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XY 180 lighting by OMA
The three-piece XY 180 collection was designed by OMA, a Dutch architectural firm based in Rotterdam, and presented by Belgian brand Delta Light during Milan design week. The lighting is designed around a hinged fixture allowing for the elements to be moved and...
Immersive Infinity Chamber
Created by Refik Anadol, a LA based artist, an immersive installation "Infinity Room", set at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, presents an opportunity of altering participants’ physical and mental state by surrounding them with an engrossing environment. It...
World’s First Permanent Ice Hotel
The world’s first permanent ice hotel, ICEHOTEL 365, has opened to guests in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. On the 2,100 square meters of the resort there are 20 suites for overnight stays, an ice bar and an ice art gallery – all...
Glowing Halo Installation by Moger
This glowing halo installation entitled "Renaissance(s)" was assembled in an 18th-century chapel in Versailles by architecture and art studio Moger. It is part of a wider exhibition called "Architecture Passions", which celebrates the 40th anniversary of...
Electric Cafe Racer Concept
These stunning bike renderings were created by an American designer, Michael Cohen, using Rhinoceros and Keyshot. The project is called Electric Cafe Racer and is at the concept stage at the moment. Images courtesy of Michael Cohen
London Design Festival: The Green Room
For the London Design Festival 2016 London based duo Glithero collaborated with luxury watchmaker Panerai to present The Green Room at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Inspired by the watchmaker’s central premise of ‘time’ Glithero has created a kinetic piece that...
The Rabbit Hole Installation at Aaarhus Festival
The Rabbit Hole is an art installation created by a Danish agency, Kollision, for Aarhus Festival 2016. The 25-meter high cylindrical space of light, movement, and sound was set in the rotunda in Salling Aarhus’ parking facilities. The inspiration behind the project...
Converted Boeing 747 at Burning Man
Burning Man, the annual festival located in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, officially kicked off on August 28 and will run until September 5. For this edition of Burning Man the artist collective Big Imagination Foundation raised over $86,000 to convert a Boeing 747 jet...
Rain Interactive by Luzinterruptus
In attempt to draw attention to the value of water Luzinterruptus, an anonymous artistic group, installed Rain Interactive in the Taiwanese city Kaohsiung. As in previous occasions, we wanted to bring attention to the real value of water, this time in a country that...
The Cyclotron Bike
The Cyclotron Bike has no spokes or tires and is claimed to be "the most versatile and technically advanced bike available today". The Cyclotron is fully integrated (no cables, no wires, no external components), packed with many innovative features and controlled by...
Light Bubble Installation Responding to Human Interaction
A living light bubble installation was created by ENESS design studio to take part in 'Light in Winter Festival' at Melbourne’s Federation Square. When approached and touched the clear inflatable bubble, which is six meters in diameter, responds with light and sound....
Ring Clock
Developed by a Hungarian inventor Gusztav Szikszai the Ring Clock is an alternative watch for people who do not like wearing anything around their wrists. It works by users twisting the watch, which is composed of three bands (one each for hours, minutes and seconds),...
Glass brick facade for Chanel store by MVRDV
Rotterdam based firm, MVRDV, has used glass bricks, window frames and architraves to replace the brick facade of a former townhouse in Amsterdam in attempt to both recreate the city's traditional architectural style and befit the building's new use as a Chanel...
La French Touch
The LED installation was created by SUPERBIEN and All Access Design for Martell's presentation of limited edition La French Touch bottle. LEDs, lasers, mirrors and sound were used to provide an intense and immersive experience for the visitors of Design Show Shanghai....
Modern interpretation of a Swiss Ski Chalet
A villa in a Swiss town Anzère has been refurbished by Amsterdam based architecture firm SeARCH. Chalet Anzere boasts a farmhouse design that accommodates three levels: a guest house downstairs, the main living areas in the middle and a private apartment in the attic....
Samsung 360° sound experiment
Samsung Wireless Audio collaborated with design studio Artisan to visualize 360 degree sound waves in real time using an installation created with 411 laser beams, a 4K holographic projection and real-time sound analysis software to physically fill a room with sound...
Red Bull Kaleidoscope
Watch Red Bull's stunning video featuring Scottish pro BMX rider Kriss Kyle:
Virtual Depictions: San Francisco / Public Art Project
The main idea of ‘Virtual Depictions:San Francisco’ is to bring 21st century approach to public art to define new poetics of space through media arts and architecture and to create a unique parametric data sculptures that has an intelligence, memory and culture....
Wood-skin
Wood-skin is a new strong composite material recently developed in Milan, Italy that combines the rigidity of traditional materials (such as wood) with the flexibility of textiles. Gizmag wrote that the material "aims to bridge the gap between virtual design and real...
The Bay Lights
The installation on the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was designed by Leo Villareal; it is comprised of 25,000 LED lights and was inspired by the bridge’s 75th anniversary. The project took more than two years to plan, install and test....
Audi OLED Swarm
The Audi engineers have transformed the rear of the car into a large, continuous illuminated surface, with countless small points of light flickering like a swarm of of bees or a shoal of fish. The red dots follow the movements of the vehicle. The faster the car is...