The hyper-realist work of painter Karel Funk. A modern renaissance.
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The Palms House in Venice by Daly Genik Architects feels light and airy for a house covered in metal.
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GE and MIT's SENSEable City Lab compile and visualize the data from 7.2 million anonymized electronic medical records to create this Health InfoScape. By Dominik Dahlem, Eric Baczuk and Xiaoji Chen.
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A time-lapse video of a crowd forming at English Bay beach in Vancouver B.C. during a fireworks show.
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On This Day is a heat sensitive wall calendar. Each day is represented by a square so when you touch it, the black cover completely disappears to reveal an interesting fact about something historical that happened on that very day.
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Cool Hunting check out the Ferrari World Design Contest.
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From the secret laboratory in B-Reel’s London office, comes this brain-bending experimental project from B-Reel UK creative director Riccardo Giraldi. Mind controlled Scaletrix!
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Ricard Vila's new generation plotter. Ecological, noiseless, ergonomic and easy to use. Produced by TKT brainpower.
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FEATUREDGet ready for your next adventure with a travel roundup from Notventures.
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Microsoft has just announced a limited edition Star Wars themed Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle. An R2-D2 themed console with custom sounds, and a C-3PO themed controller are the highlights of the bundle.
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Awesome slideshow of some incredible playhouses from the NYtimes.
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Sivan Royz’s laser-cut shell like iPhone case.
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VIDEOWith Maestro, magneticNorth lets kids conduct an orchestra! Part of the recent Manchester International Festival.
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‘In Pecking Order Eggs’, market research shows the average consumer only uses two eggs at a time. Alana Leddin came up with a two-egg packaging that was durable, cheap to produce, easily flat-packed and user-friendly.
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VIDEOBon Yurt. Artists go wild with neon glowsicks, blenders, crystal glasses and some 200 meters of hose.
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Impress set of 26 wooden nautical flags from Best Made Company.
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The new Dixon modular storage unit by Dare Studio can be arranged in multiple configurations and also used as a room divider.
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Evolution eraser from h concept's Horiyuki Shiratori.
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'Weightless pull' by Architecture CO for Superfront Brooklyn's Public Summer Pavilion.
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New Limited Edition Art from Russ McIntosh. Focusing on a lighter and brighter atmosphere, this series implements geometric shapes and select color to find a correlation in our reality.
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Who said a concrete floor looks cold and industrial? Ivanka Flaster proves what a great stuff concrete really is.
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During a collaborative workshop organized by Dutch furniture company Arco, Andrew Haythornthwaite created 'autoboxes.' taking mechanical cues from the children's toy jack-in-the-box and some impressive design-skills.
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70 of these lights will be scattered around the lane-ways of Melbourne’s inner city on the nights of Friday 22nd July and Saturday 23rd. Designed to be taken by those that find them by Kristian Aus.
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Gas guzzlers across America, new infographic from Mint.
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FEATUREDRowing along Oxford Street sipping drinks and nibbling strawberries. 5 stories above the crowds on the roof of Selfridges you'll find a boating lake, island bar and waterfalls. A surreal experience from Bompas & Parr to launch the sweetener Truvia.
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Repeat after us, Pattern Wall Tiles are sticky without the icky. Get on board with these eco-friendly, self-adhesive pattern tiles from Blik and Threadless.
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FEATUREDClose up look at 64 Colors' Toasted Marshall the marshmallow (each hand toasted!) and his new sidekick, the limited edition glow in the dark Gumdrop puppy!
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X-rays of sloths show clues to their behavior in their extraordinary anatomy.
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Alex Andon's make your own jellyfish habitat featured in MAKE volume 27.
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FEATUREDSD ComicCon is upon us ~ and here's a look at some of the fun toys that caught my eye ~ lots of fun playful designer inspiration!
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Pink Balls for Aires Libres in Montreal by Impact Production in partnership with Société de développement commercial - SDC du Village.
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VIDEOFor ID&T & Vodafone, IceMobile created an iPhone and Android app for music festival 'Welcome To The Future'. Users can check info, timetable, share their fav line-up via Facebook, view exclusive content and videos.
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Michelle Mason's adorable London cushion series.
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An unusual custom bike with lots of right angles! Looks very similar to the original BauBike by Michael Ubbesen Jakobsen.
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An exclusive range of products for Tate designed by the award winning illustrator and artist Sara Fanelli, whose inspiration lies in the visual arts, literature and theatre.
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'ben Helder' series from Ben Werkt: handmade shoji lamps made from two red cedar frames fastened together with ricepaper. Tumbler switch in a red cedar housing and 7W Paulmann energy saving light bulb.
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Sander Architecten's cardboard bank in the Netherlands, the Rabobank headquarters.
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Lorena Turner's Made in China series shows images dusted for fingerprints and photographed under black lights, showing the touch of those who manufactured and packaged each item.
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Enjoy biking with these colorful Tour de France posters by Crayonfire.
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Free form open plan office for the ad agency Sid Lee in Montreal.
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FEATUREDA peek into legendary Carmageddon weekend LA Street Food Fest's Summer Tasting - A look at the Baja contingent and this ridiculously tasty dish that won both Best in Show and the People's Choice Award...
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Wear You Live™ by CityFabric® is Urban Design you can wear. These wearable maps depict all the buildings in a city rather than the roads or transit lines, allowing anyone and everyone to tell a story about their place.
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The nhow Berlin is Europe's first music hotel. Karim Rashid's visionary style strikes the perfect chord with the building’s exterior, designed by star architect Sergei Tchoban.
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VIDEOJazzed by Anton Setola. An aimless character is confronted by his roots during his nights in town. It leaves him not only with a hell of a hangover, but also with a doubtful self image. Jazzed incites the audience on an introspective journey.
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FEATUREDSneak peek into the Alessi Fall/Winter 2011 collection to come... my favorites: Aarnio's Diva Watering Can and Mendini’s Anna Gong Folding Cake Stand
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Unnevers, gold paint on ceiling, 7000mmX x 5000mmY by Yi Lin Juliana Ong.
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FEATUREDGenuine Father's Office Quality & Style IPA Beer Floats! and buttermilk ice cream sandwiches! Father's Office, the Los Angeles craft beer and burger Mecca, just added dessert to the menu. We try them firsthand...
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A femur bone is modeled and 3D printed to become a replacement leg for a wooden table. 'Femur table' by Atlanta interdisciplinary designer Kevin Byrd.
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Adfunture Workshop for Staple Design - The result of their work is the Bellator Columbidae, or 'Fighting Pigeon' in Latin.
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FEATUREDHangar One Vodka takes the US by BLIMP! And a beautifully branded case of goodies to announce the adventure as they blimp their way from Miami to San Francisco... the long way!
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