12 Coolest Faucets
From a faucet that changes colors according to the water temperature, to another one that hides when you are not using it: meet twelve unique ways to wash your hands.
Category: Cool Home Design
15 Strangest Lamps
1The Colgao This morbid lamp was created by design studio Enpieza in Spain. The Colgao (”hung” in Spanish) is hanging from the top horizontal rod of the lamp. The lamp looks very simple except for the tasteless, hanging anthropomorphic figure. Either the designers were fresh out of ideas or they are into black humor. 2The …
12 Most Creative Sofas
1Pixel Sofa The fabric for the Pixel Sofa has been picked up by Danish manufacturer Kvadrat, based off of a concept by Cristian Zuzunaga, a Royal College of Art graduate. The contemporary couch is sure to grab everyone’s attention by virtue of its wide spectrum of colors. 2Swimming Pool Sofa This intriguing concept sofa design …
12 Bizarre and Unique Roofs
Brazilian Leaf RoofOutside of Rio de Janeiro, on a beautiful little beach with amazing blue water, sits a little house with a flowering roof that shades and protects like a big tropical banana leaf. Designed by Mareines + Patalano, the open air abode is meant to encourage interaction and connection between man and nature. With …
15 Coolest Bookshelves
From a Circular Bookshelf to another with a bench, meet fifteen modern bookshelves. 1The Infinity Bookshelf Created by the dutch conceptual artist Job Koelewijn, the shape of the Bookshelf is a lemniscate, a figure 8 and the mathematical symbol of infinity, which perfectly represents the notion of the infinite potential and everlasting power of books. …
20 Most Bizarre Houses around the world
The Spaceship House, a weird house in Chattanooga (TN, USA). The Teapot Dome, a strange house in Zillah (WA, USA). It was built in 1922 as a reminder of the Teapot Dome Scandal involving President Warren G. Harding and a federal petroleum reserve in Wyoming. The Boeing 727 House, a weird house in Benoit (Mississippi, …
10 Homes that Defy Gravity
1Wozoco Apartments (Amsterdam-Osdorp, Netherlands) A zoning law and blueprint flub were the inspiration for this apartment complex. Dutch housing regulations require apartment construction to provide a certain amount of daylight to their tenants–but MVRDV architects forgot to plan for that. Their solution? To hang thirteen of the 100 units off the north facade of the …
10 Most Awesome Tree Houses
1Too High Teahouse Completed in Spring, 2004, Terunobu Fujimori, a professor of architecture at the University of Tokyo, built his boyhood dream hideaway in Takasugi-an (Chino, Nagano), a teahouse on stilts, in the bottom of his father’s garden. So said his father when he saw it: “There goes Terunobu, making something wacky again.” 2World’s Largest …
World’s Strangest Furniture
1Scrabble Furniture At the Bloomberg offices in London, employees can leave each other messages using these Scrabble cushions, designed by Stephen Reed Industrial Design and Alistair Willmott. The end tables serve as double and triple word scores, leaving the possibility for some pretty high scoring words. 2Animal Furniture Rodolfo Rocchetti from Tappezzeria Rocchetti is a …
World’s Most Creative Buildings
1The Basket Building (United States) What started out as a dream by Dave Longaberger, Founder of The Longaberger Company, has been built Home Office into a giant basket to house the entire corporate offices of the company. Dave believed the idea was one of his best and would draw attention to the company, while simultaneously …