Beautiful detail of Phoebe Cumming’s “Flora,” a work in unfired clay, part of “Swept Away: Dust, Ashes, and Dirt in Contemporary Arts and Design,” opening today at the Museum of Arts and Design.
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2nd Shift Studio's "Key Plate" - a redesign of a door frame strike plate, found in almost every home/office, now with a place to hang your keys/etc!
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A new study published in Biology Letters suggests that tarsiers may communicate in pure ultrasound.
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The Dodecahedronic Chair by Hiroaki Suzuki.
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VIDEOBeautiful interactive installation, Nervous Structure (Field), by Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza.
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Beautiful hanging porcelain planer, the Sphere Planter by Stephen Green.
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VIDEOThe world's largest dodgeball game with 4,979 competitors took place last week at the University of Alberta.
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Heart Part, a clever biodegradable utensil that splits to form two utensils, fork and knife, in addition to a scoop.
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Chocolates with Attitude designed by Bessermachen Design Studio for Brandhouse.com, featuring illustrations by Nielsditlev.
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The BioLite lets you cook safely using wood while generating electricity to power your gadgets.
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Faucet Face sells reusable glass water bottles and uses some of the profits to make BioSand filters in India.
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FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious features killer guacamole, lasagna soup and coconut lime margaritas.
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Danish architecture studio 3XN's newly completed Copenhagen headquarters of KPMG.
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Calligraphy and Lettering art of Luca Barcellona, freelance graphic designer and calligrapher from Milan.
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Glitch Textiles from Phillip Stearns are textiles made from patterns produced by short-circuited cameras.
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Transparency Grenade by Julian Oliver captures network traffic and audio at the site then securely and anonymously streams it to a dedicated server where information is mined.
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VIDEODeluge by Even Westvang is a beautiful data visualization of the movement of 300,000 Norwegians as they relocate within the country.
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José Javier Gallardo Ortega, of the firm G.Bang created this beautiful new children's psychiatric center in Zaragoza.
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'Crystallized Project' an exhibition by Tokujin Yoshioka, 2012 Creator of the Year.
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Suspended Together, beautiful and symbolic installation by Saudi Arabian artist Manal Al Dowayan.
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BMW olympic pavilion, London. Beautiful winning design from Serie Architects that sits upon the river with a flowing body of water below.
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'The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories' a heartwarming collection of stories with 60 quirky illustrations and anecdotes, curated and edited by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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Kopiad, a collection of office accessories for the Swedish company Boxit Design by Note Design.
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In metrography, Bertrand Clerc and Benedikt Groß realign our distorted idea of distance by fixing the topology of London to the rationalized map designed by Harry Beck.
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David Stark gives Design Milk an exclusive tour of his new month-long pop-up takeover of Haus Interior NYC - WOOD SHOP.
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Photographer Thomas Czarnecki's latest series 'From Enchantment to Down' captures the dark side of fairy tales.
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▲, pronounced Alt-30, is a work that challenges its players to find and test the thresholds of the piece, as well as their own, through playfulness and curiosity.
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'The Transformer: Principles of Making Isotype Charts' beautiful book using the International System of Typographic Picture Education, pictograms designed to communicate complex information in a nonverbal way, by Marie and Otto Neurath.
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FEATUREDIKEA's new Solvinden Collection for 2012 includes WIND powered outdoor lighting! See designer David Wahl demonstrate them in the video!
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Hotcan, hot re-brand! NEW self-heating canned ready meals...
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Popular Science takes a look at some of the most amazing playgrounds.
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Ikea's solar lighting BIRDS! Designed by Ola Wihlborg, there are 5 birds per chain.
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Hug stool by Emo Design made from irregular and worn pieces of wood.
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Stunning tiny worlds! The winners of the Nikon Small World microvideography contest.
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Artist Colin Pinegar created its impressive infographic from examining his facebook 'friends', scoring them after a lengthy survey, then making a wax bust for each person in the color that corresponded to their score.
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Martin Azua’s new beautifully geometric Union Suiza vases are absolutely stunning!
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Stunning photos of skeletons by Eiji Yuzawa capture their sculptural beauty.
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Andrew Perkins' Synapse Chair with stainless steel joinery.
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FEATUREDNano quadrotors, deep sea discoveries and edible super insulating foam are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.
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For one day, a pop-up aluminum foundry in a small Los Angeles backyard turns scrap metal into designed objects. By Tada Ryvola and Michael Sandstrom of United Environment Architecture.
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The Scale of the Universe by Cary Huang takes you from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of space-time. Along the way you will see molecules, animals, countries, and galaxies; all putting you in your scale. Awesome!
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FEATUREDGenevieve Gauckler Mugs for Publik ~ Live Joyfully, You are the master!, Throwing The Balls, and Path To Success.
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Soft Block by Torafu Architects. Sofas, partitions and seat cushions can be easily built, and you will soon find yourself creating in a playground of blocks.
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More like installation pieces than lighting, take a look at these sculptural lights by Polish architect and designer Michal Maciej Bartosik.
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VIDEOCute animated music video for 'The First Time I Ran Away' by M. Ward. Video directed by Joel Trussell.
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A walkable rollercoaster sculpture in Duisburg, Germany designed by Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth.
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A gallery from PopSci about hunting For Mythical Beasts.
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NENDO designed “HALSUIT” design concept; A concept shop for high-volume mens suit retailer Haruyama....
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VIDEOMaking of a life-size model of Xiphactinus for the Hastings Museum.
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A new set of Royal Mail stamps featuring some of Roald Dah's most popular characters is just out from the Post Office as illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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