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Factoria Joven in Merida, Spain

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.

AdHoc Portable Canoe

AdHoc Portable Canoe

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.

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Vinyl Record Bookends

Vinyl Record Bookends
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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.

Taça Cookie Mug

Taça Cookie Mug

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.

BAMscape

BAMscape

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.

Sensory Deprivation Skull Chair

Sensory Deprivation Skull Chair

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.

Black Market Goods Beer Bottles

Black Market Goods Beer Bottles

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.

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Flower Grenades

Flower Grenades
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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.

The PAS House

The PAS House

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.

Project Aura

Project Aura

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.

Friendly Clock

Friendly Clock

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.

A Different World Wall Stickers

A Different World Wall Stickers
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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.

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Keybrid Carabiner Key

Keybrid Carabiner Key

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.

Chalkboard Office Accessories

Chalkboard Office Accessories
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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.

Nuke Lamp

Nuke Lamp

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.

Oma Imperia Speakers

Oma Imperia Speakers

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.

Bikamper Tent

Bikamper Tent

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.

Tutverse

Tutverse

(Shameless Plug) Awesomer founder Sion Lee is back with his latest site, tutverse, with over 8500 hand-picked tutorials, tips and resources for digital artists, easily browsed by application or purpose.

VHS Notebook

VHS Notebook
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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.

NAVA Tempo Libero Watch

NAVA Tempo Libero Watch
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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!)

A4 Paper Ream Lamp

A4 Paper Ream Lamp

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.

Piano House

Piano House

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.

On-Time Wall Clock

On-Time Wall Clock
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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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