Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
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New York City’s Underwater Nightclub
The next time you are looking for a place to party in New York City, consider popping into the Underwater Nightclub in the Hudson River. Errr…wait, what?! Wearing old school scuba gear DOES look appealing, but we’re pretty thankful that this underwater nightclub is merely a concept, inspired by a wristwatch and presented by TechnoMarine. On the other hand, there is an upside to partying underwater ...
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Wear Your Wine Glass As A Ring On Your Finger
Designer Merve Kahraman is known for his luxurious and whimsical product design, and this collection of luxury glassware made to be worn as jewelry is no exception. The L’Art De La Seduction collection designed for Remy Martin features a short glass, wine glass and brandy snifter equipped with glass rings made to be worn as jewelry. As a result of having your drink near your face ...
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Beautifully Intricate Wine Carafes
We know what you’re thinking, and you’re not alone: these aren’t vines…they’s VEINS! Agreed. We love these beautifully hand-crafted wine decanters from French artist, Etienne Meneau, but we see nothing but pulmonary veins filled with blood when we look at his work. The artist was inspired by the Bordeaux wine region where he was raised, where grape and fruit vines claim the landscape at every turn. ...
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Retro 8-Bit Zelda Fireplace Art
New York-based artist and Etsy vendor, James Bit, has created these hilarious pixelated paintings of the 8Bit fire from Nintendo’s Zelda for your decorative fireplace. Some people like to fill their unused or decorative fireplaces with candles or fake logs, but this would be much cooler. JamesBit will make you a custom-sized hand-painted 8bit flame for your fireplace insert for a fair price, but truly, the ...
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Super Cool ‘Chopper’ Style Rocker For Kids
Felix Götze is the coolest dad on the block, and if you want to argue this notion, just ask his son – the proud owner of the Rocking Chopper. This fabulous child’s toy was designed with high handlebars, chopper-style lights and seat in the old style. The rocker frame is made out of a single swing arm – the sleek design and light colours make this ...
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A Must Have ‘Magazine Cover’ Mirror
Looking in the mirror just got more fun for our narcissistic readers thanks to these magazine cover mirrors. Six different magazine covers let you pretend you are super-cool and featured front page, even if you’re crusty-eyed in the morning or all glamourous at night, now you can practice your best duck face and get a better idea of how you’ll look when you’re famous. BUY NOW ...
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Stunning Vintage Ossa Motorbike Concept
The Monocasco Concept Bike designed by the Art-Tic Team, is an electric version inspired by the original Ossa monocasco bike of Santiago Herrero. Reliving the legacy of the legendary Sabtiago, who died racing his Ossa in the 1970 Grand Prix, this bike is a fitting tribute. The story goes that Ossa abandoned racing altogether after this tragedy. Despite its bulky outlook, the bike looks like a ...
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The Lazy Man’s Horizontal Shower
For those of you who hate standing in the shower, your moment to rejoice has arrived. Dornbracht’s Horizontal Shower is a real thing, and it really does permit showering using the Ambiance Tuning Technique while reclining. As if showering can get any lazier, the size water bars that are recessed into a broad shower field above the shower platform are meant to provide the user with ...
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The Hover-Car From Volkswagen
Volkswagen, which translates to “people’s car” in English, challenged China residents to submit their ideas of what the car of the future should look like. The company sifted through more than 119,000 ideas submitted to the project website and compiled three concepts, including the Hover Car. The Hover Car is a two-seater zero emissions vehicle that hovers above ground and travels along electromagnetic road networks. It ...
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Funky Boombox Pillows
Meninos has designed a fabulously cool set of Boom box Pillows – three separate pillows complete with old school boom box cassette player deck in the centre surrounded by subwoofer speakers on either side. Polyester fibers keep the pillows fluffy and full, and are machine washable. A cool way to jazz up your music studio, kids’ bedrooms, or your man cave. Either way, go nuts, old ...
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Old School Nintendo Console Briefcase
Now you can carry your valuables in true geeky style with this Nintendo NES gaming console brief case. We are hoping no Nintendo NES consoles were harmed in the making of this product, so we’ll pretend that an old, broken down console was gutted and transformed into this awesome case. It seems to be poorly lined with some kind of interior (let’s not dwell on this) ...
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Silver Penis-Shaped Cufflinks
We really cannot help ourselves in featuring obscure content like the penis-shaped cufflinks by Etsy vendor, Mancornas. The cuff links are made out of high quality silver plating with an environmentally friendly, strong and 100% waterproof adhesive. The cuff links feature a bullet back setting and make the perfect gift for…someone…who would appreciate this type of thing. BUY NOW ALSO ON ETSY: CUSTOM VULVA PORTRAIT NECKLACES
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Bottle Lid Pencil Sharpener Concept
Chinese designer Yuchen Liu has come up with the concept for the Bottle Cap Sharpener – a pencil sharpener that is built-in to a standard-sized bottle cap that screws onto the top of most plastic or glass bottles. When sharpening the pencil, all the shavings are collected in the vessel of the bottle, reducing the mess that comes with pencil shards and lead bits. This type ...
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The Blood Splatter Pillow
We love novelty pillows, don’t you? Thanks to Etsy vendor, DesignsbyNisus, the blood splatter pillow is now on our radar. For a reasonable price, you can give the gift of playful illusion. The blood splatter pillow is make of cotton/poly mix velvet and 100% polyester stuffing. We aren’t sure what else to say about this item, but we’re pretty sure the photos speak for themselves. Besides, ...
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Sleek Solar Powered Sun Lounger Design
Architecture students at MIT have designed and developed the Soft Rocker – a solar powered outdoor rocking lounger where you can relax and charge your electronics the green way. Led by professor Sheila Kennedy, the rocker uses the human power of balance to create an interactive solar tracking system that utilizes a 12 ampere hour battery storing the solar energy harvested during sunlight hours – this ...
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Hotel Pods Suspended Between Skyscrapers
Have you heard of {Live Between}? We have, and we think you should know about this incredible concept for a futuristic approach to hotels. {Live Between} is a mobile hotel designed by HKS Architects that offers guests the opportunity to sleep hundreds of feet above the ground in a suspended pod-like room. The hotel pods are intended to be mobile, changing their location from one amazing ...
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Dessert Tarts As Accurate Pantone Swatches
Emile de Griottes, French food designer, has developed a series of dessert tarts that recreate the pantone colour swatches with hilarious accuracy. The swatch colours are made using berries, carrots, candies and other food items and arranged on a tart base that is iced in white frosting and labeled as the pantone swatch it is meant to represent. de Griottes created this collection for a special ...
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Jumbo iPod Coffee Table
We have recently decided that no living room, family room or office lobby space is complete until it is adorned with an iTable – a jumbo-sized iPod with four legs designed by Italian designer, Mirko Ginepro for Milan Design Week. The iTable is made out of a Corian surface (commonly used for kitchen or bathroom counters) with a glass insert, and can is available in a ...
