I think I’d be perfectly happy decorating my apartment solely with objects from my child hood. I’d be even happier if they were all video-game-related objects because, frankly, video games played a pretty serious role in my childhood.
That’s why I’m a big fan of this awesome Nintendo Zapper lamp. It uses an original NES Zapper [...]

Remember that wooden LED clock that was so popular a couple of years ago? Well, now it’s back in an updated design with digits in 3D style.
The product is made of MDF, as its original, but is slightly larger in size and with the digits made of something described as “acrylic bubble stick”.

The timepiece is [...]

Do I have to be anymore descriptive than the title? This is brilliant. Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before? Or maybe someone has and I’ve been living in a home with windows that require manual cleaning. I need this and need this now.
Designer: Jung-In Jang

This is new King bathroom faucet from WET. An innovative water saving faucet, it uses 4 liters per minute in comparison to 22 liters that traditional faucets use. With 24 karat gold handle for its hot water, it’s made of ecologically approved “low-lead” brass.

The Brits are once more taking Singapore by storm, but this time with their snazzy, sustainable architecture. Firm Foster + Partners has plans for an over-1,600,000-square-foot (filling an entire city block), mixed-use structure that’s completely decked out with green-friendly tech.
The design of the structure maximizes the amount of natural light that filters throughout the building, [...]

Typically, a Do Not Enter sign or symbol is enough to deter folks from trying to enter a room. But what about people who don’t read English? Or who grew up in the wilds of Alaska and don’t understand the concept of signage? Or are too mind-numbingly drunk to notice anything other than the bottle [...]

Ok boys and girls, you may need to squint a little on this one. What you are looking at is a fishbowl design that looks as though MC Escher was hired by Superman to create a mini fortress of solitude for his gold fish Doug. Ha, you didn’t know Superman’s goldfish was named Doug, did [...]

Outdoor showers are just better than indoor ones. Of course, the best kinds are attached to your house so that they can provide heated water. But that doesn’t work for everyone, especially if you’re not going to use it all the time. The Screw outdoor shower is a good solution for really hot days when [...]

“Don’t talk with your mouth full” - maybe that’s what inspired Japanese designer Ikuko Nakazawa to come up with this nice set of porcelain plates.
Quirky and charming, these plates were designed to resemble conversation bubbles from manga, or Japanese comics.
This set of three plates features one large plate and two smaller plates and is perfect [...]

You’re looking at the Greenpix Zero Energy Wall, a gigantic LED display that only uses as much energy as it gathers each day from the sun. It’s been installed on the wall of the Xicui entertainment complex in Beijing, near the site of the 2008 Olympic Games.
It’s set to turn on and go live this [...]

Before all you fish people get really upset, this is a render of a concept of a prototype of a fish tank made out of a recycled light bulb, designed by deviantART user mceric. It’s called Aqua Bulb, and provides a pre-built glass house for a few little fishies who appreciate snug quarters. While it’s [...]

I’m no green thumb, have never been good at growing plants, and the only thing that seems  to stay alive is my cactus which by the way fights everyday against my dog. The Flower Nurse is an artificial potted plant by where flowers take on the form on information expressing its needs via color changes. [...]

This is about as fancy as toilets get. Kohler calls this sculptural throne the Fountainhead, which make sense — Navy guys would recognize that “head” nomenclature, and yeah, it has the equivalent of an enormously powerful (but quiet at the same time) fountain inside, electronically whooshing away all that, uh, waste in style and grace [...]

Not enough music in your life? Specifically, piano? Then you’ll love Yamaha’s design exhibition in Milan, “Key for You.” The company was showing off some concept designs integrating piano keyboards into objects you wouldn’t expect — from countertops to notebooks. There are portable ones that are practical and elegant and others that would fit nicely [...]

Coffin Couches is a California-based company that sells sofas made out of “used” coffins. From the website, it would seem that the company doesn’t get its coffins by disinterring grandmothers, but from coffins that are discovered to be slightly damaged after a body has been put in them. The couches cost $3,500 (not including shipping) [...]

With most lamps, we try to hide the cabling away somewhere out of sight to let the design of the lamp be the center of attention. But what if the cabling is the lamp? What then, smart guy?
That’s just what the lamps designed by Kwangho Lee are: completely made up of huge tangles of thick [...]

What better way to decorate your arty abode during wartime than hanging up this Cuckoo Bunker Wall Clock by Joseph Barakat for Diamantini Domeniconi? That little bird out front is one brave soldier, wearing only the flimsiest of helmets for protection, and standing guard, completely exposed outside his mighty fortress.
That’s right, this sentry dove doesn’t [...]

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Stylish contemporary design, the Techno M3 collection of bathroom faucets, shower systems, fittings and bath accessories is from Cifial USA. Exclusively engineered by internationally known Portuguese industrial designer Carlos Aguiar, the Techno M3 bathroom fixtures combine flawless lines with a modern twist to create an unrivaled look to any home. [...]

Goldfish are damn fast. According to the internet, they top out at something like 4mph, which is kind of adorable. But in conventional tanks, you never get to see them unleash themselves thanks to a plexiglass wall that’s never far enough away. The SpeedFish racetrack provides an uninterrupted sequence of straights and curves for your [...]

A bathtub to blend seamlessly into your bathroom, the sunken profile of the new Sorgente Teuco Bathtub eradicates barriers between the water and surfaces surrounding it. It becomes a part of its environment, and can be covered with the same material as the area around it. Plunging into the hot bath to sooth aches and [...]