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Month: December 2016

Flat-Pack Bicycle Helmet: Portable Paper Head Protection for Cyclists

As urban cycling continues to increase in popularity, bike commuters still face the same challenge: carrying a clunky helmet with them wherever they go. For part-time, on-demand cyclists in ...

Vertigo Wallpaper: Warped 3D Room Illusions Transform Flat Gallery Surfaces

You could be forgiven for cautiously entering one of these rooms full of wavy sketched lines, stepping over obstacles that aren’t really there, uncertain whether parts of the walls are really ...

East Coast Greenway: Longest Bike Trail in US to Span 2,900 Miles

The East Coast Greenway is already a third of the way to completion, and when finished will stretch from Calais, Maine, to Key West, Florida, passing through 16 states and 25 cities along the ...

Cargotecture Travel: Shipping Container Hostel Opens in Vietnam

You might not want to live in a shipping container permanently, but now you can test-drive one for a night or two at the affordable, streamlined and modern Ccasa Hostel in Vietnam. Colorful cargo ...

Made for Introverts: 13 Furniture Designs & Wearables That Prioritize Privacy

Nothing says 'don't talk to me' like a soundproof helmet, a cocoon-shaped desk or a chair that basically swallows you when you want to disappear. Designed for introverts and people who just want ...

Architectural Polychrome: Vintage Interactive Color Guidebook by Le Corbusier

Created by Le Corbusier, one of the most famous architects of the Modern movement, this vintage Polychromie Architecturale: Die Farbenklaviaturen book features interactive pop-up and pull-out ...

Book and Bed Hostel: Your Dream to Sleep in a Library Came True

Every true bibliophile has gazed up at the seemingly endless shelves of books in a good bookstore or library and imagined gathering up a stack, finding a quiet nook and turning in for the night. ...

City of Ice: 20 Photos of China’s Amazing Annual Snow Sculptures

Dozens of large-scale snow and ice sculptures are once again on display in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, for the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo. ...

Google Sunroof: Search to Save Money With Home Solar Power

Google has rolled out a search engine with a specific target in mind: your house, more specifically how much area of your roof could be covered in solar panels, what that would save you and where ...

Strange Manger: The World’s Weirdest Nativity Scenes

No room at the inn? No kidding – the denizens of these strange nativity scenes would get even the kindest innkeeper flipping the switch on the No Vacancy sign. The Modern Nativity ...

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