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Decor on Demand: 14 3D-Printed Home Accents

Liven up your home decor with fun 3D-printed accents like lamps, espresso cups, planters and kits to make three-dimensional geometric objects out of pencils.

GoGo & Multiplo: Modular Building Blocks for Kids & Adults

Two very similar designs with somewhat different audiences one emphasizing forts and mazes for kids, the other suggesting beds or chairs for adults.

Elastic Living: Sliding Shelves Hide Modular Rooms

Slide out the kitchen or bedroom when you need it and file it away when you're done with this clever transforming modular interior series.

Windows of New York: Weekly Documentary Design Project

Fascination bleeds into fixation in this wonderful ongoing series of illustrations by a graphic designer who enjoys the nuances of fenestration in his favorite city.

Musical Urban Design: Rube Goldberg-Style Rain Drains

An interactive and artistic facade features the process of rain drainage prominently instead of hiding it, turning the flow of liquid into music for passers by.

Edge Cases: 8 Space-Saving Design Ideas for Inside Corners

Most home furnishings are made for flat surfaces, not for those uncomfortable edge conditions we call either 'inside' or 'outside' corners. But not these!

Woodskin: Flexible Hybrid Material Makes Wood Modular

In essence, it has the look and feel of wood, but the flexibility of fabric, all rolled into one durable composite mesh both solid and modular at the same time.

Philography: Complex Philosophy Meets Graphic Simplicity

The bigger the idea, the harder to understand, let alone distill. That is the idea and challenge behind this growing set of graphic designs.

Fighting the Future: 3D-Printed Gun Fired, Blocked by US

Within days of a successful test firing of the Liberator, this working 3D-printed weapon has attracted the attention of the United States government.

Odd-Wheel Wonders: 11 Novel Vehicles with 1 or 3 Wheels

When you get around, it's usually on two or four wheels. But the inventors of these crazy vehicles decided to go a different route by using one or three wheels.

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