Factoria Joven in Merida, Spain
Selgascano Architects designed the Factoria Joven (youth factory), a creative space where urban youth can skateboard, rock climb, play music and even access the Internet through public computers.
Selgascano Architects designed the Factoria Joven (youth factory), a creative space where urban youth can skateboard, rock climb, play music and even access the Internet through public computers.
Ori Levin of Tsor Design set out to design and build a canoe that fits in a bag the size of a backpack for easy travel. With telescoping carbon fiber rods and and a water-resistant sailcloth, he succeeded.
Etsy seller Nerdnest converts worn out vinyl records into bookends. You can specify your color preferences for the labels if you want. They can’t be used to prop up heavy books or items though.
The simple, yet inventive Taça Cookie Mug adds a feature not often found in cups – easy big cookie dippin’ without the need to break them into bits. Not in production yet, but we’re holding out hope.
Commissioned by the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, this curvy seating is designed for watching concerts and lectures, or just hanging out. Even has integrated laptop outlets and Wi-Fi.
Too much going on in your skull? A litte time in another head might alleviate that. Go on and let Atelier Van Lieshout’s sensory deprivation skull chair take you away from your punishing life.
These beer bottles are the bomb, literally. Too bad Marco Manansala’s BMG-10 Black Market Goods beer bottles are still only a concept. A brewery needs to pick up on this idea and license it – now.
Turn desolate urban lots into a field of flowers and grass with these biodegradable clay grenades. Just toss a few over the fence into empty yards and flowers start to pop up in about 3 weeks.
A prototype for a house built with skateboarding in mind. The private residence will be built for champion skater Pierre Andre Senizergues (PAS), and each space will offer ample skating surfaces.
Designed by Jonathan Ota and Ethan Frier, Aura is a supplementary safety system for cyclists. The LEDs are powered by the front wheel, and change from red to white as the bike accelerates.
Maxim Maximov’s Friendly Clock might keep us more focused on our daily routine with its simple, in-your-face interface. Plus it’d remind us of the time we hired a caveman as our timekeeper.
Designed by Sunny Side Up, these vinyl wall stickers offer a clever typographic take on the traditional world map. It’s not a wholly original idea, but we still like it. Available in 27 colors.
An ingenious combination of key and carabiner, Scott Amron’s Keybrid key blank will let you hang keys individually off belt loops, backpacks, and quickly remove them from keychains.
Office staples – pencil cup, file box and magazine holder – made of wood composite and painted with a chalkboard surface. Add labels, write notes or just doodle on them. Includes one piece of chalk.
One of the most eye-catching – and controversial – designs for a lamp we’ve ever seen. Designed by Luca Veneri using fluid dynamic simulation to emulate the shape of a mushroom cloud.
These high-end speakers look spectacular with two wooden conical horns crafted from black walnut, cherry or ash, and deep bass provided by a giant 21″ neodymium rear-loaded subwoofer.
If you’re like us, your crazy fantasy of leaving on a cross-country bike trek just got a little crazier thanks to Topeak’s Bikamper. It’s a personal shelter that uses your bike in place of tent-poles.
It looks like an old VHS tape, but Peleg Design’s version is actually a 260 page journal, compete with sticky labels so you can mark what’s on each “tape”. We’ve heard the BetaMax version is better.
At first glance at designer Denis Guidone’s minimal black wristwatch, you might think the hands are broken, but once you get a hang of it, it’s actually quite easy to read. (Thanks, Random Objects!)
It seems like such a simple concept, but we love the ambient glow that plusminuszero’s A4 lamp emits, while masquerading as a 500-sheet ream of paper. We wish they made one in tabloid size too.
Built to encourage development in Huainan City, China, this unusual structure derives its shape from a grand piano, accompanied by a violin entryway and staircase. Google Earthers, check this out.
Are you perpetually late to appointments? You could just set your clock forward by a few minutes, or you could buy Diamantini & Domeniconi’s wall clock, giving you a 3 minute jump at all times.
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