Tag: design
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Architect Designs An Earthquake And Bomb Proof Climbable Library
Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves are lovely, and can act as a robust focal point in any home. But accessing the high shelves can be a problem. The common side-kick has always been ladders, which can also add character and charm. But for smaller homes like in Japan they can be a nuisance, occupying too much space for…
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One Book Disrupts the Foundation of an Entire Brick Wall by Jorge Méndez Blake
Sometimes a small thing can make a big impact. Be significant. Make a difference. Once such example is The Castle, which is a project by Mexican artist Jorge Méndez Blake that subtly examines the impact of a single outside force. For the installation, he constructed a 75 x 13 foot brick wall that balances on…
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These Epic Design Fails Are So Bad, You Won’t Believe They Actually Happened
For the most part, designers and engineers do an amazing job. But sometimes when they get it wrong, they get it really, really wrong. The following list is a collection of designs fails from one of our favorite subreddit groups /CrappyDesign. While a multi-dimensional mirror may sound like something that belongs in the Museum of…
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The Most Spectacular Buildings By Architect Frank Gehry That Seem Too Amazing To Actually Exist
In the world of architecture, there has been a strong storm coming from Canada and USA since the early 1960s. It was a powerful cultural force, that pushed through established, conventional norms of architecture like a tornado, but a tornado which not only destroyed the old and boring but also created and invented. This tornado…
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Hilariously Inappropriate Playground Design Fails That Are Hard To Believe Were Approved
To get you through to the end of the weekend, we’ve prepared a compilation of playground design fails that are far from friendly. Who knew that once wholesome characters like Frosty the Snowman or Spiderman could become so inappropriate with just a few wrong design placements. Yes, some of these are so disturbing you will wonder…
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Designer Has The Most Colorful Apartment You’ve Ever Seen
Your house isn’t a home without a bit of color. That’s the motto for Amina Mucciolo, aka Studio Mucci. The designer has taken the Internet by storm after she transformed her apartment into a rainbow. With light purple walls, pastel cabinets, a flower wall, a hello kitty microwave, and colorful paper cranes hanging from the…
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Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’ Appears On Massive Residential Towers in Moscow
Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” is perhaps on of the most iconic images that Japan has ever exported. And it’s now emerged as a giant mural on the facade of a new development in Moscow. Called Etalon City, the development, which comprises 9 buildings, is located in the South Butovo region in south-west…
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OWL paperlamps brings wildlife inspired lights into your home
The most recent designs of the papercraft project include large endangered mammals that are downsized and conceptualized as paper table lamps.
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Behold These Genius Hidden Messages People Didn’t Expect To Find On Everyday Products
In marketing terms, an ‘Easter Egg’ is defined as something that is an unexpected or undocumented feature in a piece of computer software or product, often included as a joke or a bonus. Clever marketers have been including easter eggs into the products and packaging as a cool way to increase customer engagement and loyalty.…
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New Belgium Brewing — Specialty Label Lettering Timelapse
Highlighting the heritage craft of brewing and distilling through the art of hand-drawn typography.