Awesome Art & Design

1.6 S.M. of Life is a concept desk that transforms into a bed. Athanasia Leivaditou says the idea came to her after studying and working in New York. Or maybe she just saw an episode of Seinfeld.

The main attraction of the San Alfonso del Mar private resort in Algarrobo, Chile is its huge outdoor swimming pool. The pool is 0.62mi long, an area of nearly 20 acres and holds 250M liters of water.

Antoinnete Bader updates the bean bag by adding triangular leather pads on its upper half, providing a classier look and making it adaptable to various sitting positions. More here.

A humorous take on the optometrists’ chart by one of our favorite artists, Aled Lewis. The poster measures 16.5 x 23.4in. and is limited to 200 prints, each numbered and signed. Frame not included.

We’ve already seen similar designs before, but Mark Moskovitz’ Facecord drawer is a more rustic take on the natural camouflage offered by stacks of wood. Contact Mark for sales inquiries.

We already have inflatable mattresses, so why not an inflatable bench? Jamie Wolfond can rely on his quirky concept in case of a seating emergency. Its legs can be removed for easy packing.

Conceived by creative agency LOLA Madrid, Bicycled is series of unique, handmade bicycles made from old car parts found in junkyards. Sign up to get on the waiting list for one. (Thanks Elias!)

Lumio borrows from the form of a book. Its body is made of Tyvek, while the cover is made of wood with neodymium magnets inside. The lamp also has a rechargeable battery that lasts up to 8 hours.

We already have more decks of cards than a Vegas Blackjack table, but we’re going to have to grow our collection with these all-black PVC cards, decorated with creepy polygonal royals and a skeleton Joker.

Tired of the Golden Gate getting all the attention, the Bay Lights Project will outfit one side of the San Francisco Bay Bridge with 25,000 LEDs to turn the landmark into the largest light sculpture yet.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences worked with artist Olly Moss to make an awesome poster that commemorates the winners of the Best Picture Oscar in the past 85 years. Full image here.

Chen Bikovski designed a series of night lights with children’s popup books in mind. Pulling the tab on this awesome deer design brings the ears up and illuminates the room with antlers made of light.

An anonymous genius is Photoshopping the heads of celebrities into 19th century portraits of Russian generals that were originally painted by George Dawe. You can also order a personalized portrait.

Wonderful posters with imagery made using food and ingredients. Visual communication design student Nina Harcus made them for a story/recipe book about a chef who falls in love with typography.

A beautiful and unique deck of cards from Theory11 and illustrated by Hatch Design. The face cards each feature animal royalty, and $1 from each deck purchased goes to the World Wildlife Fund.

This sturdy plastic mug is the perfect place to stack your LEGO, KRE-O, K’Nex, and other building blocks while you sip your joe. It’s even got holes on the bottom. Not dishwasher or microwave safe though.

Superman has been with us for 75 years, and he’s had a different look for almost every one of them. See 170 different Men of Steel in this massive infographic courtesy of SupermanHomepage.

A tribute to life on the road, this sleeping bag also doubles as a couch. The Camp Daybed was designed by Stephanie Hornig as part of her graduation project, the Camp Furniture Collection.

Redditor nite4awk is making a series of Calvin & Hobbes wallpapers. But instead of just using the comic strips, nite4awk cut out the two characters and integrated them into photographs of our world.

Ed Carpenter’s Pigeon Light is a whimsical take on your favorite urban bird – “the rat with wings” as we call it. At least this one won’t crap on your head. Available in various natural and unnatural colors.

Inspired from the maze-like courtyards of Berlin’s Kreuzberg, Sigurd Larsen’s treasure chest has myriad locked drawers and doors which can house everything from a bottle of scotch to a turntable.

It may be hard to believe, but Calvin Frederick created the hypnotic visuals of Bermuda without compositing or VFX. He used a motion-control rig, mirrors, an LCD panel, and a grid of LEDs.

A tricky doormat from the clever folks at Art Lebedev Studios, the Parallelepipedus Kovrikus looks like a chunky block instead of a mat when viewed at a certain angle. Made of coconut fiber.