Steampunk has become a stylized trend in many ways, making this kind of work is perfect for those of us who are fans of design that celebrates industrial machinery … but also that matches those elements with modern forms…
Rub your eyes and take a second look: these are no fakes, much as they may look like abstract drawings of vases. Discarded plastic black-and-white cut-offs are air-welded together with black or white welds, shaped together to make unique…
We drink beer from bottles, but even with a small single-serving wine bottle there is always a glass – so why not combine the two in to one and save everyone some hassle? These plastic glasses might not go…
… and at first glance, it almost looks like an structure one could occupy. Alas, it is only a piece of art. ‘Only’ because it could be so much neater if someone could actually live, work and/or play inside…
Wooden roll-top desks are clever classics that depend on segmented wood slats to close and open without sacrificing classy curves. Though it owes a lot to this now-traditional (if not downright antique) desk design idea, this extendable bench-or-table piece…
Paper has a poor reputation as flimsy, failing on various material fronts including general durability and appearance, not to mention its vulnerability when wet – making these furnishings look at first implausible, then ingenious. There is a silver (or…
Have an unsightly seat you would like nothing more than to disguise? Perhaps the metal frame is rusting, the wood seat is splintering or the plastic-back surface finish is wearing a way. Whatever the reason, there is a cheap…
Imagine stepping into a real life Alice in Wonderland world, or walking inside the movie Waking Life. Sometimes art lets us explore design options that would never world in the real world, but are inspiring nonetheless – like this…
Stuck so deep in a dense city that access to natural light outside (let alone the actual sky above) is simply impossible? There is a remedy for that – though whether you will find these (both static and animated)…
There was a time when ‘rustic cabin’ meant ‘cheap vacation’ – but a true retreat in this day and age is, for many of us, finding elegance in natural simplicity and luxury in rural solitude. One company has made…