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Sandro Lopez's Limu outdoor furniture series can be both a set of chairs and a sculptural element when not in use.
#14308
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SNURK created Le Clochard - a cotton bedding set that looks like very real cardboard boxes. Their tagline is "Sleep under a cardboard box so a homeless young person doesn’t have to". Partial proceeds go to SZN, a foundation benefiting homeless Dutch youth.
#14305
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Love Alex MacLean's photographic series 'Going', especially this photo titled 'Houndstooth Pattern in Parking Lot at Disney World'.
#14302
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I did similar explorations of city maps for my architecture thesis, but Lee Jang Sub has taken the idea one step further and turned his drawings into a set of products, titled the 'Complexcity Project'.
#14298
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Walter Bosse's Brass Figures are too cute...DWR recently began reproducing them. I love the play between the polished brass and the patina to give detail to the animals.
#14291
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B3 Designers' Cardboard Cafe - the interior design firm converted their studio into a cardboard cafe for the London Design Festival. I mainly just like the splash of color on the inside faces of the boxes that peaks out when the boxes are turned to complete a curve.
#14259
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Method always has such great packaging, and their handwash refills are no exception.
#14257
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I love Debbie Smyth's series titled 'Pins and Threads' - drawings of electrical pylons made with thread and pins. I like how the lines are continuous giving you insight into the construction of the drawing.
#14256
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Amorn Thongsaard's Ramify glass won the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition. Love the chunky base.
#14254
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Loyal Loot turns reclaimed trees into Log Bowls - love the high gloss finish juxtaposed with the natural base.
#14252
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Shunji Kurimori's beautiful Cedar Sake Cups and Cedar Sake Bottle, made in the Japanese wood craft style Magewappa.
#14250
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Dag-Henning Brandsaeter created this series of posters for a performance of ACT! Follow the link for great images that catalog the use of confetti in the making of the poster.
#14223
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Love the graphic cuts in the walls of Shanghai's Super Sense Spa, designed by KUU. The wall cuts become recesses for lights.
#14221
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Clever idea by Gustafson Porter at the Venice Biennale. Helium balloons float shade cloths to create a very elegant outdoor gathering space. Tent rental companies beware?
#14219
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Jethro Macey's Coin Lamp. I think the form could be improved upon, but I like the idea of turning a lamp base into a piggy bank...
#14218
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Interesting idea behind Jürgen Mayer's Dupli.Casa - the floor plan matches that of the previous house, but the Dupli.Casa's form takes on its own life.
#14217
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Enjoying the distorted forms of Michael Anastassiades Three Champagne Glasses and One Water Glass.
#14215
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I love how the dripping seal reinforces Sloe Gin's snail logo. Packaging by Blackburns.
#14209
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Love the unconventional use of knitting in the Ray light by llot llov. Not only is the shade knitted, but the cable has a knitted cover, too.
#14167
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I wouldn't normally show a product from behind, but I love how Heckler Design's OneLessDesk keeps your desktop clean by hiding all of your cables. [prev seen as #8123]
#14165
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Belgium-based Draw Me a Sheep upholstered their Nature v2.01 chair in real tree bark.
#14163
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Fabio Cuttica photographed the annual Miss Prisoner pageant at the Good Shepherd Prison in Bogota, Colombia, a beauty pageant held in honor of the Virgin of Mercedes, the patron saint of prisoners.
#14158
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Interesting new concert hall by Future Systems on the outskirts of Prague. Inspired and named after the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.
#14155
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Beautiful photos of a Parisian apartment, converted into a discreet venue by Chanel for the press unveiling of their new perfume - ‘Eau première’ - by Jean-Marc Gady
#14152
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The Mebius house was recently completed by Atelier Tekuto. It was named after the Möbius loop because of the looping hallway that runs through the house.
#14150
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Marc Owens created the Receipt Clock - a physical twitter machine of sorts. The Receipt Clock prints out the time and date on a lined slip of paper, which allows you to write a personal message which is significant to that particular moment in time.
#14080
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Usona's Moheli Wooden Chair with a drawer - living in New York City, I need storage wherever I can get it.
#14078
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Spence Harris Hogan have rebranded a few of the UK's McDonald's restaurants with very sleek and modern interiors. I wish US McDonald's could get a face lift.
#14073
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The Plamp by moomoo architects. The lamp doesn't have a traditional bulb, using several dozen meters of light tubing as both the shade and the light source instead.
#14070
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Interesting album design by Turner Duckworth for Metallica's Death Magnetic album. Follow the link for an interview with TD about the design process.
#14068
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I don't love the look of this watch so much as the idea - a diamond digital watch by collaborators Gourmet and Christian Tse. I like how the digital display appears through the white diamonds.
#14066
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Beautifully detailed furniture by Christian Vivanco - all sides are carefully considered and the back is often as nice as the front.
#14065
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Designboom's coverage of the Chilean pavilion at the Venice Biennale - I love the jellyfish-like pedestals, and the idea behind fetishising architecture in tourist trinkets.
#14061
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Images from Salzzeitreise, a museum located deep in a salt mine in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
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Beautiful Anemone Shade by Heath Nash for Artecnica. The honeycomb shade is made out of Tyvek.
#14028