VIDEOSub City Paris and New York, films by Sarah Klein and Tom Mason (Redglass Pictures).
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Sculptures made of sponges by artist Etienne Gros!
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FEATUREDSpanair has awesome graphical icons on a huge wall sized map in Barcelona airport representing the various cities they fly to.
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A series of 29 manipulated photographic images by Matt Lee. Inspired by Jacques Derrida's essay 'Structure, Sign and Play'.
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FEATUREDGran Turismo 5 set up in the Mercedes Benz Bremen Factory Lobby ~ Nürburgring mat with every twist and turn labeled, engine like holder for the PS3, Logitech wheel set up, and more...
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Robert Wilson's Electric Kartell Chairs Debut at Milan's Teatro alla Scala
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FEATUREDOperation Window Seat: PMI-BCN at sunrise!
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VIDEOPublic Resonance captures the design of a device that allows the musician to resonate with the audience using natural resonance in everyday street objects. Designed by Sam Weller in collaboration with Yamaha and RCA.
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The latest from nerf, the Nerf Vortex Nitron.
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Reddress, installation and performance by Aamu Song at York Hall, Bethnal Green as part of the London Design Festival.
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Engraved milk bottles by Charlotte Hughes Martin.
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The eccentric English writer Geoff Dyer on America set to illustrations by Vahram Muratyan.
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Designed not just look cool, the Revolight system turns your bike wheels into replacements for your headlight and tail light, illuminating the ground around you while alerting drivers to your presence.
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VIDEOBeautiful polagraphs and instructions on how to build your own machine, from Sandy Noble.
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Tires come full circle in AnneMarie van Splunter's playground design 'Rubbertree'.
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FEATUREDA beautiful nest of whole wheat carbonara with caviar, avocado halibut crudo, and gelato topped in cotton candy.... just some of the amazing dishes at Culina, a modern Italian restaurant in Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills.
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Navigating the NYC subways system can be a nightmare. Here are some alternatives to improve signage in the subway from the Original Champions of Design (OCD).
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'La Mola' Hotel in Terrassa, Spain by b720 Fermin Vazquez Arquitectos.
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Fable, a digitally crafted ornamental timepiece by Gilbert13, displays time in an enchanting way. The dome-shaped cage houses a rotating tree that moves with each second, gently swaying the swing as time passes.
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VIDEODidactic Experiences. This captures Southern California Institute of Architecture's annual September graduation and thesis show. It was shot over a three day event.
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Argentine artist Adrián Villar Rojas sticks a massive extraterrestrial toothpick into Paris's Tuileries Gardens with his new sculpture 'Poem for Earthlings'.
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Photosynth of Ford Evos Concept from Frankfurt IAA 2011. Also featuring Fiesta ST Concept, Focus ST and B-MAX Concept.
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Tel Aviv based artist Maya Landman lovely aquarelle and mixed media works. In her words: 'The essence of my work is the acceptance of human variation through the appreciation of the imperfections in nature and animals.'
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New pieces from Kenneth Cobonpue from Maison et Objet 2011 include this Papillon lounge chair and ottoman.
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Artist Bili Bidjocka and curator Simon Njami have been traversing the world inviting creatives of varied professional backgrounds to write on the blank pages of eight enormous books as a part of their Ecriture Infinie project.
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VIDEOIncredible and simple printer concept from Artefact called See What You Print (SWYP).
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Lovely packaging for Creencias designed by YuJo! Creatividad Aplicada.
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One part of David Sykes' amazing 'Skulllolly' project.
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Illustration and prints from Lovely Pigeon (Kirsty Thomas).
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Nasa has released a time-lapse video featuring a unique view of the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights, captured by the International Space Station as its orbit passed 200 miles above eastern Australia and Antarctica.
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FEATUREDBy sheer luck and an unreliable sense of direction, I discovered Nobrow on Great Eastern Street, in East London. What a gem! Nobrow is part shop, part studio and part gallery and they publish an incredible series of books and screenprints.
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Marcel Wanders unveils a new collection for Marks & Spencer.
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FEATUREDCatch up on a week of fashion’s finest with NotCouture.
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Scale Pen by Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban.
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See 9 Highlights From Paris's Fall Gallery Season.
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FEATUREDDemitasse ~ Little Tokyo's new cafe and coffee bar features a ever rotating variety of single source coffees like this freshly siphoned pot of Tanzanian Peaberry Kanyovu... and a fun video of the siphon in action!
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Skate Bench No.1 started out as a side project in our studio. The prototype was photographed and put up on our website. and soon published in '1000 Product designs' by Eric Chan.
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Design for Shopping: New book showcases Louis Vuitton’s luxurious stores around the world.
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FEATUREDThere’s something about the way Hard Graft always manages to craft their accessories that brings an air of elegance and rugged simplicity in balance. We take a closer look at he extremely versatile looking Square1 Holdall in Driftwood.
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A beautiful Norwegian summerhouse, Naust paa Aure by TYIN tegnestue.
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VIDEOArturo Castro's real time face substitution technique developed using the opensource framework.
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The awesome-ness that is Yee Haw Industries block prints.
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Amazing photos from Burning Man 2011 by photographer Scott London.
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This map from Derek Watkins taps into the names of places contained in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset to show how the generic names of streams vary across the lower 48.
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Infographic on scent receptors in different species from the New Scientist.
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A first look at SOME/THINGS magazine Chapter005. Each copy of the hardcover, hand-numbered edition of Chapter005 comes wrapped in 5 kinds of Rick Owens Cashmere, scented with a yet-to-be-released perfume.
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Creative imaging portfolio utilizing stereographic projections created by Boston based Photographer Max Gordon.
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Martelli has been making pasta in the small city of Lari, Tuscany since 1926. The pasta is of high quality and so is their packaging, designed by a family member over 20 years ago.
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Night Bright by Design I/O is an interactive installation of nocturnal discovery where children use their bodies to light up the nighttime forest and discover the creatures that inhabit it.
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'Wryneck' table by Léa Padovani & Sébastien Kieffer, the POOL design duo. This small coffee table seems to have been eaten by a beaver.
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London based design practice, Jenner Studio has recently completed this interior design project; a new boutique in Singapore for the British fragrance house, Penhaligon’s.
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'Playtime' concrete tiles for indoor and outdoor use by young designer Xiral Segard.
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VIDEOCoca-Cola – Experience The Great Happyfication
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FEATUREDDancing spiders, carved tires and an encounter with zero gravity are all part of this week at NOTCOT.org.
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'Libero' is a children hut and maze by Jean-Sébastien Poncet for Edition Sous Etiquette.
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How Not To Be A Tourist. An online street smart guide aims to rid the world of tourists - looking like tourists. One fanny pack at a time.
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FEATUREDUnboxing the GoBandit HD Action Camera ~ a look at the packaging, hardware, and software overlays that allow you to visualize location, speed, and altitude throughout the videos.
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Packaging design created by Jaeyoung Ha for tea bags T-Cup. A package that tries to tell visually the emotion you feel sipping the different qualities of tea.
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Artist Nik Nowak came up with the 'Panzer' Soundtank, a 11-speaker monstrosity mounted on a flatbed.
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Ever wondered what an 'Average Font' would look like? This is a font consisting of over 900 different typefaces.
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In answer to the High Line, here is the proposed 'Low Line', an underground park planned for an abandoned trolley terminal on the Lower East Side!
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Blueprint asked some designers, artists and architects to reinterpret the British road sign. Here are the results.
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FEATUREDInside our suite at La Residencia, Deia, Mallorca ~ from the amazing views, to the four poster bed (with tv that comes out of nowhere) ~ the huge bathroom to the donkeys, olive groves, and organic garden...
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This collection of perfectly proportioned mugs has a distinctive key shaped handle: Easy to hold, great to look at and with a spectrum of colored handles. By Gary Birks, launching at 100% design this week.
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Malta Design Week is Malta's first design week held on the island of Malta, Oct 1-8. A number of artists, creatives, architects and more taking part in a series of events, talks and workshops.
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FEATUREDDiscovering a little Cove hidden away in Deia, Mallorca, Spain ~ with cute little shore/cliff side restaurants, cats that hang out on the cliffs, and beautifully clear waters...
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A global map of the world's submarine cables. Undersea cables make the Internet global, the most sophisticated ones capable of transmitting nearly 10 terabits of data per sec, compressed through a handful of fiber-optic strands.
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VIDEOTokyo caught in slow motion by Alex Lee.
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HI-MACS House in Bavaria, Germany, is a collaboration between architectural studios Karl Dreer and Bembé Dellinger Architects.
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Vanity Charles by Minale-Maeda are rapid prototyped pendants.
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VIDEOOctfalls installation by Ryoichi Kurokawa. One of a thousand ways to defeat entropy.
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The converse sak pro leather bag, a leather doctors bag from Converse First String in collaboration with designer Ryusaku Hiruma.
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A work of craft art by Rafael Fagulha. Bent paper clips, staples handworked to form a true family of characters with their own style and identity.
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Bas van Vraay of Atelier Vraay's Hybrid Barstool, part of his solo exhibition at Berlin's Schuessler Gallery.
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Shape Is Use (SIU) is an extremely compact system that unfolds to provide light, and only the amount of light needed, best suited and required by the user. By Quentin Vaulot.
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Conceptual nail packaging by Pier-Philippe Rioux.
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3D printed blood vessels have recently been created at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany. There, researchers use rapid prototyping techniques for making organic biomaterials.
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Today, on Forge de Laguiole's initiative, the French actor Alain Delon meets Ora-Ito: one of the most brilliant designers of his generation. From this meeting, a unique knife is born, 'le Samouraï'.
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The Rishikesh House by Rajiv Saini + Associates.
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"Les Perles" is a modular candleholder designed by FX Ballery, on which small pieces of wood can be slipped over a metal rod.
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VIDEOExtraordinary footage of the courtship of the peacock jumping spider in Australia.
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VIDEOA documentary about the island of Texel, its eccentric inhabitants and the strange things that wash up on its shores.
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VIDEOArrested Motion filmmaker Carlos Gonzalez follows Portuguese-born artist Vhils as he completes his latest work on the streets of Venice, California.
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Kinizi is a mashup of Hipmunk/Google Maps/Craigslist+Top 5 Rental Listing websites.
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Booklet from Irish Civil Defence on 'Survival in a Nuclear War' with advice on 'Protection in the Home and on the Farm'! Some real gems in there and the illustrations alone are something to behold.
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Great drawings by Andreas Preis, made with some fineliners, markers, pencils and some brushes.
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VIDEOStunning video showcasing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on the border of Minnesota and Canada by Carl Martin.
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Nicole Meyer is branding 10,000 lakes. One Minnesota Lake. One Logo. Every day. The project will take about 27 years. Talk about dedication!
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VIDEOGoogle Flight search is a feature that helps you explore air travel options for a number of cities, and plan your trip with just a few clicks of the mouse.
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VIDEOA Film dedicated to wakeskating dedicated to filming. Featuring Reed Hansen, Grant Roberts, Matt Manzari, Chris Kallas, Dieter Humpsch, Brian Grubb, Nick Taylor, Brandon Thomas and more..
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Catastrophic; Hand Saw, a new object by Faisal Habibi.
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FEATUREDA stunning showcase of Swedish Design, Hemma, which means ‘home’ in Swedish, is one of two exhibitions of Swedish Design Goes to London hosted in the Swedish Ambassador’s Residence, a beautiful 18th century house.
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VIDEOEvery year a group of the world’s elite designers & technologists take to the shores of Brighton to meld their minds into FLASH ON THE BEACH. This year director Bradley G Munkowitz made the honors with a spectacular video!
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Pixar animator Sanjay Patel, is a storyteller who has injected new life into Indian Mythology with his book 'Divine Loophole'.
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FEATUREDLa Residencia, Mallorca at night ~ a look at the stunning star studded night sky from the patio. Day one of my Orient Express escape amidst this chaotic euro-trip.
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Wooden Skyline, basic wooden shapes held together with a rubber band create an image of a city landscape. Designed by Itay Laniado.
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FEATUREDNoma Bar's ‘Cut-it-Out’, a sculptural, 750kg die cut machine at Outline Editions as part of this year’s London Design Festival. Beautiful designs and a chance to use the machine make your own Noma Bar cut outs!
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