Compact house by Yasuhiro Yamashita

Most people will change their wishes of owning a large apartment, after seeing the compact building found in Tokyo. Called as “Reflection of Mineral”, its a small house looks just like a piece of paper art from the outside, but still features the full functionality, including a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom inside it.

Land peel by Shin Yamashita

'Land peel' is a furniture developed by japanese industrial design student shin yamashita
from the kyoto institute of technology. it is a flat three piece mat set from which a table,
seat or rest can be made simply by lifting the panels. when done using, the furniture can
be discreetly tucked away.

Spring 2010 Milan furniture fair, Magis (pictures)

magis will present the new 2010 collection at the spring Milan furniture fair




'sparkling chair' by marcel wanders
blow moulding process for PET, the form of the legs remind us of soda bottles.
more photos after the break.

Its Alive! Moving walls video

This video demonstrate how digital 3d-objects interact with real world. So that you see on this video is visible for real people  too :)


Live walls by NuFormer Digital Media

Iittala by Matti Klenell

Swedish designer matti klenell has designed a series of glass birds which has been manufactured by finnish glass manufacturer iittala. in designing these pieces, klennell was drawing from the idea of magpies and their talent for stealing jewellery and hiding them in their nests. See more after the brake.

Taipei pop music center by Mario Bellini

italian firm mario bellini architects proposal for the taipei pop music center is a single body wrapped in a plastic 'mantle plant' . the hill like structure is connected through glass passage ways, allowing guests numerous views of the landscape and standing out as an iconic landmark for the city.

Geotube

Geotube is a building proposal designed by faulders studio for the unique environment of Dubai. Geotube building features a large super structure which will, over time, grow a skin façade on its own. the system utilizes a vertical salt deposit growth systemthat uses water from the adjacent persian gulf. the water is sprayed onto the mesh of the superstructure using a gravity fed system, allowing the skin to continually grow using nothing but local materials. because the persian gulf has the world's highest salinity for oceanic water, the sprayed water will evaporate and salt deposits begin to form.