You can get Legos in all the colors of the rainbow—even solid gold bricks to really flash up your creations. But wooden pieces? Unfortunately the Danish aren’t having any part of that; you’ll need to turn to the Japanese designers at Mokurokku for these beautiful knock-offs. More »
To kids, living room furniture already doubles as everything from fortresses, to mountains. to mansions for their action figures and dolls. But designer Amy Whitworth has completely embraced the idea of multi-function furniture with this gorgeous modern Qubis Haus coffee table that easily transforms into everything from a dollhouse to a secret underground bunker thanks to sliding plastic panels. More »
Movie posters should be less cliched and more spoiler-y. I don’t want to see scantily clad actresses from behind (yes I do), I want to know what’s gonna happen in the movie! Like these posters made by designer Matteo Civaschi. They’re like movie hieroglyphics—you can actually decipher what the movie is going to be about. More »
There’s something magical about being able to control the weather, especially if there’s a way to improve it. Personally, I’d like to have some sort of device in my backyard so I can make sure that it won’t rain when I barbecue in the summer. While that might not be something you can buy today, it is feasible to tweak weather conditions in small areas.
Media artist Karolina Sobecka developed a machine for weather modification, after she was inspired by the idea of artificially generated climate change. The Cloud Machine is made up of gear that’s sent up into the atmosphere, attached to a weather balloon. Once it reaches the right altitude, it disperses ‘cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), heat, and water vapor. Moisture in the air condenses into fog droplets around the CCN, creating small clouds.
The goal of this was to create brighter, more reflective clouds that will better shield the Earth’s surface from the Sun’s radiation, partially counteracting global warming in the immediate vicinity. While I’m not sure about the science behind that concept, it’s still cool that you can make your own weather.
[via Creative Applications via designboom]
Your robot servant will use Gense’s Amuze salad servers in the year 2200. Actually, let’s be real; By then we will have evolved past eating food, but if you were some kind of future hipster you’d be into these pieces. For now you can just enjoy them on your regular old dinner table. More »
Maybe you’re an engineer, or maybe you work with a designer. Or maybe you think that design is about using Photoshop. Maybe you just care about design. More »
Best known for their iconic lounge chair that’s still in production 57 years after it was introduced, Charles and Ray Eames were actually masters of design across many fields. In 1972 Polaroid asked them to produce a promotional video for its now iconic SX-70 instant camera, and what they created was nothing short of magical. More »
Living in New York City isn’t all adventure and dynamism. Unless you are wealthy the way no real person is, you probably have to settle for a living space that is cramped and cluttered. It is the project of Graham Hill, entrepreneur and treehugger.com founder, to come up with an ideal New York apartment—one with a small footprint, both physically and environmentally, and one that offers just as much beauty and functionality as a pad multiple times its size. More »
It’s only a matter of time before LED lightbulbs completely replace their energy-efficient compact fluorescent predecessors. And when that day comes, the only thing CFLs will be good for is illuminating this adorable pig lamp. More »
This is a problem. It’s not the biggest problem in the world, but it’s a just such a dumb, thoughtless, annoying design flaw that it bears mentioning. Apple’s doing headphone jacks wrong. Actually, no, everyone’s doing them wrong. More »
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