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Commemorate All Famous Shipwrecks With This Sinking Shower Curtain [Wtf]





We're not sure if it will ever not be 'too soon' to make light of the Titanic tragedy. But for just $16 this novelty shower curtain will serve as a daily reminder of any shipwreck, from the Lusitania, to t...
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Nine Timeless Monuments Photobombed By the Modern Era [Design]





They may not be as adorable as a baby sloth, but these nine examples of new tech invading old come from our friends at Oobject. More »



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Lingerie-Styled Diet Coke Bottles Designed by Jean Paul Gaultier Are Downright Bizarre [Design]





Ah yes, seasonal promotional packaging. This is summer in America, and goddammit, we know how to do it right: Budweiser cans wrapped in the Stars and Stripes. Or so you thought. More »

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Lucite Lamps Made of Bricks and Springs Are Big Design in a Little Box [Design]





Netherlands-based Studio Mango has designed a clever collection of lamps made to ship in a super flatpack, using lucite coil springs and Lego-like bricks. More »



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Apple Wants to Make Unibody-ish Earbuds (That Will Probably Still Suck) [Apple]





The latest Apple patent to seep into public knowledge is one for new and improved earbuds. But instead of addressing the real issue—audio components—Apple is blaming its noisemakers' woes on so...
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How To Design Your Life: Q&A With Author Mike Monteiro [Books]





Life is a design problem. Which is why reformed Philadelphian Mike Monteiro's new book, Design Is a Job, isn't just about how to maneuver through the Web design business, it's an instructive life lesson. ...
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World Famous Designer Philippe Starck Says He's Working on "Revolutionary" Apple Product [Apple]





Jonny Ive is about to kick someone's ass: eminent French design homme Philippe Starck just said he's behind an amazing Apple mystery gadget. And it's coming out in eight months. One problem: Starck's stuff...
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Google Needs So Many Doodles It's Hiring More Doodlers [Google]





What's not to love about Google Doodles? They're so popular, in fact, that Google's hiring a new doodler to keep the lively tradition going. If that means even more Google Doodles, we're all about it! M...
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How the Pen Evolved from a Humble Paintbrush Into a Precise Instrument of Writing Perfection [Design]





Yeah, you can those blue Bic pens in bulk if you want—a boatload costs about as much as your morning coffee. And all pens are pretty much the same, right? Of course not. Cheapo pens are much more lik...
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These Lovely Light Switches Look Like Your Laptop Keyboard [Wish You Were Here]





From Italian industrial design house PLH comes a beautiful light switch that looks like it was cut from your MacBook. More »



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Erector Set Shelving System Lets You Make The Decisions [Beautiful]





Shelves are great, but inflexible. There's not much room for creativity: your only real choice when it comes to shelves is which one to put your crap on. This simple but beautiful shelf attempts to correct...
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Arrow-Shaped Handles Means You'll Never Yank On a Push Door Again [Concepts]





With glass doors it's not always immediately obvious which direction the door swings. Is it towards you, or away from you? And making the wrong decision can be disastrously embarrassing. So we like these a...
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The Tokyo Institute of Technology's New Innovation Building Is Entirely Covered in Solar Panels [Design]





The Tokyo Institute of Technology, largely considered Japan's most prestigious university, has unveiled on its campus an impressive new building that is almost self-sustaining in its power use. The Envir...
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You Will Never Be Too Old For Your Own Personal Swing Chair [Desired]





You can now bring one of the simplest of joys from your childhood—enjoying a leisurely swing—into your office without having to hang cables from the ceiling, or move furniture out of the way. A...
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Grow Your Own Furniture—and Save [Art]





It may have been created as part of an installation, but artist Werner Aisslinger is onto something here with his Chair Farm kit that lets you simply grow your own furniture. More »


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Are MIT's "Double Bubble" Planes the Future of Air Travel? [Planes]





Fuel continue to be the largest operating expenditure for airlines and is expected to cost them an extra $40 billion this year. So, MIT's developing a new style of aircraft that could run on as little as 3...
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Now This Is How You (Hypothetically) Redesign the Pringles Can for the 21st Century [Wish You Were Here]





Pringles might be delicious, but its unique can-shaped packaging makes it difficult to enjoy an entire stack when your hands can't squeeze down the tube. Not exactly an Earth-shattering problem, but we're ...
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Ridiculous $200 AMERICA Sunglasses: Wear the U.S.A. on Your Face [Wtf]





For a measly $208 you can show your pride in America and look like a complete asshole, all at the same time. More »



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Jenga-Inspired Table Is Hopefully a Bit More Stable [Furniture]





Sure, it takes its design inspiration from the popular game of toppling wooden blocks. But using this Pixel Table from Studio Intussen isn't going to leave you with stress-induced ulcers from worrying abou...
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A Coat Rack so Attractive, You Might Not Want to Hang a Coat on It at all [Beautiful]





Having somewhere to hang a jacket when you walk in your front door is nice, but the problem with having a proper coat rack is that you end up with a critical mass of outerwear occupying your entryway. A ve...
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Awesomely Over-Engineered Extending Glass Table Will Outshine Any Meal [Video]





You could serve a thirty course feast prepared by the finest chefs in the land, but it will go completely unnoticed as long as your guests are sitting around this stunning Astrolab dining table from Roche ...
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Gehry Crowns Hong Kong’s The Peak With Twisting Apartment Complex [Architecture]






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Vintage Swiss Army Flashlights Look As Good As the Day They Were Never Used [Flashlights]





It's dim, it gets hot, and it will probably chew through batteries faster than an electric car. But damned if this vintage Swiss Army flashlight dating back to the '50s and '60s isn't a lovely piece of har...
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This Beautiful Induction Cooktop Table Makes Slaving Over a Hot Stove a Pleasure [Wish You Were Here]





Clearly designed for Julia Child-types who prefer a modern twist on classic French cooking, La Cornue's W stovetop, designed by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, looks like it was yanked from a quaint turn-o...
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Pixelated Crayons Are Retroriffic In Every Way [Crayons]





Today's high-resolution displays mean we don't see pixelated images that often anymore. And let's face it, once the colored pencil enters your life, you rarely pick up a crayon ever again. Except for nosta...
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Coffee Table With Built-In Saucers Means No More Stressing Over Coasters [Furniture]





With Brandon Gore's Orson Coffee Table you don't have to worry about guests not using a coaster for their drinks. That's because it's got a row of saucers built-in providing plenty of safe spots to place a...
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Designer Fire Extinguishers Are a Property-Saving Fashion Accessory [Design]





It's ludicrous to think that someone wouldn't want a fire extinguisher in their home or office just because it clashed with the room's decor. But France's Fire Design eliminates all excuses for not putting...
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CONSTRUCTION FIRM LOGO
I've been meaning to write a post about the logo I designed for my dad's company for more than a year now, but for some reason I always skipped over it in favor of some other topic. I actually designed the logo as a birthday present to him one year becaus...
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Making a Stretch Cruise Ship Is Tougher than It Looks [Boats]





Today's mega-sized cruise liners are more akin to a floating city block than they are to any boat that harnessed the wind. More »



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Sleek Fin Lights Wear Their Guts on the Outside [Design]





Created by British industrial designer Tom Dixon, these Fin Lights are a perfect example of form following function. The items that would usually be the lamp's hidden innards are sleek and beautiful, displ...
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The Gorgeous Spiral Staircase You Can Put Literally Anywhere [Architecture]





Why should a staircase only be for getting to the next floor? The modular and portable nature of the Elementstair, which was inspired by water slides and designed by Floris Schoonderbeek, means you can hav...
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The Motorcycles That Died For These Lamps Made a Beautiful Sacrifice [Design]





We usually cringe when we see a lovely piece of hardware that's been cannibalized for the sake of another device. But that's not the case with Classified Moto's lovely lamps which are only made from spare ...
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How the Bow and Arrow Took Over the World [Design]





If pop culture is any indication, bows and arrows are the weapon of the future. Weird, right? But also delightful: The Hunger Games stars an arrow-slinging heroine. Hawkeye will defend the Earth using a b...
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Sodastream Refreshes With Sleek New Look [Beautiful]





The Sodastream not only reduces waste, but saves your arms the stress of lugging multiple jugs of sparkling water home from the grocery store each week. There is one area, though, where the home soda-makin...
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Waking Up To Braun's Beautiful New Alarm Clock Would Make Mornings Tolerable [Clocks]





Thanks to Dieter Rams, Braun's classic travel alarm clock is still considered an icon of design. And while the company's newest digital alarm clocks might not be as revered one day, they're still a beautif...
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There's Absolutely No Shame In Wearing Pants With a Built-in Picnic Table [Clothing]





By adding a triangular patch of fabric to the crotch and a strategically oriented pocket on the side, the geniuses at Aquacalda have created these Pic Nic Pants—the perfect jeans for a complete dinin...
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Kojak's Vintage Digital Watch Oozes With Retro Charm [Past Perfect]





There's a good chance a lot of you might have no idea who Kojak was. And that's too bad, because he was one of the first TV cops to fight crime in style, with this awesome vintage LED Omega watch strapped ...
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Not Even a Robot Would Find These Polygonal Pillows Comfortable [Pillows]





Designer Mika Barr apparently took their inspiration for these angular faceted pillows from the patterned creases seen when you unfold an origami creation. And even though they actually can't feel, we doub...
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Ride This Stealth Bike Wherever You Want Without Being Seen [Bicycles]





So it might not be the best idea to try and pedal your way onto a secure military base, but engineer Brano Meres' experimental X-9 Nighthawk bike frame looks like it would be as invisible to radar as the o...
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Is Over-the-Top Packaging Really the Best Way To Sell Vodka? [Booze]





Companies like Apple have made a push towards minimizing the packaging for their products. But apparently that ethos simply doesn't exist for makers of high-end Vodka, like Belvedere, who packaged its hooc...
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Simple Educational Toys Hacked From Electronic Waste [E-Waste]





After passing a mountainous pile of e-waste crawling with children collecting electronic scraps, Dhairya Dand, a researcher from Singapore, came up with an idea to deal with both problems. The ever-growing...
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These Silently Screaming Dental Mannequins Are What Nightmares Are Made Of [WTFriday]





These synthetic heads don't need to be anywhere near the Uncanny Valley to be terrifying. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the creepiest prosthetic mouths in dentistry. More »
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Minimalist A-Frame Cabin Is a Temple To Serenity and Relaxation [Beautiful]





The whole point of a cabin in the woods is to get away from it all. And somehow the architect behind the Allandale House, William O'Brien Jr., has managed to design a structure that looks less complicated ...
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This Short Film About Watchmaking Will Make You Feel Guilty For Not Wearing One [Video]





Filmmaker Dustin Cohen visits the Brooklyn studio of watchmaker and ex-photographer David Sokosh, who now builds and maintains the intricate timepieces. The video's look at the meticulous craft makes a st...
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Optical Illusion Turns Simple Pendant Into an Elaborate Chandelier [Beautiful]





When design shop Troika was called upon to create a series of unique chandeliers for the Royal Society of Arts‘ headquarters in London, instead of engineering some hanging crystal monstrosity, they created...
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Retired Wind Turbines Make For Fantastic Playground Equipment [Wind Turbine]





Like any piece of machinery, wind turbines eventually wear out and need to be replaced. And in Europe, instead of just salvaging them for scrap when dismantled, they often find better uses like turning the...
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A Collapsable Accordion Toaster Would Save Precious Counter Space [Wish You Were Here]





If you're tired of your toaster just sitting around wasting counter space after the breakfast rush, you'll appreciate Quirky's Crisp toaster concept. Like playing an accordion, it can be squeezed down to a...
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I’m not really a connoisseur when it comes to high heels but I did find interest in these pairs. Apparently the father of the designer is an architect and has influenced and inspired him in his work. Well, it made me stop on the street and have a c...
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Business Card Animation Is the Stuff of American Psycho's Dreams [Video]





This rad little stop-motion video made by Australian design firm Messy Design is an awesome, creative use of everyday things. But really, you're a design firm and you left the tripod legs and extension co...
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You'll Always Have an Emergency Hood While Wearing This Backpack [Bags]





You probably won't always remember to bring an umbrella when the weather is gloomy, but as long you're wearing this Puma Urban Mobility Backpack from designer Hussein Chalayan, you'll always have a quick w...
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