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Wine Jug Furniture. 2008-08-18 15:25:15 If you’re unfamiliar with Carlo Rossi and his unpretentious wines than you obviously didn’t grow up in America. For over thirty years Carlo Rossi has provided underage teenagers and homeless alike, the means to get completely wasted for under $10. Equally infamous are the jugs Carlo Rossi wines come in.The swollen belly bottle sports a nifty little ring handle, making it e Read more:Furniture
Cloned Eyeball Lamps or Private Eyes are Watching You. 2008-08-16 13:55:34 Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you come across a post like this. Inventor Spot posts about an unusual design group that is taking glass blowing to a whole new level. Using what is known as object cloning, 5.5 Designers create replicas of your own eyes and makes then into fully functional [...] Read more:Cloned
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Up The Wall Sofa. 2008-08-13 14:43:53 From our friend at Design Flute this whimsically undecided couch, “Canape”. Unsure whether it’s a sofa or chair is obviously driving it up the walls-ugh, OK bad joke. The “sofa” is from a Paris exhibit of artist Lil Jang’s work called Parcours Saint Germain. We’d love to tell you more about it but unfortunately our high school French never really s Read more:Sofa
Graffiti Pillows on Letter XIII. 2008-08-12 11:44:52 Faithful MUL reader and fellow design enthusiast Martin from Letter
XIII forwarded us these cool graffiti pillows from his site Letter XIII. We love the hip street look! Letter XII is based in Switzerland and Germany and aims to support artist by providing them a platform to share their visions and sell their wares. We are proud to support Letter XII in [...] Read more:Graffiti
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The Modern Fish House. 2008-08-12 10:27:11 One of our favorite blogs, Design Spotter, recently posted this modern fish aquarium by Canadian designer Teddy Luong. The House
Within a House aquarium features maple interiors and large windows that would be the envy of any apartment dweller. It’s not very large so it’s better for a loner fish who doesn’t have many friends. But that doesn’t mean your fish can&# Read more:Modern
Eco-Friendly Mattress. 2008-08-11 14:16:08 There is nothing better than a good night’s sleep. Sleep is the bomb. They say the average person will spend 1/3 of their life asleep. Not us, we’re pretty sure we’ll sleep at least 1/2 of ours away. So a couple of years ago, in pursuit of the ultimate night’s sleep and to make us feel a [...] Read more:Friendly
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Wall Art Seating. 2008-08-07 11:26:26 Anyone who has spent a day wondering around an art museum knows by the end of the visit your dogs (feet) are barking for a rest. We visited the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York City recently and tried in vain to score a much coveted seat in the modern art section but ended up far from [...] Read more:Seating
Trash Glass Art. 2008-08-06 15:56:48
If your a urban dweller one thing you’re more than familiar with is garbage. It’s everywhere. No matter how tidy your city may be there will always be a can to kick or a bottle filled with some mysterious substance in your path. Taking inspiration from society’s overconsumption, artist Matthew Eskuche has created glass art modeled after th Read more:Trash
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Cassette Tape Lamps. 2008-08-05 15:29:42 Man, we’re kicking ourselves for tossing out all our cassette tapes a few years back. If we would have held onto them we could have created some super cool modern looking lamps like the folks over at Transparent House have done. The lamps not only make good use of recycled tapes but also cast groovy shadows on surrounding [...] Read more:Lamps
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Nowhere But Here. 2008-08-05 14:59:30 This design concept by John Nouanesing gave us a good laugh. The product dubbed, Nowhere
But Here, would certainly be convenient for an occasional emergency or rainy day but we’re pretty sure the mess left behind would be no fun to clean up. Still you have to admit he may be on to something here.
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Why Manufacturers Need to Stop Abusing the Eco-Friendly Label. 2008-09-09 12:40:48 Next time you’re feeling like a cold bevie you may just find yourself reaching for some Nordic Rocks (no, we’re not referring to Norwegian Death Metal here). Mocha UK sells its Nordic Rock: Stone Ice Cubes as an “eco-friendly” ( their words folks not ours) substitute for ice cubes. Now isn’t this taking conservation a little too [...] Read more:Manufacturers
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An Alarm Clock That Wakes With a Vengenance. 2008-09-09 08:53:43 This concept alarm clock by designer Alice Wang is called the Tyrant.If you don’t arise after your first warning the Tyrant strong arms you into a waking state by stealing your cell phone and dialing someone on your contact list every three minutes till you wake up. Perhaps not entirely practical but it sure gave [...] Read more:Clock
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An Environmentally Friendly Umbrella. 2008-09-05 15:18:28
Design student Shui Yuk Yuen satisfied a requirement for her degree by creating this concept project called the Eco Brolly. An environmentally friendly umbrella that utilize recycled resources. Eco Brolly can be used with recycled newspapers, bags or cards; basically utilizing whatever you may have around you when get hit by that rainstorm. The pocket sized [...] Read more:Friendly
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Extreme Seating. 2008-09-04 14:52:06 The Campana brothers, Fernando and Humberto, are known for their extreme ideas in home furnishings. Working together they manage to produce some truly unique designs. Take a look at just some of the fantastic over the top creations coming from the talented duo.
The Sushi III chair, obviously a culinary inspiration.
The Favela chair was inspired by a shabby shelter built with [...] Read more:Extreme
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Urban Camping. 2008-09-04 13:18:32 Designer Kevin Braak takes camping to the extreme with his version of urban caravaning.
The campfire is a nice cozy touch.
Find a good parking place and invite a few friends over for a roast.
Courtesy of Yanko Design.
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Flat Screen Fish Tank. 2008-09-03 10:46:01 At just 4.5 inches thick, the Aqua Vista 500 is perfect for people who don’t want the clutter of a large tank. Essentially a flat screened aquarium, the tank has some impressive features. An advanced pump and filter system helps to keep the unit clean and an embedded LCD panel with built in thermostats will keep your fishies comfy. And the user [...] Read more:Flat Screen
Alien Lights. 2008-09-03 09:14:33 We are really feeling these Alien
lights designed by German design group Büro für Form. We love the name and think they really do resemble some sort of alien life form oozing its way down to Earth. We know there will be those who think they resemble something more “biological” in nature but either way [...] Read more:Lights
Dutch Day Beds. 2008-09-02 10:34:35 Dutch company, Kast van een Huis (roughly translated: A barn of a house) makes these unique daybeds for adults or toddlers. Designed to resemble a Dutch cityscape, the charming beds offer plenty of space for storage beneath.
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Modern Dog Crates That Look More Like Sophisticated Furniture Than A Puppy Prison. 2008-08-28 14:57:12 These cosmopolitan dog crates by DenHaus really make us want to go adopt a dog. For years, crates were the equivalent of puppy prison, but no more! What dashing dog wouldn’t want to spend some time in these ultra fine digs? Easily mistaken for hip, fun modern furniture these stylish crates come with cool names like: BowHaus, ZenHaus and the TownHaus. While do may not [...] Read more:Modern
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Bad Ass Desk Accessories. 2008-08-28 14:16:50 These dangerous looking desk accessories were designed by Jac Zagoory designs.They describe themselves as a small pen and desk art company but we think their creations come straight from the office underworld.
The Dark Prince Stapler.
Nice abs.
Wall Street, you might want to ge one of these.
Da dum. Da dum.
Thanks to The Cool Hunter.
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Jaguar Motorcycle by Lee J. Rowland. 2008-10-13 16:05:53 We’ve written about designer Lee J. Rowland
and his unique furnishings before (most recently his 24K Gold Watch Table) but we were surprised to see his latest venture into the world of automotives. Rowland along with super bike pioneer Barend Hemmes have designed what we’re sure is the world’s first ever Jaguar
Motorbike.
And we’re not talking [...] Read more:Motorcycle
Mood Stool. 2008-10-13 15:45:10 This stool by Visual Reference Studio may set a new trend- mood ring of furniture. The Swamp Stool
features thermo-sensitive upholstery that changes colors in response to body heat, or even rising atmospheric temperature. Black changes to greenish blue and red changes to violet—the warmer the stool, the bluer it becomes (insert crude joke here).
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The Fork Spoon Chair. 2008-10-13 15:25:00 Now we know what became of the fork when he ran ran away with the spoon-they morphed into fun furniture. Available from Spellbound Statues.
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Banksy’s Spooky Pet Store. 2008-10-10 12:33:09
Banksy rolls in just in time for Halloween with his first New York City show. The exhibit is called a Village Pet Store
and Charcoal Grill and is a faux pet shop that includes a menagerie of animated creations.
Real stuffed leopards and coquettish bunnies getting ready for a night on the town make up just [...] Read more:Spooky
Magic Floating Fabric Chairs. 2008-10-10 09:19:42
You can create your own illusion by introducing Josh Urso’s Spector Chair into your home. No, it’s not magic, Urso uses a special technique to make these unusual chairs. By using fabric impregnated with resin Urso has manipulated ordinary fabric into supernatural furniture .
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The Mini Van Insurance Scam and other Urban Collectibles. 2008-10-10 08:57:18 Oh this one we just had to share! The Urban
Collectables are toy cars made to look like they’ve been through the wringer. They are individually hand burnt and beaten and feature hysterical names like The Joy Ride Ridden 2-Door Hatchback, The Mini Van Insurance Scam and The Petrol Bombed Jeep. You can get your [...] Read more:Collectibles
Carlos, The Injured Pup Night Light. 2008-10-09 14:45:08 If you have had an injured dog you’re probably familiar with the plastic collar vets place on the pup’s neck to keep them from licking their injury. Obviously designer Kathleen Walsh was so inspired by her own hurt pet she decided to imortalize him in lamp form. Meet Carlos
the night light, a small disabled porcelain chihuahua. [...] Read more:Night
The Boot Table. 2008-10-08 14:10:11
You might think this table is from some obscure designer’s latest collection but I think you will be as surprised as we were to learn this piece is actually from…Target! Yes you read right. The Boot Table
is made of bronzed antique metal shaped to look like an old pair of Gene Stanley’s boots (kidding). [...]
Heart of Glass. 2008-10-07 09:21:29 The Petit Coeur or Little Heart
drinking glass is the latest creation of Etienne Menueau, the French designer who brought us the infamous Strange Decanters. Not your typical wine glass to be sure but we think it would be a huge hit for your Halloween festivities. Not only is the wine glass right up a vampire’s [...] Read more:Glass
Design Inspiration:The Measure of a Man. 2008-10-03 14:25:25 This week’s Design Inspiration
is dedicated to the dude. Men-who doesn’t love ‘em? Well, unless you’re a straight dude then you probably just like them. As we surfed the web this week we found so many funny little items for the guys, we decided to round them all up and share them here with you [...] Read more:Measure
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