Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
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Awesome Kitschy Pac-Man Bookshelf
One of our favourite Italian designers, Mirko Ginepro, is responsible for the brilliance behind the Puckman bookshelf. The unit is made out of varnished wood and is of course painted in a golden yellow reminiscent of the 80′s cult videogame, Pac Man. The Puckman shelf (yes, Puckman is correct, not Pacman) is custom made to order, so you can choose a size and alter the colour ...
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Geeky Adobe Icon Pillows For Graphic Designers
Are you looking to add a little bit of geek-ness to your home? Well, look no further, the toss cushions created by My Suite Stuff are sure to strike a chord with graphic designers. Not only are the pillows designed to resemble jumbo-sized graphic software icons, but the names behind the collection is equally geeky and fabulous. You heard of Adobe’s Creative Suite? Well, now you ...
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If ‘The Simpsons’ Characters Were Modern Furniture
The masterminds behind 56th Studio have made us say WHOA! with their hilariously accurate caricature furniture collection. 56th Studio creates and produces quirky designs and cutting-edge graphic works, but all items have a “form-follows-story” mantra. The chairs that made us smile are all based on the popular television series, The Simpsons, and each distinctive feature of the shows characters is exaggerated to produce a single piece ...
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12 Novelty Tents Campers Will Love
Field Candy is not just your ordinary tent-branding company. Nope. Instead of functional and boring camping tents, Field Candy provides functional and AWESOME tent designs for quirky campers with swagger. We really love the Fully Booked tent flysheet (a jumbo-sized book flysheet) by artist Jack Maxwell. These fun tents are sure to snag the attention of the cuties camping in the next lot by boasting your ...
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Baby Rattles Inspired By Parents’ Profiles
Silhoutte art has a certain nostalgic beauty to it and these baby rattles made from extrapolated adult silhouettes are equally as beautiful. New York designer Russell Greenberg of RUX Design came up with this concept following the birth of his first child. The ends of the baby rattles are shaped like the silhouette profiles of mom and dad. The maple-wood toy is carved on a lathe ...
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Tetris Desk Lamp
Standard desk lamps with shades are a thing of the past (and super boring), but the Tetris Desk Lamp made by the official Tetris Brand is another story. The stackable tetiminio blocks will apparently light up when stacked on top of one that is already lit, although we cannot find an explanation online as to how this product actually works (or how one block is lit ...
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Insane New Headphones Block Out The World
In an age where technology allows for a constant bombardment on our senses, where tablet computers and smartphones mean we are reachable 24/7, One Sense headphones, by Joe Doucet, symbolize the human need for periods of peace and tranquility. One Sense not only obscures environmental sight and sound from encroaching on the wearer, but utilises the color red and a display of spikes, drawn from nature’s symbols ...
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Wacky Chair Made Of Flexible Bamboo Strips
Tejo Remy and Rene Veenhuizen has designed the Bamboestoel – a Dutch term for Bamboo chair – using one of nature’s more versatile and plentiful resources. Bamboo is one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth making it a highly sustainable material to be used for building, furniture and plenty more. Instead of using regular wood, the artists chose bamboo for this chair design because of its ...
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Tacky Beds Made Out Of Old Airplane Parts
Another fabulous example of something old made into something new, and in this case, something comfy, too. Artist and furniture designer, Dave Hall and business partner Donovan Fell of MotoArt have been working hard to provide consumers with unique bed designs made out of scraps of old airplanes and jets. Fit for an eclectic interior, these beds made out of various parts are truly unique. Consider ...
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Kitschy Fish Tank Toilet
The glorious throne comes in many sizes and colours, but this toilet design is one of the craziest we’ve seen in a long time! And yes, to answer the burning question in your heart, it IS real and it DOES work without harming the fish or the human using the toilet. The innovative designers behind Aqua One Technologies came up with this quirky idea one day ...
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iPoo: If Apple Made Toilets
Designer Milos Paripovic is responsible for the design of the unofficial Apple toilet, a satirical product design is nothing more than a fun prototype. And admit it, you have at least once thought of what a toilet designed by Apple would look like, right? And so, we present to you, dear reader, the iPoo (Paripovic claims that unlike other Apple products, the iPoo is compatible with ...
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A Clock That Will Knit Your Scarfs For You
Siren Elise Wilhelmaen, a young Norway-based designer prides herself on creating concepts and designs for products, furniture and installations that have an eire of sustainability and humour to them. The knitting clock and knitting grandfather clock were created in 2010 out of wood, wool and acrylic glass. The clocks knit a single stitch, and are working 24 hours a day to produce a 6 foot (2m) ...
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Umbra: The Modern Day Sundial Wall Clock
UMBRA is a clock which takes us back to traditional system of sun dials from designer Roshan Hakkim. The clock works on the principle of shadow and lights. As kids we were always amazed by the change in our shadow lengths according to the sun position. Using this principle, by using TWO LIGHT sources which creates TWO SHADOWS, time can be communicated by altering the shadow ...
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Amazing Kite In The Shape Of A Cube
Experimental kite designed by Sash Reading with Ivan Morison from the Studio 10 Arch at the University of Westminster. The kite was fabricated and engineered by Queen and Crawford. The kite features 1700 3d printed connectors, carbon fibre rods and cubenfibre aerospace fabric. CHECK OUT THESE WIND WALKING KINETIC SCULPTURES
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Six Shoe Designs For Social Profile Lovers
Although these bad ass KEDS style sneaker designs are not really on the market, Venezuela based graphic designer Lumen Bigott was onto something when she whipped these up.
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Nest: The Home Thermostat That Learns From You
No more programming, no more constantly changing the temperature. The Nest™ Learning Thermostat™ programs itself in a week to keep you comfortable and save energy. If you’re comfortable installing a light fixture, you can install Nest. If not, you can buy Nest with installation from nest.com or call 855-4MY-NEST for more info. First answer a few basic questions. After that, Nest will learn when you change ...
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Funky Food Shaped Bedding
B Fiber and Craft Emporium made us smile from ear to ear today thanks to their quirky listing of large-scale food items made out of fabric. The jumbo pizza slice sleeping bag is made by hand and stuffed with recycled quilts, and the bag is lined in satin making it very comfortable and luxurious. The cheese and sauce fabric is dyed by hand and pillows are ...
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Dual Arcade Coffee Table
Men, we need your attention. Finally, a piece of furniture that you may actually care for (aside from your Laz-E boy chair). Why, you ask? Because this coffee table is actually a dual arcade game console that you and a friend can use to play some of your favourite arcade games head to head. Designed by British company, Surface Tension, the Dual Arcade Coffee Table is ...
