Awesome Design

MB celebrates its 125th year with the F125. Its emission-free hydrogen-powered electric motor gets up to 650mi in one charge. Good thing there’s still time to rethink the somewhat sterile look.

With its unusually low profile, the HX1 looks like something out of a science fiction movie. Peugeot’s first diesel hybrid, this 4WD is powered by a 2.2L, 204hp HDi engine, plus a 95hp electric motor.

You’re sipping on your morning cup of Maxwell House… as you ease into the day, you near the bottom of your cup… about ready for a refill… when TINY SHARK! SWIM! PADDLE FASTER! RUN!

Crafted from reclaimed gym flooring and powder-coated steel, Mirato’s massive 4′ x 10′ workstation is the perfect computer desk for sports fanatics or just those of you who crave surface area.

Replicas of Cobain’s “battered and highly unusual” left-hander 1965 Jaguar. Has the same 3-color sunburst alder body (with worn-out finish), dual humbucking pickups and triple knob configuration.

Jac Zagoory’s pewter desk accessories help you live out those cubicle fantasies where your staple remover is some sort of dangerous animal with big pointy teeth. It’s the only thing we use ours for.

Designer Jan Gunneweg created this gorgeous wooden bicycle which not only has a solid wood frame, but asymetrical wooden wheels and natural-tone brown tires to go with.

Kyoto’s Nine Hours ultra-minimal capsule hotel boils down “a place to stay” into three essential components – one hour to shower, seven hours to sleep, and one hour of rest. Video hat tip: Monocle.

Perfect for tracking the next person on your hit list, this plastic skull model has been covered with enamel chalkboard paint for these and other random evil thoughts. Totally beats sticky notes.

Nathalie Stämpfli designed two soap dispensers that make use of bars instead of the liquid kind, grating the bars into flakes, keeping them dry and longer lasting.

This archival footage dates back to 1972, and is the first 3D rendered film created by Ed Catmull, who would later go on to found Pixar, and is now President of Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.

One of the highlights from Burning Man 2011, Duane Flatmo’s mechanical cephalapod shoots flames from its 8 tentacles, and fear into the hearts of anyone who dare to cross its path.

These handy city maps are made of durable and waterproof polyethylene fiber. No need to fold – they’re ready to be scrunched into a ball, stuffed in your pocket or stashed in the included pouch.

While you could have a lamp inspired by a crane, you could also be much more literal with Studio Job’s bronze wrecking ball lamp, which replaces the ball with a bulb. Matching crane here.

Measuring 8’6″ tall by 10′ long, this dramatic counterbalanced wooden LED lighting fixture by Matt Downer Designs is the only thing you need to fill an entire room (besides some place to sit.)

Check out the humble beginnings of some of the most complex architectural endeavors in Architects’ Sketchbooks. The book features preliminary sketches and insight from 85 of the world’s best.