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Interactive Liquid Sculpture

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Made of nanoscale ferromagnetic and fluid (usually an organic solvent or water), this is an interactive liquid toy that invites you to build beautifully-patterned sculptures. Just as shown in the video below, you can construct as delicate sculptures as you could ever imagine using a magnet or two magnets or more. So would you like a try too? Choose your favorite style, Ferrite or Ferro, and then move!

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Waterfall with Fantastic Patterns

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Almost all things change to create their own beauty, and so does the waterfall. In Osaka City Station, there’s a unique waterfall designed by Koei Industry that performs various patterns as the water falls down. The system is based on a printer that emits illuminated water droplets, which are controlled with a computer. To learn more about the fantastic beauty, let’s check out the video below. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Shape-Shifting Storage

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The Push and Store Cabinet is always full: usually filled with thin wooden beams, but sometimes with books or either items if you push them into the cabinet. It is entirely awesome, keeping changing its faces so that you’ll find new fun with the furniture. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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LED Ropes

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This particular lamp is named as the “LED Rope.” It’s designed by Christian Haas to bring light into your environment and features a fabulously cunning combination of advanced LED lights with cute textile knots. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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A Changing Wooden Chair

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Unlike common wooden furniture that features a solid design, the Restless Legs by Carolien Laro will change its shape when you sit onto it. Even though seems rather simple on the pictures, the chair actually costs the designer hundreds of hours. Really a tough work. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Spider Podium

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Honestly I’ve never found a spider could be so cute before I come up with the Spider Podium. It has eight smart legs, which can bend into various shapes depending on your needs. As a result, one Spider Podium would hold different types of items, including a cellphone, a MP3 player and a watch, etc. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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FLOAT Table

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RockPaperRobot’s FLOAT was brought to our notice due to its changing shapes. Constructed from 64 magnetically levitating cubes, the FLOAT would change its sizes and shapes when you put some items onto it, but retains equilibrium in common conditions with the help of a system of tensile steel cables. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Architecture That Changes Its Face.

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The Kiefertechnic Architecture Showroom in Styria, Austria has solid brick walls but covered with aluminum plates that change continuously from hour to hour. So other words, this is a dynamic sculpture, a sculpture that has a refreshing look from time to time. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Deformation Notes of Google

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Constant Dullaart and Chris Collins are helping us to view Google from two different sides… The Revolving Google shows us an internet that is revolving, and the Uneven Google, wow, it’s another Google that seems uneven by 1 degree. Both of them work in Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari, so why not check out the links below and have a try? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Jing Hua Interactive Light System

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The Jing Hua here refers not to “the flowers in the mirrors”, but to an interactive light system designed by Jifei Ou. Showcased during the light festival LUMINALE 2010, the Jing Hua Light has gained much attention for its changing colors, forms and sizes. The interactive installation includes two parts—a bowl and a projection system. So when you move, shake or tilt the bowl, you can then create various kinds of virtual flowers. Fantastic! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Roll Chair

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The elastic sofas, a sort of moldable piece of furniture that transforms their configurations when you sit on them, can be either your armchair or a stool. Irrespective of its comfort, such sofas are quite suitable for home decoration and art photography.

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Transformable chair

This is a interesting design. It is supported by 100 gas shock absorbers, each of which is adjustable individually. Only after sitting on it, will the cubic be in the shape of a chair. After the getting the desired shape, you can block it to prevent ongoing transformation. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Growing chair

Watching your own baby growing gonna be the happiest thing for new parents, however, there’s still another problem of this kind of rapid growing. Not only shoes and clothes, but also furniture will be smaller and smaller day by day.

This innovative chair could fit kids of different ages from 6~8 months to 5~6 years. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Modular mouse

If you never feel comfortable with your mouse, you gotta like this concept. Made from lightweight moldable clay covered by a nylon and polyurethane fabric, this mouse could be shaped in any style depending on your own favor. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Transformable table

In the era of lacking space, we always embarrassed by our limited room. Transformable furniture is a perfect solution for us.

This unique all-in-one table from Lee Sinclair could functions as coffee table and dining table. In addition, it could also be transformed into different size. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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