Nomadic Yooff is a piece of luggage/furniture designed for teenagers of divorced parents with more than one place […]
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Throughout the London Design Festival 2005 (15-30 September), Light Bikes, a series of mobile lighting installations will take […]
After this rather serious blogging day, here’s an easy post about the only Illy cups I ever wanted […]
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Berlin-based designer Mareike Gast has created Refugee Radio, a radio for better communication in refugee camps, powered by […]
Silly but irresistible item of the week. Nobuko Nishida’s “Love and Peace”, presented at the YKK Fastening Awards. […]
First a bit of physics: A refrigerator is one of the biggest electricity consumers at home. It works […]
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When I first read about the Zorb, a huge ball you can roll in, run in, ride in, […]
Swedish artist Ylva Franzén decorates tiles. The result is just dazzling. Before studying at Konstfack (University College of […]
Irresistible and super-star designer Marcel Wanders has created for HE (Holland Electro) a home cinema set, a music […]
I’m struggling to convince Max to wear one of those. But he’s Italian, so he won’t understand. Never […]
Dickies by Anthony Kleinepier A bean-bag seat in form of a dick? How tacky! But if it’s part […]
Loved ones: ceramic hand grenade, landmine or rocket designed as delicate presents. The destructive force of an explosion […]
Wondering how a memorial product can better help today’s bereaved to grieve and heal in the years following […]
That’s the silly item of the day and I want one. Scarf from the summer collection of Belgian […]
Dutch designer Esther Derkx‘s Improved Crockery consists of vintage ceramics that have been re-printed with new designs, using […]
Matthew Falla‘s Cut-Out Computer is a piece of 3D information graphics which you assemble yourself. The invisible processes […]
Insight – home use smear test kit, a project by industrial design engineer Maja Kecman, won the Big […]
Well, well, I never thought I’d blog about tea towels and “lapkins” (oversized napkins which offer coverage from […]
GLAD is a project by jewellery designer Zoe Noble to develop a brand that raises awareness of the […]
Zaandam (Amsterdam)-based designer Eric Klarenbeek has an impressive portfolio. Musical Box was part of an investigation on the […]
Vacuum Cleaner, by Dutch designer Jurgen Bey, fills furniture with household dust, making use of an otherwise unvalued […]
Hats made out of 100% human hair. Designed by Guido Oooms.
For the first purpose-built brothel in Antwerp’s new “tolerance zone” Franky De Coninck, Villa Tinto‘s owner, hired Quinze&Milan […]
A napkin to wear on forearm. By Italian design studio Joe Velluto.
For Max, Sathia, Stefano and Filippo… Eleven Forty Company is selling amazing woods and stainless steel football tables. […]
Permafrost’s Floorfiller consists of several icebear shaped rugs. Each bear fits into the next one. But the Poor […]
MYSQ (My Style So Qute) is an interactive “video booth” for shooting 30-second movies that can be viewed […]
It all started with a true story: a farmer had lost his wedding ring in the field and […]
Tony Larson, from Agents of the Area, designs skateboards for girls who like design. Via Land+Living.
The D&AD Student of the Year Award 2005 was won by a team of students from China. WeiWei […]
Spatial Graffiti, by Angus Chan, allows users to express their feelings with words, symbols, drawings, through the interaction […]
Bench’Mark is a project inspired from street culture and street art. It is a piece of public seating, […]
I Ching (or the ‘Book of Changes’) is the most widely read of the five Chinese Classics. In […]
(fly)light, by Pearl Chen, is an animated orb of green LEDS. Modular and lightweight, it was designed to […]
The Fargo Rug is a “rug that mistook itself for a landscape.” Inspired by the shape of snow […]
The “Dutch Delights” ceramic dildos are decorated with traditional motives and can be filled with hot water and […]
With Maximilian’s Pet Shop, designers Ella Kilgour (see her Declic shoes) and Katie Higgs intend to change the […]
First time i’m jealous of babywear . By Catalina and Maria, from madelove.
Peter D’Alessandro‘s Magnetic Mixer is a concept for a kitchen work surface and mixer. The work surface is […]
Cristina Bilsland is particularly interested in researching “mundane” issues and responding to them through product design. She has […]