Landscaping your garden needn’t cost a fortune. Doing it on a budget doesn’t mean lowering your standards, however. In fact, you are not only saving money, but since you have a constraint it also forces you to be more creative which creates an even better garden than what you may …
The realm of burgeoning apartments have yet another savior in the form of the SOFISTA, a modular furniture system from designer Fabrizio Simonetti. We call it a ‘system’ because of the collective nature of the design that entails its capacity to transform into various items like a sofa, an armchair, a chaise …
We as armchair ‘aficionados’ have always praised art for art’s sake. But what about art that treads the conscientious path to make its mark in the practical realm? Well, Oakland-based artist Gregory Kloehn certainly believes in such a novel scope, as is evident from his incredible mobile home projects for …
When it comes to unconventional getaways, we have talked about cottages that can be rented in the wilderness of Swedish forests. But what if you could notch it up on the eccentricity, and spend your weekend in a B&B that comprises of a fully furnished fire truck?! Well, the above …
Trash closet – the very term might evoke images of a cheap closet with ill defined design credentials. Well, the actual ‘Trash Closet’ from Marijke and Sander Lucas couldn’t be more far off from our stereotypical reverie. The whimsically designed contrivance is a working cabinet made from old and used …
When it comes to ‘manliness’, carpets don’t quite make for apt home-based decor accessories to bolster you persona. That is up till now. The designers from Polytuft have craftily managed to create entire carpets from patches of old jeans labels. Unpretentiously christened as Jeans Label Carpets, each of the incredible specimens …
A fountain fashioned out of thousands of re-purposed toilets, urinals and sinks. No, it’s not a practical joke. But if you don’t believe us, feel free to visit Shiwan Park in Foshan the next time you are in China. In fact, the ‘Toilet Bowl Waterfall’ is quite possibly the largest, …
Previously, we have stumbled across a slew of unconventional furniture items ranging from chairs crafted from bullets to poufs made from human hair. However, this time the unconventionality is equally matched with the practicality of the interesting scope. We are talking about the Barrel Chair, which as the name suggests is remarkably crafted from beer barrels. …
Many of us architecture students (and aficionados) might have come across the radical concept of deconstructivism. As the name suggests, the scope is characterized by a fragmented chaotic essence, where disorganization serves as the only connection between individual components. The above pictured Wingin’ It bed conception by BRC Designs seems …
Crafted from a range of materials starting from disposable containers to exquisite lacquer ware, the traditional ‘Bento’ has always remained a popular take-out meal box when it comes to Japanese cuisine. Inspired by this traditionalist popularity of the box like container, designer Rachel Elise has contrived her very own version of the Bento Box. …
