Archive for July 1st, 2010
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Amy Casey: Painter of Precarious Worlds
Amy Casey is a painter and Cleveland native who has a style all her own. Her pieces are of tangled, rickety, and unstable worlds that are unreal enough to excite the imagination, but realistic enough to hit home. With events in the last decade as any indication, today’s society feels increasingly insecure, as if everything [...]
Original Restaurant and Wine Bar in Beirut
We all have our special places around town in which we like to dine, have a drink and talk with friends. This wine bar/restaurant design comes from a Lebanese company called PSLAB and we think it has the originality and atmosphere which can turn a common wine bar into a favorite place for going out. Located n…
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“Secret Stash” Hides Desk Objects in Places No One Would Think of
“Secret Stash” is one of the coolest ideas we’ve seen lately in this category. Creative and fun, this system comes from designer YiTing Cheng and is able to hide things like keys, money, documents and even valuable messages in places no one would ever think about searching. The designer explains how this is possible: “This project is about concealing…
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Colorful Urban Eco Structure from Michael Johansson
Swedish artist Michael Johansson created an unusual urban sculpture which is exhibited at the Umedalan Skulptur 2010 event. The giant project includes life-sized objects such as a truck, a trailer, a Volvo, shipping containers and even trash cans stuck together in order to create a 3D wall. The structure is called “Self Contained” and is said to…
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Furnibloom, Integrate Nature into Your Lifestyle
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a home that reminded you of spring at every step? Well here is an idea for step one: Furnibloom was created by landscape architect Dagný Bjarnadóttir and is actually a set of Plexiglas furniture. The uncommon aspect of this idea is the fact that Furnibloom houses a variety of plants. This…
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Cool Flexible Power Strip, Aesthetics and Functionality
To be honest, I was wondering when something like this would be released on the market. From Quirky, this flexible power strip may not be the first of its kind, but it sure looks good enough for the screens. Its simple yet very flexible design could make life easier for those who always stumble on the classical straight-shaped…
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