Using dead creatures as an artistic expression is nothing new – British artist Damien Hirst used half a dead calf suspended in formaldehyde as a sculpture for which he even won the Turner Prize in 1995. So, when Swedish photographer Magnus Muhr, who also creates under a tongue-in-cheek pseudonym Flychelangelo, decided to make art out …
Austrian firm Gogl Architekten designed this wonderful winter retreat called Hotel Wiesergut in Hinterglemm, Austria. The idea was not to create something completely new, but rather to adapt the existing facilities that represented tradition and improve it. The home of Hotel Wiesergut is Hinterglemm, which is just about 65 miles away from the city of …
Gravity Balans was created by Peter Opsvik for Varier Furniture and, despite its somewhat unsafe looks, it is amazingly usable and practical, as well as safe. This chair has three different positions in which it can rest. The first one is the most upright one and in that position the Gravity Balans chair can serve as a …
Sierra Madre Research, an outdoor equipment manufacturer created this amazing mixture of a camping hammock and a fully functional tent called the Nubé. They managed to create a sheltered hammock combining the advantages of sleeping in a hammock suspended above the cold and uneven ground with the protection from water, insects and wind that a …
Many people like living or would like to live in a big house, whereas others prefer small spaces for living, but probably none of them would like the idea of living in the world’s narrowest house, even if they are not suffering from claustrophobia. At least until they see the project by Jakub Szczesny – …
L’enfant terrible of the design world, Karim Rashid has designed yet another whimsical-looking food court / landmark / socializing area in his engaged technicolour style. Rashid and his team of architects (Juliette Hyunju Lee, Alex Loyer Hughes, Kamala Hutauruk, Mike Gibson, and Mana Mohammadkhani) were commissioned to design the interior of the Amoje Food Capital …
Team BikeSpike created the BikeSpike, an amazing gadget that serves as a bike tracker, but also so much more. BikeSpike is easily attached to your bicycle, meticulously tracking its location and presenting the results on your iOS, Android smartphone or computer. If your bike gets stolen, the information about its whereabouts is delivered through text …
Whitepod Hotel is a luxury eco hotel from Switzerland located in the Swiss Alps that successfully combined the two things from the title. It is a collection of 15 pods placed 1,400 meters above the sea level, which enable you to enjoy the view of the stunningly beautiful Alps, but still pack the luxury that high …
Spitbank Fort Hotel located off the coast of Portsmouth, England is a high luxury hotel whose makeover from a 19th century naval fort built to protect the Brits from Napoleon III’s naval advances is a part of the project by Mike Clare’s Clarenco LLP. The entire project is intended to transform three forts into great …
Apparently, good connections in China can help you build an additional construction on top of an existing building without any control from the authorities or restraints caused by complaints from dissatisfied neighbors. If you are Doctor Zhang Biqing, you can even build a mountaintop villa on the rooftop of a high-rise. This successful doctor of …