Hatched from the minds of Belgian architectural firm, dmVA, this egg-shaped abode gives a new name to mobile homes worldwide.  The easily transportable unit is made mostly of polyester and comes equipt with a bathroom, kitchen, bed, and multiple nooks and crannies  for endless storage space.  While the blob may not appear to be the [...]

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Lovers of vintage books, prints, and posters; purveyors of bygone eras; and collectors of rarities will drop to their knees over Itis Edition. The Taiwan-based shop sells gently aged post-WWII industrial design books, catalogs, magazines, card sets, and manuals that also happen to be graphic design eye candy.  These are my favorites . . .    Above: The 35th Annual of [...]

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He’s examined iconic typography and visual culture in Helvetica and provided the world an intimate look into the design of very basic things in Objectified. But everyone wants to know, what will Gary Hustwit document next? Fortunately, it looks like we won’t have to wait too long to find out. It was announced today that Hustwit is [...]

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What may first appear as nothing more than spiffed up shipping containers, these steel capsules double as hip little cafes in Montreal’s Old Port, serving elegant dishes such as lobster rolls and seafood pizza.  The muvbox is built from recycled steel and powered entirely by the sun. I must admit that while everything about this concept is quite clever, [...]

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For those of us who forget about our fire escape plants and let them crust away in the hot hot heat, Italian company Benetti Stone has come up with a solution – mosstile! Not only is it design-worthy, but I could never again forget to ‘water’ my plants if they are staring directly at me. [...]

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  (Image via Time) Prison wall painted by Norwegian graffiti artist Dolk.   (Image via Time) Prisoners are housed in separate rooms (with in-room bathrooms) that look like something out of an IKEA catalog. (Image via Time) The kitchen laboratory is where the prisoners take their meals and learn about cooking. On the menu? Homemade orange sorbet. [...]

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I’ll admit that in the battle between cats and dogs, I have always been a fighter for the canine cohort.  However, this past week I was forced to cross enemy lines when a friend skipped town and needed a trusty soldier to watch over her three cats.  By the end of the week, I was [...]

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I took one look at these buildings (from a favela in Rio) and my tastebuds recalled the yumminess of fruit stripe gum. Praça Cantão is Rio de Janerio’s most notorious slum and Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn undertook the task to turn its hillside housing into colorful works of art. With even the [...]

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Last night, Ryan sent me a link to a New York Times article he came across entitled “In the Catskills, Comfort in a Gingerbread House.” It’s about a woman who transformed a little hunting cabin in the Catskills into her dream Victorian cottage. And although I’m not a girlie girl, and my decor is more modern than shabby chic, I found [...]

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  Over the weekend I received the July issue of Architectural Digest – if you’re a Cher fan, you’ll want to pick up this copy, she gives a tour through her new LA duplex apartment, which overlooks the city and was designed by Martin Lawrence-Bullard. However, it actually wasn’t the intimate look inside the diva’s new Buddhist [...]

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