Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
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Toddland: The Coolest Wallets In The World
That’s Like, WHOA! was lucky enough to pair up with the strange, clever, unique and fun folks at Toddland (a funky, down-to-mars clothing and accessory company) for our December long ‘Welcome To Toddland Giveaway‘. Congrats to our winners. Toddland is a little world that formerly only existed in the heads and beards of a few friends. It then grew into said friends making things that they ...
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Funky Floating Book Shelf
You aren’t the only one who will do a double take when you walk in the room thanks to the Self Shelf – a sturdy floating shelf designed to look like a book. Designed by Holland-based artists, Nicole Van Schouwenburg with input from Irene Klinkenberg, the Self Shelf makes for a fun and easy way to display and store a small collection of books (maximum 4kg ...
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Leg Hair Font
Have you ever lay on the grass and looked up at the sky to find shapes in the clouds? Well now, you can play the same game with…your hairy friend’s leg hair? Eeew. But yes, it’s true. This font was designed by Mayuko, a 20-year-old student at Japan’s Tama Art University and consists of an entire Western font made from human leg hair (a male friend’s ...
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Creative Prosthetic Leg Coverings
An industrial designer and Orthopedic Surgeon founded Bespoke Fairings in 2009 in an attempt to bring more humanity to people who have congenital or traumatic limb loss. Bespoke Fairings is responsible for major advances in the prosthetic leg industry thanks to the latest innovation of an accurately formed leg cover that fits over top any artificial leg apparatus. A Fairing is a specialized covering that is ...
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Portraits Made From Ikea Products
Charis Tsevis, an award-winning visual designer from Athens, Greece, has put together an incredible collection of portraits for an IKEA ad series using nothing more than IKEA products compiled digitally. Tsevis is a part time professor of Editorial Design and Typography at the AKTO College of Art and Design and has published many articles about design, gestalt psychology, aesthetics, cyber culture and computer history in reputable ...
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Steampunk Apartment In New York City
Screen writer Jeremy Noritz’s New York City 1,800 square meter (19,375 square foot) apartment in Chelsea was for sale over the summer for 1.75 million – a steep price for your average dwelling, but likely a steal considering its location and the super-awesome steampunk interior design job that makes this apartment look more like a film set. Some of the unique design features include a submarine-style ...
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Millau Viaduct: A Bridge In The Clouds
The Millau Viaduct is one cable-stayed road bridge that aims to impress. It’s the 12th highest bridge in the world and the world’s number one tallest bridge with a single mast height of 343m (1,125 feet) – that’s taller than the Eiffel tower! British architect, Norman Foster and French structural engineer, Michael Virlogeux worked together to design this autoroute that stretches from Paris to Montpellier, and ...
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Apartment Designed With 25,000 Ping Pong Balls
Snarkitecture has designed a 90 square meter (968 square foot) loft using 25,000 ping pong balls. The Brooklyn-based project is entitled the “Box Box Project” and belongs to one of the partners of Snarkitecture, Daniel Arsham, a graduate of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Luckily for visitors, the ping pong balls actually blend together to create a surprisingly interesting appearance of ...
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Turn Your Lamp On And Off With A Pistol
Admit it – playing with toy guns is fun for kids of all ages, and now, pointing and shooting the barrel of yet another plastic toy gun can actually have a purpose with the BANG! lamp. BitPlay has designed the BANG! – a desk lamp that is activated with a gun-shaped remote control. To turn the light off, point and “shoot” the gun at the lamp. ...
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Retro Space Invader Alien Couch
Young designer, Igor Chak, has come up with the concept behind the Space Invader Couch – an instant conversation starter for any space. The couch features fine leather that is displayed to resemble a pixelated retro design. The couch itself has a low profile and memory foam cushions. Space Invaders is ranked as one of the most popular video games of all times and was created ...
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Poop Powered Kitchen Design
Dutch electronic company, Philips, has designed the Microbial Home, a domestic ecosystem that harnesses biological processes to break down waste and convert it into energy through the use of a “bio-digester” kitchen island that uses natural bacteria to generate gas. In a time when eco-friendly measures are becoming more important than just a passing fad, the Microbial Home fits right in with new ways of thinking ...
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Tiny Apartment Transforms Into 24 Rooms
In Hong Kong, because of the space, apartments are small and expensive. Gary Chang, an architect, decided to design a 344 sq. ft. apartment to be able to change into 24 different designs, all by just sliding panels and walls. He calls this the “Domestic Transformer.” Source: www.jellywoo.com/
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Sculptural Teapot
Product designer, Joey Roth, likes to design things that articulate the beauty of everyday rituals, and we think he has hit the nail on the head with the Sorapot – a modern and unique teapot. Like his other products, the Sorapot combines functionality with honest, unfinished materials. It’s architectural form brings tea’s quiet beauty into sharp focus – an appliance that resembles a sculptural piece of ...
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Creepy Animal Shaped Chairs
Spanish designer Maximo Riera likes to design chairs that exhibit animal forms. The designer’s Rhino Chair, Walrus Chair and Octopus Chair, part of the Animal Chair collection, are equally interesting mainly because of the unexpected nature (no pun intended) of the chairs’ forms. The series of three sculptural furniture pieces retain the vitality of the animals which they represent – Riera ensured the animals’ biology and ...
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The Levitating Lamp
There’s no magic behind these amazing Light-Light lamps, just a whole-bunch of awesome science. The levitating lamps are handcrafted and available in two styles: ‘Silhouette’ and ‘Eclipse’. The top portion of the lamp shade that hosts the light source is not physically attached to the bottom portion of the lamp shade – a phenomenon that is possible thanks to futuristic electromagnetic components and LED lights (which ...
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The Urban Household Beehive
Like honey? Well, you’re in luck! The brainiacs over at the Dutch electronics company called Philips, have designed a way for urbanites to keep an active bee hive in their small apartments and homes with the Urban Beehive. The design was publicized as part of the company’s Microbial Home Design initiative which was unveiled at Dutch Design Week. The Urban Beehive aims to address the issue ...
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The Periodic Table Of Swearing
Jon Link and Mick Bunnage are writers, illustrators and cartoonists, and well known as the creative minds behind Modern Toss. One of their well-received works of art include the Periodic Table of Swearing (originally available in the form of a giclee print, a printed towel and magnets) is now available in the form of an interactive coffee table (yes, a piece of furniture) thanks to a ...
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Hedonist: A Stunning Luxury Yacht
Designed by Art of Kinetik, the Hedonist luxury yacht earns its title from the super sexy design lines that are paired with luxury finishes and materials that only the perfectly hedonistic can indulge in and enjoy guilt-free. Art of Kintetik designs custom luxury yachts out of wood – they are known for their incredible good taste and selection of high-quality finishes. The Hedonist Yacht combined a ...
