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Kutahya‘s textured wall tiles are the new trend in wall décor. The contemporary lines of the Versatile Collection will update the look of any room. The producers describe the collection as having a unique geometry, functionality and applications, this allows the user to compose many combinations and alternate applications to form a wide range of usability.
Zev is a 14 year old photographer from Natick, Massachusetts who creates incredible self portraits. The photographs are taken with the help of his 17 year old sister Nellie, and manage to capture his amazing imaginary world. The photographs show him exploring a more complicated world than a strict fairy tale. A world where the dangers are almost familiar but much larger than we expect.
Eric Standley has released a paper cut artwork project that is so intricate that it looks like stained glass cathedral windows. The laser cut paper consists of individually cut layers of paper that are laid on top of each other, giving the work a three dimensional look. [Read more...]
Out Of The Box is a simplified way of getting older users to start using their smart phones. During research for the product, there were many elderly users who still had their brand new digital devices in the boxes months after purchase because they were waiting for the younger generation to help them.
Finish designer Nokolo Kerimov has designed Winnie, a series of lamps inspired by the playful shape of beehives. The small family of lamps are made of ceramic and have circular holes which serve as vents for the honey coloured light to spill from. Through use of caps and corks, these vents can also be used to control the amount of light that spills from the lamps.
Every once in a while we all get the urge to leave the hustle and bustle of city life for the calm, relaxing retreat of nature. But where would you go to get your fix of nature? If you’re looking for somewhere to while away your days in total luxury, and not to mention amazing nature, then the Singita Serengeti House in Tanzania is the perfect place for you!
The Portland Press is a lid and cozy that turns your mason jar into a sustainable French Press. Bucket, started a Crowd Supply campaign to fund the production of The Portland Press and wants to produce sustainable products, locally made and long lasting. All of the materials used in the Portland Press are from within the Portland region.
Planet money is a joint venture between the NPR and This American Life, to explain the American economy to its people. Every t-shirt in the world is the result of a global journey, with Planet Money’s t-shirts, they actually tell you where their t-shirts have been. You can meet the people that grew the cotton to make the fabric, the factory workers that worked on the spinners that made the fabric.
The US economy is a system that affects everyone in the country, but not a lot of people understand. A group of mixed media journalists decided to make the economy something fun to discuss. So they developed t-shirts that help explain the economy and make it fun to find out about.
Vitra, a Swiss furniture brand, has continued a 25 year strategy of commissioning internationally renowned contemporary architects like Sanaa to design their factory. Sanaa is a Basel-based Japanese architecture firm that consists of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa.
The design idea applied by Sanaa was to build an industrial facility that, compared to the 12,000 square metres of the old structure, provided 20,000 sqm of working space.
The space is divided into 4 working areas that are able to work independently from each other. The building on the whole has a circular footprint which makes sure that the delivery and loading of goods in different locations, optimizes, reduces and simplifies internal traffic.
Stephen Shaheen is an amazing artist!. One of his creations, named American Socket, features miniature human sculptures with working headlights.
