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Modern Bufalino Camper is a Miniature Home on Wheels

Modern Bufalino Camper is a Miniature Home on Wheels

This brilliant Bufalino Camper is a minature home that’s perfect for the minimalist voyager seeking to lead a contemporary nomadic lifestyle. The compact vehicle is kitted out with all of the

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X-Ray Umbrella Keeps You Dry as a Bone

X-Ray Umbrella Keeps You Dry as a Bone

Have you ever thought to yourself, “you know, I really dig x-rays from an aesthetic standpoint, but I only ever see them at the dentist or after some kind of injurious catastrophe. What a

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The London Design Festival Starts Tomorrow!

The London Design Festival Starts Tomorrow!

Heads up interior design fans – the London Design Festival kicks off tomorrow and we’ll be reporting live from the show. Stay tuned for the info and exclusive pics of the hottest exhibitions,

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The Papervore Coffee Table is Hungry for Your Paper Scraps

The Papervore Coffee Table is Hungry for Your Paper Scraps

Paper shredders are essential if you’ve got confidential info you need to discard, but boy are they bulky! Why not turn those clunky eyesores into functional furniture with this coffee table that

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The Papervore Coffee Table is Hungry for Your Paper Scraps

The Papervore Coffee Table is Hungry for Your Paper Scraps

What better way to manage coffee table clutter that with a table that doubles up as a paper shredder? Created by industrial design studio Pigeontail, the Papervore is hungry for all you printed leftovers.

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Inhabitat Announces 2010 Spring Greening Contest Winners!

Inhabitat Announces 2010 Spring Greening Contest Winners!

AND WE HAVE A WINNER! We’ve got our 2010 Spring Greening Contest winners and boy are they impressive! This year we invited all of our enterprising readers to see if they could breathe new life into old

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BIO-INSPIRED: Pratt Student Designs a Table Inspired by Insects

BIO-INSPIRED: Pratt Student Designs a Table Inspired by Insects

Industrial Design student, Alvaro Uribe of Pratt Institute, wowed us last weekend at BKLYN Designs with his sleek Mantis Table. Inspired by insect body parts and adding a light and elegant touch to any

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LAST CHANCE to Enter Our Spring Greening DIY Design Contest!

LAST CHANCE to Enter Our Spring Greening DIY Design Contest!

The Deadline for Spring Greening Entries is TONIGHT at Midnight! Heads up DIY designers – our Spring Greening Competition closes tonight at midnight, which makes this your LAST CHANCE to submit your

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LAST CHANCE to Enter the SPRING GREENING COMPETITION!

LAST CHANCE to Enter the SPRING GREENING COMPETITION!

CALLING ALL CREATIVE CRAFTERS, DIY GURUS AND DESIGN STARS! Want to showcase your DIY and design skills to the world? If you’ve turned a piece of old trash into treasure, we want to peep it –

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5 DAYS LEFT to Enter Our Spring Greening Design Competition!

5 DAYS LEFT to Enter Our Spring Greening Design Competition!

Calling all DIY crafters, green designers and spring cleaners! If you’ve taken a piece of old junk and turned it into an awe-inspiring new design, enter our Spring Greening Design Competition to

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LAST CHANCE to Enter the SPRING GREENING DESIGN COMPETITION!

LAST CHANCE to Enter the SPRING GREENING DESIGN COMPETITION!

CALLING ALL DESIGNERS, CRAFTERS AND CREATIVE-TYPES! Have you created an awesome design out of old junk that you want to show the world? Want to get it in front of millions of readers on Inhabitat.com? If

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Spring Greening Competition DEADLINE EXTENDED – Enter Now!

Spring Greening Competition DEADLINE EXTENDED – Enter Now!

Sping Greening competition deadline extended until Monday, May 3rd! Attention all DIY designers — we’re excited to announce that we’re extending the deadline of our Spring Greening DIY

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Inhabitat is Looking For Writers for the Milan Furniture Fair!

Inhabitat is Looking For Writers for the Milan Furniture Fair!

Hey Milan Design Fair fans! The Milan Design Fair is coming up quick from April 14th-19th, and Inhabitat is looking for a few great writers/photographers/design aficionados to cover this year’s

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Gartenkulter Makes Poetic Pots From Recycled Books

Gartenkulter Makes Poetic Pots From Recycled Books

With the recent rise in popularity of electronic readers such as the Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad, thoughts of “book extinction” have really seeped their way into design conversations. Italy-based

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Digging Deeper: Design an Urban Agriculture Product or System!

Digging Deeper: Design an Urban Agriculture Product or System!

Digging Deeper: Building Blocks for Sustainable Design is an exciting competition that partners designers with the City of San Francisco to tackle real urban problems and find viable solutions. Launched

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Core77 Rolls out 77 Righteous Gifts Under $77

Core77 Rolls out 77 Righteous Gifts Under $77

Our friends over at Core77 are clearly having a blast as they unleash their eagerly awaited annual gift guide: 77 Righteous Gifts Under $77. This year’s guide is positively radiating holiday cheer

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Hangeliers: Clothes Hanger Chandeliers by Organelle Design

Hangeliers: Clothes Hanger Chandeliers by Organelle Design

Clothes hangers are clogging our landfills at a rate of nearly 8 billion per year. We’ve recently brought you designers who have been developing brilliant ways to tackle the problem through

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Art and Design Converge at the 2009 London Design Festival

Art and Design Converge at the 2009 London Design Festival

One of our favorite shows from the 2009 London Design Festival was Corn Craft, a beautiful showcase of sustainable materials hosted by Gallery FUMI and Studio Toogood. Held in Gallery’s FUMI’s

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Inhabitat Reports from London Design Festival 2009

Inhabitat Reports from London Design Festival 2009

The London Design Festival is in full swing, and Inhabitat has been on the scene to give you the scoop on the dazzling examples of sustainable design presented at this year’s event. Read on for our

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Copenhagen Design Week 2009 Kicks into Gear!

Copenhagen Design Week 2009 Kicks into Gear!

Fans of fine Scandinavian design rejoice – Copenhagen Design Week is currently taking Denmark by storm and Inhabitat is on the scene to bring you all of the freshest designs and most exciting

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Stunning ‘AquaIris’ Water Purifier by Talia Radford

Stunning ‘AquaIris’ Water Purifier by Talia Radford

In answer to the ever-intensifying global water crisis, industrial designer Talia Radford has created the AquaIris, an elegant, portable water purifier for developing countries with tropical climates that

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Register Now for the One Good Chair Competition!

Register Now for the One Good Chair Competition!

It’s already time for the One Good Chair Competition again, and this year we couldn’t be more excited about the theme – local and regional furniture. The annual competition, sponsored by

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Solar Powered Machine Spins Furniture Shaped by Sunlight

Solar Powered Machine Spins Furniture Shaped by Sunlight

Austrian designers mischer’traxler have created a solar powered machine that makes an incredible array of furnishings that vary based on how much sunlight it receives over the course of a day.

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Junktion Transforms Trashed Furniture into Treasure

Junktion Transforms Trashed Furniture into Treasure

As one of Tel Aviv’s most thought-provoking new companies, Junktion, a young, edgy and innovative design studio, is breathing new life into the trash their city has cast aside. Junktion began in 2008

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Dwell on Design 2009 is This Month!

Dwell on Design 2009 is This Month!

Dwell on Design is back in Los Angeles this month, showcasing an incredible array of modern design from June 26-28. Now in its sophomore year at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the three-day design

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