Category Archives: Design

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A ‘transparent’ house near Omiya Station in Saitama, Japan created by Tokyo-based practice Yuusuke Karasawa featuring a hexagonally profiled series of alternating  levels, some containing two rooms, some left as open voids, reminiscent of the cellular structure of a bee hive. According to the architect,

Our hope is that this complex, layered network space will become a new architectural form that captures the various activities borne out of today’s informational society, where diversity and order are being demanded at the same time.

All righty then.

mymodernmet

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Above: the design stylings of the Baya Weaver (1,2); Caddisfly; Compass Termite, Red Ovenbird, Sociable Weaver; swallow; wasp; Australian Weaver ant and the Frank Gehry of ’em all, the Vogelkop Bowerbird (10,11,12).

boredpanda

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The penthouse of 432 Park Avenue – a residential skyscraper soon to be the tallest building in New York City (at 396m, 9.1m taller than One World Trade Centre).

Built on the $440 million site of the 1926 Drake Hotel, the development is due for completion next year.

104 apartments ranging in price from $16.96 million to $82.5 million.

boredpanda

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Made to order cakes by San Francisco based confectioner and author Debbie Goard of Debbie Does Cakes.

It’s amazing how she manages to capture thOMNOMNOMNOMNOM

Many more of her incredibly realistic designs here.

laughingsquid/designyoutrust

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A mere sample of this productivity gobbling Flickr set of more vintage Halloween masks than you’ve ever seen collected in one place before.

Prepare to catch your breath and experience a sudden, unexpectedly powerful wave of nostalgia when you come across one you wore as a child.

Or maybe that’s just us.

quipsologies

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Refold is an adaptable, foldable portable and recycalable cardboard standing-desk created by New Zealand based designers Fraser Callaway, Oliver Ward and Matt Innes –  a simple, cheap and clever innovation currently (and understandably) overfunded on Kickstarter.

The design was shown in action last month as part of a TEDxWellington presentation.

designboom