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Land Peel by Shin Yamashita

Floor Table Chair

Land Peel by Shin Yamashita at the Kyoto Institute of Technology is a floor mat that can be folded up to form tables and chairs. When not needed the furniture can be folded back into the floor taking up no…

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Glass sculptures by Shayna Leib

Glass Sculptures

Shayna Leib makes beautiful organic sculptures out of glass inspired by nature. The painstaking process, which she describes on here site, involves hand pulling the coloured glass into canes which are then molded and cut to length. Lovely.…

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Solar roads

Solar Roads Update

We first wrote about Solar Roads back in September 2009. Since then they've been hard at work and have made their first prototype. They made a 12 x 12 foot panel, not only is it a solar collector, it…

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Chocri Chocolate

Design Your Own Chocolate

Chocri allows you to design your own chocolate bar. There are more than 10 billion possible combinations of chocolate base, fruit, nuts, spices and decorations. Your design is made from organic, fair trade chocolate from Belgium and shipped in special…

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Pencil sculptures by Jennifer Maestre

Pencil Sculptures

Jennifer Maestre makes sculptures from pencils. The sculptures are made by beading 1 inch long pencils that have a hole drilled in them - mostly with the peyote stitch. The sculptures were originally inspired by the form and function of…

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GGRP cardboard record player dm

Cardboard Record Player

This cardboard record player was created by Grey Canada for GGRP (a sound engineering firm) as a direct mailer to showcase their capabilities. The whole thing is a single piece of cardboard which folds into an envelope. The cardboard packaging…

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Laura Zindel Ceramics

Beautiful Hand Drawn Ceramics

Laura Zindel draws beautiful complex animals and plants on ceramics such as plates and cups. They're wonderful detailed works. The finished article is available for purchase at Blackbird.

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Kit Kat Poster Chair

Kit Kat Poster Chair

Interactive poster for Kit Kat by JWT Auckland. Pull the pre-cut wood off the poster to assemble a Kit Kat chair. Have a break have a seat!

Via: Scaryideas

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Castor & Chouca bamboo kids furniture

Bamboo Kids Furniture

Castor & Chouca is a French company making kids furniture from bamboo and other eco-friendly materials. They have some wonderful pieces on their site. Well worth a look.

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