We love the modular furniture JONO - signed by the Finnish designer Mika Tolvanen for Zanotta. A collection that attracted us to the complexity of its simple shapes.
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The Dutch duo, Lernert & Sander, have taken seven of the most mundane of household domestic appliances and comedically refashioned them into divine creations for Selfridges in London.
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CIA's Martin Haake will be giving a talk, revealing secrets & inspiration during this year's Offset festival in Dublin Ireland.
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Koraltaruk Bilardo, furniture manufacturer from Turkey - another modern pool/billiards table that converts to a dining table. The table top flips open with hinges on the side.
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Peter Jamieson - Quilt - Quilted stainless steel sheets dressing new radiators for Deltacalor
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These war planes for kids from NZ company Newbies doubles as fridge magnets. Multi-function design of kids toys.
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A video exploring the science and technology employed by craft chocolate makers, Mast Brothers. The custom designed/engineered hand-blown glass is impressive...
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VIDEONicely done video looking at the evolution of skateboarding from the 1970s to today. Nice mix of archive footage and period music.
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Pedalr ~ A marketplace for people who love bikes
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FEATUREDLemons growing IN my lemons ~ My crazy old giant lemon tree is doing it again... this time with even more roots!
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alessiTab by stefano giovannoni ~ runs on android 2.1, 1GB internal, Wifi, DVB with antenna, mic + camera, HDMI/USB/SD, digital frame...
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Yes, that IS a HUGE middle finger - the most recent and much discussed artwork by maurizio cattelan arrived today in milan's piazza affari, in front of the italian stock exchange building.
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Stéphanie Kilgast’s miniatures are unbelievable ~ including plates of sushi that could fit on your finger nail... boxes of laudree macaroons... and donuts that could sit on a match head
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OMHU Canes ~ on more woody objects lovingly dipped/painted in vibrant colours...
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Threadless: Ten Years of T-shirts from the World's Most Inspiring Online Design Community ~ the book! By founder Jake Nickell
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Painted birch wood table that expands to 1.4 times its original size - by London based Tom Cecil.
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Paaaaaarty! "I wasn't myself last night" ~ latest creature in my head by Andrew Bell
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FEATUREDI Am Plastic Too ~ by Kidrobot's Paul Budnitz ~ amazing coffee table book that is like the yearbook of amazing designer toys! So many NOTCOT friends and favorites featured ~ take a peek inside...
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Seabird - Mozilla Labs and Billy May showing off a conceptual Mozilla Phone. 3D mouse and projected interfaces demonstrating the next frontier of mobile tech.
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Lauren Tennenbaum aka (In)Decorous Taste presents her rock crystal shoes.
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HOUSE Collective take over 1 Berwick Street, Soho for nine days of workshops, talks and creative events showcasing design, performance, art and fashion with highlights including sessions from D&AD, Seymourpowell and Stand + Stare Collective.
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Brian Viveros' "The Dirtyland" Show preview is up!
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Chris Jackson's 'Data Stream' is a sculptural addition to the USB key.
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FEATUREDIKEA's Hembakat är Bäst - what looks to be an incredible cookbook of 30 yummy recipes as photographed by Carl Kleiner. The ingredient shots are AMAZING.
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FEATUREDA look inside NYCs new FoodParc ~ 20,000 sq ft high tech food court ~ with Bacon Snack and Hash Browns with bacon/cheddar (seen here), even Smoked Bacon Egg Rolls and Steamed Dumplings with bacon + much more!
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"Totem" shelves by belgian designer Vincent Van Dusyen for Pastoe. Some minimalist and colorful furnitures shown in Antwerpen at A.Track 2010.
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A family in Seattle renovated their bathroom and tiled the floor in 13,650 nickels!
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AWESOME SOLITARE! App for iPhone... the video is... WTF... but amusingly fun!
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New quarterly graphic design and illustration magazine Wrap, is a collection of original wrapping papers, design related interviews and articles; the aim is to showcase talented artists/designers.
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Design studio Caberlonaroppi had chosen Flou to create the bed to furnish the Penthouse Room on display at the ‘Good Design Hotel’ exhibition event at the SIA. Lovely how its both tall desk and bed!
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Not all garbage, has just a single use. Look at this design by SHSH , a temporary pavilion made from used plastic beer crates.
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A trestle glass table that folds up. Designed by Bénédicte de Lescure for La Corbeille Editions.
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Sotheby's inaugural The Art of Farming, An Auction of Edible Heirlooms. Great mini site showing off the incredible lots and stories behind them! For local farmers, purveyors, celebrity chefs, and food industry experts to join together.
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Designer / artist Bill Zindel presents a collection of illustrations and collages all on brown bags, of brown bags, or representing brown bags, all of them titled, you guessed it, "Brown Bag."
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Swisstrax has a sustainable product for flooring, made from recycled materials. It is called Ecotrax. This product will be the answer for any designers looking for sustainable materials for their designs.
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‘Cultural architect’ Helen Kontouris has created this planter for Ambius. The VOC-free planter comes in small desktop, medium and large.
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The Anti Design Festival has taken over Shoreditch - check out Londonewcastle, Aubin Gallery, Idea Generation Gallery, KK Gallery, Payne Shurvell Gallery, and many more for a variety of exhibitions and events!
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Shipwreck in a gallery – Josh Beckman's installation Sea Nymph
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FEATUREDClick4Art does their second set of Cups & Saucers, this time tea/coffee cups! And the Kozyndan Sea Hares design is AMAZING! Also take a peek at Ron English "Abraham Obama" and Jon Burgerman "In the Park"
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A trilogy of guidebooks with how-tos for a Bollywood-Meets-Rocky-Mountains wedding invitation. Quirky illustrations and concept make it an instant collectible.
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This shelf is designed, inspired by the wave, how the wave moves, the beauty of waves. It is called Summer, designed by Martin Gallagher.
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If you go mad for mid-century classics, why not get these mini replicas for your little ones. From Eames to Jacobsen, these pieces are dreamy.
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Looking up into the Oberhausen Gasometer, a 430' high renovated gas storage-facility turned exhibition hall. From our top ten conversions of historical and military structures.
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The Paris/Berlin collective are known for their fur 'graffiti' but they have now taken the idea one step further. A species may not have to be living in order to evolve anymore...
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"Twist" by french designers William Boujon and Julien Benayoun from Bold Design. Some clever twisted steel trestles, between metalworking tradition and modernity.
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Heima series designed by Canadian designer Francis Cayouette.
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The visual identity of Il Cassero, designed by Lorella Pierdicca and Francesco Zorzi.
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Cool campaign for Nokia Nseries by Wieden+Kennedy.
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Visit the A+D Museum in its new permanent home on Museum Row in Los Angeles! A+D features progressive architecture and design in everyday life.
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Mozilla 'Seabird' concept phone by Billy May. Part of Mozilla Labs' "Concept Series".
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VIDEO'REVIVE' concept phone by Kinneir Dufort uses materials that become more beautiful with age and a membership scheme that rewards users who keep their product for longer.
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'Pop Rivet' bench by TAF, (Gabriella Gustafson & Mattias Ståhlbom) for the Lollipop Shoppe.
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'Trip' suitcase by Travelteq provides a comfortable 10-degree seat angle, for an activity-promoting posture.
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Samsung 'PROXIMA' concept wearable phone by Johan Loekito.
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"Haus IK_13" by Mitto Architekten. A tiny wooden house and artist studio in Borsfleth - Germany.
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VIDEOBerlin based artist Sarah Illenberger has covered a whole car with cardboard in different green tones. The video shows the fascinating process and an interview with her.
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VIDEOVideo by Studio Geenen showing the development process of the Gaudi Stool. From design, through modeling, to the final product.
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The Poundshop concept store - part of this year's London Design Festival - stocks all manner of lovingly produced design curiosities from upcoming artists, all at the mind meltingly ridiculous price of just one, solitary English pound...
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"MY NAME IS CHARLES SAATCHI AND I AM AN ARTOHOLIC" (Phaidon) is OUT and a MUST-READ of this autumn! "Everything you need to know about Art, Ads, Life, God and other mysteries and weren't afraid to ask"
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THE OTHER VOLCANO - Nelly Ben Hayoun’s new project at London Design Festival.. watch the video!
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'CREO' by Charissa Rais is a customizable stamping device that could generate geometric letterforms. Comes in a wooden package complete with one stamp holder and a set of little stamp heads.
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You Are Here ~ Edible Geography has a sneak peak into an exhibition at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery... lots of cool pieces like this gelatin mapping of the Manhattan skyline.
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Anish Kapoor makes sculptures with mirrors to turn the world upside down.
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FEATUREDAdventures on an epic one day roadtrip through the Scottish Highlands... the views are stunning!
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VIDEO'Where Good Ideas Come From' video by Steven Johnson ~ gorgeously fun animation!
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FEATUREDDrool over another gorgeous week at Liqurious with our biweekly roundup.
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SLICE by David Weatherhead is a chopping board/serving platter that divides itself in 4 self aligning segments. Acrylic stone and concealed magnets. Copyright free symbol of peace: Gerald Holtom, 1958.
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FEATUREDMINI unveiled its 'MINI Scooter E Concept' in London.
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Utriai, Lithuania Residence by Architectural Bureau G.Natkevicius & Partners.
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Marmol Radzinger's 'R.M. Schindler' lounge chair (cedar + canvas). Available at Wright 21.
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FEATURED"The Geometry of Pasta" book pairs over 100 authentic recipes from critically acclaimed chef, Jacob Kenedy, with award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand’s stunning black-and-white designs.
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FEATURED“Jeu de société” in Reims is an art exhibition making beautiful use of the boarded up construction site around the Halles du Boulingrin ~ covering it with choreographed photography
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Adam&Eve Hotel is a 497-room 5-star, luxury boutique hotel in Antalya Belek, Turkey.
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Graphic design team Valence present a magnificent little collection of illustrations and collages going by the name "Holidays."
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Alphamuro is a shelving system where the shelf supports serve also as bookends. Designed by Jasper Morrison in 1996 for Alias.
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VIDEO‘Green Box’ by Environmentally Conscious Organization (e.c.o.), Inc. the ‘Green Box’ breaks down into convenient serving plates and into a handy storage container.
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'Nutsy's Deluxe Racing Set' by Tom Sachs edition of 150. This kit gives you everything you need to drive on Nutsy's racetrack (or anywhere you deem suitable for a Mini-Z racer).
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Mobile Outdoor Kitchen for 10 Plan by Studiomama. You can download detailed instructions to make your own outdoor kitchen.
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Obscene stickers found affixed to a number of rental cycles (part of London's new public bike-rental program). The stickers succinctly conveyed many Britons' anger toward the banking sector.
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Custom shape skateboard deck by Makr Studio. Gray top laminate with hand stained bottom. The board is a White Walnut toned bottom with a gray steel like top.
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FURO's (Future Robotics Technology Center) 'Core' robot capable of carrying payloads (or ultimately human) up to 100 kg.
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'Distance of fog' house by studiogreenblue. Through multiple layers (using perforated metal screens) they created a sense of distance with the concept of looking through fog.
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BRAMBLE CAFE is temporary cafe by Arabeschi di Latte in collaboration with La Fromagerie inspired by the wild and natural life of the English countryside.. Watch the video!
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TRIO by Jordi Rabal is a project about design and development a slot car incorporating automats and effects with smart materials.
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Simon Hasan's 'Naked Radio' created using porcelain, stainless steel, walnut, lace and brass.
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"A-Husene" housing by Cedra Architects in Grenaa - Denmark. Some truncated black bricks volumes on an artificial island.
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"Nastro" is Italian for Ribbon.... tapware for Ritmonio
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Joseph L. Griffith's "Drawing machine #1" interactive mixed media installation.
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VIDEOVideo of FTSI's 'Ball Grid Array' kinetic installation in the Chinese Private Enterprise Pavilion at the World Expo Shanghai 2010 China.
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'KEEL TABLE_003' by Oscar Narud / Cast iron and ash. Inspired by the drop down keels used for smaller sailing boats.
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“Proletarian Drift and the Enfranchisement of the Bourgeoisie in the 21st Century” collection by Jason Alper at Guy Hepner gallery.
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Pete Fowler will be selling his Bat Skull Biscuits at Eat Your Heart Out, the world's first 18+ cakeshop
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Peter Hook is creating and building unique chairs and tables in a traditional way.
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