Category Archives: Art and Design

Creative examples that will inspire you.

Piano Doorbell

Piano Doorbell

“I’ve been thinking about my doorbell when you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it?” This is a cool new doorbell design by Li Jianye. You can have a special ring tone for each one of your friends and family. Unfortunately, Pianobell is still in concept stage, but I’m sure someone will start making these pretty soon.
(via Bored Panda)

A very cool survival rifle

survival rifle

From uncrate: The trick with survival rifles is to actually have them when it comes time to do some survivin’ — and that’s hard to do with an oversized killing machine. The Henry U.S. Survival AR-7 Rifle ($275) is a semi-automatic firearm that sports an 8-round .22 LR magazine, and features a unique design that allows the receiver and the barrel to fit inside the impact-resistant, waterproof stock, making it perfect for keeping at the ready in a bag with clothes and supplies, or for hiding at a designated spot in the wilderness for retrieval post-shit hitting the fan.

Excellent for the paranoid gun enthusiast Kool-aid drinking conspiracy theorist in all of us. Also something very cool you can pull out next time your wife has book club.

Watch it in action here.

Check out cool survival gear here.

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Cool Candle Design: Candle by the Hour

Candle by the Hour 60-Hour Candle

Very cool self-extinguishing coil candles by Candle by the Hour.

  • Self-extinguishes when the flame reaches the clip
  • This candle will burn up to 60 hours
  • Made out of 100-percent beeswax
  • Metal copper tone stand
  • Each three inches of candle wax will burn approximately one hour.

Buy them on Amazon here


candle by the hour
Candle by the Hour 60-Hour Candle

Super Mario Fish Aquarium

Super Mario Fish Aquarium
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Buy cool fish aquarium accessories here.

Related:
Cool labyrinth fish aquarium design

MIT Team Creates Ketchup Bottle That Pours with ease

ketchup-lab

A radical new bottle design from the MIT university team will help you get the last dollop of ketchup, mayo, mustard, or any other condiment with ease. The team came up with LiquiGlide, a ‘super-slippery’ coating which makes the insides of the bottle so frictionless that the sludgy goo inside just slides out like water.

The results are astonishing – and any burger and chips fan out there should prepare to be amazed.

The secret ingredient to the liquid coating is a heavily-guarded secret, but the team promise it is non-toxic and will be FDA approved.

Can it be recycled? No word on that yet.


(via Fast Company)

Sign Language

Marc Shur: Sign Language. See other amazing sign photography by Marc on his flickr page.

Marc Shur: Sign Language

Marc Shur: Sign Language

Marc Shur: Sign Language

Marc Shur: Sign Language

Marc Shur: Sign Language

Gummi Lighthouses

Bah, hahahahahaha.
Gummi Lighthouses
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Underwater hotel in Dubai

Dubai hotel

Photos by: Deep Ocean Technology

There is a new hotel in Dubai that is half-submerged, complete with underwater rooms offering views of life below the surface of the sea. It’s called the Water Discus Hotel.

Dubai hotel

Photos by: Deep Ocean Technology

The underwater section is located up to 10 metres deep and is composed of 21 hotel rooms adjacent to the submerged dive center and a bar.

Dubai hotel

Photos by: Deep Ocean Technology

A special lighting system will illuminate the flora and fauna outside and the highest technology in the rooms will allow guests to zoom in and take a closer look at even the tiniest creatures using macro photography.

Dubai hotel

Photos by: Deep Ocean Technology

Read more here.

A bathroom with a cool place to poop

Guadalajara-based architects Hernandez Silva Arquitectos recently designed the interior of a new penthouse situated on top of a 1970s Mexican colonial building in Guadalajara, México. A notable feature of the home is a powder room situated atop an unused 15-story elevator shaft.


powder room and its glass floor set atop an unused 15 story lift shaft!
(via Home DSGN)

A cool dustpan design

Ductpan by Kawamura Ganjavian. Not sure where to buy it yet (or if at all), but you can start here.

ductpan
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