Clever Storage in the Realm of Laminate

Our new favorite blog Moon to Moon has a swell house tour of the lightly renovated 450 square foot apartment of architect Lukáš Kordík of GutGut architects. The major takeaway for us, aside from the pleasingly UNconstructed feel of the space, is Kordík’s use of laminate. First there’s the stylish turquoise kitchen cabinet with oven and storage built in;…

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LOL Synchronized Air Swimming

(Video link HERE.) Fifth grade students at W. A. Porter Elementary School in Hurst, Texas came up with a stupendously imaginative entry for their talent show. They HAD to have watched a lot of videos to get was synchonized swimming was all about. But whose BRILLIANT idea was it to do AIR swimming. It made us…

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Going OFF the Beaten Path of Home Design

Disappointed by the cheesiness of many of the mainstream products at a big furniture show, we wandered down a long corridor to the Pavilion of student work. THERE we saw some really interesting things made by design students: original ideas, good execution, sparks for our imagination, and some stuff we’d really love to take home. It reminded us of Niels Strøyer Christophersen’s very good advice about buying furniture.

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Lady Gaga’s Flying Dress

We confess to not paying much attention to Lady Gaga (is it our age, or just interest?). But we are charmed, smitten and amazed at the crazy-wondrous flying dress she had commissioned. This video about it offers a compelling overview of clear possibilities in the realm of personal travel. Will we soon each be able to…

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A Cardboard Standing Desk to Buy or DIY

We recently came across another clever possibility in the realm of cardboard, one of our favorite materials, especially corrugated cardboard which is lightweight, durable, recyclable, and inexpensive: the cardboard standing desk. Recently a Kickstarter campaign, you can order one from Chairigami for $95, or copy the design analyzing the gif, below.

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Silly Walk Traffic Light 

Following in the steps of Monty Python, the art collective Kreativiteket installed a “silly walk” traffic sign in the village of Ørje, Norway with the Mayor’s blessing. THAT’S one forward-thinking city! The sign really does incite and liberate people to silly walk, fun to do AND to watch, a complete, inspired surprise.

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