Classic 8bit video game characters inspired these abstract geometric screen prints. Digital-centric design contrasted by completely analog printing methods, and the films hand-cut out of rubylith. By Craig Winslow.
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Interesting look at Gil Elvgren's transformation of the real pin up girls from photos of real women to iconic paintings.
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Swiss company Lamello has come up with a hidden furniture joinery system consisting of screws driven via rotating magnets.
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The Orée Wireless Wooden Keyboard made from wood! Love the photos of it under construction.
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Great anti-smoking campaign, Tobacco Body, an interactive site that shows the effects of smoking, turning beautiful young models into walking corpses. From the Cancer Society of Finland with agency 358.
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VIDEO'Rock me Baby' foosball table from Fabien Verschaere and Domeau & Pérès.
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Taiwan Noodle House 2 by Golucci International Design in Beijing.
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FEATUREDThis week’s roundup of fashion’s finest from Notcouture includes geometric bangles, skinny mirror ties, air tattoos and more.
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The Röhsska Chair by Claesson Koivisto Rune celebrates the centennial of the Swedish Design Museum and will debut at 100% Design in London.
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With Seafloor Explorer, you can explore the ocean floor and even help discover new species! More than 40 million photos from the HabCam group, an underwater habitat-mapping project at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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FEATUREDLeave it to IKEA UK to kick off design week with a floating market... giving boat tours on the canal in london through the color sorted boat displays complete with actors and cocktails showing off the new 2013 collection!
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The designers duo Dan Yeffet and Lucie Koldova created the system of street furniture 'Urban Islands' for the publisher MMcité.
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FEATUREDMercedes Drive Thru at Selfridges ~ Bompas & Parr style for Avant Garde Diaries. From an A Class filled with cheese to unexpected cocktails and treats to roller girls with light up high heel skates and more!
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VIDEOBoston Dynamics and DARPA show improvements made to the Legged Squad Support System. The robot is designed to carry supplies and cargo, autonomously following a soldier.
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Birds&Eggs designed by Hakan Gürsu for children above the age of 5, it is a universal toy that children from different cultural backgrounds learn and discover living animals while also designing their own birds.
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VIDEOHot Wheels with driver Brent Fletcher broke another world-record for the Corkscrew Jump with 92 feet at the Hot Wheels Test Facility!
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VIDEOTalented craftsman forms a glass horse extremely fast and with great skill.
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German street artist MTO recently stopped by France and completed two pieces entitled The legend of Fred Ille & Gwen Vilaine.
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VIDEOSidewalk Tetherball - simply a tetherball attached to a street sign. Passers-by not only take notice but actually engage in this familiar game in an unfamiliar setting.
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VIDEO21 Balançoires (21 Swings) from Mouna Andraos & Melissa Mongiat forms a giant instrument made of 21 musical swings.
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VIDEOThe creators of the Patterned by Nature sculpture at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have released the making of video showing their process of prototyping and installation.
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'Empire', an exhibition of new paintings by New York artist Martin Wittfooth opens this Saturday at the Corey Helford Gallery.
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Franco Recchia uses recycled computer parts to create miniature city skylines.
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VIDEOA gull's eye view of a San Francisco sunset. Apparently gulls are Go Pro thieves!
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Lovely illustrations from Maggie Li, I especially love her illustrated maps!
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Peugeot's Onyx concept car will debut at Paris motor show later this month. The car is made from carbon fiber, copper, and even paper wood. It is powered by a 680hp diesel hybrid engine.
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W hotel San Diego Renovation by Mister Important Design
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Wooden popsicles by Italian designer Mauro Savoldi.
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Taxi Taxi Station by Hakan Gürsu is Golden A' Design Award Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category, 2011 - 2012.
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Tokyo Plaza Omotesando Project its garden rooftop allowing for isolation from the intense pace of Tokyo
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Water-repellent balls that make water boil without bubbling! Based on The Leidenfrost effect.
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The Tierra Patagonia Hotel & Spa in Torres del Paine, Chile.
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Ian Burns manipulates light with magnifying glasses to create and bend words on the wall. The effect is simple, until you begin to take a look at how hes making it.
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FEATUREDStranger & Stranger's wine packaging design is beautifully playful and makes you look twice. Their patented wine bottle sleeve is transforming the space you have to play with when designing!
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Luna is a day-bed concept by the french designer Stéphane Garreau.
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Apple announces the iPhone5 which sports a 4in retina display with 1136x640 resolution, an 8mp camera with a new sensor, and the A6 chip making it much faster. It is also thinner and lighter than previous iPhones.
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Hexa Lamp by Design Libero is inspired by the geometry of bee wax-cells With the use of OLEDs. this lamp is consumes low energy.
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See the incredible Paper Sculptures by Benja Harney at Sydney's Queen Victoria Building.
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Hiroshi Fuji's exhibition in Tokyo recycled more than 50,000 used and discarded toys collected over the past 13 years into artworks and an interactive space.
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Skatepath, a collaborative and artistic approach for visualizing covered distances by skating, from Moritz Resl and Paul Sommersguter.
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Flétta, versatile and multifunctional maple wood and cork table. From workbench and tablenook to a large dining table! By Guðrún Theodóra Alfreðsdóttir.
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The latest addition to the Dare Studio collection includes the Zephyr bedframe designed by Sean Dare.
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Book table from german designers collective Rejon! Simply elegant piece of furniture made of mdf and beech.
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The September 2012 edition of Maison & Objet, the luminaire manufacturer Kaer & Splann presented his collection "Blade" designed by Pierre Lota.
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New Limited Edition Needle Lamp by Vitamin. Visit their stand (F58) at Design Junction, The Sorting Office, New Oxford Street, London 19th-23rd September to see all the new releases
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VIDEOKevin Steen captures hand-drawn typography by Jon Contino.
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London-based design studio Build celebrates its 11th birthday this year with a new exhibition.
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Pollia condensata Berries with an iridescent structural blue color are superblue!
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The Greater London Authority launches The Gifts of the Games, a poster campaign and website highlighting some of the benefits that 2012 has brought to London.
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