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the art of mattress making: hästens on how they craft the perfect queen fit for a king actors, athletes, aristocrats and royalty have come to favour a hästens bed as they pass the secrets of success down from one artisan to another.

by kieron marchese

apple celebrates world emoji day by swapping its executives' headshots for memojis the emoji faces have been superimposed on top of the real-life torsos of execs including tim cook and jonathan ive.

by kieron marchese

AKKA's flying train detaches its wings to drop passengers off at local stations the passenger train picks you up at your local train station before taking you straight to the airport, attaching wings and taking off.

by kieron marchese

fornasetti's 'tema e variazioni': the story of an infinite icon bewitched by her classical beauty, formal features and heavenly hypnotic gaze, piero fornasetti first embarked on a sojourn to paint the face of 'the most beautiful woman in the world' in 1952 -- and never stopped.

by nina azzarello

these grappling hooks are designed to overcome president trump's border wall prototypes highlighting the contemporary issues both poetically and politically, the pieces are made of rebars and shaped to catch on the walls' peaks.

by Ramón Cárdenas

saroléa releases MANX7, an electric motorbike featuring patterned golden color body the use of sharp design cues and details permit and define signature elements that give the bike its unique identity.

by rusak serge

shigeru ban creates temporary shelter system for victims of japanese floods holes drilled into recycled paper tubes create an interlocking system to create temporary private shelters.

by kieron marchese

red brickwork in melbourne's bentwood cafe reflects the industrial heritage of its surroundings located within thonet's old showroom, the cafe pays tribute to the brand's iconic bentwood furniture.

by sofia lekka angelopoulou

notjustuseless: katalin huszár makes fabrics of recycled plastic straws the project is an experimental eco-design initiative collecting and re-using plastic straws and reusing them in a fabric design for curtains, dividers, or tablecloths.

by Katalin Huszár

abandoned industrial landscape transformed into new waterfront park in NYC the design weaves together infrastructure, landscape, architecture, and art, and is located adjacent to new york city's largest affordable housing development since the 1970s.

by philip stevens

batek and bruzkus' cinema in berlin is designed as a series of artpieces the auditoriums are all different colors — while one of them is entirely black — and are illuminated by LED color changing strips.

by Batek Arch.

rimowa taps FENDI for second luxe aluminum cabin trolley collaboration the hard luggage case is composed of rimowa's signature durable aluminum, emblazoned with FENDI's iconic double 'F' logo.

by kieron marchese

austin+mergold, maria park & cornell university build city of dreams from metal grain bins in new york the 'oculi' installation aims to promote sustainability-oriented thinking amidst the architecture and design communities, requiring them to consider the environmental impact of their works.

by maria erman

silo ceramic containers feature a wooden tray top $105 by Incipit Lab from Italy

wooden handmade animal trophies in to your wall $550 by Iwona Kosicka Design from Poland

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