Awesome Design

Conceptualized by 5.5 Designers for Saazs, the Matières à Chaud radiator is a pane of glass with “Quantum Glass”, a thin metal coating that emits infrared light when the radiator is plugged in.

With concerns about the fallout from Japan’s recent disaster affecting food supplies, Nils Ferber created this concept combining dinner plate with radiation meter. Whimsical, but well-intentioned.

If you’re like us, you’ve probably got a laptop, a tablet, and a smartphone. René Woo-Ram Lee’s Bento Book concept lets you combine all three into a single gadget, then still use them individually.

The Ultimate Driving Composition: renowned graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister created Culture, a limited edition book for BMW that also serves as a remote control car. (Thanks Brad!)

Keep your footwear shiny with this clever shoe polisher built into the belly of Benny the dog – designed by Stefano Giovannoni. Runs on 230VAC, so you’ll need an adapter outside of Europe.

Designer John Brauer’s trash can mimics the crumpled paper you’re about to throw in it. We prefer the white one, since we don’t have much red or black paper. Matching pen caddy here.

Hiroshi Tsunoda’s campfire-inspired stainless steel fireplace is perfect on a beach, burning clean bio-ethanol, throwing no soot into the air. A special outdoor burner helps keep it going for 8+ hours.

These interlocking wood and acrylic blocks can be snapped together to form just about any object you can imagine. Want some? Support the Kickstarter project, and you’ll be building sometime soon.

It’s easy to dismiss concepts and visions of the future as impossible, but as this extremely prescient video from 1994 shows, some people really do have a firm grasp of what’s to come.

Designed by John Greg Ball, the Subsonic Chair’s two 16″ subwoofers and two 4″ midrange speakers will let you thoroughly rock out to your favorite music, video or video game while sitting.

Commonly used office items that are stackable and have a harmonious color range, meant to reduce both the physical and visual clutter on desks. Designed by Adrian and Jeremy Wright.

Attila Tari and hypo-Design’s entry in the Michelin Challenge Design, the Straddle is an electric version of a horse, meant to bring the rider closer to his surroundings and to nature in general.

Black Design Associates combined the connectivity and usability of the iPhone 4 with the timeless design and quality of the Leica M9 to create an affordable high quality and high tech camera.

There is dynamic contrast to be found in architect Michael Hansmeyer’s Subdivided Column series, which features manipulated doric columns with beautiful, elaborate details. (Thanks Russell!)

Designed by KWK Promes, the Safe House can transform from a beautiful mansion into a closed off black box at the touch of a button. Its moveable walls can even confine people at the entrance.

Designed by Mitch Steinmetz, the Remembrance concept is an elegant combination of a photo album and a coffee table, one where people can create new memories while preserving the old ones.

Looking for a stylish and unique way to protect and carry your MacBook? Silva’s briefcases are made from caramel bamboo, imparting a warm natural shell to your modern plastic and metal gadget.

Conceptual kitchen appliances made by Students of the Domus Academy for Electrolux, including a holographic cookbook, a trash receptacle that converts waste to energy, and a modular kitchen.

Mateusz Główka’s stainless steel and aluminum tube amplifier is a thing of beauty. Components that cause interference are even isolated into their own compartments. Too bad it’s just one-of-a-kind.

It’s certainly not complete, but this 18″ x 24″ poster is nonetheless impressive, cataloging 100 superpowers possessed by 200 superheroes and supervillains. Limited to 500 prints.

Like many people, the first thing Andy Lee touches as soon as he enters his place is the light switch. So he came up with a light switch plate with hooks for keys and other important items.

Skate on the Golden State with Evil Goods’ California deck. Made from 100% Canadian maple, with laser etched branding and pre-cut griptape. We’d like to see a Wyoming deck or a Hawaii deck.

We know what you’re thinking: you wouldn’t be caught dead with pictures of sewer and manhole covers on anything. But these pillows by intheseam manage to look rugged without being disgusting.