Awesome Design

Designer Riccardo Bovo uses a computer algorithm to generate unique stools from 100 random laser-cut wood triangles, tied together with zip-ties to create a lightweight, rigid, portable seat.

We don’t think we have to wait till Halloween to put these fun handmade stuffed monster pillows from Johnny Cupcakes on our couch. Each monster is marked in a numbered limited edition.

When departing in the ’90s, the Soviet army burned the explosives out of the mines stored in Mädasadam, leaving multitudes of cases as scrap iron. Mati Karmin repurposes these relics as art.

Lutz Pankow’s Rockkit is a pair of aluminum skids that can transform nearly every 4 legged chair into a rocking chair. The skids are screwed onto the legs with rubber mountings and are removable.

Who says that soda cans need to be cylindrical? We love this faceted can concept from designer Dzmitry Samal, which not only look cool, they keep sideways cans from rolling off your desktop.

Yves Behar was inspired by the Golden Gate Bridge when he came up with the SAYL. The frameless back and Y-Tower give ergonomic support while adapting to the user’s shape and movements.

Let’s salute Threadless for the last 10 years of fun sidewalk brightening, thanks to their clever crowd-sourced tees. If you’re late to the party, jump in: it’s all chronicled in this truly entertaining book.

Giha Woo’s Front & Back concept makes batteries even more crucial in making a clock work by using them as the hour and minute hands as well. Any more minimalistic and we’ll have a sundial.

Yiting Cheng modified everyday objects and turned them into secret stashes, hiding in plain sight. Some of them are near pointless, but the furniture is elegant and very functional.

A short film created for Paul Rand‘s posthumous induction into the One Club Hall of Fame. Rand is responsible for many iconic logos, including the IBM, Westinghouse, ABC, and the classic UPS logo.

Photographer Dan Forbes and Wired put together this gallery of early prototypes of iconic gadgets and gizmos. From the super-soaker to the Atari 2600, their beginnings are humble.

Italy’s Alessi is working on a sleek tablet based on Android 2.1. It will offer a 10.1″ HD touchscreen, fast access to the web, widgets, and other apps. Also, a DVB tuner for countries that support it.

Show off your favorite PANTONE color, while simultaneously racking up spurious debt with these colorful credit cards, currently available in colors from the Spring 2011 fashion color report.

The Semi-Automatic vending machine at the Hudson is stocked with a curated combination of guest necessities and luxury items, including Paul Smith toothbrushes and a red Ferrari 599 GTB.

Shortlisted in Designboom’s Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010, Eungi Kim’s concept bicycle add-on doesn’t add functionality; it adds a unicorn’s body. We think we have a winner here.

Like peanut butter and chocolate, we are enjoying the combo of typography with iconic pop culture references from Jerod Gibson; it’s also a great way to remember your movie quotes. (Thanks James!)

Designer Yaser Alhamyari has a few gadgets to dock, so he came up with The Docking and Storage Base, which not only holds your iMac, but docks, syncs and charges up to 3 additional devices.

The sleek and sexy HD-ID33 and HD-ID34 compact PCs measure just about 7.4″ x 11″ x 1.5″, run an efficient 1.8GHz Atom D525 CPU, nVidia Ion graphics chipset, Blu-ray and an HDMI output.

John Beck Paper & Steel produces dramatic, industrial styled furniture and lighting using (sometimes shotgun-blasted) steel, with a sprinkle of reclaimed wood and eco concrete.

Made by Tonio de Roover, East meets West are a couple of sofas made of steel, plywood, velcro and Persian carpets. We’re wondering how comfortable they are to sit on – or if they can really fly.

This 11.5ft-long pedal-powered submarine can go as fast as 5mph and as deep as 20ft. The current design’s problem is a vital one though – there’s no on-board oxygen supply.

We want Wouter Scheublin’s Walking Table concept so bad. Not only does it take the hassle out of rearranging furniture – a gentle push or pull and it springs to life – it also looks really awesome.

The Steelcase Node school desk, available in 12 colors, takes ye olde high school desk/chair combo and modernizes it with improved ergonomics, integrated mobility and simple, no-tool assembly.