Tag: Multi-Purpose Objects

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  Wooden Wall Picture Expands into Dining Table in Colombian Design

  In a pretty self-explanatory piece, Bogota-based Unodot studio executes a simple useful idea for small spaces.

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  22-Year-Old Frank Zappa Teaches How to Play the Bicycle (Video)

  Sure, a bicycle can replace your car -- but as Frank Zappa demonstrates, it could replace your drum-set, too.

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  Clever 450 Sq. Feet Transformer Apartment Accomodates Father and Three Children in Brazil

  Designer Paulo Alves took down all walls and created multi-function furniture for his small place.

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  'Mushroom Death Suit' Could Remediate Bodily Toxins With Specially-Trained Mushrooms (Video)

  Using mushrooms to challenge our unhealthy obsession with "body preservation," artist Jae Rhim Lee fabricates a suit that will remediate environmental toxins from dead bodies.

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  Pendant Lamp That Lights, Grows & Cleans The Air: Babylone By Greenworks

  Perfect idea for spaces with poor air quality: a multi-functional hanging lamp that grows air-purifying plants.

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  5 Ways to DIY Gorgeous Fall Harvest Decor

  Fall isn't just known for the end of summer, finally-I-can-turn-off-the-air-conditioning temperatures, afternoon football games, and a return to your favorite soups and stews: It's also famous for its bounty of rich, saturated

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  Ryan Frank is Back with Bee Friendly Furniture for the National Theatre

  All images via Ryan Frank. Ryan Frank may have moved his design studio to the sunnier climes of Barcelona, but he is still getting great commissions back in London, where he's made a name for his funky ways with reclaimed materials. The latest project

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  LifeEdited: Home Electronics and Entertainment

  Photo credit: William Hook via Flickr/Creative Commons

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  A Desk for Kids Multitasks and Transforms As They Grow

  You want your kid to have a desk that fits her, to do homework, play and draw. You also want your kid to grow up, eventually. But you don't want to buy a new desk every few years as she outgrows the old one. So

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  Lovely Zig Zag Shaped Magazine Holder Doubles As Shelve And Clothes Hanger

  Also spotted at the recent edition of the Feria Puro Diseno, Buenos Aires biggest design show, this simple yet interesting wooden home accessory goes in line with some of our favorite concepts: multi-purpose objects and small

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  Four-Piece, No Screw No Glue Modular Shelving System By Disenaveral In Buenos Aires

  Another interesting find from Buenos Aires design fair, Feria Puro Diseno (FPD), this is a modular system designed by local studio Disenaveral to build different kinds of shelving spaces that adapt to changing situations.

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  A Line of Furniture You Build & Rebuild, However You Like

  I move around a lot - between being home, at school, and now living abroad, I've lived in seven different apartments or rooms in the last five years. And I don't see myself settling down any time soon. That's why I'm

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  10 Transformer Tables For a Tiny Urban Space: Help Pick The Best

  TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste -- on less money -- but with more design. He calls it LifeEdited. To find each ideal piece of furniture for his small Ne

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  Recycle a Christmas Tree; Make a Stool

  The big day is over and it's time to think about getting rid of the tree. If you've got a sturdy one and want a piece of furniture, here's an idea.

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  An Adjustable Book Shelf Lets You Put Your Own Spin On Your Living Room

  From South Korean design studio DesignJoo comes the Giro One, the piece that lets you put your own spin on your shelves, lighting, and side tables. The concept is simple: shelves can be added and their height adjusted by spinning them

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  London Pop-up Shop Showcases Best of British Design

  Our friends over at the design blog Dezeen have launched a pop-up shop in the smartest part of town. Calling it Temporium, because it is only up for 10 days, it features the best of new British design.

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  Transformer Furniture: A Bookshelf Hides Table and Chairs

  From Japanese designer Sakura Adachi comes this marvel of space-saving design: "Trick," the bookshelf that hides a table and two chairs. Featured by Italian manufacturer Campeggi at the 2010 Salone del Mobile in Milan, this is a great

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  Dirty Rags; from old uniforms to funky object (Photos)

  What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser, a local waste collection and urban