STEW DESIGN WORKSHOP’S MUON LAMP

Everyone likes an element of surprise: a twist at the end of a movie, a photo inside a locket, a jelly donut…this is why the unsuspecting block of plywood that is Stew Design Workshop’s Muon

LIGHT POLLUTION – and the RETURN OF NIGHT

We are honored and delighted to have one of our favorite bloggers, Geoff Manaugh of the inimitable BLDGBLOG providing a guest post today for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy! And if you aren’t already

VENTO DOOR

The Vento Door by Akira Yoshimura combines the functionality of magazine rack with the utility of a door, creating something stylish out of the mundane. The inspiration for the Vento door started with the

DESIGN EXHIBITION: LIVING IN MOTION

Its easy to think of flexible, and multi-functional design as a modern innovation; a product of our increasingly fast-paced and mobile lifestyles. Yet human societies the world over have been wrestling

INFLATABLE CONCRETE CANVAS

Take the Concrete Canvas, add air and water, wait twelve hours, and you have a portable building that offers more structural stability than a tent at half the cost of existing portable buildings. Creators

GARBAGE SCOUT

Dumpster divers and bargain hunters rejoice! Technology has come to save you time (and grime). A very recent gift of the Google Map Mashup comes in the form of GarbageScout, an interactive online mapping

NEW MATERIAL: ShetkaSTONE

Recycling paper is often just about creating more (you guessed it) paper, but a Minnesotan company by the name of All Paper Recycling has been taking recycled paper and converting it into a lovely and

PREFAB FRIDAY: S.H.R.I.M.P. HOUSING

Utilizing the flat-pack techniques of IKEA and the massive container ships that have brought Wal-Mart total domestic dominance, Vestal Designs is taking advantage of international shipping dimensions with

KARIM RASHID GOES PREFAB

The ever/over-trendy designer Karim Rashid will be premiering his KIT 24 at Toronto’s annual Interior Design Show February 23rd thru the 26th. This project is Rashid’s first attempt at prefab

OOBA BABY FURNITURE

+ ooba The newest discerning tastemakers demanding modern furnishings are evidently the age-four-and-under set. Well, maybe more specifically, it is their parents. We’ve seen an explosion of well

FLUTTERING BUTTERFLY LAMP

Lauren Moriarty has developed a beautiful lamp based on the optical illusions that are created from layering multiple images in front of a light source. This pseudo-moir? effect comes to life when viewed

VITAL HOUSE

Erin Vali from Ulterior Mode has recently been getting all sorts of attention for an art-studio house he recently designed in the Catskills (profiled in The New York Times). Just as interesting, however,

BETTER WALL: Recycling Art Posters

In almost any cosmopolitan city in the world, you can look up at the tops of street lights and telephone polls to sneak a peak at what’s happening inside the great museums of the region. Vinyl