Monday, March 10, 2008 - 5:55am
Here's a novel idea that we don't quite understand: a nightlight that holds your glasses, bedside reading, and cell phone. It even has a hole in back so that you can wire your cell phone or iPod charger right...
design stories
Friday, March 7, 2008 - 9:14pm
One of best parts of Will Smith's first slapstick-sci-fi "Men In Black" film is the part when an entire galaxy is found living inside a tiny marble. The scene was a mind-blowing moment in sci-fi history and now you can...
Friday, March 7, 2008 - 1:45pm
Let’s get away to the lake house for the weekend. If you don’t mind a long plane flight, imagine taking off to your own 2153-square-foot villa at the Hingarae Residences and Resort on Lake Taupo in northern New Zealand,...
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 9:34pm
No, that's not a new fangled home pregnancy test kit hitting the market or a new Apple iGizmo, it's just the latest in a slew of increasingly design-centric personal utility devices. The Eneloop Kairo is a portable pocket heater meant...
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 7:37am
If Big Brother had a chandelier, this would be it. "End of an Era" is an art project created by Ian Burns that attaches 16 small black-and-white TVs to a chandelier-ish frame. Each screen displays a live video feed...
- 3D printing
- algae
- art
- bees
- dating
- design
- DNA
- fuel cell
- hives
- honey
- lamp
- Lamps
- light
- lightweeds
- lists
- moma
- research
- sculpture
- weeds
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - 3:01pm
What is this woman doing? Why is her head half-submerged in a bubble filled with bees? The bubble is a prototype of an invention that The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) is currently exhibiting called Design...
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - 1:50pm
When fancy-pants champagne purveyor Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin ordered up an arty vase from the London Institute of Contemporary Art, creator Oscar Diaz took a roundabout route toward showing off the French company’s signature yellow color of its booze bottles....
Monday, March 3, 2008 - 11:29am
Is your furniture pissing you off? Have an old couch that stands out too much? Some retro table that thinks it's the center of attention? Put all your furnishings in their place with the Brass Knuckle Chair. Nothing says,...
Monday, March 3, 2008 - 6:41am
Popular Architecture designed this mile-high "eco-friendly" tower to be located in East London (not to be confused with this mile-high building designed for the Middle East). The London tower would stand 500 stories tall and house over 100,000 people,...
Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 7:03am
There's no question that we like to go fast. Even when we're just sitting still, we prefer to do it with some speed. Sound like a contradiction? Not if you have yourself an Accelerate sofa, crafted to mimic the...
