This toaster by Sasha Tseng incorporates a little message board where one can write quick notes. The message also gets “toasted” into the toast itself.
A Chair that breathes….
The Red Dot Awards have featured an interview they’ve done with 2009 industrial design graduate Wu Yu-Ying, designer of ‘Breathing’. ‘Breathing’ is a perforated foam chair that transforms its shape according to the body of the sitter. Continue Reading →
‘Paradoxymoron’ – a trompe d’oeil Painting by Patrick Hughes
This movie shows one of Patrick Hughes’ stunning paintings hanging in the basement of the British Library, in London. It’s called ‘Paradoxymoron’. According to the Urban Dictionary, a Paradoxymoron is “a person who argues in circles, often contradicting themselves”.
As you can see, this is a “trompe d’oeil” type of painting (=“trick the eye” in French) that relies on a three-dimensional canvas to deliver a different image depending on the perspective of the viewer. Continue Reading →
‘JacksonPollock.org’ – One of the Most Famous Works of Internet Art
‘JacksonPollock.org‘ is one of the most famous works of Internet Art, made by Miltos Manetas in 2003. ‘JacksonPollock.org’ is a Webby Awards winner website (also an iPhone App) that lets you create Jackson Pollock style paintings online. Continue Reading →
Happy Face ‘Nail Cap’ by EK Design
Do you have unsightly nails sticking out of your walls? Cover it up with a happy face ‘Nail Cap’ designed by Jung-Woo Lee for Ek Design! Continue Reading →
‘Surf Sofa’ by Pudelskern Space Agency
Created by designers Pudelskern Space Agency, “Sofa surfing is a modular seating system covered son of wool and used as chairs or combined into a sofa.” Continue Reading →
Lamp ‘Borderline’ by A+A Cooren
The design studio Franco-Japanese A+A cooren has designed this fixture consisting of two hulls acrylic held together with three Velcro straps. Continue Reading →
‘Bright Times’ by Studio Tord Boontje
‘Bright Times’ are pop-out votive candle holders that emerge from lively patterned metal disks with a pull of a finger. Watch ‘Bright Times’ shred candle light into elaborate shadows. Fully expanded, ‘Bright Times’ can also be used as storage container. Continue Reading →
