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.
Forgot to grab something to read on the train? If you happen to be in Bucharest, you can snag a volume from their floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall collection of ebook samples with the click of a ...
Clubs, axes and bats are anything but typical furniture, and may be off-putting to ordinary people visiting your house. Hence these hybrid designs, in which weapons are built right into ...
This little orange icon tells us just where we need to go on Google Maps - and now it shows birds where home is, too. Designer Shuchun Hsiao has created a series of birdhouses modeled after the ...
Modern architecture is the height of contemporary living - so why are we still putting out dowdy old birdhouses for our feathered neighbors? These gorgeous modern birdhouses are a step forward ...
Starting as a compact rectangle measuring just 13 square feet, the Matroshka all-in-one furniture set just continues to unfold, slide out and transform again and again until you think there can't ...
Looking straight out of a gritty sci-fi movie, these 35 futuristic and sometimes bizarre high-fashion looks envision a future of metallic artificial hair, dresses that dispense actual cocktails, ...
High-tech looking spiral wine cellars that either blend into the floor or glow with colored lights will entice even non-oenophiles to take up collecting Cabernet. A company called Spiral Cellars ...
City condos often lack room for a full garden, or even a small backyard. There are box and kit solutions, sure, but these creative alternatives preserve your views and limited sill space while ...
Free wifi is becoming so ubiquitous in many cities, it's hard to find a street corner where you can't instantly connect - and most of us like it that way. Unrestricted access to virtually all of ...
The form factors of familiar furniture tend to be rather concrete in our minds. When we think of a chair, we expect it to look like a chair - and likewise for tables, benches, and so forth. But ...
