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Black&White has become a classic in the world of design colors combination. Stylish and elegant, black and white interiors are usually also quite sober and serious. However, this is not the case with this beautiful apartment in Sweden. Because of the touch of color here and there and due to some really interesting and fresh [...]

A bench is a bench – except when it’s also a platform for a surprising, thought-provoking, memorable advertisement that sometimes even functions as urban art. The best bench ads turn ubiquitous public furniture into interactive displays that entreat the public to get fit, go on vacation, try a new product and even conserve resources.

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We’ve come across a great collection of interior design photos that really bring out the “small details” part of the decorating process. Think about it- how would your house look without flowers, your favorite chandelier, the weird carpet on the floor, the paintings, photo frames or your living-room wall clock? We know these sort of [...]

Before you read further, here is a warning: what you are about to see may cause side effects in the form of buying the next plane ticket out of your city towards the nearest beach. In this post we would like to present a beautiful location, on an island that was not inhabited for a [...]

Ferm Living is a company that uses graphics as a form of expression. So far this has led them to only good things, as they so far managed to put together a strong line of wallpapers, wall stickers and even cushions with a strong air of originality. We would like to show you some of [...]

This unusual sculpture was presented by Richard J. Evans at the Free Range Graduate Art & Design Show. We figured it was just weird enough to pass around. On Freshome we do not really present many art-related items (unless you consider design and architecture as art, which you would be totally entitled to), so we [...]

Located in Bussum, a small city near Amsterdam, in The Netherlands, this little architecture wonder has been nominated for the Daylight Award 2010, an event that honors the projects which “reach an optimum result in combining daylight, artificial light and design”. The architects in charge of this were Group A, an office with a team [...]