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When I first saw this storing cabinet at Milan Furniture Fair, its unusual look and black finish got me thinking at the Adams Family cartoon. Or maybe it was just the freaky mannequin which acted as a trigger, who knows? Either way, this is a cool and peculiar furniture for sober interiors or users with [...]

Located in a scenic Swiss village, “Scheider Chalet” comes from tecARCHITECTURE and completely turns the local architecture landscape around. The idea behind the design was to create a contemporary version of the classic Swiss chalet.This is an architecture style from Germany, which became popular amongst Europeans. The immense villa has a rather cold exterior, [...]

Some people love their car more then everything, and this is an example of something like this. This Mercedes bed to give you same luxury and elegance in your bed room that you enjoy while on the move. The bed made out of Mercedes 8 Coupe (W115) features under hood lighting, headlights and turn signals, [...]

Remember these phones? Well, for the ones who don’t, this is what we used to use in the 20 th century This idea we saw at Milan was the only one to bring as back in time, as every other design reflected opulence and modernity. Which is why we picked it as a [...]

No matter how often the huge number of professional Photoshop screw-ups are pointed out to a very amused world, more just keep cropping up. Why is this phenomenon still going strong? Short deadlines are a sure cause, along with this very powerful photo manipulation tool being put into the hands of less-than-experienced graphic designers. But [...]

Designed by Giancarlo Zema for the Avanzini Group, these amazing Bright Woods furniture collection were displayed at the Design in Nature exhibition in the Triennale Design Museum as part of the Milan Furniture Fair. Unique and eye-catching, Bright Woods’ collection of illuminated chairs and coffee tables are sure to capture your attention with their engaging [...]

Ok, so the story goes like this. The idea of going to Milan in order to participate at the Furniture Fair hit Michael in the week previous to the event, which made finding an affordable hotel or apartment impossible. Which is why, if you remember, he tried to get help from Freshome fans all throughout [...]

Predictable enough, while we were visiting the furniture showrooms in Milan, we noticed a huge line of people who were taking photos of this particular design. We initially spotted the deer head and afterwords figured out that this was actually a really cool shower.  We salute this idea and we think it’s for those people [...]

From Rick Joy Architects, the Woodstock Farm is located in a fabulous location n Vermont, USA. Built from shingle and stone and with a spectacular view of the near by lake and green areas, this place can remind one of childhood fairy tales or dream-like mountain landscapes. Still, the Woodstock Farm is as real as [...]

We saw this original table design on Via Tortona, while checking out some of the satellite design events that took place simultaneously with the Fair. I remember the table was in a really crowded space, still we noticed it immediately and captured it. I can’t imagine it being placed in a modern living room design, [...]