Dubai isn’t a city known for doing things subtly. No, when Dubai does something, it does it bigger, better, and with way more money than anywhere else in the world. Which is why it’s no surprise that its new fountains are going to put every other fountain in the world to shame.
Costing a whopping $281 [...]

Andreas Hegert doesn’t like rules. Objects, spaces, and surrounding have been given hierarchical values that we hardly ever question so for his degree project he create  a room in rebellion. The floor, walls, ceiling, and lights follow to rhyme or reason.
The shelf system consists of three parts that can be combined in different ways. The [...]

It seems that every new tower proposal these days makes claims about how green friendly the design is, but when the builder is a huge energy conglomerate, this type of claim is bound to raise a few eyebrows.
Russia’s GazProm has been trying to build a new office tower in St. Petersburg for years, but they [...]

Zaha Hadid has a reputation from some far out designs, but her latest work for Chanel pushes the envelope into outer space. The Chanel Contemporary Art Container was designed to move from city to city displaying various works of art, appropriately, the component structure looks exactly like an alien spacecraft. Featuring exhibits by the likes [...]

According to a recent press release we obtained, Poland is having an economic up-swing and what better time to launch a brand new entertainment multi-plex space than now. “Multikino” theatres in Warsaw, Poland is being billed as the “most spectacular and stylish CINEMA IN EUROPE!” I have not been to every single theatre in Europe [...]

When you first look at the SitSack created by James Van Vossel, you get the idea that the designer has completely missed the point of bean bag chairs. I mean you’re supposed to be able to just plop down on one and not have to worry about posture or how you’re eventually going to get [...]

In Japan, Sharp, the city of Sakai, and Kansai Electric Power are planning to build two absolutely enormous solar power plants, dubbed the “Sakai City Waterfront Mega Solar Power Generation Plan.” The two plants will generate 10,000 kW and 28,000 kW, respectively. That’s a lot of juice.The complex will be one of the largest of [...]

We have seen floating bathtub speakers and now from the Land of Rising Sun known for its super compact apartments comes another bathtub accessory. This time it is a fountain which gently floats on the bathtub and as the water gushes out LED’s illuminate it with upto 7 colors. The Aqua Lane is powered [...]

Sitting in a cubicle in a windowless office can be depressing. A person needs some sunlight! It helps your mood, it brightens your day, and it helps you forget that you’re stuck wasting your days in an air conditioned box.
If you can’t get that corner office, at least you can talk your office manager into [...]

Just when you’ve thought plumbing fixtures have gotten as crazy as possible, along comes this ceiling-mounted faucet. Part of the Rettangolo collection from Gessi, this daring piece of Italian design brings the water straight down from the ceiling inside an odd-looking rectangular-shaped bar.
Control the flow with that joystick you see next to the sink, or [...]

London’s old Battersea Power Station has been around a long time, and its been decommissioned since 1983, making it a relatively useless old relic of a bygone era. But that’s not to say the Brits want to knock down the reliable old landmark; no, far from it. Instead, they’re building a 1,000 foot, $7.8 billion [...]

The Lazy Geek’s Cushion now has me envisioning a day when I never need to leave my bed, let alone my house. It is actually a very clever idea; a cushion that supports the weight of your upper body so that you don’t have to. It props you up into a good laptop browsing position [...]

Introducing new concrete washbasin shaped as a fossil, the Ammonite washbasin from HighTech. Inspired by the archaic beauty of ammonites, this unique design showcases the organic qualities of concrete. The washbasin can be produced in widths between 90 cm and 330 cm with a standard depth of 56 cm, and is available in several colors. [...]

The RoboVault’s long list of security measures makes us imagine Tom Cruise dangling over criss-crossing security lasers. Not only is the structure in South Florida made solidly out of concrete and reinforced with rebar and impact glass — all allowing it to thwart Category 5 hurricanes with winds up to 200 mph — but [...]

Those kooky designers. Now they’ve gone and bent a really long piece of metal and created a living room full of wall accessories. Aykut Erol’s Line Furniture System takes the concept of drawing a complete image without lifting the pen to the decorating arena, providing a couple of lamps, places to hang your coats, a [...]

So you live in a basement. Hey, it could be worse! You could live in a tent, I guess, or on the streets. A basement isn’t so bad, comparatively speaking. The only problem is that it’s kind of dank and ugly. What to do to spruce it up a bit and make it feel a [...]

If you liked the Illuminated LED Fountain from last year, here is another one of those multicolor Zen style gadgets that might be right up your alley.
Features:

Soft Illuminated Color LED Waterfall Plates Fountain
Use in garden, home, office, bedside, etc
Minimum water level: over 60%
Height: 21 cm Width: 16 cm Depth: 11 cm
Use either AA battery x [...]

SIX is an architecturally inspired side chair manufactured from specially produced honeycomb composite and 4mm steel wire. The design pays homage to the striking aesthetic born from the functional design of industrial structures (think Eiffel tower) and light and space. Shown here in chrome with clear panels, a wide variety of color options for the [...]

Belgian designer Vincent Callebaut, the Lilypad’s creator, describes the city as a “floating ecopolis for climate refugees,” but it looks more like a resort than a shelter. Inspired by nature, it’s designed to house 50,000 people displaced from the effects of global warming and other ecological disasters, and be entirely self-sufficient so it doesn’t [...]

This Halo Light, designed by Sander Mulder, is both classy and practical. First of all, it looks pretty awesome, with its ring of light supported by an arcing pole. But even better is that it doesn’t use a bulb, instead having the entire underside of the hood emitting light, presumably thanks to LEDs. This creates [...]