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Excited about the cool Renault 2010 Sand Jumper? Well, continue reading then, coz the following information is much more exciting. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Will you love Coca Cola more if the popular beverage comes wearing new coats like these? Not merely the designer Julien Muller, Coca Cola will be interested in your opinions, too. So why not leave a comment below and let us know? Remember, it is actually you guys that make those wonderful concept bottles into real ones. [Read the rest of this entry...]

One of the dreams that everybody around the world has is to get close touch with the nature. And expanding upon that concept, the EASTERN Design Office has come up with a unique building that seems to blend into the surrounding landscape. It is the Villa Saitan building. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Coming with a poetic name “Once Upon a Dream”, the bed unit seems to have stepped from the pages of a fairy story, quite fantastic and romantic. Designed by Mathieu Lehanneur for the Hôtel de Marc at Rheims, the bed allows the guest to rapidly adapt to the new surroundings and having a sweet dream, so as to help them recover from jetlag as soon as possible. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Some products are so fundamentally perfect that there’s almost no point trying to improve them. But that’s not enough to deter the designers who constantly bring forth new ideas, and somebody of them thought it might be funny to design some adhesive tapes printed with vertebrae…So right here is the amazing item: the Spinal Tape! Just for fun! [Read the rest of this entry...]

The spout moves freely for easier filling and watering? What a strange but wonderful idea! Simply give the spout the ability to rotate, and then we can live a more convenient life. But that’s not all! The spout is also designed to be translucent, making measuring the storage an easier work. Moreover, the grip comes with a continuous non-slip handle for efficient carrying and poring. Available in small, medium, and large sizes, the OXO Good Grips are priced at $9.99, $14.99 and $24.99 respectively. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The future of home decorations has arrived! Try the Glass² tiles and go for a greener life at once. These tiles are made from 99% recycled glass, having no glue or chemicals, and therefore they’re totally environmentally friendly. Heat-resistant, scratch-resistant and easy to fabricate, Glass² would fit in perfect to your living rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms. Also, they can be used for outdoors, since they could be easily cut into different shapes. So in a word, this is really a good step towards tomorrow’s green homes. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Even the tiny and ordinary metal staples would become as attractive as the Empire State Building, if they’re used to construct a city like this…Completed by Peter Root, the metropolis shown here is made from over 100,000 staples, costing the artist over 40 hours. These staples are assembled into different kinds of buildings: the largest skyscraper measures about 12 cm high, while the smallest one is made from merely one single staple. Bravo! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wanna be a thrifty housewife? Start from the little things right under our noses, like making the wasted soap usable again, with the Liquid Soap Maker! It can convert wasted pieces of soap into liquid hand soap, allowing you to conserve your money in a better way. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Here and there, the six Stem Planters, forming a tuft together like a bunch of flowers, would give your living room a refreshing look. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You can never insert the key into the keyhole correctly in the dark, unless you have a flashlight…or the “V Lock”. It features a V, which would “guide” your key to the keyhole easily. Simply put, you find the V in the dark, you put the key into the V, and then you open the door. Easy as that! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Not merely to keep you warm in the open air, these sleeping bags, known as “Sexy Hotness”, also aim to offer much more convenience and fun. It makes quite a full use of zippers: the zippers on both sides allow you to connect the sleeping bag to others’, bringing you guys much closer; and the zipper in the middle lets you change the sleeping bag into a coat, so that you can move around with minimum fuss. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The changes that the science and technology bring to the world are, in a word, shocking. And recently, Sanyo has announced its new development in the lithium-ion battery tech: 8,320 cylindrical lithium-ion batteries have powered a Daihatsu Mira electric car 345 miles from Tokyo to Osaka on a single charge.

Made from 100% recycled paper, these pencils, with environment protection as the main concept, aims to enlighten the kids to live harmoniously with the nature. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Transforming digital 3D images directly into physical objects will soon be possible, according to HP, which plans to market its new line of rapid prototyping printers in Europe next month. Manufactured by Stratasys, the 3D printers are based on the fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology, which would transform the 3D images into 3D objects by extruding ABS plastic in thin layers and stacking them together. Interested in the printers? Check out the video here or the website after the break for more details. [Read the rest of this entry...]