Isay Weinfeld’s Village Bookstore is a convertible and mobile design for library Livraria da Vila. Everyday it offers consumers with plenty of books while utilizes four huge movable bookcases as display windows when closed in the evenings. So no matter you walk outside or inside the bookstore, you’ll always see a world full of books. Isn’t that amazing? [Read the rest of this entry...]
Inventionland, America’s largest invention factory, is a famous studio especially built for working out creative ideas. Every year it comes up with 2,000-2,400 new inventions and drives the world forward on with its innovative spirit. But how could Inventionland be so creative? Somebody finds a possible answer from Inventionland’s unique offices. Now let’s go and start our tour in Inventionland offices. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Steve Kuhl is absolutely a greatest father, because he has built so spectacular a bedroom for kids that almost every adult would dream to get it. The theme for this bedroom is “pirate ship”, and walking through it you’ll see walls painted with colors of the sea, a ship, and a rope bridge that connects the ship to the top of a jail cell. Thus it is a real kids’ house, a bedroom for them to live in, study in and also play in. Brilliant! [Read the rest of this entry...]
If we cannot create more space, the best possible method to make a fantastic bathroom fit into our small apartments is to cleverly reuse every inch… For example, we may build a foldable bathroom or have a bathtub with a lid. When they’re not in use, more space will be available for us to do other things. Isn’t that great?! I really love the idea. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Guru celebrated the Valentine’s Day in quite a unique way: it asked 11 artists to design several interesting T-shirts and showcased them on February 14th. Thus on that day, you’ll see T-shirts fitted into picture frames if you walk into the shop, and with such special designs, T-shirts are not merely clothes but also part of art. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Javier Senosiain’s Shell House must have been the envy of all their neighbors, friends, and you guys in front of the screen. The building is designed with a shell shape, decorated with colorful glass, equipped with pleasant light and filled with green plants. So whenever you view it from the outside or walk through the interior, you’ll always find a wonderful combination of nature beauty and architecture art. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Those who really love animals are quite willing to share everything they have with the naughty little guys. Recently an England-based designer has rebuilt the house with suspending bars, holes and other unique facilities, making it a house also suitable for cats. With so many convenient accesses and entertainment facilities, the cats now can enjoy a more pleasant life. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Conference rooms are also related to art, and one of our examples is the Saatchi & Saatchi’s conference room in their Beijing office. The room is characterized by innovative appearance and elegant interior decoration. Centered in it, a heart-shaped conference table is surrounded by classic Eero Saarinen tulip chairs. A rotating wall is also featured, allowing for movie screenings from the projector mounted on the ceiling. Besides, a flat screen is fixed on the interior wall, to meet the users’ different needs of presentations. Simply put, the conference room is a small room inside a bigger room, and that’s also why the design stands out of those innovative buildings worldwide. [Read the rest of this entry...]
‘Mountainous Brook’, just as its name implies, is an innovative bathroom suite designed to create natural atmosphere inside urban buildings. The Redo Sudio has drawn the inspiration from the nature, and therefore the design features several natural elements like the mountains and the spring. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Not only in the outlook of the buildings, great changes have also taken place in the houses’ interior design, say the floating stairs. So today we’d like to show you 11 trendy floating stairs, which are achieved using glass balustrade, hidden bolts, unique shapes, etc. And the above, Maison NW, is designed by Nathalie Wolberg Architecture. [Read the rest of this entry...]
The first time I looked at the Hydrofloors, I thought the thing shouldn’t exist, coz more and more people including me would go crazy! Compared with luxury swimming pools, the hidden pool created by Hydrofloors is more attractive, magnificent and of course more expensive. Whenever you’d like to swim, you can easily make the floors sink into the ground to a needed depth, using a control panel. Cool as that!
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Taking the tiles to a new altitude, Johanna Opalska has designed an innovative series of tiles that go functionally smart. You may have noticed that, apart from its regular task of decorating your home, these tiles could also serve as a vase, a lamp, a container, etc. [Read the rest of this entry...]
All the kids around the world should thank the h2o Architects a lot, as they’ve come up with the piece of multi-use furniture to create you a multifunctional space for you to play, to rest and to study in.
The entire piece is designed to be shared by two children. To meet your kids’ various requirements, Eva’s Bed consists of stairs, aisles, shelves, tables, beds and other pieces of furniture. But perhaps the most attractive feature is the modular design enabling the users to rearrange the multiple spaces when they grow up. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Available in various patterns, these innovative panels shown here will spice up both your offices and your living rooms. Announced to have the quality of being durable, these wallpapers have no formaldehyde, totally meeting the LEED standard. [Read the rest of this entry...]
‘Experiencing the Void’ is an innovative concept put forward by JDS architects for the Guggenheim museum. It is based on Frank Lloyd Wright’ concepts of space, which believes that users will have a continuous spatial experience when walling up or down a spiral-shaped ramp. And therefore ‘Experiencing the Void’ is mainly about a trampoline net that spirals down from the museum’s ceiling to the floor. The playful concept not only provides a functional walking alternative, but will help enhancing the social relationship between people. [Read the rest of this entry...]
