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American Architect Bryan Berg recently spent 44 days building the largest architecture project made from playing cards. Most of you out there probably enjoyed building small homes from matches or cards, but you probably never thought using more than 10 items to make a lasting “structure”. 218,792 cards (if you do the Math, that means [...]

Laura Zindel’s surreal ceramic creations combine high-quality home dishware with faux historical hand-drawn imagery inspired by Victorian Cabinets of Curiosity. Bugs, snakes and spiders on my dinner plate… Please sir, may I have some more?

Desgined by Rémi Bouhaniche, a French design graduate, “Etirement” is a lamp that is dimmed by distorting its surface. It features a translucent membrane stretched over a steel frame which. All you need to do is pull the rod which you see in the center in order to adjust the level of intensity. The level [...]

Situated not far away from Moscow (in Moskovskaya Oblast), Russia, this unusual guest houses were raised on a previously closed settlement called Resort Pirogovo.  The buildings are suspended and their location on the top of the hill makes for some beautiful views. Wood was the main material used in creating this project and the red [...]