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Railings were firstly invented to keep people away from certain dangerous places like the lakes and the roads. But as days go by, these traditional railings are endowed with new functions. For example, the railings in a residential building located in Finland also serve as seatings and windows after they were bent into new shapes. So how do you like it?

Oh wait, there’s something better! The railings on each floor are painted with a different tone of grey so that you may find a gradient as you step down from the 8th floor to the ground. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You will need electric outlets everywhere at the workplace, e.g. behind the refrigerator, the stove, and behind the coffee machine. But not everyone could afford to install dedicated electric outlets everywhere you may need, and sometimes we do have to be creative with outlets, and the table with outlets on its leg has provided us with a new choice. Equipping some outlets onto one leg of the table, the designers have successfully solved the problem of messy cords on the floor or the table. Everything is highly organized now! [Read the rest of this entry...]

A red flower needs to be set off by green leaves. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wow, the lamp posts and lampshades of these lighting devices are ornate with simple but fine lines painted in black, and they do look so beautiful and elegant. You really have good tastes in lamps, and where did you find them?…Oh wait, they lamps are not exactly lamps but part of the wall decorations？！You know why I love these lamps a lot, huh? These interesting pictures do have cheated our eyes and created funny illusions. Perfect idea! [Read the rest of this entry...]

The worldly famous sculpture ‘Venus de Milo’ has shocked everyone with her imperfect beauty, and inspired by that, Hye-Yeon Kim has come up with an innovative lighting system, by the name of ‘Broken Mirror Lights’. The cracks are shaped into different patterns, including a leaf, a swimming fish, etc, and they seem great as the light is shedding through those cracks. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Almost every book has an impressive and personalized cover, so it’s really a pity that dozens and dozens of books are kept in racks, leaving us just their ordinary sides. That’s not impressive, of course. But the following two racks will allow you to decorate you house with magazine covers while still keeps them in order. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Oh, I’ve had enough of the messy wires, and I couldn’t bear seeing them hanging/lying here and there. In a word, I want a highly-organized, artistic room. Thanks to Jung Ji Hye and Choi Hyong Suk and their Drawing Line, all those messy wires would be neatly kept in an artistic way. The clever concept features a mounted peg board over a wall socket, on which you could make desirable shapes with electric lines. Look at the samples below, aren’t they quite eye-catching? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Not merely containers for flowers, vases themselves are decorations, especially the innovative and elegant ones as followings. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Natural beauty is an all-pervading presence, and this time, you’ll find it just inside your house. Attach any reminders you need to the metal branch with magnetic leaves, what can you see then? It’s a tree blooming with multiple leaves, as if it is bringing you back to the forest. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The fish need no extra feeding and the flower needs no extra watering, and that’s the main feature of the ‘Fish Tank & Flower Pot’, or you could also call it as the ‘Flower Pot& Fish Tank’ (the two names have no evident difference though). Whatever, it is really an eco-friendly product, as it in fact simulates a small-sized ecosystem by connecting the tank with the pot via a pipeline. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wow, it came as quite a shock to me. The wall is unbelievably full of outlets! Surely that saves us much trouble to fix different sorts of sockets for TVs, stereos, but wait, how can you tell the real outlets? I mean, not every socket on the wall is ready-to-use…

“Put on these coats and you’ll feel part of the wall.” In saying this, I’m not aiming at you, but your house furnishings. ‘Off the Wall’ is an amazing wallpaper design with a 3D terrain, bringing a nice change to your interiors. Reminded thing is that the objects are fixed on the wall before being covered. [Read the rest of this entry...]

An hour before, you were in Paris, now you’re in Tokyo, and thirty minutes later, you’ll find your self in Helsinki or Stockholm. Sounds incredible, huh? Sure? Believe me, all those will come true only if you have these curtains. Those open spaces in the curtains constitute different shapes of buildings, presenting various cities. And when illuminated by the sun or a street light, you’ll feel like living in other cities. More pictures below. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Here is another product that is primarily designed for military. Developed to protect those U.S. military camps in Afgan and Iraq, these X-Flex bombproof wallpapers have been proved to perform excellently in prevent walls from crumbling under fierce bash, and the material will stretch to contain brick fragments as well as to make the wall bounce back. Still, it is hopeful that the Bombproof Wallpaper could be widely used in earthquake-prone areas, so as to ensure the safety of the lives and property of the people.

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If you’re looking for something to keep your office fresh, you should have a look at the “Root and Flower”, a vase for a single flower. It features a root shape, which indicating the energy origin of flowers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Strictly, it’s not proper that the unique wallpaper with countless holes in it is called as a ‘wrapping paper’, because it is more like a wall pocket for holding different items. No matter it is a magazine, a hat, a pen, or even a bag, you’ll always find their ‘new home’ on the wall, just as shown in the pictures. Well, I have to say, it is really a great way to enlarge our limited space.

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Presenting here is an amazing collection of shelving units from Lago, which were invented, claimed by the designer, to “offer everyone the greatest freedom of expression”. From these showcases, we could find neither gorgeous material nor delicate decorations, but only color and creativity. Weird ones, classy ones, all these showcases are ready to change your dull room personalized, then which is your favorite?

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Not all furniture could serve as decorations, and we have only to turn to exterior design to see the Contour Shutter in which the traditional furniture plays a strictly decorative role. Contour Shutter is built up with dozens of slats in different shapes and forms a stereoscopic sensation. Doesn’t it seem like a rippling lake? Just enjoy it.

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Everyone knows that it is impossible to plant the sun, though it is depicted possible in nursery rhymes. But don’t be depressed, as it is probable and interesting to plant a light as showed in the pictures down. Look, how amazing these lights are!

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Canned fruit, canned vegetable, canned fish, canned porridge, yea canned food is extraordinarily common, have you ever gotten a canned light? It can not be! But Adi Zaffran and David Keller have made it come true. Open the tin can, switch it on and you will find it givinging off soft, pleasant light.

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Did it ever cross your mind that simply a piece of wallpaper for bedstead may bring you absolutely different feelings? In fact, the wall papers can instantaneously make your simple bed seem to be rather cute, no matter you like magnificence or simplicity, modern style or classical decoration.

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Well, in fact, you may go with some difficulty to find out that the vase is actually a water glass if you don’t pay much attention to it. You merely need to place the shapely metal over a table edge, put a water glass behind it and you then get a visually unique vase.

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Yes, you’re right! They are Beethoven, Bach and Mozart, celebrated musicians. However, the cameos are not merely designed for you to remember the great composers, but to hang up clothes. Probably they’re the best coat hangers for concert halls.

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Imagine you could learn through furniture to observe the graphic which appears when you pronounce the name of an object? That’s indeed the concept of the objects designed by NOCC. Candle holders, lampshades, and vases, all the objects have simulated their graphic shapes. It’s so amazing!

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Cool! Let alone its thick texture and pleasant touch, the so-called “Miranda” floss wall is known as a brush pattern wall that allows you scribble on it in a green way. Based on a silicone wall, “Miranda” is composed of over 65,000 polypropylene fiber surface tiles so that it creates various shades as the hair is manipulated.

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Well, given that we have experienced all sorts of hideous scenes in horror movies, I’m still not bold enough to own such a rug that looks like a slaughtered blow-up doll! It sounds so crazy to spend your night with a human skin rug even in movies and novels, let alone it is actually placed in your living room! However, if you’re planning an unusual theme party, you might need the disturbing rug.

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Speakers tend to stick out in any room, no matter in which ways they are fixed. Thank God, the speaker modules from Italia come to match your room perfectly. Made of various colors and materials, they can be used as shelves to become a natural part of your room.

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Rain shade isn’t the rainfalls in the nature but a home decoration that simulates them. The designer put various “blobs” altogether on the thread and they hang spontaneously in the air just like that cool rainfall in hot summer.

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It’s a multihued table lamp that includes tiny light emitting diodes instead of a lamp bulb inside a long lamp pole. As you pull its protective coating, those tiny colorful lights will run out and light up in the dark nights, just like dazzling fireworks in the sky!

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Kooky! As time passes, the ink calendar by Spanish designer gradually conveys dates on a special paper, with the ink running through the tubes as thin as capillaries. Each month uses a different color ink, green for spring, orange/red for summer and dark blue for winter.

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Cute! The light pillow is so odd and pure that it is the best decoration to change up even a normally plain room. Made of 100% cotton, its cover is completely removable and easily washed, so you needn’t worry about your naughty children playing with it. No matter you toss it onto the floor, place it on the bed, hang it on the wall, or even use it as a chandelier, the light will always help your rigid room to display great vigor.

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What makes the real wall look like a landscape? The canvas works. As an indispensible decoration to modern residence, the utilitarian engraving works is integrated with the daily supplies such as sockets, clocks perfectly and makes them parts of the paintings.

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The natural life may be just a sweet dream to most people. However, with the wall mounting mini garden which allows you to plant vegetables on the wall, you can easily create a green circumstance both at home and in office.
As the wall mounting garden is composed of several small modules, it’s convenient to fix them on the wall with tailor-made holders and take them off to water the plants. Due to a special treatment to the soil, you can supply fertilizer to the vegetable garden just once every year. Then what plants are suitable for cultivation? There’re many choices, such as scallion, basil, coriander, mint, tomato, strawberry, rosemary and so on.

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As the 1st prize in the 2nd International Outdoor Furniture Contest, the blade of grass seems shining and waving in the night. With an LED light inside, it is mainly made of synthetic glass. Integrated with the natural environment perfectly, the blade of grass creates a wonderful atmosphere in the night.

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Do you also think that the white wall is boring? I really like the idea to give it some more fun. These wall stickers are creating addition for the wall. With the cartoon stickers, you can see how the electricity goes through the electricity grid system to make your lights on. What are you waiting for ? Just go for it ! Electronic Chaos Wall Stickers will give your wall much more fun.

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Made by recycled materials, green planter wall tiles give new meaning to the decor. This’s an neat and nice design idea launched at the Milan Furniture Fair 2009 by Maruja Fuentes. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This photo is captured from St George Lycabettus Hotel in Kolonaki, Athens, the interiors use a very special design pattern where flowing white bands move on from one corner to another like an illusion, forming one integrated mass. Actually, we cannot distinguish which pattern belongs to floor, which pattern belongs to chairs and desks. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The water flowing out from the faucet is usually not natural water, I mean it is filtered by artificial process. In order to make the tap water more natural, there have to be some unique designs. This faucet shapes like a vase and can really hold flower in it. Water gushes to fill the vase, and then cascades down the wide spout. [Read the rest of this entry...]

A wooden collar? What is it used for? I don’t think anybody will intend to wear a shirt with a solid collar like this. So, what is this?

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This is a smart idea for those always lacking storage space. You can put something which is not usually use in it. In order to make it not so eyeball-attractive, you’d better paint it with the same color of your wall and ceiling. [Read the rest of this entry...]