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Month: January 2018

Nomadic Futures: 12 Home Design Solutions for Changing Urban Lifestyles

Work, school, rapidly changing cities and declining home ownership rates have us moving more often than ever, so the kinds of heavy antique furniture favored by older generations aren't exactly ...

Japanese Waiter Exhibits 8,000 Chopstick Sleeves Left as Restaurant “Tips”

In a culture without tipping, one Japanese waiter began to realize that customers were expressing their gratitude in a subtle (and in some cases even unintentional) way, by folding the sleeves in ...

Psychedelic Waves: Step Into a Swirling Vortex Inside an Infinity Room

Create a visible ripple effect as you move within this dazzling interactive infinity room by Japanese collective teamLab, producing your own unique wave patterns influenced by your gestures, ...

Bolder Brewers: 14 Coffee Makers That Are Way Cooler Than Your Keurig

Sure, a Keurig can make you a cup of coffee pretty much instantly, but where's the art? Where's the romance, the portability, the control over the brewing process? These modern coffee and ...

Toynbee Too: Cryptic ‘House Of Hades’ Street Tiles

Cryptic 'House of Hades' linoleum tiles inspired by mysterious and anonymous Toynbee Tiles are cropping up on The Big Apple's paved streets. The so-called “Toynbee Tiles” are ...

Architecture in Motion: Gothic Cathedral Gets its Own Two-Minute Music Video

We tend to experience buildings as static or slow-moving objects relative to our own points of view, but this simple work of creative adaptation turns an ordinary perspective into a dynamic ...

Next-Level Backyard Office: ‘Butterfly Studio’ is Like a Giant Lawn Ornament

Inspired by the shape of a butterfly when it closes its wings, Valerie Schweitzer Architects’ ‘Butterfly Studio’ is a sculptural detached office full of cleverly placed windows that target ...

Stretch Goals: Smooth Shape-Shifting ‘Friction Table’ Deforms on Demand

Compact and round for board games and intimate conversations, this flexible table gracefully stretches to become a long dining or boardroom surface without adding pieces or moving parts. Paper ...

Oops! Apple’s Fancy New Foster + Partners Store Isn’t Up to Chicago Winters

That MacBook Air-shaped roof on Apple's new Foster + Partners-designed store may look cool, but it's also apparently pretty dangerous in the face of Chicago's brutal winters. Most of the ...

Architecture as the Phoenix: 13 Modern Structures Borne from Rot and Ruin

There's something really special about an architectural restoration project that takes the ruins of an old historic structure and visibly preserves them by integrating them into a more modern ...

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