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Vagina selfie for 3D printers lands Japanese artist in trouble
Megumi Igarashi, aka Rokudenashiko, is arrested for emailing digital template of her own genitalia to supporters of her vagina art ventures
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These Sunglasses Are Made of... Hemp?
These sunglasses may make you look good, but they could make the planet look better, too--because rather than plastic, their frames are made from flax and hemp.
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Airbnb's New Logo Is a Vagina
The resemblance apparently did not look familiar to any Airbnb employees.
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A Pocket-Sized Antenna That Lets You Text Even in a Disaster Like Sandy
GoTenna is part disaster relief, part slick smartphone accessory that Perdomo created with the help of Brooklyn-based design firm Pensa (before goTenna, Perdomo worked at a string of New York-based software startups). It’s a five-inch aluminum and nylon device that pairs with a fairly basic iPhone or Android messaging app.
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Porcelain Busts Imprinted with Chinese Decorative Designs by Ah Xian
Chinese artist Ah Xian lives and works in Sydney where for nearly two decades he has explored aspects of the human form using ancient Chinese craft methods including porcelain, lacquer, jase, bronze, and even concrete. The artist often uses busts of his own family members including his wife, brother, and father onto which he imprints traditional designs with a vivid cobalt blue glaze.
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10 Resources to Improve Design of Your Website
The article distinguishes 10 best blogs on web development and design which might be interesting to both non-proffesionals and experts in the field
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Architectural Retreats That Soothe the Soul
Summer is a time of play and rest, which naturally leads us to reflect on the past and the long months ahead. It’s a time to recharge — but these beautiful meditation spaces and architectural retre...
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The Town of Coober Pedy, Australia, Moved Underground to Escape Extreme Heat
Faced with seasonal dust storms and temperatures that regularly reach above 110 degrees, citizens of a remote Australian town have made a drastic move underground.
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Young artists find inspiration in pre-digital age
From calligraphy to acoustic music, young artists are finding inspiration in the pre-digital age. While they won't revert to analogue entirely, some say learning the old tricks of the trade makes them more creative.
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A Wild Proposal for Domed Houses Made of Inflated Concrete
"Binishells" combine concrete and heavy-duty balloons to create visually stunning, structurally sound, domed domiciles.
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Finally, a chair that replicates the look, feel, and smell of human flesh
In need of furniture for your man cave? Look no further. Gigi Barker, a London-based designer, has designed a leather chair with a pheromone-impregnated silicone base that makes it feel (and smell!) like you’re lounging in the fleshy, comforting folds of a man’s belly. Barker spent two years perfecting the disturbingly realistic texture and color, which is pink and lightly mottled. The scent comes from the aftershave of the anonymous man whose form the chair is modeled on.
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A Slick New Bike With Buzzing Handlebars That Give You Directions
Urban biking is a totally different beast than peddling around suburban trails. And yet, most of us ride the same exact bike in both situations. That’s fine—whatever two-wheeler gets you from point A to B is good in my book—but the fact remains, biking in a city requires a different set of transportation tools.
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Researchers achieve 'holy grail' of battery design: A stable lithium anode
Engineers across the globe have been racing to design smaller, cheaper and more efficient rechargeable batteries to meet the power storage needs of everything from handheld gadgets to electric cars.
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Bike of the future removes the need to shift gears, pedal up hills or pack a lock
Biking in Seattle can be less than mellow with all the hills, traffic and especially that rain. But those things are exactly what inspired the Teague team of bicycle designers to build the Denny bike for the Oregon Manifest bike design project.
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This Stone-Age Inspired 'Flintstones House' In Malibu Is Incredibly Cool
While this home might look like it belongs to Fred Flintstone, the stone-age inspired residence was actually owned by the late Dick Clark, a project he built for his wife.
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Master of his craft Stefan Glerum on show at London's Kemistry Gallery
Dutch illustrator Stefan Glerum is one of the most accomplished image-makers working today. His latest show at London's Kemistry Gallery is a whirlwind of references; from Art Deco to Bauhaus, Italian Futurism to Russian Constructivism; criss-crossing time and space with enviable style. Called simply _Five Years of Work By Stefan Glerum_, the exhibition features work with which even casual observers may be familiar, but that doesn't in any way lessen its impact.
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Amazing Origami-Inspired Tech
The traditional Japanese art of paper folding has inspired a surprising range of technological designs.
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Gun owners are drawn to Hunterdon cabinet maker's 'concealment furniture'
The four-peg hardwood coat rack doesn’t call attention to itself. But if you know which peg to remove and how to use that peg as a magnetic key, a hidden drawer drops down, giving you quick access to whatever you’ve hidden there, be it a pair of mittens or a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol.
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This Is What Famous Landmarks Would Look Like After A Global Disaster
You've seen lots of post-apocalyptic worlds -- but how would some of the most famous places on Earth look after everything fell apart? These digital paintings by John Walters and Peter Baustdaeter, inspired by The Last of Us, show how 20 years of decay after the fall of humankind affect some iconic buildings.
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How Design Thinking Transformed Airbnb from a Failing Startup to a Billion Dollar Business
In 2009, Airbnb was close to going bust. Like so many startups, they had launched but barely anyone noticed. The company’s revenue was flatlined at $200 per week. Split between three young founders living in San Francisco, this meant near indefinite losses on zero growth. As everyone knows, venture investors look for companies that show hockey stick graphs, and according to co-founder Joe Gebbia, his company had a horizontal drumstick graph. The team was forced to max out their credit cards.
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