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Domus Academy is launching a new competition named Define a Creative Hub with the aim to test the talent and urban vision skills with an experimental contemporary subject. Find more about the competition here.

Portuguese architecture firm spaceworkers transformed a typical house in the city of Oporto, into a new cosmopolitan house preserving its identity. Here is the project description: Intervening in a typical habitation of the Oporto urban tissue it’s by itself a reason for the memory theme run through our thought, as the memory itself begins to delineate like a program, a “tool” capable of function as a moderator element between the “old” and the “new”. This project tries

Road Cones can be a pain sometimes, for the driver a safety hazard and for the guy who has to place them on the road, a back breaking job. Not many must have thought of redesigning this thang, but innovation is really called for. Interim let’s look at the Air Cone Concept; it’s this flattened balloon strip that you lay on the road. Inflating it causes Air Cones to pop up, but care has been taken to ensure a sturdy design. Only hope that crazy kids with pins in hand don’t got popping it just for

Quadratic much? At the intersection between two curves comes this stool right here. Not to be kicked around all too much! It’s called the “f(x) stool” it’s the interconnection. It’s the birch, the plywood, and the adjustability in mathematics. As the curves get further away from one another, the seat gets wider, but you might feel a bit more nervous, as the support reduces. Birch Plywood, Memory Ecol 260 x 260 x 510(h) How many stools does it take to fill a house?

Bjarko | Serra Architects have designed a home on Hat Island, which is near Seattle, Washington. Full description after the photos…. . Hat Island Residence by Bjarko | Serra Architects This vacation retreat, located on an extraordinary beachfront setting, was designed as two separate buildings—one for living and eating, and the other for sleeping. The separate bedroom wing provides extra privacy, so late-night entertaining does not disturb sleeping children or weary parents,

The Motivo textured quartz surfaces by Caesarstone bring a new dimension to your wall finishes – a third dimension! The decorative quartz wall panels feature relief patterns as pretty as the white Lace design, or as exotic as black Crocodile. Let your imagination run wild and give a custom look to your walls, kitchen countertops, vanity tops and even custom-made furniture. Ideal for a variety of applications, these embossed motifs are created using a patented technology, and are equal in beau

Embodying elegance and grace, these chic new bathroom sets by Ceramica Globo make a classic yet contemporary statement of style. The cool angles and simple forms of the new Relais bathroom collection bring a contemporary look to your space. Pictured here in their timeless black and white finishes, this bathroom set has been designed with a variety of pieces that can be mixed and matched to bring your “dream bathroom” to life. Quite possibly the defining piece of this collection is the freesta

The dial phone concept is another outcome of the recent tradition of minimizing size and shape of cell phones through repeated development. This phone concept utilizes the traditional dial-phone technology combined with a beautiful design like a fashion accessory. When making a call, users have to unfasten the phone from their wrist and place it on any surface where it can project number characters from the ten interior holes. The upper dial contains sensors that respond to the user’s finger wh

Mimeo is an innovative cellphone concept that enables the user to make calls and send messages in a more interactive way. The writable bended body of the concept features a signal light on top of the phone and an OLED touchscreen for efficient functioning. On the bottom part, it contains a call button and a write button that enables the user to make calls and make the surface writable. The end contains the stylus which acts as a pen nib when writing with the cellphone. Aside from intuitive and

The Concorde yacht concept combines two different environments on its large 117m long and 13.5m high structure, the luxurious airplane Concorde and a villa with swimming pool, terrace and wide front yard. The front part contains a big salon with two spacious side wind deck where people can communicate with great natural landscapes. The long curved tail connects the cafeteria and the rear roof park, a great place to enjoy the time in swimming pool or stroll on big grass yards. This luxury yacht

Corso Light by Estudi Arola by Mike / March 11, 2010 From Estudi Arola, a light that changes color with the movement of a luminous arm across a panel.

Last Supper Table by Studio Lawrence by Mike / March 11, 2010 From Studio Lawrence, a table inspired by Da Vinci's Last Supper. The tabletop design is based on the Fibonacci sequence and is composed of lacquered MDF planks in varying widths and compositions available in 11 colours. The planks can be added or subtracted changing the table's length and creating striped patterns.