“Space Balls” Inspired Helmet Blocks Outside Noise to Increase Focus and Productivity
The “Helmfon” is an oversized noise-canceling helmet that helps you ignore chatty co-workers and other distractions so you can focus on your work at the office. Created by Ukrainian design company Hochu Rayu, the Helmfon is a giant isolation helmet that uses special sound absorption features to completely block out any outside noise, giving the wearer their […]
Designer Spends 9 Years Building the World’s Most Elaborate Paper Plane
Paper planes usually take about a minute to make, but one artist spent a whopping 9 years working on one, and he’s not even done yet. But, then again, this isn’t your usual paper plane, but a perfect 1:60 scale replica of an Air India Boeing 777. 25-year-old Luca Iaconi-Stewart, a young designer from San Francisco, describes […]
Cleverly Designed T-Shirt Can Give Anyone an Ample Bosom
ekoD Works, a Japanese fashion company that specializes in “humorous art and design”, has recently unveiled an optical illusion t-shirt that can give anyone a busty chest. The Illusion Grid t-shirt uses distortion and clever shading to manipulate perspective and make anyone looking at it from the front believe that they are staring at two large, […]
Seoullo 7017 – A Seoul Overpass Turned Pedestrian Sky Garden
Constructed in 1970, the Seoul Station overpass connected the eastern and western halves of the South Korean capital for over three decades. Closed in 2015, due to safety concerns, the iconic suspended highway was reopened this month, as a pedestrian sky garden. The old overpass was created as a solution to the growing traffic congestion in […]
Bolivian Man Builds Transformers-Themed Houses for the Rich
Santos Churata has been a fan of the Transformers universe since early childhood. Now a licensed home builder in the Bolivian city of El Alto, the 34-year-old uses his passion for autobots and decepticons as inspiration for the design of eye-catching houses for the rich. The city of El Alto, located at 4,070 meters above sea […]
14-Year-Old Boy Designs His Own Prosthetic Hand for Just $100
Unable to find a prosthetic hand that fit him him properly, Leonardo Viscarra, a 14-year-old boy from Bolivia, decided to build one himself, using 3D-printing technology. Leonardo was born with an undeveloped left hand. As a fetus in his mother’s womb, the boy’s right hand was caught in the placenta and unable to develop properly. He […]
Architect Turns Old Cement Factory into Awe-Inspiring Work/Living Space
Covered by climbing plants and surrounded by a garden of eucalyptus, palms, olive trees and cypresses, this old cement factory on the outskirts of Barcelona looks like an abandoned industrial complex reclaimed by nature. In reality, it’s a bustling work/living space designed by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill. Bofill discovered the closed down World War I cement […]
This Normal-Looking House Is Actually A Modern Hobbit Hole in Disguise
You might not be able to tell by the photo below, but this seemingly average two-storey colonial brick house, in Clinton Maryland, is actually a giant Hobbit hole dug into a small dirt mound. It just happens to have a cleverly-designed facade. Popularly known as the “coolest house in Maryland”, this unusual dwelling was built […]
Designer Creates Human Ivory Jewelry Out of Her Own Teeth
In a time when ivory poaching has gotten so bad that it threatens to wipe out several animal species, a young Dutch designer is creating “egalitarian jewelry” made of our very own ivory – teeth. Lucie Majerus first got the idea for her “human ivory” collection after having her wisdom teeth removed. She kept them […]
This Levitating Indoor Cloud Is the Coolest Bluetooth Speaker Ever
American designer Richard Clarkson has recently teamed up with Crealev, a company specializing in levitation technology, to create ‘Making Weather’ – a Bluetooth speaker disguised as a realistic-looking levitating cloud. This wonder of design and technology is a continuation of Clarkson’s 2014 ‘Smart Cloud’ project. Originally unveiled as a hanging lamp, his indoor cloud has recently […]
Tiny Device Claims to Heat Your Room for 10 Cents a Day
Egloo is a clever little terracotta heater that harnesses the power of tealights to heat spaces up to 20 square feet for as little as 10 cents a day, without using any electricity. Developed by Marco Zagaria, a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Egloo is both cheap to use and eco-friendly. Made […]
Inspiring Norwegian Family Lives in a Sustainable Glass Dome in the Arctic Circle
Inspired by a vision to create a sustainable and healthy home and way of life for their family, Benjamin and Ingrid Marie Hertefølger have built a unique all-natural house completely covered by a glass dome, on a plot of land on Norway’s Sandhorney island, in the Arctic Circle. The Hertefølgers knew they wanted to live in an eco-home […]
Company Recycles Coffee Grounds into Durable Coffee Cups
German company Kaffeeform combines dried coffee grounds and biopolymer to create stylish-looking coffee cups and saucers that are not only durable and dishwasher-safe, but even smell a bit like coffee. For every cup of coffee you brew, about two tablespoons of grounds wind up in the trash. That doesn’t seem like a lot, but just think […]
Coffee-Making Alarm Clock Aims to Make Waking Up Less of a Drag
Getting up early in the morning to the annoying sound of an alarm clock is one of those painful experiences many of us have to go through every single day, but perhaps throwing in the smell of freshly brewed coffee might improve things a bit. That’s what the makers of The Bariseur alarm clock are […]
Dutch Designer Grows Eco-Friendly Dress from Mushroom Root in One Week
While most fashion designers prefer to sew their creations, 41-year-old Aniela Hoitink has chosen to ‘grow’ hers in petri dishes. The Amsterdam-based textile designer recently created a 100 percent biodegradable dress – good for the environment and your skin – using nothing but discs of mushroom root. By sticking the discs together, Aniela created a […]