FEATUREDInspiration: SEATTLE! A weekend exploring Seattle. Delicious food, incredible coffee, endless apples, so many craft brews, a peek in the Boeing factory, a look inside the Rem Koolhaas Library, timelapse vids, and more inspiration.
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FEATURED5 Steps To Explore Like A Local ~ a peek at how we approach diving in to a new city at NOTCOT!
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The P.A.C.O. Bluetooth Speaker by Digital Habit(s) is an intriguing concrete speaker.
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FEATUREDBoeing Factory Tour in Everett, WA just outside of Seattle is a definite must see in person when in the area. The sheer scale of the space and the planes and the factory in motion is mind blowing.
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'Signs of Fiction' jewelry, accessories, futuristic circuits of lines, minimalism of contemporary graphic design. Elegant essential geometries of Art Déco re-interpreted. By Lior Shulak, Shenkar College, Tel Aviv.
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Vanity Faith Collection by Greece is For Lovers.
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FEATUREDStunning solid carved wooden chairs and geometric solids by Aleph Geddis found at Totokaelo in Seattle, WA.
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The Dutch Design Week wants you to see 'the world of tomorrow is already in the making today. Smart solutions and inventive design offer new promising perspectives.'
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The DIY Gamer kit from Technology Will Save Us lets you build your own games console using an Arduino controller.
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Esther Jongsma's Passage Wooden Carpets whose patterns move as you walk across them.
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Making of the Queen's Baton for the XX Commonwealth. Great behind the scenes photos of the baton designed by 4c Design.
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The Lomography Experimental Lens Kit for Micro 4/3 digital cameras.
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Biofoam surfboards production of the future
the creation of the worlds first certified 100% biodegradable and 99% bio-based surfboard foam.
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'Rocky' buffet by French designer Charles Kalpakian for French editor La Chance.
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Surf Shelf by Joel Seigle and Austin Gillett. Made of maple, cork, and leather.
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Sugar Skull Spoons on Kickstarter all this month. Stainless Steel spoons that gently remind you sugar is evil each time you make a tea or coffee.
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Double X outdoor folding chair by Portuguese designer Tiago Braz Martins.
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IDNA by Sylvain Joly is spatial storytelling prototype for iOS where players can explore by physically moving the device 360 degrees.
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Very funny viral video campaign for the new Mercedes-Benz. The superstar of the spot is a chicken…that move the body but not the head…as a new Mercedes that has the same control in the street.
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'Petites Rocailles' by French designer Germain Bourré for Miloma.
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Great branding from Sweden's eleventh pipe maker, Stiff Pipes.
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'Life Color Clock' extracts the color from a photo on Instagram and Facebook and creates clocks with the colors of the moment.
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Geometric pieces of paper created layer by layer by layer, from paper artist Elena Mír. Works created between 2009 to 2013. Enjoy!
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Alpha Zoo.
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Stem, an essential wooden coat stand created by Italian architect Matteo Gerbi.
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Take a look at the video from Porsche of seven 911′s “singing” Happy Birthday to celebrate 50 years of the model’s existence.
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The design studio Triboro has rethought the classic logo Nike turning it into NYC.
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Belgian trio LAb[au] created their typographic installation "Signal To Noise" using discarded technology and old split-flaps from airport & train signage systems.
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Harvest by Damián Ortega at the Gladstone Gallery in New York.
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Tokujin Yoshioka's Crystalize exhibit including the crystal Rainbow Church at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
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VIDEORedbull releases POV footage from BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking leap from a balloon some 24 miles off the ground, which took place last year.
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The Smallest Printing Company from Letterproeftuin for printing small posters and books. Part of the International Poster and Graphic Design Festival Chaumont 2013.
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VIDEOTextbook delivery by drone? Flirtey teams up with textbook rental company Zookal to use hexacopters to deliver studying materials.
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Seemingly floating Monopoly-like mirror houses designed by photographer and creative director Autumn De Wilde, plus a roundup of magical mirror trickery.
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Yield's new Mirror Shelf series nests in the corner of any room to open up an illusion of space while displaying your favorite things.
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Graphic Designer Dave Cuvelot launches Discovery, second in a poster series celebrating 30 years of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
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A personal identity system for the Waterman family consisting of a series of Coat of Arms, that serves as an act of preservation and protection of their memory.
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Ron English's Popaganda Mint Rotocast Heart Skull
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Erboristeria Melissa is a beautiful herbalist’s shop in the center of Turin, near the Mole Antonelliana.
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FEATUREDCycle Dog's 3-Play Turtle Dog Toy. Squeaker in the head, treats go in his belly, floats, and it's made from eco-last material from post consumer recycled rubber.
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FEATUREDThe Best of Mercedes-AMG. We spend 2 days on the tracks of Willow Springs with 41 AMGs... doing 150mph in the SLS black series, exploring the desert with the G63, peeking at the late night garage repairs, and more!
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VIDEOCrystal Infusion - Inside the molding of a Hydroflex Skateboard.
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Good News coffee table by Norwegian designer Karl Marius Sveen, for Mokasser.
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FEATUREDA pair of Mercedes-AMG C63 507 editions (sedan vs coupé) donut duel in the California desert during the Best of AMG at Willow Springs.
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Nordstrom launched a series of 'pop-in' shops by creative director Olivia Kim, inspired by French Style.
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VIDEOElement went to test their Wolfeboro jackets on the arctic island of Spitsbergen, home to the world's northernmost miniramp.
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VIDEOThe foldable Bloom safety helmet from Toyo Safety.
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Pretty collaboration from Upsetters Architects and Artless for the product line of 10 Mikan and their Ehime shop.
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Tiny new baby seadragons at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.
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The Skootcase, part suitcase that kids can ride and steer.
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VIDEOMapping the Matterhorn with SenseFly drones.
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Zootechnical by Joao Loureiro. Space is defined around animal sculptures in their relation to the architecture. Specifically to further explore the "relationship between form and function of the architecture of public and private spaces."
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Minneapolis-based Senn & Sons creates bold, iconic triptych artwork for kids' rooms.
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R3DNA - Reclaimed Leather Goods from Luxury Car Seats Kickstarter!
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CHAISES SUSPENDUES // HANGING CHAIRS by Felix Guyon. This chair is part of a collection of furniture was developed by Les Ateliers Guyon. Here are presented the hanging chair in the entrance hall ALT Hotel in Halifax.
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Pia Wusten's handmade small vessels combine the crafts of glass blowing and wood turning.
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Oak cabinets and plastic thread by French designer Elsa Randé.
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Portland brands Shwood and Pendleton have teamed up for a limited collection of wooden sunglasses. Each frame features temples laser engraved with Pendleton's most iconic patterns.
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People sit on the sofa arm regardless of whether the sofa is occupied or not. These Independent Arms by French designer Emilie Voirin are free-standing.
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Stunning new Peacock Scarf from Sara Blake, ZSO-NYC. 35" x 80", silk twill, hand rolled hem.
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In celebration of Artist Damien Hirst's retrospective, the fashion aficionados over at Prada teamed up with the artist to created a Pharmacy Juice Bar, installed in the uninhabited Doha desert, like a mirage of sorts.
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Trophy design for Nikon Photo Contest. Individually handcrafted with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, the award trophy translated the new identity from a 2-dimensional graphic to a 3-dimensional form.
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Talk to a plant. Does talking to plants help them grow? How about tweeting a plant? A new social experiment from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and advertising agency Carmichael Lynch aims to find out.
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New juicer from Hurom, the titanium colored stainless steel, Slow Squeeze Juicer. Interesting addition of the fitted juice cap.
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UPLIFT is a permanent, site-specific, indoor-outdoor sculpture made of waterjet cut stainless steel and aluminum, commissioned by Liberty Mutual Insurance Group for new headquarters in Back Bay, Boston.
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Concrete Abstracta's Concrete Platonic solids and other cast objects. Functional sculpture for your desk.
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Keytags by Various Projects. While they aren't the hardest to make... i love the way the executed the idea! So fun to read through the excessive variety of words they've picked!
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SYN-Phon (Graphic notation) by Candas Sisman.
Sound performance based on graphical notation by CandaĹź ĹžiĹźman featuring Barabás LĹ‘rinc & Ölveti Mátyás.
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Alchemy Goods Luggage Tag made of reclaimed truck tubes.
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Photographer Jim Golden 'collects collections' through his camera lens.
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54 top illustrators, artists and designers team up to create a unique deck of playing cards.
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Sonos Play:1 - The latest from Sonos, this is the "compact wireless speaker that delivers deep, crystal clear HiFi sound" and can connect with your whole sonos system!
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The London-based miniature installation artist Slinkachu has just popped up in Paris with a series of new works entitled "Why is it So Hard to Find a Job?".
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'Rozmowa' glass and copper objects by French designer Amaury Poudray.
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"Modern Day Snail Mail" Cristina Vanko handwrites text messages for 5 days!
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Colonel Sanders riding a chicken? Yes please. Say hello to the official 'Toile de Jouy' of Kentucky. Beautifully illustrated by Rachael Sinclair.
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Beautiful intricate sculptures made from sugar by Joseph Marr.
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Conceived from the belief that art should be shared, Isay Weinfeld's Casa Cubo is a lodging, support center to artists and development of the arts, with facilities to serve as a home.
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The Lodgepole Retreat in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado by Arch11.
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VIDEOAn utterly breath taking video of professional Parkour free runner, James Kingston, shot from a point of view perspective.
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A tea lovers dream! A WiFi-enabled iKettle means you can use your phone to pop the kettle on so it will be ready and waiting for you, when you're parched for a cup of tea.
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Giant beasts made from straw following the rice harvest in Japan.
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Parasitic Products is a new project by Studio PSK exploring the idea of parasitism in product design. A range of three radios has been created taking direct inspiration from parasites in nature.
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Studio Macura's Pero 3D printed pigeon bookmarks!
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Plant Bondage is a minimalist design created by York-based designer Light + Ladder.
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Type:Rider narrates the history of typography in an adventure and puzzle game for iOS and Android & explores the anatomy of the letters in an interactive installation.
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FEATUREDIt's London Cocktail Week, celebrated in style with a Surrealist Supper from The Clove Club as part of Hendrick's Carnival of Knowledge. A most unusual evening complete with disembodied hands for bartenders, a horn of plenty and more!
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VIDEOA fun trailer for the upcoming cookbook, Mast Brothers Chocolate: A Family Cookbook, due out October 22nd!
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The Dutch traveling open-source designstudio Letterproeftuin does it again with The Smallest Print Company!
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Nerf DOG! Fun Nerf inspired/licensed products for your dogs ~ we're loving the squeaker football!
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'Booken' library by Raw Edges design studio.
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A chair for St. Philip at Leonardo’s Last Supper: Loaves & Fishes, an imaginative essay by Alessandro Zambelli.
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2013 Alice has adopted a New Zealand accent. Her world of wonders can be found on the island of Waiheke, among the curving wooden walls, secret doors and passages of Headland House.
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'Out-door-Cinema' by Polish designer Pawel Grobelny in Grimbergen, Belgium.
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VIDEONuance by Marc-Antoine Locatelli captures the movements of a street dancer with an orb of light.
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David Kohn Architects won the World Interior of the Year 2013 at the Inside Festival in Singapore, with their refurbishing of the Career Avinyó apartment in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona.
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Remember Hot Wheels? You can make your own in the Hot Wheels Car Maker that molds wax to form your own cars.
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Krabhuis, a scratchable cardboard house for cats.
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The City Cycling Guide set from Rapha and Thames and Hudson are pocket-sized guides to the major cycling cities of Europe.
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Digesting Science, a website and set of activities to explain multiple sclerosis (MS) in a simple, fun way from scientists who research MS at Queen Mary University of London based at the Blizard Institute.
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Slovak Mejdstudio designers have put their own "twist" on the bookcase during the summer workshop ‘lost and found’ organized by CA flowers for slovakia in cooperation with Vitra.
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VIDEOCool Hunting goes inside the Hot Wheels Design Studio to take a look at their process, designs, and a new injection molding machine allowing you to make hot wheel cars on the spot.
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FEATUREDIKEA Lillabo Toy Cars - modular and made of wood and plastic. Designed by Henrik Johansson.
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Muybridge Pt_2 by The-T-Shirt-Issue, is a study set out to capture temporal change in 3D. The work leans on Eadward Muybridge's photography work in the late 1800s, with which he pioneered in the field of capturing animal and human locomotion.
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Ducati releases a Special Edition 1199 Panigale S that pays tribute to the Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna that is exclusive to Brazil.
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The Seed of Solidarity, temporary pavilion for a volunteer organization that fights against hunger. was hosted by the city of Bologna in its historical center.
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The Pebble Project takes recycled PET materials and uses traditional glassblowing methods to shape them to give plastic a new versatility and aesthetic lease on life.
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Clarke Titus gives a fallen 175 year old elm tree a new life...
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Kagiro is Japanese for colorful lock. It applies Zen to the design and interface of random password generation on your iPhone.
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Gray is the first collection of furniture from Dublin based Designgoat. The collection originated from an exhibition where Designgoat had to re-interupt Eileen Gray's Non-Conformist chair.
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A cute illustrated guide to the genetics and heritability of dog coat colors.
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Francien Hazen's Watercabinet is a compact system that is part greenhouse, part shed/potting table, and rainwater harvesting system in one.
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The PicoBrew Zymatic bringing hombrewing to your countertop and letting you brew your own in your kitchen, not unlike a coffee machine or breadmaker.
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Core77 go on a factory tour of IC! Berlin in Berlin's Mitte district.
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Isometric projection of the contours of San Francisco from Abe Bingham. Beautiful topographical visualizations.
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Artist Robert Wechsler was commissioned by The New Yorker to make a series of coin sculptures for this week’s money-themed issue of the magazine.
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Rotodrawings - a large rotating device, hung from the ceiling generates random-hits art
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Dataviz of one year of mouse movements recorded at work.
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You can now take a tour of the Lamborghini museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese on Google Street View. Climb in some of the cars and take a look around!
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Microorganisms made from paper painstakingly hand cut by Charles Clary.
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Concrete house in Hyogo, Japan by Shogo Aratani.
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'Wooden Coffee Table' by Polish designer Mateus Zwojcicki.
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VIDEOBaloica is a temporary sound installation set at the old Convento das Dominicas in the city of Guimarães. A swing set was set up at the entryway of the convent and transformed into a musical instrument.
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Magnetic animals for holding your stray paperclips from QUALY.
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VIDEOMesmerizing video of giant bubbles popping from Shanks FX for PBS.
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Mechanical illustrations from Jason Gamber.
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Torafu Architects' koloro-wagon to help kids stay organized, with it's cute, stackable trays..
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VIDEOExploding jellies from Bompas & Parr. A fun video exploring the making, molding and explosion of jelly.
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KnowRoaming - "Apply this sticker to your sim card to save up to 85% off your voice and data in 220 countries while traveling." Interesting approach to global cell phone usage...
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The Chladni Device by SoundShapeLab. Inspired by violin builders that use Chladni patterns to check the quality of their instrument. The Chladni Device is a machine that is able to make sound visible.
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VIDEO"Portrait Robot" is a project by three students form l'école nationale supérieur de création industrial in Paris. An ABB robot, using a black marker and the Microsoft motion capture Kinect, draws the image of the user as he pauses.
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Plumen 001 designer Samuel Wilkinson has created BLOWN for Danish brand &tradition, deftly combining parametric CAD and traditional craftsmanship.
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'Taylor' by French designer Julien de Sousa for Souvignet design.
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SIGN PAINTERS is both a documentary and a book featuring stories of more than two dozen traditional sign painters working in cities throughout the United States.
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'Max' shelves by French Architect Olivier Chabaud for Edition Compagnie.
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House Wall Hooks designed by Luez Design and Play.
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New children's design brand LOOODUS, presents their FONT ALPHABET PUZZLE. laser cut and hand finished, the puzzle is 100% made in Italy. Each letter corresponds to the first letter of the font used for that letter.
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Neiman Marcus Christmas Book 2013 Fantasy Gift - Bespoke Global Falconry Companion. The ultimate falconry trunk set with everything you need for the birds... as well as a decanter, cigar carrying case and backgammon board.
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Nest Protect ~ the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm. "If there’s a nuisance alarm, just stand under Nest Protect and wave your arm to hush the alert." It can also serve as a pathlight, and talk to your Nest Thermostat.
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