6 Stunning Home Theatres - Batcave cinema anyone?
Now *these* are what was meant by home cinema! There's a...
Man Made Limbs Help Animals
"Yu-Chan, a 20-year-old loggerhead sea turtle that lost her...
8-Foot Tall Donkey Kong Made from Post-it Notes
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Avast Ye Maties! NC State Brings Live Action to...
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60 weird and wonderful typography examples
The Design Inspiration have listed their '60 Most Stunning Typography Inspiration of All Time' - and they're all... more-
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Michael Jackson: Patent number: 5255452?
The King of Pop was not only the most talents artist, singer, performer, and dancer in the world, he also invented one of the most... more-
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The dress that changes every time you wear it
This innovative dress can change pattern and colour every time you wear it - there are small slots to stick markers in. Once they... more-
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Park Your CAR Out Your Apartment Window
Park your car right outside your apartment window…? They must’ve taken this idea straight from Minority Report. From... more-
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25 TED Talks That Will Change Your Life
The TED movement is both viral and tangible: Technology, Entertainment, and Design are three areas in which innovative leaders ask... more-
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NIKE Prosthetics?
Air Jordan prosthetics by Nike ~ I don’t know if this is real but it’s pretty cool. check the link for more pics-
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Shepard Fairey: A Call to Action Against Oppressive Hierarchies and Abuses of Power
Shepard Fairey was born in Charleston (S.C.) and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. His powerful and varied... more-
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Ride this elevator to Hell... and Back!
Guests of the newly-opened Standard Hotel in New York will get a view of heaven when they ascend the elevator to their rooms and a... more-
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Folding as an art?
I must say, I never would have thought folding clothes could have been anything near an art - but I have been proven wrong. Now to... more-
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The NAUTILUS Home
Designed by Javier Senosiain, The Nautilus is an awesomely bizarre, snail-like dwelling, built to the liking of a young couple... more-
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Super-slick SOLAR Mobile
This new mobile phone concept, by Aleksandr Mukomelov, promises to do everything under the sun, literally! Powered by a photo... more-
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"Wii-habilitation" helps Doctors and Patients
"The popular Nintendo Wii console offers video games that venture into the world of exercise, but scientists now are taking... more-
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SUPERCAR Designer Emil Baddal
Middle Eastern designer Emil Baddal brings some heaters from his portfolio. Proposed Lamborghini, Ferrari and BMW supercars.... more-
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Top 25 Green Energy Leaders
"It is no longer enough to just conserve energy. More and more corporations, government agencies and entire cities are making... more-
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Reality show about fashion designer Alakazia
A show about fashion designer ALAKAZIA is in the works. "Alakazia: The Robin Hood of Fashion, a Reality-TV Show, is the... more-
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Color Your Own Eco-Friendly Cardboard Speakers
It takes surprisingly little to house a functional speaker - make-it-yourself fold-out cardboard box set really is enough to do... more-
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STYLISH WEAPONS: WHEN GUNS ARE DEFINITELY NOT MEANT TO FIRE
Fragile porcelain pistols hand-painted in the style of classic tableware motifs. “These are replicas of James Bond’s... more-
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Walk and Work With a Treadmill Desk
"These days, an office desk or cubicle often resembles the control panel for a spaceship. There are enough gadgets, gizmos,... more-
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Yves Saint Laurent and Stefano Pilati Introduce the 'New Vintage' Collection
Designer Stefano Pilati and Yves Saint Laurent wowed crowds on Monday in New York City with an exciting clothing collection. With... more-
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New Lamborghini concept design
Designer Emil Baddal is one of a team of hand picked concept artists, helping engineers Sant’Agata Bolognese to construct a... more-
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This Way Up: A Darkly Comical Tale of the Wonder and Pointlessness of Human Life
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DEADLINE post-it stop motion
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NASA Art Contest Winners
"The results of the second annual NASA Lunar Art Contest are out-of-this-world productions from high school and college... more-
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Guggenheim and Google Team Up for Design Contest
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Google have announced an online design competition. It will use Google Earth and Google... more-
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New work by Junktion (design/reuse/junk)
These guys find objects deemed as junk and make new designs out of them. Their goal is to "take everyday objects out of... more-
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2009 China Swimming Wear Design Contest (photos)
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Forest Tower Has a Green Roof
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Colo Integrates Dishwasher, Sink and Storage
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George Smoot: The Design of the Universe
"Astrophysicist George Smoot shows stunning new images from deep-space surveys, and prods us to ponder how the cosmos -- with... more-
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Green Skate Concept Furniture
The concept furniture line Skate Study House, made 100% of throwaway materials, including excess skateboard cutouts of laminated... more-
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The Little Alarm Box Bouquet: A Surprising Touch of Beauty to Lift Your Spirits!!
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Eco Storage for Your Vinyl Records
he unit is aptly named Volume, because of its generous size and because it considers the storage, display, and celebration of... more-
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Transparent Restroom in Lausanne
Giving visitors a new reason to be pee shy, the recently-unveiled public bathroom in Lausanne, Switzerland features completely... more-
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LEGO Art!
Pretty cool… Nathan Sawaya brings you LEGOs, a childhood favorite of mine, as never seen before. Since 2000, he’s... more-
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Yellow TREEHOUSE Restaurant
Designed by Pacific Environments Architects, the Yellow Treehouse Restaurant is a beautiful, beehive-like wooden structure that... more-
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Inspiration for designers #19
Ed eccoci con il diciannovesimo appuntamento della rubrica IFD :) Erano un oò di giorni che non si faceva vedere, ed... more-
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MUSTACHE CLIPS for your Soda
Just pop your cool new mustachio clip on your favorite pop and you’re ready to go! Cool concept from Shane Blomberg, Andrew... more-
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Green Design: Isaac Mizrahi designs dress out of salmon skin
The Nature Conservancy commissioned 10 designers to "develop new uses for sustainable grown and harvested materials."... more-
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Muslim fashion: 'Anyone can wear these clothes'
British fashion designer Sarah Elenany has launched a new fashion label aimed at Muslim women that "blends modesty and street... more-
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Two words: Tree Chair
If you're not so into hugging trees, how about taking a seat on one? Swiss designer Michel Bussien has designed a new way to... more-
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NYC eco-fashion boutiques
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Finally, fonts on the web get a major upgrade
Every major browser is about to support the ability to link to a font. That means you can write a bit of CSS, include a URL to a... more-
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College Students Spend Summer Building Rocket Launcher
Most students spend their summer holidays playing football, drinking cider in the park, or at a push, going on a road trip. Well... more-
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Theo Jansen: If you go down to the beach today...
Complete genius Theo Jansen makes dinosaur-esque creatures that can move themselves across beaches out of recycled materials and... more-
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Knowing me, knowing who? Andy Council
This is graphic art as it should be. If you haven't heard of Mr Council yet, then get your head out the sand and get informed.-
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Recycled Plastic Bag Garden of Light
In early March an art group in Madrid created an installation of 80 recycled plastic bags that were perched on stems, illuminated... more-
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What does your city look like?
Artist Neil Friedman has created a sort of Rorschach test out of underground transport maps for major the world's major... more-
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Ice Jewelry
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Large-Scale Installation Architecture SCI-Arc Class a Success at Coachella
Here is a very in depth account of the 14 week studio class. It covers the class inception, history, process, design, then hands... more-
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sans t-shirt
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Ultrasonic transmitter directs music straight into your ear!
Adam Moller has designed an innovative transmitter concept, that by 'emitting low-line ultrasound signals to control the path... more-
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makoto azuma: 'time of moss' for tokyo fiber senseware at milan design week 09
"my work for this exhibition shows the encounter and coexistence of two lifeforms with different origins. living things... more-
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sQuba world’s first real submersible car
sQuba is the first real submersible car in the world that can swim like a fish underwater.-
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Can You Tell the Hooker Shoe From High Fashion?
Over the past few weeks, while flipping through magazines and shoe shopping for ourselves, we’ve noticed that a number of... more-
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SOLAR Powered Headphones
When it comes to wearable devices that harness the power of the sun, it would seem to make sense that the obvious place for solar... more-
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Louis Vuitton Wraps Hong Kong Museum of Art
fashion brand louis vuitton has teamed up with artist richard prince to wrap the hong kong museum of art for a special exhibition.... more-
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'From Within Outward' - Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit
fifty years after the realization of frank lloyd wright’s renowned design, the solomon r. guggenheim museum is celebrating... more-
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Electrolux Cooktop/Swanky Table
Showy chefs can demonstrate their uncanny dexterity with Rendezvous, a table that doubles as a rangetop. This design concept uses... more-
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Cargotecture: House of tomorrow
How are leftover shipping containers becoming the houses of tomorrow? A slow-down in the shipping industry has unused cargo... more-
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Frank Lloyd Wright LEGOS!
Everyone’s favorite childhood building block is back with a more sophisticated target audience. The Frank Lloyd Wright... more-
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Green fingers : Incredible topiary sculptures
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Pixel City - Procedurally generated city
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Exploded Views: Diagrams and Exhibitions
This AIGA article walks through the history of the "exploded view" or "exploded diagram", but the point of... more-
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The link between mental illness and creativity
The article explores some interesting points that correlate mental illness and creativity. I would say being a perfectionist... more-
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Omar-Hot-Pursuit-Search: Adventures in a Wonderland of Alternate Realities
“Omar-Hot-Pursuit-Search” is short animated experimental art film that is part of the PSST! 3 Film Series. PSST! 3 is... more-
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The new shape of Britain's skylines
The look of many British cities has changed over the past 10 years with an eruption of glass towers, dockside developments and... more-
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La lampada perfetta per chi odia dormire al buio e accontenta anche chi ama il buio.....
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High-heels you can bathe in
For the woman who has everything? A new line of Italian bathtubs that cost up to £17,000 mimic women's high heels.... more-
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Trekkie turns flat into USS Enterprise
Tony Alleyne, 56, has boldly gone where few have gone before and has transformed his flat into an amazingly accurate replica of a... more-
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College student builds jet-powered hovercraft
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eROCKIT - 50 mph pedal electric human hybrid motorcycle.
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Robo-bats- 'Nuff Said
"Tiny flying machines can be used for everything from indoor surveillance to exploring collapsed buildings, but simply making... more-
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The Standby Office
For the businessman (shady, or otherwise) on the go comes this portable cubicle. Designed by German studio Koenig & Neurath,... more-
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Astronaut Invents Zero-G Coffee Cup
The On-Orbit Coffee Cup hopes to make it easier for astronauts floating through space sip their morning coffee with ease. Designed... more-
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City Rainfall in the Sunset
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Mindplotter: Dueling Hardcore Metallic Brutality vs. Peaceful Inspiration
“Mindplotter” is an amazing 1/2 min. hardcore animated motion design short film, which the directors describe as a... more-
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Trattoria in Classical Blue Neon Over Vintage Fading Beige Pastels
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Modern Fossils
One day, far in the future, our society will be the focus of an archeological excavation. What will these anthropologists of the... more-
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Bear Shaped Sleeping Bag
Getting mauled has never been so fun! This bear-shaped sleeping bag by Eiko Ishizawa is, let’s face it, odd. But if... more-
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Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes crashes car into Calif. store
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Innocent Lil' Baby Meerkats Facing the Desert's Horrid Dangers!!
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25 Incredibly Useful WordPress Cheat Sheets & Checklists
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The Big Red Rabbit: Secret Corners of the Heart
“Red Rabbit” is a brilliant animated short film, an allegory for the lives of non-social people. It tells the story... more-
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Skinless Skin-Tight Cycling Suit
Cycling suits are usually pretty skin-tight, but what happens when you remove the skin? Tomek Pietek created this anatomical... more-
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Pirate Bay Cow Gatecrashes Milk Competition
Norway’s largest dairy products producer is redesigning the logo they use on one of their chocolate milk products. They... more-
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Take Me Anywhere Suitcase Pillow
Here’s an interesting pillow design for the person on the go – Suitcase Pillows by Olive. The pillows are designed to... more-
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Sears recycles plastic bottles Into business suits
Beginning in spring of this year, Sears began selling EcoGir business suits for men. The difference between these suits and others... more-
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FlapFlap: Don’t Crap Around With The Wrong Guys!
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