Inspired by first class air travel cabins, and smart cars-- The Technical University of Munich and the Tokyo Institute of Technology designed these "Micro-Compact Homes"-- to be installed as a village across the campus in Munich. The Micro Compact Home…
Continue Reading →$40 is a little much to pay for a clothes hanger, even if it is made of aluminum, and is the 'best looking hanger you've ever seen'. Slowly but surely smart and forward thinking designers have been changing our everyday…
Continue Reading →Designer Adriean Koleric finally has his new site up "Think Item". He was the designer for that Fresh Mailbox Design we saw back in April-- clearly talented. He admits the new site is a bit over the top, but it's…
Continue Reading →House Special is at it again, designer Ben Durrell was inspired by the podcasting trend, and memories of sitting around campfires as a child--and he went to create an unusual iPod dock and speaker set--he calls it the Story Log.…
Continue Reading →Mathias Bengtsson combines 3-D modeling, laster cutting, and some bad ass hand crafting techniques to create an organic looking piece of functional art. This chair was modeled by hand, then digitized by a computer, and then "sliced". "The resulting shape…
Continue Reading →Our friends over at Realm Dekor have a bunch of new products for sale. A whole new line of pillows, and a some really freshly designed vases and planters get my special nod of approval. I particularly like the Panton-inspired…
Continue Reading →COLOURlovers is both an interesting concept, and a great resource to share, view, rate, and review different colors. The site serves as inspiration for designers of all types, or as they call it 'an international collection of colour lovers'. Colors,…
Continue Reading →I wish I were in Copenhagen so I could see the Danish Design Centre's newest exhibition "DANISH- Framing the future of design". The exhibition asks the question "What is the role of danish design in the 21st century"-- and the…
Continue Reading →Busy Being is a small LA based independent design shop, with products by some familair names like Lotta Jansotter, and Cody Hudson. The site is dedicated to carrying excellent, and exclusive product for the home--'where it all begins'. They recently…
Continue Reading →I've had great feedback from readers who also love the Michael Young PXR-5 LCD watch-- and finally an anonymous tipster showed us all where we can get our own-- available in four colors; white, sand, green, and navy blue. It's…
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