File Under Robot Infrastructure
In Leeuwarden, Netherlands they enjoy the comforts of a robotic overlord controlling a road bridge. It looks less like a bridge than a giant transformer…
Architecture
Self-Sustaining Urban Area Abode Chapeau
Hydroponic Greenhouse. Turns air we breath out into air we can breath in. Uses solar-powered turbines to pump this air. Converts (biodegradable) human waste into…
It is a Football Stadium Inside a Volcano
Yeah. That’s what’s up. It’s built on top of the mountain. Or at least it’s made to seem as though it must be. Plush-ed out…
Zaha Hadid Created This Hot Mess
I’ll keep this straight forward. This shoe is the result from a collaboration between renowned architect Zaha Hadid and Brazilian fashion label Melissa. As with…
A Playful Meeting Between Wall and Floor
Those are the words of ADDI products, Kalmar, Sweden based design group who takes the wild step, not just forward, but to the side as…
Luminous Surfaces For Your Experiential Needs
The Cielos modular lighting system designed by Billings Jackson Design for Zumtobel has won a coveted GOOD DESIGN Award 2008, conferred by The Chicago Athenaeum:…
My Home’s Umbrella is Better Than Yours
Designer and Architect Andreas Angelidakis released a couple renders on his New Menir house, which I call an island rock. Nevermind the interior or geologic…
Kengo Kuma Houses for Muji
Kengo Kuma has designed two prefabricated houses for Muji They are small, simple, beautiful, can come in many variations, are made of standardized kits of parts, and…
Live in Tokyo? Want To Buy Some Italian Shoes?
Then you should head over to Tod’s, an Italian footwear retailer, on Tokyo’s Ometesando boulevard. At the very least, act like you’re shopping while taking…
Making Something Out of Nothing
In our cult of the new and the shiny, it’s sometimes refreshing to remember that it’s possible to make new things out of old things…
Rundle Lantern
The Rundle Lantern is a parking garage in Adelaide, Australia, composed of a big corner-wrapping screen. Each of the 748 “pixels ” has two LED lights behind it,…
The Danube Flower Blooms Again
When you think the word “innovate,” you don’t often associate it with “recycle.” But what Stojanovic, Pavlovic, Milanovic have done here is both of those…