Smoke Bombs

Smoke Bombs by Olaf Breuning.

It’s always six o’clock project

by Eva and Franco Mattes

worlds smallest snowman

this minuscule model -- about a fifth the width of a human hair -- is not made out of snow. It's constructed of two tiny tin beads that are usually used to calibrate an electron microscope, and welded together with platinum.

It's built by David Cox, a nanotech expert at the Quantum Detection Group of Britain's National Physical Laboratory.

The remarkable flourish of his smiling snowman is its little happy face, carved into the top orb using a focused ion beam.

MUJI & LEGO

The Japanese retail brand MUJI and LEGO teamed up to develop a set of 4 different boxes. Inside those boxes you’ll find the classic LEGO bricks but also a few sheets of paper. No big deal. But when you also have the right punch hole tool, you can combine both to create something new. I really like this concept.

wooooooooooooo

Delphic - Doubt from welovemusique on Vimeo.

dope song and video

cute shit

i know tokidoki played out 3 years ago
but this umbrella is pretty fresh
Jthree-Brella Limited Edition on www.dandyfrog.com.
Collaboration between Jared Nickerson and a french designers team.

haoshi X RING

Japans haoshi Design Studio has just recently released some interesting accessories. The rings, all in silver come with different white head pieces. The shapes include a dear head, a rabbit head, a bear head, a sheep head, and plenty more. Available online at hoashi`s online shop.

Tank Chair is sickkkkkkkk

Pharrell Williams brings forth the latest installment of his Perspective series in the shape of The Tank Chair. Slated for a world premiere at the Emmanuel Perriton Gallery during Art Basel Miami Skateboard P’s latest venture in contemporary furniture comes along in four colorways and is made of plexiglas and full grain colt leather. After taking inspiration from the love between a man and a woman for the first Perspective chair one can only assume the influence behind this creative piece.

wow

On a design level, this shirt by Fresh Jive is totally on point. The message is clear, “Hope is Fading Fast.” Well, in 2008 Obama was the only option we had. If only there was a party called Demublican…although Republocrat sounds pretty tight too. Makin’ Money for the people.

Aluminium Cottage

This two story Aluminium Cottage located at Minamikoma-gun, Yamanashi in Japan.

photographer Matias Troncoso

warning

Wall of Sound ipod Dock

Coming in at 4 feet tall, and weighing an astounding 225 pounds. Given it's mammoth size I'm sure the sound quality bangs. Cop this now and piss your neighbors off.

best costume everrrrrrr

crazy fucking light installations

Yochai Matos is an Isrealian artist who make very nice light installations.

Eclipse from Yochai Matos on Vimeo.

Luis, ahhhh amazingggg

LUIS from diluvio on Vimeo.

Gold Staples

Geeks Only: Windows 7 Release Party

Excavator Painted like a Giraffe

Windows 7 Promoted in Japan Burger King

Robert Longo

CR-Z Hybrid Sports Coupe

Honda has announced its new CR-Z Hybrid Sports Coupe will be released in North America next Fall. Dubbed the world’s first Hybrid Sports Car, the CR-Z (Compact Renaissance Zero) was introduced as a concept last year, but was officially shown off as a production car today at the Tokyo Motor Show. The lines on this coupe are breathtakingly beautiful, especially the mean-looking scoop front-grille. It will go on sale in Japan in February, before the 6-speed manual Hybrid (another first in the Hybrid class) hits the North American street in the Fall 2010.

Fabio Viale

Volcano House

A dome-shaped house built on the top of a volcanic cone in the high desert between Las Vegas and Los Angeles is offered at $750,000.
50451 Silver Valley Road, Valley Springs, CA 92365

Neckface “Devil’s Disciple” Exhibition Miami

Neckface will turn Miami inside out for his premiere solo exhibition in the Magic City. This Halloween night, Neckface will deconstruct all 10,000 square feet of O.H.W.O.W. and build a world like no other. Featuring a large-scale haunted house installation, complete with Neckface’s iconic imagery, the Devil’s Disciple exhibition is designed to frighten viewers as they enter the space.

Been awhile since i had a house post

centrifugal villa by obra architects is set on a 5 acre property overlooking an
agricultural reserve located in southampton, new york.

the centrifugal villa is arranged around a hollow center, as if the heart of the house
had somehow fallen outside its body. the string of subsequent spaces in its interior
provide a comprehension of the whole by sacrificing their individual geometric
cohesiveness to the fractured configuration of the entire composition. the experience
of the interior is characterized by constantly shifting vanishing points, at the place
of their collision in each crease of the plan, large openings cutting dormer scoops
on the roof, enabling views out to the surrounding landscape.

designed as wood post-and-beam structure, the exterior cladding is detailed with
vertical board and batten seams to give continuity to the building exterior and encourage
an uninterrupted rhythmic flow around the elevations. the house utilizes geothermal
heating and incorporates passive energy-saving techniques, including a narrow-section
interior to allow natural ventilation and a sequence and layout of dormer windows
and openings to permit generous daylighting and minimal artificial lighting needs.

the recently completed villa includes a main house, separate guesthouse and garage
structure, and poolhouse with poolside pavilion.

awesomeee design!!! floating stairs

Thomas Prior Photography

Light Floor Lamp

Use a re-appropriated street light to as your interior lamp, obviously looks amazing and Cool. This lamp called Marc Newson 'Super Guppy' Floor Lamp, lists on modern50 for $2400. This lamp is also on sale for the same price at an identical store called Factory20.

bear bean bag

Umbrella Installation - University of Talca

This project by students at the University of Talca has a great simplicity and whimsical nature through the transformation of a vernacular object into a larger collective and mutated program. The installation defines the plazas and performance spaces without an intervention at the pedestrian level and gives the plazas an enclosed space without restricting exposure to light and air. I think it's a great idea and I wish the PS1 court installations were lighter like this one is, instead of mossy and furry blobs.

A lot of the comments on the ArchDaily site talk about the students copying other people's ideas of umbrella installations. I have said it before, there are no new original concepts architecture - the same principles have been in use for thousands of years, just with different skins. So be careful what you claim.

trapped

If any one of the people walking around the rim of this glass was paying attention and not chatting on their cell phone, they may realize that when this glass is being used they are all upside down. And any time you open a cupboard to get one of these glasses out you can see that even in the darkness of the cabinet they continue to talk. Get a whole set of these glasses and your cupboard will look like it is hosting a tech fair.

oh kermit.......

I want one!