Thousands of designers around the globe render objects daily on computers hoping to one day see them materialize into actual, tangible objects. We store digital photos as memories and only really print a select or special few to hold and share with others. We are constantly looking for new ways and things to bring our digital world to life. Designer Ingo Schmid takes this passion for digital one giant, unnecessary step further with his “Web is Nut Enough” performance art piece.

Designer: Ingo Schmid

High-end Philippino handbag exporter - Aranaz commissioned London based designer Juan Carlo Calma to reinterpret their flagship boutique in Manila, Philippines. The result is an interior space that possesses a reflective surface similar to the luxury evening bags on display. Calma adds, “I was really interested in exotic and luxurious skins such as crocodile skin, which is used for the construction of a bag.

Designer: Juan Carlo Calma

Lenticular printing is a technology in which a lenticular lens is used to produce images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles. Most of us have seen postcards printed in this fashion and though it is a rather old printing technique, we all still seem to be fascinated by the effect and often stand slack jawed as we shift the image back and forth.

Designer: Drzach & Suchy

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

When I first moved to New York City, I moved into basically a warehouse space that was really not designed for a human to live in. Over the years, it was built out to include a toilet and shower, but that is where the similarities to an actual apartment ended. I discovered the easiest and cheapest way to create a presentable living space was to simply paint everything I could white.

Designer: Richard Hutten

Going green to overt suicidal dreams is what’s for dinner at this new restaurant in Sweden called “New Restaurant.” Keeping your patrons alive and happy is good for business. In a country that has to deal with six months of winter darkness a year, design firm Architect Olssonlyckefors have created an oasis of happy thoughts by incorporating cascading walls of foliage giving the illusion of warm summer nights.

Architect: Olssonlyckefors

Every home needs a conversation piece. Something that just knocks some socks off when you have a guest or two over. If you don’t yet have such a piece don’t worry, Lucie Boddaert and Thiery Fischer has got you covered with a living display that will satisfy the biologist in all of us.

Designer: Lucie Boddaert

Imagine whole, furnished spaces completely opening up like a pop-up book. The “Space Book” execution is a little iffy, but the concept is pretty novel. It would be amazing to see a social art project where homeless individuals are given Space Books, providing a total juxtaposition to their current living standards.

Designer: Jin-Hui Kim

Wall art, clothes airer, wardrobe, or all three in one? Sometimes the simplest of design modifications can reap the biggest rewards, as the Klotho beautifully demonstrates. With one deft touch, designer Mattias Pinkert has transformed an everyday object into something multi-functional and stylish that costs no more than its soon to be extinct predecessors.

Designer: Mattias Pinkert

Winner of the GOLD Prize contest by Aisin Seikin, the XL table concept sewing machine is designed to look like a piece of purposeful decor when not in use. To me it still looks like a sewing machine folded up but it does possess clean sleek lines so if you’ve got a modern home and you love to sew, why not right?

Designer: Lysandre Follet