Putting a twist on the conventional drawbridge, the Gateshead Millennium Bridge over the River Tyne in England tilts to let ships pass under it instead of parting at the middle. The bridge’s crazy design is the result of a design competition held by Gateshead Council in 1996, and was selected from 150 entries of which [...]

How tall is too tall? I guess we’ll know once one of these crazy building concepts ends up getting built — if it subsequently falls down, that is.
The Ultima Tower is a conceptualization by designer Eugene Tsui and it’s built around alleviating city congestion in this increasingly congested world. It’s debatably attractive shape is inspired [...]

This handy, and quite stylish, 4-port USB 2.0 hub is available in black or white and allows for easy mounting with its built-in magnet pads.

So like the Danish have like this totally cool new school. OMG, I’m so jealous! It’s like all built around this super sweet open area that can be seen from almost every floor. The floors are like these stacked up boomerang thingys. It’s sooo cool, it’s like a big mall. Oh and they have these [...]

Art Lebedev gave the world the first keyboard full of customizable displays, as well as a multitude of shipping-delay headaches. After the Optimus Maximus was released to mostly favorable reviews, we all wondered what came next.
Would it be a mouse with display screens or a touch monitor for Photoshop enthusiasts? Alas, no. A door chain [...]

The alarm clock seems to be quite a popular target for product designers, and I’m sure it must have something to do with mankind’s love/hate relationship with the device that wakes us from our blissful slumbers each morning. Melanie Graf, a Product Design student at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London [...]

Whether you prefer to shower by yourself… or with a partner… the new KOS Avec Moi Shower cabin will provide the luxurious bathing experience you crave. A streamlined, ultra-modern Italian shower is spacious and welcoming to use. The generous Moi box, is 4 ½ feet wide by 3 deep by 7 ½ high, and designed [...]

Ceramist and designer Ole Jensen has cleaned up his act. Forget that hard, immovable tub you currently have in your bathroom. Ole wants you to go soft and take your eau natural body, eau natural. Made of white EPDM rubber and cork, this soft tub was designed to be a simple option for outdoor fun, [...]

Do you like camping but can’t stand wallowing in the dirt with all those bugs and worms? Then the Treepee is just for you. Hang it from the nearest sturdy tree, stake it down on all four corners, and suddenly you have yourself a floating paradise in the wilderness. For those not prone to seasickness, [...]

Here’s another guilt-trip device to remind you of how much power you’re sucking up. This one’s called the Consumption Feedback Switch, and it scares you with a spark that corresponds to the amount of energy it’s consumed. Rarely use that light? A delicate sparkle emits from the switch when you turn it on. Running a [...]

A combination of curves and straight lines gives dynamic character to the new Wind kitchen, a modern kitchen from Masec. Cheerful contemporary finishes in wood veneers or lacquer bring a light and airy atmosphere to the kitchen. Teaming oak veneers (natural oak, mulberry oak or grey oak) with glowing lacquers in warm, earthy tones (such [...]

It is strange to think that not too long ago there were no such things as pixels. Before the invention of photography, artificial pixels (short for PICture ELements)simply did not exist. It wasn’t until the personal computer hit the mainstream did the word “pixel” become widely known outside of geeks, video/photographers and the CIA. [...]

When you’re not heading to work in your space car or programming your robot maid to make dinner for the family, you’ll probably want to catch the American Idol 3017 on this Humax LCD TV concept. Designed by London’s Tej Chauhan, the future-retro model manages to look old while seeming completely fresh, recalling the “World [...]

Ok, I will try to avoid the obvious puns like, “this cabinet sure is out of this world!” or “hey, my furniture just mooned me…” but this design by Sotirios Papadopoulos for ENNEZERO is one heavenly creation. D’oh! I just did it, damn! Created using ecologically safe paint (ELI ecolightinside), this “Fullmoon” sideboard furniture has [...]

We’ve seen a few massive solar farms pop up out west, but it looks like Southern California Edison is taking a different approach: instead of cluttering up the desert, the company plans to build a distributed solar array on the rooftops of commercial buildings throughout SoCal. The plan is to spend $875M over five years [...]

Eco-friendly buildings are all the rage among high-profile architects these days. The latest example is the new Clean Technology Tower in Chicago, designed by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill architectural firm.What makes the Clean Technology Tower stand out is its huge rooftop solar shell, which sucks up juice from the sun all day. Underneath it [...]

Sometimes time flies with the speed of light. Sometimes only with the speed of a butterfly.

This beautiful wall clock is designed by Pascal Tarabay, who was born in Lebanon, later studied and worked in Italy, and is available - in many colours - at Design Shop UK.

Here’s a little peek into what the future might hold for London – a 500-high-foot building housing a 100,000 people! Reports predict that by 2015, London will need to provide housing for a million more people; UK-Company Popular Architecture is proposing the idea of building this tower that will be so big it will [...]

This clever lighting concept is the brainchild of Jinhong Lin. All it is, is a set of egg shaped bulbs covered in a layer of brittle high plastic. You peel off the plastic as you would an eggshell to finish the product. I am guessing that no two lights will end up the same way, [...]

The green building movement has come a long way in the last few years, with features such as solar panels, green roofs, and wind turbines being integrated into residential and commercial building designs. But Daekwon Park apparently thinks it’s time to crank up the style, put some more pizzazz in these designs, and his entry [...]