Surfing Without Waves: Electric Wakeboard Powers Itself
Surfers living inland, or anyone who's ever eyeballed their city's river wishing they could use it to get around stalled traffic, could make their waveless surfing dreams come true with a ...
Category: Design
Design is defined in so many ways, but perhaps the best involves the intersection of art and function – something that derives its beauty both from its appearance and the useful relationship of its parts and whole. Here you will find amazing examples from graphic, industrial, furniture fields that defy norms and push you to rethink the boundaries of everyday objects.
Aerial Rugs: Images from Above Converted to Carpet Patterns
Created by an architect and landscape enthusiast, this limited edition series of custom textiles derives its geometries and colors from aerial views shot around the world. Florian ...
Anti-Object: A Public Bench Designed to be Everything-Proof
While many individuals desire multi-functional and space-saving furniture, many cities want quite the opposite: an object that one can sit on but that foils attempts at anything from sleeping, ...
Space-Saving Sleepers: Sofas Convert to Bunk Beds in Seconds
Convertible couch beds are great if you are having a couple over to stay and have the space to fold out into, but these double-decker solutions is a great alternative for smaller apartments or ...
IKEA Flips Condo Sideways to Create Furniture Climbing Wall
Furnishings become footholds, supports and resting spots as you scale the flipped-over floor of this fanciful apartment, opened to the public as a method to market a new IKEA store ...
Sewer Pipe Sofa: Rusted NYC Tubes Recycled as Urban Seating
The latest in a long line of city-centric upcycling projects, this modular couch turns the ultimate in untouchable urban infrastructure into a chic industrial work of furniture. Carlo ...
When Every Inch Counts: 14 More Clever Small Space Hacks
Making a tiny living space comfortable and practical means integrating multi-purpose furniture, custom built-ins and lots of other clever space-saving tricks. These 14 (more) small space hacks ...
Magnetic Furniture: Modular Blocks Connect via Unseen Forces
Magnetized to stick together when you arrange them, these boxes take LEGO-style furniture construction to a new level by leaving exposed surfaces connector-free in any ...
Memo Bottle: Slim Paper-Shaped Water Canteen for Laptop Bags
Rectangular, skinny and designed to fit in briefcases or computer bags, this is definitely a bottle with a clear message: it is time to make your preferred refreshment receptacle more ...
Flexible Furniture: Mold this Seat into All Sorts of Shapes
Sitting in a single position for long periods is not just uncomfortable but also a health hazard, but is the solution to be found in a single form or something more pliable and ...
