Victor Johansson has designed this amazing ceramic smartphone speaker that stylishly combines practicality and design. The designer said that the idea came from a key bowl – a place to keep your keys when you get home, so that you don’t have to look for them on your way out. The only difference is that …
Garden office by Colombian architects Manuel Villa & Alberto González Sepúlveda is more than a mere office, but a family retreat or a place to unwind and it’s simply perfect. It is a home away from everyone, it’s a beautiful addition to any environment, including a garden, it is fully functional and it will not …
Have you ever seen a light that transforms into the shape of a book, automatically turns on and off as you open its cover, and gives you the choice of adjusting the brightness without having to flick a switch or press a button? The Lumio Lamp is all of that and more. This book shaped …
Parisian firm X-TU Architects designed the Jeongok Prehistory Museum in South Korea, a futuristic building that hardly seems to be a prehistoric museum. The design is a result of a competition that asked the participants to portray the prehistoric context of Jeongok, which is one of the most important archaeological sites in this part of …
Skateboarders and longboarders, be aware! The 8-wheeled chassis longboard called the Stair-Rover, created by skateboard designer Po-Chich Lai, is about to rock your skating world. The Stair-Rover is the best way to maneuver around the city because of its ‘stair-negotiating’ features. Unlike other longboards, this one has an eight-wheeled mechanism and the patent-pending V-frame that …
The Dutch designers from Tjep Studio have designed the new Restaurant Fabbrica in Bergen, The Netherlands, mixing two, some would say, completely opposite concepts. The entire structure is based on a wide, open space floor, making the whole place seem open and friendly. Now, the downside of this concept is that it usually provides no …
Another bold design idea for a big project by Zaha Hadid. The London-based architectural firm was commissioned to design the last Messner Mountain Museum at Plan de Corones. The sixth museum of the series is to be built in collaboration with one of the most famous extreme mountaineers Reinhold Messner, who is considered one of …
The phrase “sinking into a chair” literally applies to Squishy Chair, designed by a Rhode Island School of Design graduate Annie Evelyn for Brooklyn-based New Colony Furniture. The Squishy Chair is made from reclaimed wood and lined with foam. Evelyn has thoroughly covered the chair’s seat and the back with little pieces of hard materials …
Is this really possible? Yes, it is. What makes the One World Futbol even more special is that it is a part of a humanitarian project that aims to provide the children in poor and underdeveloped countries with the pleasure of the most popular game in the world. The joy this brings can be seen …
The times of products that are strictly utilitarian and the ones that are strictly for decorational purposes is long gone. More and more products serve a practical purpose, whilst making the environment look better. This is the case with the 2013 Electrolux Design Lab‘s semi-finalist, Ohita air cleaner and replicator, but they have moved one additional …