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ARCHICULTURE: A Documentary About Architecture School

ARCHICULTURE: A Documentary About Architecture School

Finally! Archiculture: A Documentary About Architecture School has just been released. It's been in the making for about 6 years and was originally called: "ArchiTorture" (for rightful reasons). Now it's here to show all of the hardship of architecture school for those that are familiar with it, and those that haven't gone through it, will get a sneak peak of what it's all about. Enjoy! #architecture #architectureanddesign #art #designer #design #environment #experiment #furn

All Rise, Court is Now in Session

All Rise, Court is Now in Session

Zaha Hadid is suing the New York Review of Books over an article that was published claiming that Hadid was “showing no concern” for the deaths of migrant construction workers currently working on her design for a football stadium (that’s soccer) for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. That’s right, we have a good, old fashioned defamation suit on our hands. Now I will present the arguments and allow you to come to your own conclusions. The complaint centers on an article by Fil

Breaking the Surface: An Interactive Ceiling

Breaking the Surface: An Interactive Ceiling

Scandinavian Design Group, one of Norway’s oldest graphic design studios, has just created an interactive installation for Norway’s branch of Lundin Petroleum, Sweden’s largest oil company. The installation went live at a Scandinavian energy conference. But when Lundin asked Scandinavian Design Group for a proposal for their booth, they proposed something that actually isn’t a booth at all: An undulating ceiling of honey-colored tubes that would rhythmically move in response

Step Aside Trees, We Have A New Leaf

Step Aside Trees, We Have A New Leaf

A graduate from the Royal College of Art has claimed to have developed a silk leaf that could create oxygen for space travel and make the air better here on Earth. Julian Melchiorri, along with the silk lab from Tufts University, is responsible for this new idea. The leaf is created from a mix of protein extracted from silk and chloroplasts and when exposed to light and water, the leaf supposedly acts just like our friends already on the trees and produces oxygen. Currently,

Bike in a Bag

Bike in a Bag

Tired of chaining your bike outside or taking the wheel with you into the office? Have you taken a vacation and wish you had your bike with you? Now you can, thanks to Lucid Design. They have recently unveiled a full-sized bike that can fit into a backpack! This lightweight bike breaks down into 21 pieces that are then packed into a circular bag. The pieces twist and lock together making assembly quick and easy. The frame is constructed from lightweight aluminum tubes that us

Bringing People Together with Design: The Urban Conga

Bringing People Together with Design: The Urban Conga

Great things are going on right now in Tampa, Florida. A Non-Profit Organization called The Urban Congo has recently designed and set up one of their newest installations: A PINK Ping Pong Table in a park! Their motto is "Come Out and Play," and they encourage public interaction through the power of public design and urban furniture. They even got the Mayor of Tampa to join in on the fun during the ping-pong in the park kick-off. Check out the video below for an overview of

Product Feature: DrinkPure

Product Feature: DrinkPure

Now you can quench your thirst anywhere with "DrinkPure." DrinkPure bring potable water to you whenever it's needed. It's an attachable water filtration device that fits onto any waterbottle. I've been to many developing countries where this product would save thousands and thousands of lives! I also see great applications for it within developed countries; It would be great to have during a long hike or a camping trip. The fact that it traps sediment, odors, and chemicals, m

An Invisible Keyboard: "AirType"

An Invisible Keyboard: "AirType"

Introducing the "Air Type Keyboard". It's a keyboard without keys-- currently being developed by a team of designers in Austin, Texas. Instead of buttons to push on your device, you can make any surface (even the air) your keyboard! Who needs those keys anyway? Well, hmmm...actually I do. I know how to type, but I like looking down at the keys every once in a while. Yeah, I'll admit it: I need those letters and numbers! It's a beautiful design, but I'm thinking of the pain an

It's Summer, and The Surf is Up!

It's Summer, and The Surf is Up!

Growing up within 30 mins to some of the nation's best beaches, pretty much every child was given some sort of board as their birthright. If you're a surfer like I am, you know that the worst thing is getting old wax off of your board without killing a credit card or other plastic necessity. EAST Surf Co. now has an answer to all your wax removal problems. This Brooklyn-based surfwax maker decided to design a wax comb that is as elegant as it is useful. The design is simple:

The Abyss Table

The Abyss Table

A Cross-Section of the Ocean Christopher Duffy is at it again. This time he brings the ocean to your living room using layers of custom cut glass at wood to create an illusion of the ocean. While Duffy’s work usually plays with gravity, his new undertaking is showing a bit more depth... into the ocean. "I was looking into sheets of thick glass at my glass manufacturer's factory, and noticed how the material darkened as they added more layers - the same way the sea does as it

Product Feature: "The Minnow"

Product Feature: "The Minnow"

Saving the Waves one Board at a Time: Bureo (meaning "the waves" in Chilean), is the name of a Los Angeles-based sustainable skateboard company, that has recently come up with the world's first skateboard deck composed of recycled fishing nets! Its program, "Net Positiva," is the first fishnet recycling and collection program in Chile that creates a line of recycled skateboards; The first skateboard released is called, The Minnow. The Design What's so great about this? Not o

3D Printed Cast Wins Design Award

3D Printed Cast Wins Design Award

Take a look at this new design for a cast. 3D printing is the way of the future, and this product design explores medical applications. This Osteoid Medical cast, attachable bone stimulator by Deniz Karasahin is a beautiful connection between design and health. "The goal of this project is to improve the overall healing experience for broken or fractured limbs by focusing on the patient’s comfort and the amount of time needed for the body to heal itself" This 3D printed cast

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