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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.

High Feline Design: 10 Modern Homes with Built-In Cat Friendly Features

The owners of these feline-focused houses understand that humans don't own cats - it's the other way around. They commissioned interior designers and architects to build cat walkways, window ...

Just Your Type: These 15 Typographic Projects Have Lots of Character

Typefaces get the graphic treatment with art and design projects that infuse lettering with fun and functionality alike, from 'Braille Neue' to specific typefaces rendered as dog breeds. What ...

You’re Fired: 10 Famed Flamed Statues & Monuments

Gone up in flames and burned down to the ground – these 10 well-known statues, monuments and large-scale advertisements all fell to fire, if not fury. “I like big fat men like you,” ...

500 Lids: World’ Largest Collection of Disposable Hot Beverage Covers

We know they come in a few shapes and sizes, but rarely do we stop to look at (let alone think to start collecting) the myriad unique covers that accompany our favorite hot morning ...

Shirt Swap: 10 Endangered Animal Species Replace Iconic Alligator Logo

One of the most recognizable brand marks in the world -- the curled alligator on Lacoste shirts -- stepped out of the spotlight temporarily to make way for a series of endangered species, helping ...

Pissjar Sans: Hardcore Punk Bank Releases Free Urination-Based Typeface

What started as a project to create a few letters for an album cover morphed into an entire alphabet derived from the collective contributions of this Swedish punk band. Bassist Anton ...

Who Needs Walls? 13 Split Level Interior Layouts Maximize Small Spaces

Tall, narrow volumes and awkward stepped sites are no problem when you arrange your interior spaces in a continuous flow of open platforms without walls. These unusual split-level home designs ...

Redesign on the Fly: 5 Fresh Zippers Improve Upon Traditional Fasteners

Designers are always trying to reinvent the chair or improve the shoe, but zippers have stayed largely the same for a long time, which begs the question: is there room to innovate on this simple ...

Stairs As Light as Air: 13 Floating Designs That’ll Raise Your Heart Rate

Staircase mishaps cause a surprising number of accidental deaths every year (second only to car crashes), but the sleekness of these floating designs might make you want to live dangerously all ...

Flat-Pack Cat Cities: Modular Feline Architecture Inspired by Origami & Lego

Product-tested by a husband-and-wife team of architects in their own abode, 'A Cat Thing' was developed to let pet owners construct an endless array of feline crawling, hiding and resting spaces ...

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