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Body Painting.
2008-09-13 15:16:00
Body Painting .Here we have the 'Body Painting' by a young Parisian designer Benjamin Legrain who is also known as "RéElBenjam1". This set of body art is inspired by the Eastern calligraphy and the tribal signs graffiti. Using these, he expresses his artistic talent using body as a canvas and creates these interesting body calligraphy, body art and body paintings. Other Posts:Book art!Bubble Gum Walls.Upside Down Houses.4 Amazing Garbage Islands.Creativity With Plastic Bottles.
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Foods That Take The Shape Of The Container.
2008-09-13 15:13:00
Foods That Take The Shape Of The Container .An interesting concept by Zach Kowalczyk (who is currently earning BFA in photography at Indiana university), food that takes the shape of its container. He has a series of photos of 'FrozenFood' featuring fruits, vegetables and other eatables which took the shape of its container. Seeing this series of photos we can expect way more new concepts in near future from him!Other Posts:Green Roof.Artificial Reefs. Garbage Can Art.Interesting Business Cards.Open Sewers Of The World.
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ZeroHouse.
2008-09-13 15:11:00
ZeroHouse.ZeroHouse by New York architect Scott Specht generates its own electricity using the solar panels and stores them and can function for up to a week even without sunlight. It collects its own water using the 2700 gallon rooftop water collection system. And each of these houses features a fully appointed living room, kitchen, two bedrooms and a full bathroom. Apart from these, the ZeroHouse's interiors can be customized with many materials and color options. It's a completely self-sustaining 650 square-foot prefabricated house that can be shipped to a site on two flatbed trailers and put up in a day. It's a modern, eco-friendly, completely self-sufficient home. Other Posts:Amazing Hand Art.Nature's Ice Show.Berlin Festival Of Lights.How To Reuse Your Old Books!Outdoor Advertising: Signboards & Billboards.
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Transportable Classroom.
2008-09-12 19:10:00
Transportable Classroom.An interesting concept of transportable classroom called 'Classroom Of The Future' by Gollifer Langston Architects. The prototype design meets all the requirements: its has wireless, got a web and satellite connection and can be linked to the resources locally or from worldwide institutions. The classroom is to be easily fitted out with advanced ICT, and which can be installed rapidly and safely, and apart from these its within the budget of the teaching institutes. The GLA's prototype transportable classroom was made for Haverstock School, Camden which was developed as part of the Department for Education's Classroom of the Future Program. Other Posts:Droste Effect.Razzle Dazzle.Metro Stations.Car Art On Roadsides.The Most Interesting Bridges In The World.
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Clothes Lamps.
2008-09-12 19:08:00
Clothes Lamps. These are the creation of young creative Italian designer Marcella Foschi who has a great interest for recycle, re-use and environmental sustainability applicable to design. She usually makes handcraft objects by re-using components. For these lamps, the supports are made of plexiglass which is possible to use on all sorts of clothes, the bigger one is for sweaters, pants, t-shirts, skirts, etc and the smaller one is for socks or gloves. Quite an interesting concept she got here which looks impressive! Other Posts:Trolley Art.Glass Floor.Typewriter Art.33 Different Ways To Lace Shoes.Telephone Advertisements From The Past.
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Mountain Dew Limited Edition: Green Label Art 2008.
2008-09-12 19:05:00
Mountain Dew Limited Edition: Green Label Art 2008.Here are the Volume 2 of "Mountain Dew Green Label Art's 2008", the author's limited series of aluminum bottles. And the artists and designers who created and expressed their creativity are Billy The Artist, Mark Smith, Mike Sutfin, PJ Richardson, Maze and Troy. Watch the "Mountain Dew Green Label Art 2008 Commercial" Video on Youtube Other Posts:Artistic Water Tanks II.Creative Business Cards.Making Of Drain Covers.Face Illusions Around Us.10.000 Changing-Color Light Globes.
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A Table: Bird House Sculpture.
2008-09-11 17:10:00
A Table : Bird House Sculpture .Here we have this project 'A Table' by Maxime Delporte which is created for birds. Each of these modules are built in the similar fashion of what forms the basic of a house (walls/ roof/ door ??.) which all come under a typographical character. This 'table' is supposed to be an invitation to the birds to come and have food, drink or even take a nap. The space is been arranged in a systematic order that has a place to live, dark niches to take rest, and it also has small containers for food, storage for maintenance requirement and the other things. Now this all makes it quite an interesting combination for a 'table'!Other Posts:3D Floating Art.Interesting Tables.Fun With Toilet Paper.Creativity With Barcode.Paper Cars, Planes & Boats.
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Baseball Bat Art.
2008-09-11 17:08:00
Baseball Bat Art.How many of us can think that even a baseball bat can be used for creation of art or a medium? Well if you are among those who didn't think so, then here is something which is definitely going to change your opinion. Here we got art created using baseball bat. Though one thing for sure is that we ourselves never thought that these bats could also be work of art other than for what they are meant for!Other Posts:Creativity With Cans.Custom Painted Cars.Interesting Bookshelves.Creativity With Newspaper.Mailboxes With A Difference.
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Wearable Bike.
2008-09-11 17:06:00
Wearable Bike .Wearable Motorcycle called Deus Ex Machina is designed by Art Center Pasadena student, Jake Loniak. The rider can step in and strap the bike on like a full-body suit and its capable of cruising 75 mph. Watch the "Wearable Bike" Video on YoutubeOther Posts:Sugar Art.Mobile Toilet.World At Night.Presidential Palaces.Lords Of The Logistics.
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Woodstock's Five Black Bins.
2008-09-10 18:24:00
Woodstock's Five Black Bins.This urban project 'Five Black Bins' which was conceptualized and curated by non-traditional agency, Cow brought together five Cape Town design studios to redesign five garbage bins in Woodstock, Cape Town. On random basis, five addresses were selected in Woodstock. Bins were supposed to be used as canvas keeping in view the context of its surroundings by the designers. And once the designs were completed, vinyls were printed; the selected bins were taken, and the vinyls were applied and the transformed bins were returned to their place. Am I Collective, Cow, Kronk, The President and Room 13 were the five agencies which were involved.Other Posts:Color Red.Painted Planes.World Of Chocolate.Interesting Tissue Boxes.Houses With A Difference.

World's Biggest Cork Mosaic.
2008-09-10 18:22:00
World's Biggest Cork Mosaic .Saimir Strati an Albanian artist who created the world's largest toothpick mosaic has set another world record with a mosaic made of 229,764 corks. Working 14 hours every day over a period of 28 days, he glued 229,764 corks of various shapes and colors onto a plastic banner measuring 12.94 meters by 7.1 meters and created his art piece "Romeo with a crown of grapes playing the guitar while dancing with the sea and the sun". Amazing! Other Posts:Greenery Everywhere.Vehicles Made Of Wood.Who Says Staircases Can't Be Creative.Spaghetti Cabling & Need For Cable Management.How Would You Like Your Satellite TV Dish Antenna To Look?

'Venus" Natural Crystal Chair.
2008-09-10 18:18:00
'Venus " Natural Crystal Chair .Tokujin Yoshioka's 'Venus', chair made from natural crystal will be presented at 'Second Nature', an exhibition to take place in Tokyo from October 17th to January 18th, 2009. The exhibit will take place at '21_21 Design Sight' in Roppongi, Tokyo. The exhibits includes the works of other too: Noriko Ambe, Campana Brothers, Ross Lovegrove, Kaiji Moriyama, Makoto Azuma, Asuka Katagiri Yukio Nakagawa and Takeshi Kushida. The interesting part is that the exhibits which will be based on the theme 'Second Nature', which means that they aren't inspired by nature or intending to imitate it, but instead they create new natural forms. At the 'Second Nature' Tokujin Yoshioka would be installing four large water tanks, which will be holding a fiber immersed in them, and the visitors will be able to see the process of the structure growing. And the best part is that the final results aren't in the hands of the humans and is left up to the nature. The ...

Drive Safely Campaign.
2008-09-10 18:15:00
Drive Safely Campaign . A campaign which drives the point straight across to the viewers. Perhaps what really matters if one doesn't follow the rules of driving; don't care about drinking and driving or for seatbelt or for that matter, safe driving? Till one sees this video, it's really difficult to show the finer details, but once it's seen, then things become so evident. A campaign can really bring awareness in our opinion too. Thanks Liviu.play_105329(450,390);Watch the "Drive Safely Campaign" VideoOther Posts:Bodybuilding.Animal Shaped Cars.Gas Natural Group's New Head Office.Noah's Ark Replica By Johan Huibers.Tiny Buildings Made From Business Cards.
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Designer Contact Lenses.
2008-09-09 17:20:00
Designer Contact Lenses .We have seen many gadgets which comes with Swarovski crystals but never did we know that these can even make contact lenses 'Sparkle'. Designer Anthony Mallier from India created these lenses by embedding tiny Swarovski crystals in a circle around the circumference of the lenses. And the 'Sparkle' contact lenses won the second place in the 'Crystal Vision' competition co-organized by Designboom and Swarovski which had 4074 entries from 92 countries.The Eye Jewelry Project:Some time back if you can remember, we posted this project aptly titled "The Eye Jewellery Project," by artist Eric Klarenbeek who threaded some crystals and attached it to a contact lens. Now we have some more photos of it. 'Klarenbeek was asked on a video he posted on the project, what would happen if someone tugged on the line, the artist responded, "It just falls out...'Other Posts:Interiors Of Airplanes.Amazing Cockpit Photos.These Lamps Do Look Interesting .The Little House - To...
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The Napbook: A Laptop Bag That Doubles As A Pillowcase.
2008-09-09 17:18:00
The Napbook: A Laptop Bag That Doubles As A Pillowcase.The Napbook is a laptop case which also happens to be a comfortable cushion. An idea from Icelandic designer, Hafsteinn Juliusson who made the standard notebook computer bag/case extra thick and fluffy, so that it can be used as a pillow too. This seems to be a perfect case for late nights at the office or lazy afternoons in the park or a quick nap here or there. And this seems to be perfectly logical too, as it protects your laptop, all the peripherals and doubles up as a pillow too. Other Posts:Dekochari - Japanese Art Bike.Suitcase And The Foldable Vehicles.Gas Natural Group's New Head Office.Some Really Interesting & Creative Clocks.Four Stories - Public Artwork At The Minneapolis Public Library.

Book Vases.
2008-09-09 17:16:00
Book Vases.Laura Cahill, a graduate designer who has a zeal for sustainable design, presented vases and furniture made from unwanted books at New Design ers in London earlier this year. Laura doesn't like seeing old books getting thrown away, and has developed delicate yet practical designs using low energy methods. Other Posts:Garden Designs.Young Me Now Me.The Future Of Books.Cars That Run In Water.Interesting Fountains From Around The World.
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External HDD Cases.
2008-09-08 16:34:00
External HDD Cases .Here are some interesting external HDD cases from Meninos costing from $190 - 250 (USD). These are acrylic cases with vinyl adhesive which would really look cool next to your notebook. If one doesn't want to go for the preexisting designs, they can opt for a customized design of their own and create their very own art on these cases. Other Posts:Icebergs Comes In Stripes.Life Inside Household Appliances.20 More Interesting License Plates.Engine Offices Interiors By Jump Studios.Sweater-Inspired Sculptures And Floor Lamp.
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Element House - A Prefabricated Modern And Rational Housing.
2008-09-08 16:27:00
Element House - A Prefabricated Modern And Rational Housing .Element House - a prefabricated modern and rational housing type with high architectonical quality, designed by 70°N arkitektur in cooperation with Senja Elementer AS, located in Tromso, Norway. The focus of development in the concept is on interior flexibility with regard to the inhabitants' needs and economical situation. And the first model comes with eight variations, which includes 2 units of 30m each for rent. And presently the house has been made for three different projects with a total of 19 units. The wall elements of this prefabricated house are made indoor under controlled climatic conditions and then quickly put together on the building site. This greatly reduces the problems with water in the construction which is a large problem for the building industry in North Norway.Other Posts:Pipe Art.A Symphony Of Lights.Rainbow Vegetables & Fruits.Coca Cola's Ads Spread Over A Century.Aquariums That Are Definitely W...
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Spaghetti Bench.
2008-09-08 16:22:00
Spaghetti Bench .These are the creation of French-Argentine artist and designer Pablo Reinoso born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and living and working in Paris since 1979. Though he has practiced sculpture since he was a teenager, but for a long time Pablo has worked mainly with wood, slate, marble, brass, and steel. Its in the 1990s Pablo Reinoso consolidated his position as a designer; he designed furniture (Pocketable, 1998) and various other great number of objects, especially since 1997. Its in 2000, he became the artistic director of Parfums Givenchy and Parfums Loewe in 2002, where he designed perfume bottles and cosmetic lines. Around the same time he created a bench for the Japanese city of Fukuroi (2000), (outskirts of the soccer stadium) which later became a venue for the World Cup in 2002. Apart from these, he created a new League Cup for the Ligue de Football Professional (2003), and worked on the League's institutional image too.Spaghetti Bâle:Spaghetti Double:Spaghetti...
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9 More Interesting Bridges From Around The World.
2008-09-06 18:43:00
9 More Interesting Bridges From Around The World .The Millau Viaduct:The tallest vehicular bridge in the world - The Millau Viaduct is a large cable-stayed road-bridge designed by the structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster. Its a part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Béziers, formally dedicated on 14 December 2004, inaugurated the day after and opened to public two days later. What makes it special is the fact that its slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower with its one of its mast's summit at 343 meters (1,125 ft) and only 38 m (125 ft) shorter than the Empire State Building. Apart from this, its construction surpassed three world records: the highest pylons in the world, the highest mast in the world and the highest road bridge deck in the world. Scheduled for completion in December 2009 the Chenab Bridge in the Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir (India) will be 359 meters (1,180 ft) high, and its likely that Millau Viaduct will loose i...
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Tiny Buildings Made From Business Cards.
2008-09-06 18:40:00
Tiny Buildings Made From Business Cards.Creator of these tiny buildings using business cards is Sharon. She has a nice collection of tiny buildings handcrafted from business cards, packaging and other nice papers. Using the business cards she gathers from stores, restaurants and other places she visits, she created these really amazing tiny buildings. This TinyBuilding is made from the business cards from a landmark vegetarian restaurant in Zurich.Summer Wedding. Mattituck.And here we got Bacchanalia a very respected and successful 'upper class' restaurant now located in Atlanta's West Village area.Other Posts:Interesting Lamps.Interesting Sculptures.Everything Of Wood!Why Never Leave Kids Alone!Interesting Toilet Signs From Around The World.
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Small Buildings.
2008-09-05 19:01:00
Small Buildings .Loftcube - Instant penthouse.Loftcube priced at 55,000 EU can be customized to adjust the degree of translucence and subdivided as per individual taste and requirement. And the weight of the cube has been calculated for transport by helicopter. Mountaintops, islands and other remote places are now equally interesting for this minimalist structure with its walls of glass.Rucksack House:If you think that your apartment isn't large enough anymore & you need some more space, here is the perfect way out for you. Rucksack House - designed by the German team at Convertible City, its a great new way to expand your living space. It functions as an extra room, & is designed as a walk-in cube consisting of a welded steel cabin, using steel cables anchored to the roof of the existing house. If you want an extra room, then this might be a real great idea to expand the apartment size.Micro Compact Home:A new kind of compact living space: micro compact home (m-ch) currently being ...
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Duct Tape Art.
2008-09-05 18:59:00
Duct Tape Art. Here we have Duct Tape Drawings by Joe Girandola which has been created by keeping minute details in mind. Though Joe is classically trained as a stone carver in Italy, but he has veered away from the media, concentrating on three-dimensional drawings and paintings using a variety of materials. And one of his medium of choice is Duct Tape. His drawings using various colors of tape reflects ingenuity and creativity. Thanks Joe.Other Posts:Art Alive.Carpets from Russia!Painting on Buildings.Creative Business Cards.Things People Write On Dollar Bills.
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Hotel de Sal Playa - Salt Hotel.
2008-09-04 19:08:00
Hotel de Sal Playa - Salt Hotel. Hotel de Sal Playa is located near the famous Uyuni salt deposit in the southwestern part of the Bolivia. The hotel was built in 1993 by a salt artisan to capitalize the opportunity which was existing as the numerous tourists were looking for a place to stay during the visit to the nearby deposit (one of the world's largest of its kind). The hotel walls are made of salt blocks and are held together with a cement-like substance which is made of salt and water. Though during the rainy seasons the walls are need to be strengthened with new blocks. It has 15 bedrooms, a dining room, a living room and a bar. At this 'Salt Hotel' everything (well, almost) is made up of salt; you sit on the salt chairs, eat on salt tables, sleep on salt beds and enjoy your drinks in the salt bar. Apart from these even the roof, walls are made of salt and the even the floor is covered with salt granules. Which means you wine, dine and sleep on salt! In the dining room of...
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LightBench.
2008-09-04 19:06:00
LightBench.If you want something special when it comes to the benches for your indoors or outdoors, then you may perhaps consider 'LightBench'. This is not an ordinary bench but this one illuminates with just the touch of your fingertips using a remote control. LightBench is based on RGB LED lighting technology and using which it can be lit in millions of adjustable shades of bright or soft colors. It's the choice of the user to use a set of fixed hues or a predefined set of changing colors. Its used by an individually pre-programmed remote control and one can choose up to 8 of their favorite colors and the changing-intervals can be varied from a few seconds to several hours or recall the pre-programmed sequences. Using the LED lighting technology, its made environmentally friendly. It only requires about 95 watts of electricity which keeps the costs down and protects the environment! Attractive, easy-to-clean and maintain, suitable for indoors and outdoors, and is weather proof....
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AllanGray Graduate Recruitment: Tie.
2008-09-04 19:03:00
AllanGray Graduate Recruitment : Tie.'Get Ready. We're Recruiting. Every year AllanGray hosts a graduate recruitment campaign on campuses around South Africa. We handed out flyers which doubled as ties that students could wear. All the relevant information regarding the recruitment drive was printed on the reverse of the tie.' Interesting. Other Posts:Underwater Sculptures.Cool Magazine Illusions.Interesting License Plates.What would you do with your old PC!Amazing Street Paintings Of Kurt Wenner.
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Museum Liaunig By Austrian Architects Querkraft.
2008-09-03 17:40:00
Museum Liaunig By Austrian Architects Querkraft. Museum Liaunig a project of industrialist and art collector Herbert W. Liaunig near Neuhaus in Carinthia, Austria was open last week. The Austrian architects Querkraft designed this new museum which houses the contemporary art and gold objects collected by Herbert W. Liaunig. The museum Liaunig projects out on two sides over steep-sided ground. The new museum looks more like a work of land art. But only a small part of the museum building is visible.Other Posts:Vehicles Made Of Wood.Creativity With Recycled Tires.Gardens With Distinctive Looks.Who Says Staircases Can't Be Creative.Spaghetti Cabling & Need For Cable Management.
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The Mehrzeller Concept Caravan.
2008-09-03 17:38:00
The Mehrzeller Concept Caravan.The Mehrzeller (multicell) caravan concept is the creation of C Freissling and Theresa Kalteis, two designers from Graz University of Technology in Austria. One can personalize their travel trailer according to his or her wishes and needs, with the help of an online configurator within preset parameters, and send the design straight to manufacturing. Which mean each of these vehicles would be absolutely unique.Other Posts:World's Largest Ice Hotel.World Leaders (Youth Pictures).Volkswagen Beetle By Vrbanus.Anamorphic Illusion Of Cardiff Bay.Buildings Constructed In Unusual Places.

Cyber Clean - The High-Tech Universal Cleaning Agent.
2008-09-03 17:36:00
Cyber Clean - The High-Tech Universal Cleaning Agent . As various gadgets have different sizes and forms, it becomes quite difficult for choosing the right method for cleaning them. Though one may use wet cloth, sponges or for that matter special cleaning napkins but still all can't be cleaned using these. How about cleaning a keyboard which would require vacuum cleaner. Here is where the innovative Cyber Clean cleanser comes in picture where the other conventional cleaners could give the needed results. Cyber Clean is a unique and universal solution to clean any equipment like keyboards, mobile phones, organizers, printers, paddles and pads, cameras, MP3-Players, laptops, monitors and other equipments. See the video to know how it works. Thanks Stephani. Watch the "Cyber Clean - The High-Tech Universal Cleaning Agent" Video on YoutubeOther Posts:Street Installations.Bubble Gum Walls.Interesting Sculptures.Upside Down Houses.Creativity With Plastic Bottles.
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Conceptual Dishware: Small Apple Dish.
2008-09-03 17:34:00
Conceptual Dish ware: Small Apple Dish.This concept really made us smile :) If you are fond of fruits and have a special liking for apples, here is special dish for you. This dish has a place for the whole apple and what remains of it after been eaten. Other Posts:Nature's Ice Show.Artistic Water Tanks.Most Beautiful Islands.Beautiful Rice Field Art.Optical Illusions Compilation.
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