*curio
Artist Andrew Wilson's contribution to Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier's gallery show at 1988, "Crazy 4 Cult," showcasing a multitude of characters from cult movies.
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*sub-studio
Love this - D-Vision created the Small Apple Dish to aesthetically incorporate your apple core when you are done with it.
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*sub-studio
A hillside house in Ushimado, Japan by Tezuka Architects - the entire rear facade opens up via some sliding doors.
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*shape+colour
In the final build-up to the opening of Beijing 2008, two wonderful and anticipated new TV spots - Coca Cola's "Bird's Nest Stadium" and Adidas' "Countdown" - were finally aired this week.
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*sub-studio
Lyle Owerko's photographs from The Boombox Project catalog the iconic, visually beautiful ghetto-blaster.
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*Jermacide
Chris Gilmour's cardboard version of Bond's Aston Martin is amazing. Includes front mounted machine guns, pop-out wheel blades, flip up stick shift eject button and more. Also check out Gilmour's cardboard safe and bicycle.
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*NOTCOT
Genevieve Gaukler had an exhibition in Tokyo, and even debuted some vinyl toys! Tokyo 41%, Paris 59%.
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*guicury
An advertisement for SBS's coverage of the Tour De France that is an epic 21 day endurance event for one Melbourne cyclist. His pedaling is powering a scrolling metrolite from 8-4, stopping only for two rest days as per the actual event.
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*alik
Scrap Lights by Graypants are not only beautiful, they're sustainably made from twice recycled cardboard.
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*aymarius
Fun campaign by TBWA Istanbul for sports channel NTV Spor. The sport speakers are embedded inside the action.
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*venus
Opera singer Leslie Garrett was hoisted above the Tower of London via a crane where she performed for a small audience to promote the English National Opera. The stunt was organized by Sky Arts TV channel.
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*tricky
An amazing countryside house made out of stone and glass. By Herreros Arquitectos, in Spain.
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*fubiz
Visual communication on Marsatac festival. White poster but clues hidden in the decor.
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*shockvalue
On-going photo series by photographer Mikhail Wassmer; described as “Pulling the kids out of their familiar party atmosphere and having them pose without smiling"
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*newshow
Really cool new feature was just added to Nike iD - Photo iD. Take a pictures with your phone, send it via MMS to Nike iD and use the colors from the photo on your customized Nike sneakers. Nice fusion of design and technology!
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*alik
The Lilypad, by Vincent Callebaut, is a concept for a completely self-sufficient floating city intended to provide shelter for future climate change refugees.
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*venus
The Ford Company created an ingenious campaign where a Ford Focus car is dismantled and the parts are transformed into musical instruments played by an orchestra of real musicians
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*FRESH AIR
A finely crafted Fabergé Buddha made from bowenite which was previously owned by billionaire shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Soon to be up for auction - estimate of £350,000.
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*nicosaieh
Caranbachel by FOA - A compact volume building where all the apartments have double orientationwith terraces in both sides, protected with bamboo louvers.
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*MikeGusto
Formatmag.com releases over 70 new wallpapers with the Sneaker Wallpapers II Collection and the Issue 40 Anniversary Collection.
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*laurasweet
agnés b. is way more than just a cool lowercase French fashion label. She's a movie producer, florist, chocolatier, restaurateur, publisher, philanthropist, gallery owner and more. The whole story. Even what the 'b" stands for!
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*thescholar
beautiful organic creations in porcelain from uk-based artist claire palastanga.
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*NOTCOT
As i'm sure you've seen by now, i've been on a bit of a research project on bird feeders this morning, storing my finds on notcot.org ~ and the full roundup is now up ~ should we design our own for NOTConcept?
*tricky
greenPIX is a media wall designed by Simone Giostra and ARUP, in Beijing. This curtain wall is powered by photovoltaic energy, and will feature video installations starting in May.
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*Jermacide
Cute screech owl stowed away on an aircraft carrier and nursed back to health by Zachary Gorman, an aviation mechanic who happens to be a licensed falconer. "Fod" - foreign object debris
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*netk
Featured architectural design by Elie Gamburg in the eVolo's '08 Skyscraper Competition.
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*alik
The new Miami Art Museum from Herzog & de Meuron can only be described as the modern interpretation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon - an imaginative structure that bridges urban spaces, climates and cultures.
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*NOTCOT
Mail Call! Diesel sent over their "Jeans Chain" ~ the hefty shiny gold bling to hang from your belt loops with a vial of perfume inside... OR anything else you want to stash in the container. See the unboxing.
*dorbis
a tree becoming a chair, a hangcoat. Making an extension of hte furniture itself we discover a branch allow in us to use it.
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*thescholar
watch your empty wine bottles transform into classical urns with these printed felt covers from tokyo's furnish, available at Molla Space.
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*XzanderX
Diagram by Swedish Nola is a bench for the public spaces. With its soft almost surreal shape I can easily see it outside a modern art museum.
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*technabob
This spinning dot-matrix printer sprays inkjet messages on ping pong balls. Did I happen to mention that they're used as ammunition for a giant ping pong ball firing robot?
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*lilsparra
Sterling silver ring with built-in microphone that works! From AnalogueAesthetics.
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*laurasweet
Paul the Wine Guy's Art For Geeks is a flickr set of fine art photos with computer and tech language atop them to help explain it to those who are left-brained. Clever and fun.
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*NOTCOT
Oh Diesel Sweeties, my mail auto completes me too.... and on cute possible vday gifts : limited run of 50 wooden pixel hearts (such a nice fusion of the digital and physical)
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*alberico
Blade heating radiator design by Peter Rankin
Photo: Luca Tessarin
Concept : Alberico Crosetta, Luca Tessarin
*jhayne
a {handmade out of durable upholstery-grade vinyl, and lined with fuzzy, soft fleece} manila envelope for your macbook air (via craftzine)
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*Fette
William Lamson is featured in the group show (Untitled) u=___ opening at fette's gallery Jan. 11th. Each artist was asked to take a self-portrait representing someone else. Same size, edition of 1!
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