'Ray' pendants by Swiss designer Thomas Kral for Petite Friture.
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Brazilian street artist Luis Seven Martins successfully blends roughness and elegance in his Graffiti Birds urban paintings on the walls of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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IBDF is a new Design fair at Mexico City. The graphic identity has been designed by Franklin Asociados and Valentin Garal.
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Beautiful architectural sketches by Sunga Park.
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The SR Wall Hook is made of heavy gauge powder coated steel for durable everyday use.
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Arcade Fire's interactive video for 'Reflektor' filmed in Jacmel, Haiti. By longtime Arcade Fire collaborator Vincent Morisset.
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Amazing animal/skeleton prints from Theo Jan. Above is a look at 3 of the 4 available.
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Fun packaging for this Breaking Bad: The Complete Series Blu-ray Set in a collectible replica money barrel, with a commemorative challenge coin, Los Pollos Hermanos apron, and more.
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SHAG does the Beatles! Dark Hall Mansion is currently selling their newest Beatles print, SHAG’s “May I Introduce to You”, via lottery.
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"Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps" by by Chet Van Duzer looks fascinating!
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Killspencer Mini Jambox cases in leather/nylon - interesting idea, though it does kind of hide the prettiest aspect of the speakers!
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Uno, bedside table and bookshelf created by designers of the Russian studio Field & Rage.
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FEATUREDCONTAINER! Issue #1: HOT&COLD is here and it's not your usual magazine. This one is quite the magical styrofoam box of wondrous themed art pieces - all specially produced in limited edition for CONTAINER!
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FEATUREDDETAILS! Shu Uemura always has such gorgeous packaging. Today's inspiration comes from their Shu Uemura Art of Hair Essential Drops. Shaking up the green and clear only to watch it separate again doesn't get old.
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Renowned toy photographer, Brian McCarty, gives us a sneak peek into his new work for Cartoon Network! Can't wait for this campaign to start popping up all over!
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The Core Circus family of fonts just scream happy!
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French designer Ora-ïto launches Ora-ïto Mobility, an ecosystem of complementary technology products for mobile devices.
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Stylish amps with incredible tone and versatility, from Carr Amps in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
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'Le temps d'avance' design exhibition in the Gallery S. Bensimon, Paris, France.
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Schwood and Mercedes-Benz create wooden sunglasses from the same wood as the new 2014 S-Class dashboard. 4 models, limited edition of 10 each.
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Doug Aitken's nomadic art happening 'Station to Station' kicks off nine-city tour in Williamsburg, headed toward San Francisco in the next three weeks.
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Cracking Art Group, Pan-European art collective, unleashing 24 gigantic 100 kg neon snails on Sydney as part of Art & About, month-long city public arts program, after which the snails will be broken down and recycled.
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Starry Light by Anagraphic ~ handcrafted constellation lamp collection ~ at Tent London.
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Lékué Microwave Rice Cooker (there's one for pasta too) makes making a little bit of rice, quinoa, farro, etc even easier!
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FEATUREDA peek inside the new Summers Juice & Coffee (and sandwiches + pastries) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as well as a look at their conversion from a 50 year old boedga! Fun, chill, surf decor including reclaimed wood fence to herringbone ceiling!
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Benedict Morgan's Wrapping Paper series. When camouflaging an object the shape and outlines must be retained in order for the viewer to recognize it, otherwise it would just simply blend in with the background and disappear.
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Bolsa, the desk with saddlebag created by Gud Conspiracy studio for the Portuguese brand Wewood.
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Rafa Kids R Toddler Bed ~ modern and playful, with elevated sides for safety, and you can roll it around easily!
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FEATUREDAdventures with Butler Blue 3 (aka Trip!) and the Blue Mobile Ford Transit Connect in Indianapolis, IN. this feisty bulldog is living the life, and we dream up some future transit mods for this famous mascot!
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The Churro Borough Pop-Up at Mexicali Taco & Co. in LA - Churro Ice Cream Sandwiches?!?! Filed with Vanilla Custard, Horchata and Peach Cobbler ice cream...
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VIDEOBunjil's Wings is a new massive kinetic sculpture created by ENESS, Australian-based art and design collective.
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Yeti, Turn Out The Light! Beautifully illustrated new children's bedtime book featuring a skittish Yeti, a Chronicle Books + GAMAGO project.
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'Swing' is not just a piece of concrete furniture, striking features combine stability with fun and comfort. Just 5 mm thin, the structure of the world’s first rocking chair is made of carbon fiber reinforced concrete.
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Oscillating Continuum by Ryoichi Kurokawa, audiovisual sculpture.
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Step into the curious 3D world of Fox & Crow, an interactive agency in San Francisco's Barbary Coast. The web site experience changes depending on the time of day and features an Animated Drawing Game.
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Like father, like son? Craig Gibson blends photos of fathers and sons in his series Boys and Their Fathers.
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Table SUBDUCTION with mountain relief by Benoit CHABERT
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Antoine Bridier-Nahmias's blog , Magical Contamination captures the beauty of bacterial contamination.
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An early Google server now on display at National Museum of American History.
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Fantastic images from Illusion at the Science Gallery, Dublin.
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Lovely illustrations from The Crows of Pearblossom, the one and only children's book by Aldous Huxley.
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What has been described as 'typographical orgy' is happening yet again. This time with a whole new face. The Scrabble Typography Edition 2.
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Amazing interviews with Dutch Designers like Scholten & Baijings by students of the School of Interactive Arts & Technology program at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
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Japanese architect Kengo Kuma bent bamboo into walkways and seating areas at this year's Gwangju Design Biennale in South Korea, which opens today.
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Reform is a site created to help aid designers when creative blocks occur, based on a teaching method used at the General School of Applied Arts in Basel, Switzerland.
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Bilik room divider with multipurpose pockets, and Bubu bench made of thin rattan canes that flex. By Lanzavecchia + Wai.
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Illusive is an iPhone app for creating optical illusions from your photos. The resulting picture looks like an ordinary pattern when viewed up-close, only revealing the hidden image when tilted or viewed from far.
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The Antipode - The diffusion of the frozen coffee cube into the whisky gradually inverts the ratio of each of the drinks individual components, resulting in a glass where the taste balance constantly shifts and ultimately ends at the beginning’s antipode.
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30 years after the legendary Audi Sport quattro was released, Audi comes up with the official successor. The Audi Sport quattro concept hat 700 bhp and his highly economical at the same time.
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Leftover from paint shops sprayed on raw MDF wood board. after sanding, the inner surface of the paint exposed, using it as furnitures application. Any incision made will expose the layers in a different way.
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The Ipno ‘rocking’ clock by Alessandro Zambelli for Diamantini & Domeniconi is named after the Greek mythology character god Hypnos or Ipno, son of night. In a hypnotic rhythm...
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TESSA is a beautiful family of objects and furniture carefully designed by Beirut based david/nicolas for a typical Lebanese house.
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FEATUREDHow to Make The Ultimate Egg Sandwich over at the freshly opened Summers Juice and Coffee in Brooklyn. Between the special bun is a spiral of sriracha, avocado, bacon, and a fried egg filled with cheese.
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'Marquise' wood shelves by French designers Caroline Ziegler and Pierre Brichet for Y’a pas le feu au lac.
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Glowee is an iPhone and iPad app for creating stunning light paintings.
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The Fix It Sticks from Ippinka is a compact and lightweight multi-tool for repairing your bike that can come apart to better fit in your pocket.
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The newest work from artist Kowalski is a set of images that consist of 3 to 5 photographs taken at different times and representing different architectural periods of Rome.
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FEATUREDUp close with the Ignoble Rutledge Travel Wallet and Sternwood Card Wallets - they are more like super minimalist, grayscale, zippered pouches with a multitude of uses!
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London film agency SHOWstudio has unveiled a 3D animation of Barbie's new Dreamhouse, a concrete brutalist dystopia, designed by fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic.
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New beach towel brand Vertty is housing their showroom in a traveling bus that is outfitted with colorful triangles, paralleling the dynamic design of the vibrant towels.
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VIDEOThe Sony QX10 and QX100 are new lenses with built in image sensors that clip to and communicate wirelessly with your smart phone.
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Aino Aalto tumbler glass from 1936 has reincarnated as a design candle by Aihio Design. The company turns the classics of Finnish design glass from cool to hot.
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Help record the sounds of summer and help create an Atlas of North American Calling Insects. Great project from entomologist Sam Droege of the United States Geological Survey.
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Focusing on the growing problem of privacy on the Internet and personal data protection, a graphic designer Sang Mun created a typeface 'ZXX' that works similar to well-known CAPTCHA.
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Mark your calendar: Portland’s Letterpress Fair is October 12, part of Design Week Portland.
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Artist Barbara Kruger takes over the lower level of the Hirshhorn Museum with her supersized type through December 2014.
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VIDEOHonda's minivan has a built in VACUUM! Fun ads showing off the new feature... animal cracker stampede, candy, broken crayons, etc don't stand a chance.
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Love the Sisters of LA CUBE logo for LA ~ and it exists as a keychain in powder-coated red, blue, yellow, white, and raw metal!
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'Please & Thank You' - A new limited edition print from Seb Lester
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Streetart in Williamsburg - Urban Jungle by Portland-based Artist TVwithCheese.
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Wave by Marita Design - shoes from Finland.
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The Smartphone Spy Lens lets you take photos at a 90° angle.
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Rituals, an installation by Minneapolis-based street artist HOTTEA above the pedestrian walkway of the Williamsburg Bridge.
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Jawbone MINI Jambox! And a new Jawbone App, a central place where you can manage your favorite audio from services like iTunes, Spotify and Rdio (via iOS), as well as customize your MINI JAMBOX (via iOS & Android).
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New footage of the squid Grimalditeuthis bonplandi, which waves it's thing club-tipped tentacles, possibly to lure prey into reach of its more muscular tentacles.
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KeyMe ~ an app that lets you take a picture of your* key and have it easily cut at a locksmith/hardware store/etc, and you can store the files digitally. Also a nice easy way to copy any keys (you can take off a keychain)?
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Dublin Street House in Queenstown, New Zealand by Kerr Ritchie.
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Artist Doug Aitken’s house in Venice Beach comes alive with the hidden doors, musical tables/staircases, infinite mirror staircase... We saw pictures of this in #54987, but this video is too amazing not to share! It's a must watch!
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Gardiner’s frogs from the Seychelles islands are one of the smallest frogs in the world. They do not possess a middle ear with an eardrum, but instead, appear to hear through their mouths!
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HTC One Mini special edition by London fashion designer David Koma.
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Fingersurfing! From pea pods to mini wooden boards (complete with leash + wax) on kickstarter, fun project from Danish surfers, House of Lotz. [Note: NOTCOT backed project!]
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"Lindsey Adelman on Building Hundreds of Chandeliers, Having Five Different Workspaces, and How Fake French Fries Inspired Her Design Career" Nice interview over at Core77!
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Hard Graft's goods for your camera - Hold Camera Handle, Hang Camera Strap, and Box Camera Bag.
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Tin Can Phone Project, a temporary interactive urban installation by street-artists duo Nevercrew.
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New biometric technology called Nymi that looks set to revolutionize the way we interact with the world around us.
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French graffiti artist André aka Monsieur André has teamed up with Orangina for a totally refreshing combo!
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Mexican designer Rigel Duran presents a assemblable side table (RTA). made from two large modular pieces The intention of this table: to explore beyond the limits of use commonly established for ceramic materials.
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The Great Language Game by Lars Yencken - There are perhaps six or seven thousand languages in the world. The Great Language Game challenges you to distinguish between some sixty or so languages based on their sound alone. (Addicting!)
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As a succesful player in the 3D animation, FIFTYEIGHT 3D decided to produce products from their amicable cup characters. Their product line-up includes bowls with a variety of facial expressions, also available as tea, coffee, espresso and egg cups.
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New laser cut and engraved cruiser skateboard decks. Designed and made in Helsinki, Finland by Laser Cut Studio.
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The latest sugary android version is going to be Kit Kat! And it is actually in collaboration with Hershey's, with promotions starting on the 6th.
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'Diogene' - a tiny house at the Vitra Campus designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Despite its modest dimensions, the house is completely autonomous and has everything needed for a normal person’s living.
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Newest Lego Minifigs (series 11) is here ~ fun lady scientist, welder... and more!
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The Manet armchair by Marta Szymkowiak is made with long fingers of foam that move independently providing comfort and storage.
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VIDEOLisa Frank ~ first on camera interview? Love it or hate it, it's inspiring to hear about how it started, seeing the warehouse where there's one of everything... things used to be airbrushed and hand painted!
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One of kind retro neon signs by Todd Sanders.
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Make's roundup of beautiful 3D printer fails.
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A Higher Caliber: Kolchugas Weapons Salon. Russia’s first non-government store of weapons designed by Archpoint.
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The Student Hotel in Amsterdam opens Sept 1 with no less than 700 rooms. Concept, brand, graphics and interior design by creative agency, staat.
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Kenjo's prefab Friluftsstugan (Outdoor Cottage) slides open to double outside space.
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Tom Nagy photographs LEGO HQ for the October issue of Wired UK.
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'Les Turbulences – FRAC Centre' cultural center by architects Jakob + MacFarlane in Orléans, France.
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Bigshot, a build-it-yourself digital camera for kids, designed by Shree Nayar, Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University.
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Secret Fore-Edge Paintings found in early 19th Century Books at the University of Iowa.
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German studio J. Mayer H. Architekten created a temporary gallery made from scaffolding and features swinging seats at a modern art museum in Munich.
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A Merry Mishap's DIY take on the staggered hanger ~ adorable with kids' clothes! Inspired by #54984.
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Beautiful high speed photo series of exploding light bulbs from Jon Smith.
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OYOY's adorable wooden Rabbit Nature. Material: Beech and oak wood with a 70cm leather string.
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A peek at the Design Library: "the fashion and decorating worlds' best-kept secret"
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And "Old Factory" made of Cardboard for your cat! BY KEK Amsterdam... one of many fascinating cat creations.
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A von Karman vortex street stretching from Isla Socorro off western Mexico
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KEK Amsterdam Candy Wallpaper 088 with black licorice fish on white.
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Rama Chair by Danish OX Design and Dennis Marquart
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After completing Europe's largest public library in Birmingham, architect Francine Houben of Dutch studio Mecanoo spoke to Dezeen about the role of the library in the digital age and claims libraries are as central to society as cathedrals once were.
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KEK Amsterdam's Animal Wall Stickers (Forest + Safari) are adorable, especially their height charts!
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Acid Modernism - Doug Aitken's home for L'Officiel Art - stunning space! From the paint to the windows to the staircase to the plants...
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"The Eel World: Inside Maine’s Wild Elver Turf War" ~ fascinating look into the world of eels... and nice graphics by Justine Zwiebel.
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Skagerak Georg Bugel M/Leder, Eiche. Beautifully elegant, simple hangers made of wood and leather.
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Stealth Fighter, astonishing e-bike combines a stunning machine look with great technology to provide maximum fun riding in streets, fields, woods. By Stealth Electric Bikes.
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Popeye, the self-supporting greenhouse for living on Mars that grows spinach, designed by Greek students, winners of NASA contest.
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The Butler, designed to fit wallet and keys in the top sleeve, iphone on the side slot, a concealed space for charging cord, slide out walnut piece holds glasses/hat/scarf and other go-to items.
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You've got tons of Facebook friends, so why are you lonely? This animation by graphic designer Shimi Cohen offers a reminder of the way our screens can become cells of solitary confinement.
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Glow-in-the-dark roads, childbirth training kit in a back pack, and spicy paper that keeps food fresh, among the winners announced for the world's biggest design prize, the INDEX: Award.
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The 2013 Red Bull Illume Image Quest photo competition winners have been announced. The stories behind many of the photos are fascinating.
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VIDEO"Powered By Pizza" fun ad from Domino's about the startups, creativity, and more that are pizza powered!
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Point Cloud by James Leng is an attempt to reimagine our daily interaction with weather data.
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Ecce Animal - A skull made of Compression molded Cocaine (street sourced) and Gelatin by Diddo.
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Mike Kim Reframes the values of High Fidelity audio enthusiasts into a idea that appeals to a younger generation.
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Drone Decks! Surprise your friends; identify the suspicious objects in your airspace! Come support the Aerial Arts exhibit and grab a deck of these updated 'spotter' playing cards.
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#NoFiltersJustRayban "Discover Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp through the colored windows of the Ray-Ban tram." DDB Brussels installed giant windows to show Ray-Ban's wide range of polarized color lenses: from sky blue to hot pink. Perfect for mobile pics.
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Students from RTU International Architecture Summer School in Cēsis, Latvia designed a temporary library and book exchange clad in recycled food packaging.
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The PhytoKinetic Bus, currently operating in Girona, Spain, is the world's first green-roofed public bus. The roof garden is highly sustainable, helping to cool the bus interior by near 40°!
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NASA is developing an orbiting factory that will use 3D printing and robots to fabricate giant structures such as antennas and solar arrays of up to a kilometre in length.
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Monster Cuca, project by illustrator Thiagoegg to encourage children to eat well and create their own dishes.
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