Hot of the presses is forthcoming design documentary Objectified‘s awesome one-sheet poster by Build, which is a veritable visual history of industrial design. How many silhouettes can you name? Updated with high-res file
I’m seldom moved emotionally by elegant design but the $US650 Tunto LED desk lamp—made of warped oak or walnut and activated solely by touch—is a sweet exception to that rule. [FinnishDesignShop via BornRich]
This sits beautifully nestled in my science geek and design geek Venn overlap quadrant: a good place to be.
Here are six reasons why I think that the amazing Takasugi-an Teahouse is, nevertheless, somewhere I’d never be caught dead, despite my love of tea:
The Prada Transformer is a huge four-sided open-air building whose floor can be any one of its radically different sides. Massive cranes rotate it into place, leaving the other three to compose its ever-changing ceiling.
The creator of this solid walnut table decided to paint a wireframe of its constructional elements right on it, so it looks see-thru—at least from certain angles. Move 10 degrees, and it just looks weird:
This week, Apple gave us minor hardware upgrades, while a little company made a linux tablet. This might leave you wishing for an Apple tablet, but that could be a stupid thing to ask for.
I’m pretty content with my lot in life, but these bathtubs from Kasch make me wish I was filthy, stinking rich. I’d just need champagne to complete the elitism and I’m set. Take that, Posh!
When I was a kid, my next-door neighbour Tim had Big Wheels, Green Machines and every other plastic pedal vehicle they made, but he didn’t have the three-wheeled super-fluid Transformable Spin Vehicle.
From the makers of the TwistTogether Lamp comes a set of endlessly customisable, configurable shelves with neat looking LED lights attached too.
