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Watch with a twist
The Off-Axis Watch removes the need to bend one's elbow when looking at the time.
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Cardboard shelter
An origami-inspired corrugated cardboard shelter is a great temporary solution for the urban homeless and victims of disaster.
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Free sneakers!
Get a free pair of really funky sneakers when you purchase your cassette tape copy of Animal Collective's unreleased songs. Now!
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Needle & thread
Simple yet effective. Pentagram designed the identity for the new Fashion Law Institute.
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Can-do accommodation
House-in-a-Can is both a cost-effective housing solution and a novel way of giving unused grain silos a second life.
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Alternative weather forecast
Scientific data is often up in the air. But when translated by artist Natalie Miebach it becomes a lot more tactile.
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Brief benefits
Proceeds from PACT's funky new underwear collection will help artist's with development disabilities.
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Places and spaces
From Architizer to African old-age homes. Matthias Hollwich talks about architecture, art and life.
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Pleasurable plaything
Touch and play. It’s that simple to maximise pleasure with Yves Béhar’s new Form 3 vibrator.
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Lofty aims
The design of a new loft in downtown Manhattan explores the interaction between gallery and living space.
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20Q: Ze Frank
Design can't save the world so instead he chooses to obsess about cooking potatoes correctly. And other little-known things about Ze Frank.
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Food or fine art?
Art of Farming is a new kind of auction that celebrates edible heirlooms and the art involved in their creation.
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Unlock the music
Boym Partners have created a miniature totem as a new label release format for record label Ghostly International.
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Mirage-like solar power
It looks like a maze but it could simply be a mirage. Or is it both, and a solar power station?
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All for one
"One world one voice" is the message that a giant New York mural is hoping to convey.
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Design it yourself (new pics)
With his curatorial debut, Yves Béhar examines the blurring of the creative line between professional and amateur designer.
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Hand-free drawing
Now anyone can make interesting drawings and illustrations - all you need is Ze Frank's new Flash web app.
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Below the city surface
The third installment in Gary Hustwit's design documentary film trilogy, Urbanized, takes a look at cities as dynamic urban spaces.
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Pump it up
fuseproject’s latest design, the GE WattStation, hopes to popularise electric plug-in vehicles.
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Super solar house
A house that balances the user's comfort with top-notch energy efficiency sounds like any oxymoron. Until you experience the Lumenhaus...
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Circus inspiration
Stephen Burks's new shelving system and lamp for MatterMade is beautifully crafted, playful and highly functional.
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On form
Do you think sex toys are sleazy, mass-produced objects best left hidden in a drawer? Take a look at the vibrator that's won a design award.
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Orchestral innovation
What do you get when you combine maths, physics, digital art, design, electronics and music? A symphony, of sorts.
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Meet the Truncheons
At a glance the Truncheon lamps by Commonwealth resemble a weapon, but these finely crafted lights are an interesting mix of old and new.
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