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BloomFrame Window & Balcony by Hofman Dujardin Architects

The Bloomframe is now in production! The concept for a window that transforms into a balcony space spread across the internet — Apartment Therapy first posted it in November of 2005! —...

Foam Dome Homes!
Pink Tentacle

Though Laure first posted the Japanese Dome Home around this time last year, some much better images have recently surfaced thanks to Pink Tentacle. Made from polystyrene foam, the modular pieces of ...

Thermopian Exterior on a Modern Polish Home
Dezeen

I love a house that is proportionally shaped like an iconic "house" — two stories with an approximate roof pitch of 45 degrees! The plans for this home in Poland by moomoo architects take the ...

Best Products: Pebble Optic Tumblers for Summer
Email from 7.9.08

You may find this crazy, but Sara and I were just on vacation last week and I fell in love with these plastic beach cups. After you've drunk beer, rum & cokes and other things all day long in one o...

Digital Furniture by Amanda Levete

The digitally-designed and fabricated furniture of Amanda Levete is a new kind of form-making. The furniture isn't instantly identifiable as such, appearing to be sculpture as much as anything. But ...

ICFF 2008: Trends with Texture

Texture is creeping back into modern design in a big way. As designers develop new technologies and techniques in fabrication (and continue to explore traditional crafting techniques in contemporar...

Jim Lambie: A Great DIY Flooring Project at MoMA
Email from 4.21.08

TRY THIS AT HOME. If you go to the MoMA to see anything right now, you'll have to walk over Jim Lambie's work. You can't avoid it. In the entryway up to the crazy flying fan in the Marron atrium, ...

Rare Earth Magnets & Magnetic Paint: Wall Transformers - Email from 4.10.08

April 10, 2008 Go beyond corkboard and pins. Here's a great tip that I found when I visited the super cool advertising firm upstairs in our building here on Crosby Street. They used one ...

Uto Lighting by LaGranja Design for Foscarini

Made of silicon rubber, the Uto Lamp from Lagranja Design is suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Offering even more flexibility in how it is used, the long silicon "cord" makes it easy to hang, drape...

MYTO Chair by Konstantin Grcic

There are now more pictures of Konstantin Grcic's new cantilevered plastic chair, Myto . This was one of The New York Times' best ideas of 2007 for it's innovative use of materials and advanced plas...

Modern Manhattan Loft
NYT House & Home Roundup: 11.29.07

Quest for Cool. In They’re Mad, They’re Bad, They Sell Accent Pieces, Garry Jensen and Elena Bertinetto show off their Manhattan loft. The couple recently launched Deeply Madly Living a site for fl...

Hulger's Sculptural Low-Energy Plumen Light Bulbs
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Embracing Energy-Efficiency. In the Plumen design prototypes from London-based Hulger, the necessary coils of a energy-efficient bulb are used as a sculptural element to create unique lighting. In a...

Tadï¿½ Recycled Tire Tubs & Pots

Wheels Reborn. A recent trip to the Conran Shop turned up these pots and tubs from French company, Tadï¿½. The shapes are inspired by Middle Eastern leather baskets but are made from recycled tires....

NYT: Inside 40 Bond

Corian & Austrian Smoked Oak! Separate from the T Style Magazine, this Sunday's NYT Magazine featured a slideshow of Ian Schrager and Herzog & de Meuron's iconic 40 Bond. These are the first photos ...

Bertjan Pot's Non-Random Light
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More Orderly. We're so used to seeing Bertjan Pot's Random Light for Moooi, that we almost missed the new Non-Random Light. It has a regular pattern and a more bulbous structure (the Random Light is...

Arik Levy's Meteor Collection & Other Faceted Furnishings

Jewel-like. After the lively discussion about Arik Levy's Rock Tables, we've been searching for more options for faceted furnishings and decided to highlight his Meteor Series (pictured above) produ...

Green Fortune's Streamgarden

Home Hydroponics. As the weather cools, those wishing to start an indoor garden may be interested in Green Fortune's Streamgarden. This hydroponic kit speeds up the growth of various plants includin...

Jeff Miller's Obo Modular Shelving

Asymmetrical. We love the possibilities available with Modular Shelving! These Obo Shelving Units designed by Jeff Miller for Baleri Italia add a new spin and even more possibilities with their uni...

Sean Yoo's Opus Incertum Shelving

Off-beat Storage. Sean Yoo's funky Opus Incertum Shelving reminds us of a Cubitec that kind of...melted. It is also a similar form to Nauris Kalinauskas' Quad Shelf and the Bouroullec Brothers' Clo...

Vynil Wall Graphics

From France comes yet another scintillating alternative to decorating your walls when paint or wallpaper is not an option (or you just want to do something different anyway). Vynil stick-on graphics...

NY Gift Fair: Orchadia Mobile

Printed Circuit Boards.. You'll know Mark Mckenna from his Designer Emulation Kits — small scale designer lamps powered by a 9V battery. And you might know Rodger Stevens from his wire sculptures. ...

New York Magazine: Striped Floor

Taped-Up. Check out the eye-popping floor design made from vinyl tape by Glasgow-based artist Jim Lambie. The floor is in the Gramercy apartment that is the home of Tim Nye of the Nyehaus Gallery. W...

NYT: Vitra Edition 2007

Design Research. Yesterday's New York Times Magazine brought attention to 2007's Vitra Edition collection and the work of Naoto Fukasawa. In Situ showcases two of Fukasawa's chairs that were designe...

AT On: Bottled Water

Indulgence. There is a super-informative and interesting read in the July issue of Fast Company from Charles Fishman: Message in a Bottle. Fishman's piece examines the bottled water industry Maxwell...

Pappelina's Plastic Woven Rugs

Indoor/Outdoor Runners. We're loving the look of the rugs from the Swedish company Pappelina. Pictured above are the Liv and Mira patterns. Designed by Lina Ricardsson, the woven plastic floor cove...

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