted photographer Dajo Revyn.
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*jdjohnson
A new brush set is released along with the new Departika website. Bangin' Border Brush Set by Jason Gaylor of Departika.
*tsunamistrike
Lenovo, a Chinese based computer company, designed the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch.
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Opel Agila's high-heel shoes do indeed exist. Designed by Luca Stappers, they were unveiled on April 2 during a special party at the SHOEBALOO shoe shop in Amsterdam.
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What has the body of the iPhone, the glossy ui of the PSP, and the brain of a Blackberry? Apparently the Blackberry 9000 is quite the chimera.
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DIY Speakerdog Series 05 is here! And my fav of the DIY paper designs from this set is the Nice Bunny.
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*sambaron
the new fabrica fetaures lisbon show
1000 drawings of 2 illustrators blog, during 5OO days.
fabrica-features-lisboa.blogspot.com
*highonchai
I've always held Luigi Colani's eccentricities, progressive and nature based design forms in high admiration. His website chronicles 5 decades of his work.
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New to the bottled water market ~ Y Water ~ for kids, bottle designed by Yves Behar, and when emptied you can build structures out of them!
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the final installment in David Attenborough's "Life" series is here! Life In Cold Blood ~ incredible BBC series all about reptiles! It looks amazing, planet earth fans be ready to drool!
*Imprint
“Ku-So Muji” is Muji’s sister site, where you can send in your product design idea and vote for your favorites.
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Core77 has a great post about the Kotatsu ~ the japanese coffee table with built in blanket and heater underneath... to keep you cozy while you sit with your legs under, and all bundled up!
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*allucci
New Puma v1.08 brilliant commercial created by Robert/Boisen & Like-Minded and The Mill.
Great high-tech and futuristic look directed by Nicolai Fuglsig.
*NOTCOT
Hong Kong gadget company, Brando, has a pretty little sim card to unlock iphones... cute idea, unfortunately only for iPhone v1.1.2
151 HeartsCzech clothing company UAX has a great office/store designed by Kamil Mrva Architects. I really like the contrast between the old and the new structures.
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*MO
So, they say a picture speaks 1,000 words. In Jan Socor's case, he's speaking whole essays.
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So there it is ~ popping out of a manilla envelope ~ the macbook air. but EVEN CUTER? The actual music video of yael naim's "new soul" that is used in their ad
*NOTCOT
I bet you didn't realize that the Squeezebox Duet Remote has an SD slot, headphone jack, speaker, IR transmitter, accelerometer , flickr browsing, clock.... in addition to being able to stream your music (even sirius) via wifi
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On another fun surprise package ~ How incredible is this YO FRAGILE! guy on a huge box that just showed up ~ and wait till you see the incredible mixed media piece inside! Awesome ghosty skater boy.
*destinyviolet
Uncyclopedia is an encyclopedia full of misinformation and utter lies. You might say it puts the "psych!" in "encyclopedia". Quite amusing, really.
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Think Tank designed by Renate Hattinger Keramik - Think Tank is part of the series Human Interior - Material: porcelain, gold plated, luster
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Robotic water striders! Awesome video too... The CMU Water Strider by NanoRobotics Laboratory
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This 25th year ~ my perfect birthday present is my new Vinyl Cutter ~ and to test it out between ai files and doodles, we have even decorated the wiimotes! [this image is just the beginning]
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Creature by Andrew Zuckerman is definitely the MUST buy coffee table book of the year... unfortunately my copy came a bit bashed up, and the cover seems to be crying green...
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UPDATED! I just found a video of Bryan demoing all of the tests in the Oakley O Lab! It really is even cooler to see it in video ... shooting balls at glasses on dummy heads at high velocities, playing with lasers, etc.
*nogre
Austrian Bela Borsodi does still life photography in a very special way. Interview and links.
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*substudio
An interview with Yang Liu, author and designer of Ost trifft West (aka East Meets West).
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The British Design Council has a great series of articles on Managing Design ~ including input from Alessi, BT, Starbucks, Microsoft, Lego, Sony, Virgin, Yahoo, Whirlpool, Xerox and more
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Design House Stockholm finally opens an online store! (For all those goodies like my favorite carrie basket... and this great Umbrella Stand, by Eva Schildt with a sponge!)
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Triggered by post #6732 ~ Joshua Targownik sent in his photographs of the Reform School which are beautiful... it looks like the picturesque doll house full of designer goods you wish you had.
*giantchutney
Who new you could do such great things with your empty wine jug? Carlo Rossi: Make Something - a series of products reusing wine jugs.
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