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Room in a Box: Portable Tool-Free Bedroom Set in 30 Minutes

Containing a room's worth of essential furniture you can take on the bus or train, this all-in-one-box solution costs just $150, is easier to assemble than IKEA equivalents and much lighter too, ...

Light Bulbs as Art: 14 Shining Examples of Adaptive Reuse

As environmentally friendly CFL bulbs are becoming the norm, the old fashioned light bulb that everyone in the last few generations grew up with is becoming even more appealing for reuse. There ...

Smokin’ Stacks: 10 Ways To Upcycle Industrial Chimneys

Once soaring symbols of the Industrial Revolution and material progress, smokestacks later became the poster kids of environmental degradation. Today, legions of artists, urban planners and ...

20 Amazing Examples of Art Made from Obsolete Technology

Technology has advanced throughout the years at an extraordinary pace, a pace that can only be matched by the rate of "the last model's" obsolescence.  How often do we stop to think about the ...

Adaptive Reuse: 20 Brilliant Recycled & Converted Buildings

Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some ...

42 Modern Prefab Buildings & Flat Pack Furniture Designs

When a prefab home or building solution is required it can kick a design-oriented mind into high gear - the search for a visually appealing yet functional solution can be incredibly motivating. ...

A Picture is Worth: Art by 10 Brilliant Book Artists

(Check out our complete collection of Extraordinary Art from Ordinary Objects.) Who would have thought that books could be used for something other than, well, reading? Artists today are breaking ...

7 Creative Cardboard Building & Paper Furniture Projects

New and innovative products from ordinary objects are being conceived and produced all the time, but what about new ideas for already-familiar materials?What would it take to get you to see ...

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