Artifully Crafted Straw-In-Acrylic Screen

It’s only straw. Plain rye straw.  But see how it becomes something pretty when encased in resin and acrylic as in this 3-piece screen.  Via  trendir and cubeme.

£2,500 at Farm 21

Icy Or Buttery Or Jellied Alphabet

Take your pick.

Alphabet Ice

will shape the alphabets for you.

All 26 of them.

For which you’ll need all 3 trays.

Food grade silicone rubber is what it’s made of so that aspect is fine. gizmodiva and wellsphere

Look Cool Cycling In The Dark

Fabulous looking especially in the dark with the luminescent frame glowing in cool blue.

This is the bike Pulse from bike-maker Teague.

The frame illuminates only when needed.

The handlebars come with electronic turn signals.

wendmag

and core77

The view from behind.

Paperhouse Kiosks To Dot The London Streetscape

These are wooden newspaper kiosks reinforced with brass and having an underlying steel frame.

Roof gets a toughened glass to keep things bright and cheery.

Designer Thomas Heatherwick of Heatherwick Studio has been commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, to produce kiosks that look good and are robust enough to survive the rigors of the urban jungle.

The kiosks open and close by rotating sections.

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Rock Solid Concrete Transmits Light

LiTraCon is Light Transmitting Concrete and the 2001 invention of Hungarian architect Áron Losonczi. Optical glass fibres in parallel are mixed into concrete to achieve the special effect. Gizmag
The silhouette of a girl can be seen through the translucent concrete. Here:

Litracon appeals to architects because it is stronger than glass and translucent unlike concrete. wiki

video here :-

and another

Programmable LED Cubes and The Artistry of Light

Fancy having one of these cubes in your living room?

Or at every table of your dimly-lit restaurant?

You know keep the diners distracted while waiting for their orders to show up.

The display in this video is run from the pc.

This one you can buy.

Or order a container load and sell them and make a couple of million.

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LUDUS Modular Sofa

LUDUS, designed by Patricia Hopfer,modular sitting-lying combination. mobilia
Here it is opened up.

Look, there’s space for your drink and your books!

Laverda Supersidecar

This is definitely not a dull or boring vehicle. Meet the Snaefell.
It’s the handiwork of François Knorreck of Italy who took a long ten years to bring his dream sidecar to fruition.

This is firstly a 1000cc Laverda motorcycle.

It was then  mated to bits of a Golf GTI, an Audi 80 and a Citroen Xantia! likecool

REK from Reinier of Rotterdam

REK is the expandable bookcase.
Reinier de Jong is the designer.
Rotterdam is where he lives. cubeme

expand or collapse as you like.

Electric Pole Looks Like Sculpture

Soon to appear on the Swedish landscape,the Yggdrasil Electric Pole looks like sculpture.
Great design! Yanko

Yggdrasil is Norse for the holy world tree.