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Archive for July, 2009

Modified Bike Trailer Doubles as DIY Mobile Camper Home

The ultimate in eco-friendly mobile living, this ingenious residential bike trailer idea from Tiny House Design is perhaps not as far fetched as it might first appear. After all, small or big, portable homes have similar security issues and…

Digital Hourglass Stopwatch Tells Time in Sand Pixels

Talk about retro design, how about a watch that goes all the way back to the ages of the hourglass? Digital does not have to mean LED when it comes to watches as this cool contemporary Hourglass Watch concept…

North Bay Road Residence by Touzet Studio

When a clean state of mind is stroked with a touch of modern in purity, there is no other color that could represent the situation except white. Touzet Studio understood this perfectly and blended their imagination into a 12,000…

DIY Solar Lamp: Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Sun Jars

The principle is simple and seductively clever: solar lights that store energy during the day and release light at night. These can be purchased ready-made in a variety of colors (yellow, blue and red) but they can also be…

Interactive Tumble Chair Transforms for Fun & Function

This all-in-one tumble chair design is made to be played with, converted from one configuration to another by simply rolling it over. It offers a small back support in one position, a lipped edge in another or a curved…

Modular, Modern & Minimalist Convertible Sofa Design

The idea of modularity in design has become associated with cool, creative and cutting-edge – but simplicity in style and minimization of parts are at the heart of some of the best modular furniture designs. Many draw on existing…

flip-top storage with mirror

Simple on the outside . Small spaces can celebrate, because the compact and ultra-functional design of this simple flip-top storage with mirror is designed for rooms low on space but high on style. Four lower drawers with simple, flat-facing…

Hobbit Home Blends Forest Fantasy & Structural Reality

When commissioned to design a place worthy of housing an extensive collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts and artifacts, an architect could easily go overboard and make a farcical movie set out of such an assignment. Instead, Peter Archer focused…

Futuristic Furniture: Post-Apocalyptic Interior Design Idea

As architectural, interior and furniture design continue to overlap as disciplines, some designers are looking into the distant future and trying to figure out what the ultimate design object might be if this trend continues unabated. Eduardo McIntosh suggests…

Sleek and Sizzling Interiors from West Chin Team

West Chin , his wife Roseann Repetti and his team of designers like to give the rooms and homes that they conjure up and create a sensuous and sexy look that is in line with the modern minimalist trends.…