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Yuri Majic's conceptual design for a limited-edition Orangina bottle - designed around the French catchphrase "C'est la vie", and incorporating lyrics from Alanis Morissette's Ironic.
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Karim Rashid's Happy People glassware is designed to be reversible - eg. a margarita glass that becomes a shot glass when reversed. Love all of the contrasting shapes.
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Gianni Botsford Architects and Morphogenesis are collaborating on a five star hotel and cultural center in Kolkatta, India. Tagged Porous Morphology: the intent is to create an environment that captures the cultural and intellectual intensity of Kolkatta.
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Ornamentum Gallery is showcasing some great artists, including Gerd Rothmann, who works with fingerprints and metal. The above is his 'Freundeund' piece.
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Renderings of Oppenheim Architects' new Campus Center for Miami Dade college - definitely looks like it was inspired by OMA's China Central Television Headquarters. The building will house apartments, offices, and educational facilities.
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Angus Hyland and assistant Fabian Herrmann have designed the hardback edition of Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories. The book collects together all of Ian Fleming’s Bond short stories in a single volume for the first time.
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Klara Zavadilova's Picnic'n'Party is plastic cutlery with style. Each set can be customized by the napkin inserted.
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Love these fig-shaped outdoor lamps by Parade Design, Lampe de Jardin Gonflable Figue.
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Nextmurani released a wider version SANAA's chair recently, which is made of translucent white beechwood.
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Robert Hunter is a British illustrator with a great portfolio of work - I love this illustration for the cover of Penguin Classics' reprint of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man.
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The Xiao, a 5.0 mega pixel digital camera with a built-in printer, by Takara Tomy. The camera prints borderless photos and holds up to 20 sheets of paper at one time. Xiao uses Zink technology, which is an inkless printing process - so no changing cartridges!
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Qubo is a multi-disciplinary design firm in Uruguay with a lot of nice work. They took a mention in a competition for the new CAF headquarters in Caracas Venezuela with this interesting design.
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The ICE bench, by Madelen Schelin - a Plexiglas base with faux-suede cushions, available in ten different colors.
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Alexis Themistocleous's Caged Message vases are cast in bubble wrap and contain secret messages that are laser-cut into stainless steel. The messages can only be revealed when the vases are smashed.
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Some interesting "jewelry" by Jo Cope - the 'Non-collar' is designed to create the illusion of formality and conformity. 'Hand-bag' creates a visual extension to the arm when held.
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Yes, please! Miju's Wing and Prayer necklace in black acrylic with a bronze-color chain.
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Exposure Architects' Octospider - a corporate cafeteria in Bangkok that sits on stilts over water with concrete and steel legs. The cafeteria has three arms, providing a view in all directions.
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Beautiful light fixture installations at Designers' Saturday in Langenthal, Switzerland. 'Underwater World' was designed by Aqua Creations and installed in the Création Baumann textile factory.
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Tine Roeder and David Krings collaborated on Structures/Facades. Love the super intricate weaving that becomes more loose/transparent as you get closer to the middle of the sideboard.
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Maxim Velcovsky designed a series of glasses that combine the traditional Lobmeyr glass shapes with chandelier parts.
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Love the solution by BIG Architects and NOD Landscape Architects to revamp the Slussen area of Stockholm - providing pedestrian and bike access over what is now a very busy intersection. A huge, terraced sitting area is just part of the project.
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Nil Güları's ASTER-IST six-person rocking chair was inspired by the movement of the ships on the Bosphorus.
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Takeshi Hosaka's incredible Garden House merges indoor with outdoor, incorporating an enclosed, two-story courtyard within the confines of the perimeter walls.
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Wooster Collective caught Supakitch's installation usurping the subway lights at the 2nd Ave. F stop in Manhattan.
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Chris Kirby's Spiral Lamp is reminiscent of paper lanterns (and the design was in fact developed in paper). The lamp is made from a single sheet of slit material which is then bent to mesh together with itself.
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A collaboration between Reona Ueda and Newwork - a wearable piece of art inspired by the traditional Japanese hair ornament, kanzashi.
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Giorgio Biscaro's Kappu lamp has an interchangeable polypropylene lens that allows you to mix and match the finish and color of your lamp.
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The HYmini is a handheld, universal charger/adapter device that harnesses renewable wind power and conventional wall plug power to recharge almost all your 5V digital gadgets - cell phones, MP3 players, iPods, PDAs, digital cameras...
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Luis Porem's Trico Chair - made from three materials (wood, metal and textile) in three colors.
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More Ai Weiwei love (see also post 15524) - a sculpture of China - not sure how it's made - extruded with wood veneer? or carved wood? Either way - beautiful!
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A corrugated pressboard wall by Enzo Mari - ten panels with different decorations, perforations and shapes to enhance a kid's playtime.
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Leo Kempf designed this house for his cat, Olive, complete with a panoramic plexi-glass window, a thick sheepskin rug, some small paintings for the walls, and a cardboard scratching porch.
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Torsten Klocke designed this beautiful birdhouse - Rohbau - a concrete shell in an iconic form.
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Love the strong lines of Michael Hill's golf course Clubhouse, designed by Pattersons Architects in New Zealand.
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The Snowshoe chair by Luflic - inspired by traditional wood snowshoe construction.
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