« Voie Lactée », a baby grand piano designed by Andrée Putman for Pleyel. The designer imagined the piano as a traditional music box.
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*sub-studio
Hanna Nyman's 3-D wallpaper invites the user to peel off the outer layer to expose the design underneath.
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*NOTCOT
Enzo Mari's Animali and Pesci Puzzles from 1974 are incredible woody pieces of design history that would look incredible on any coffee table - see both up close!
*tricky
Once again spanish architects show innovative random facades. In Barcelona, by ADD+ Arquitectura.
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*Jermacide
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Sophisticated Side Ponytail. This music video is horribly awesome. The song just plain fun.
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*lnkn52
"Sometimes 'going up in smoke' can be a good thing" Here's an incredible roundup of smoke imagery.
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*Jamois
Australia's most iconic outdoor shopping mall is vividly depicted as the seasons change, in this promo animated by The People's Republic of Animation.
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*AndyG
Nitrome continues to bring quality made games to their site and innovative designs. Their pixely style creates an astonishing look for their viewers.
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*nightreign
CASA de RETIRO ESPIRITUAL designed by Emilio Ambasz in 1975 is an amazing piece of architecture whose main facade is two white walls that seem to rise out of the ground. The house itself begins from the sunken courtyard.
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*keenondesign
SAVE TOTORO'S FOREST. Charity art show run by PIXAR to help raise awareness for Sayama Forest (inspiration for Totoro) which is under threat from development.
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*XzanderX
T.shelf is a shelving system designed by J1studio and it can be setup around your existing furniture. No screws required to assemble the T.self since it consists of only plywood, cables and zipties.
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*NOTCOT
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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*taichiMASTER
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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*tricky
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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*rattler
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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*tricky
A steel skinned house in La Reserva, a chilean gated community previously featured on #10808. Its crossed volumes offer a 360º view of the landscape. By Sebastian Irarrazaval.
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*tricky
Alvaro Siza designed the new building for the Fundacion Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It opened a few weeks ago. A rectangular white concrete structure with circulations going out of its facade.
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*NOTCOT
at design miami/ basel, audi presented 'traces' an installation, which consisted of 11 'unfinished' pictures by illustrators, artists, designers and photographers.... artificial worlds, with no cars... see what designboom found!
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*XzanderX
Andrew Neyer has designed the coolest looking zine ever. Space Junk 2 comes packaged in a cornflakes box and is handprinted by Andew. Get your copy now, he only made 150 of them...
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*designer
An incredibly fun new book in honor of the 35th Anniversary of Wacky Packs. The book has an introduction by Art Spiegelman.
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*stopoversleeping
New library at the University of Chicago designed by Helmut Jahn. Featuring a massive glass reading room and a vast sub-terrain cavern of books, which are retrieved by robotic arms
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*elmanco
To spread free samples is not an original idea for a brand, but Friskies decided to feed bird in streets to gain peolple attention.
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*MikeChino
BKLYN Designs features some incredible local designers that use locally-sourced materials, sustainable production methods, and high-quality hand-craftsmanship.
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*karmacake
Canadian design team Bookhou's steam bent ash wood children's chair. Comfortable with a removable industrial felt lining. Sturdy enough to handle whatever kids throw at it. Literally!
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*Lauren Kilberg
This video of sea-like creatures created from various parts of eyeglasses is both eerie and beautiful. The project is a collaborative effort between Important Looking Pirates and Oscar Magnuson Spectacles.
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*nicosaieh
The Grand Rapids Art Museum is the first LEED Gold Certified Museum, combining great design and sustainability
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*XzanderX
Inspired by the sea and surrounding scrub oak forest Architecture Research Office has design this modern beach house that updates New England’s rich traditions with glass, zinc, and an original clapboard siding scheme
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*allucci
New Pepsi Football spot created by Glassworks where people were interviewed and asked the question: "What would happen in your ideal Pepsi ad?" See what they got!
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*NOTCOT
The Indoor Union Bench from I Do Design has launched! and there is a gorgeous desk as well that is perfect for collaborative working... interesting alternative to a conference table?
*NOTCOT
Felted Wool Teddy Bear Fetuses and Skulls... as well as large breasted cows, bulldogs, puppies and more from Stephanie Metz
*NOTCOT
Hulger goes DJ friendly with their new Hulger retro phone headset adapters! Pictured are the lovely Brokenhearts girls who were appointed the official DJ-adaptor-testing-team.
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*nickpapageorgia
AA Ads - "in flight wifi, just in case" Extremely fun ads, most likely mock ups seeing as they are from a school, from Miami Ad School out of Miami Beach and art director Vanessa Castañeda.
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*eelco10
A great way to use a Tord Boontje design. The guys from the Pouvlov Store took the Kvadrat fabric and playfully used it in a special design version of the Pouvlov.
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*moralpunch
Moral Punch in West Hollywood will be hosting the fine art work of five awesome animation artists this coming Saturday, March 15th. Tim Beard, Eliza Frye, Leo Matsuda, Christian Robinson, Nic Sweet
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*thescholar
new york arist kirsten hassenfeld creates beautiful, intricately detailed sculptures from paper.
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*citizenphilip
The first in a series of shows conceived by CITIZEN:Citizen to explore how we value the objects in our life. Design is everywhere but what does it mean to us.
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*XzanderX
Norwegian architect Tommie Wilhelmsen teamed up with Husgalleriet to bring us all this lovely house at Vivendelstien 10 in Stavanger, Norway. The interior isn't bad either...
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*fubiz
Web Trend Map : selection of the 300 most influential and successful websites for 2008.
160 HeartsThis gloriously retro Icon Watch boasts distinctive styling that pays homage to the 8-bit console games of old.
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