3D-Printable Connectors Make DIY Furniture Assembly Easy
Leveraging the best features of available 3D printers and the materials they can print, this kit-of-parts approach opens up an amazing array of possibilities for do-it-yourself furniture ...
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.
Bad Ads? Funeral Services Struggle with Sense of Humor
This billboard, reportedly spotted in a subway station in New York City, may not be the most tactful way to drum up business for a funeral home. But you have to admit, it's clever. Naturally, the ...
Unbelievable Advert: Augmented Reality Bus Shelter Window
Taking over a single bus shelter on New Oxford Street, guerrilla advertisers threw everything they could think of at commuters, including (but not limited to) flying space aliens, underground ...
Disorienting Design: 14 Trippy & Surreal Interior Spaces
You might feel like you're dreaming or even drunk when you wander into these bizarre, surrealist interiors, from a bar that looks like the inside of an alien to a hotel room modeled after TRON. ...
Floor-to-Wall Books: Dizzying Sideways Cafe Design in NYC
Looking like a bookshop flipped ninety degrees, this coffee shop stands out even in Manhattan, a world of off-the-wall spaces and strange conceptual designs. This new location ...
Pilot Projects: 8 Artistically Painted Airplanes & Jets
Airlines large and small are artistically painting their aircraft in flying colors to ensure the view from outside is as nice as the one from your window seat. ...
Hybrid Desk & Storage Rise Up to Meet Suspended Staircase
Playing tricks on the eye, this split-style stairway merges a desk and storage below with a framework of steps hanging down from above, all with a daunting-looking gap left in the ...
Sneak Peak: Inside the Homes of 8 World-Famous Architects
Where Architects Live, a special exhibit scheduled for Milan Design Week 2014, features a rare glimpse into the residences of leading designers including Shigeru Ban, Zaha Hadid, Daniel ...
Flintstones Furniture: 15 Designs Made of Stone and Lava
Evoking the primitive furniture of mankind's cave-dwelling days, these tables, chairs, stools and desks feel massive and monolithic, yet many are surprisingly lightweight. Some are hewn from ...
IKEA 2014 Small-Space Set: 51 Designs from Cool to Kitsch
The sales pitch for this new 2014 series is compelling: 51 inexpensive designer objects made for young city dwellers, people who may be on the move more often or whose domiciles simply lack ...
