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Pomegranita's beautiful design for Jennifer and Christian's wedding invitations

'Image S5i Rugged' by Klipsch. The in-ear headphones feature a mic and oversized moisture-resistant three-button remote.

Helmut Smit is our new favorite artist/designer, even if FLAMMA was the only project he'd ever done (it isn't, by the way, and they are all stellar). This brilliant Ikea Hack "harks back to one of humanity's basic needs: making fire." As Ikea does not sell matches or lighters, Smits has taken cues from the wartime necessity of burning furniture to keep warm, and created a fire from an Ikea rope, hanger, wine rack, egg cup, napkins, and floral embellishments.

The video above is worth every minute, not to mention a good lesson in building fires, an art lost on most of us.

Visit Smit's site here.

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Marimekko at Habitare 2010 Expo in Helsinki, Finland.

LaCie MosKeyto - tiny, and up to 8GB of USB Key storage

Piggy is a set of two savings banks that nest together. The larger “momma” bank is for a child’s personal savings, and the smaller bank is for the child's charitable savings.

Video of 'Color Chaser' by Yuri Suzuki. It detects and follows black line whilst it reads the color and translate the color RGB data into sound.

The Myrkr Chair from WORD, an exploration of beauty not just in the structure of shapes, but also in the shadows they create.

An open, concrete cube offering all kinds of alternatives for interior design and decoration. WAHID reflects the tension between concrete and wood, the contrast between the warmth on inside and the air of industrial charms on the outside. By Florian Kallus.

Our video on the world's only manufacturer of hand-built cars

by Michael Tyburski

For this video we traveled to Kensington, London to check out the sole dealership of Bristol, the only manufacturer in the world that still hand-builds cars. There we met with chairman and owner Toby Silverton, as well as spokesperson Ben Samuelson, who took us on a drive to learn about how they keep their classic aesthetic modern.

On Places, James Sanders looks at the current controversy over the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero in a larger context, noting that New York City has for most of its history "abhorred the very idea of memorials." 

'Bucolic' by 5.5 designers. Vases with trellises for plants to climb. Part of Secondome's hand-blown glass collection launched at Maison & Objet.

Salt and pepper shakers by Vista Alegre / Flavours collection.

Luca Gnizio is an industrial designer from Milan who firmly believes that the life of discarded products can be further extended by transforming them into beautiful and useful articles.

Luca’s BOOKFOR Armchair is constructed entirely from recycled materials including iron bars recovered from reinforced concrete, rubber tips from old walking sticks, and clothing, plastic material and paper remnants.

Photos by Serena Riccardi.

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Colorful espresso set with rounded bottoms by Vista Alegre.

Oscar Magnus Narud's Keel collection: tables in rough wood and iron.

Running from September 15th through November 14th, Make-Me is an upcoming exhibition at Moss that brings together a set of artists and designers producing what Moss has coined "Butch-Craft." Maybe there is no better way to describe this than the words they use themselves: "a cerebral yet virile narrative applied to rough work crafted in wood, iron, steel, marble, rush, paint, boiled leather, clay, baked agricultural waste, plant-life, gypsum drywall, and blood, sweat and tears."

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A4estudio present us with this masterpiece of concrete, glass and aluminum located in Mendoza, Argentina. The low profile home shows a combination of materials that ties to the landscape. Boulders and stone walls seems to emerge and meet the cantilevered concrete structure and the middle outdoor space, acting more like an industrial atrium and bringing sun and green to the inside through the glass panels and doors. The interior is fresh and pristine where furniture seems playful and at ease instead of rigid and subject to a grid. The mosaic pool is a nice touch and the entertainment wall with a bunch of speakers makes it seem like you’re at a concert.

Architects: A4estudio — Leonardo Codina & Juan Manuel Filice
Location: Mendoza, Argentina
Area: 5,812 square feet
Materials: Glass, aluminum, steel and concrete
Photos: A4estudio

[via Plataforma Arquitectura]

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ELEKIT Tube Amp by Koichi Futatsumata.

Honda R&D
Automotive Designer
Torrance, CA

You will work independently on the development of original designs or adaptations requiring very specialized design skills and abilities. The Designer employs the best combination of preliminary information and contributing data to develop final designs (2D/3D) and basic concepts; selects technique best suited to represent project including graphics and technology; conducts product research to determine styling trends and consumer preferences; produces sketches, renderings and computer graphic illustrations, ideas and materials for presentation and helps develop strong brand specific ideas for building identity.

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The best design jobs and portfolios hang out at Coroflot.

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Ah, the wonderful dilemma with design festivals: too much to do, too little time. The London Design Festival is making that problem even worse, announcing that it's sweep of the city is broadening with three new design districts, each with its own character and events. In addition to Brompton and the Shoreditch Design Triangle, the Covent Garden, Fitzrovia Creative, and Clerkenwell districts will help to further inundate London with design September 18-26. Various events, exhibitions, and installations are scheduled in each of the districts. For more information, download the London Design Festival Guide here.

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