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The terrifying "Stake Chair" by Russian designer Ton Guglya is based on a popular medieval torture device.
281 Hearts
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Check out Tellart's beautiful, interactive "augmented reality" holiday card for 2008. Use your webcam to create flurries on your desk and play winter melodies.
262 Hearts
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The “Voetenverwarming” radiator by Dutch furniture/object design duo Niels Kerkkamp & Sven Lamme is pretty boss.
227 Hearts
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Duncan Shotton's Digimech clock uses printed sliders to reveal digital numbers at the right moments.
219 Hearts
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Check out the elegant Seeing-Eye Calendars, designed by NY-based architect Stefanie Brechbuehler
210 Hearts
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BLOOG - A machine that scrambles words and sentences of real-time blog posts, based on the look of a 1960’s Moog synthesizer. Pulling in RSS feeds, it scrolls through the text and adds/subtracts words.
200 Hearts
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The Áhöld utensils by Icelandic designer Sóley Þórisdóttir are made by offset-feeding aluminum into the 85-year-old ornate steel tools of the historic Erna Silver Workshop in Reykjavik.
197 Hearts![The Ufocap umbrella, which has no handle. Produced by Koryo in Seoul, South Korea. [Editor's Note: scary!]](http://www.notempire.com/images/uploads/Picture_1-163.jpg)
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The Ufocap umbrella, which has no handle. Produced by Koryo in Seoul, South Korea. [Editor's Note: scary!]
181 Hearts
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The Impress foam touchscreen by Dis.play invites interaction between the human body and computer displays. It transforms an emotionally frigid object into something inviting and tactile.
179 Hearts
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Leslie Ruckman's Breathing Light Tables respond to ambient sounds, getting shy when they are separated or it's noisy - but put them together and they can have heated conversations. collab w/ Amaury Poudray
179 Hearts
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Luke Jerram has created beautiful glass models of diseases such as swine flu, E.Coli, and smallpox to contrast with traditional medical renderings - these bacteria are actually transparent in nature.
148 Hearts
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Ian Blasco's Metamorphosis Chair looks like it was carved straight out of volcanic rock - but looks can be deceiving!
144 Hearts
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Fascinating story about a gorgeous I.M. Pei-designed church in Washington, D.C. whose congregation has sued the city for declaring it an historic landmark (they want to demolish!)
122 Hearts
