US dollar redesigned

Dowling Duncan has made a sweet redesign of the US bank notes for a design contest.





I love the fact that you can sort them by length in your wallet.

View more pictures and info at dowlingduncan.com

(via kottke)

New teaser video for the LIMBO game

I'm not much of a gamer but one game that i've been waiting for since 2006 is called LIMBO. It's an extreamly beautiful black-and-white platform game.



Can't wait until this game is released.

Visit the new LIMBO website

Sweet toy design from Maxim Zhestkov

24 years old Maxim Zhestkov from Russia has designed these awesome toys.







He also have a lot of other interesting animations and other artwork.

Visit Maxim Zhestkov's homepage

Hello Kitty Chainsaw

Awesome chainsaw design. Buy this and you'll be the coolest lumberjack out there.

(via kittyhell.com)

Cipher Glasses

Those drinking glasses are designed by serbian designer Damjan Stankovic. When empty they show a mosaic that seems to be random. But when you fill it with a drink the name of that drink will appear.

Differently colored shapes are scattered across the glass surface in a seemingly random pattern, however their position is hardly accidental. The true purpose of the glass mosaic is revealed when colored liquid is poured into it (orange juice, milk, Nescafe or coke) The pattern of shapes and empty spaces on the glass combined with the color of the liquid inside the glass end up forming a textual sign, revealing what exact drink or refreshment you are having, with each side of the glass reserved for a specific drink.

Damjan Stankovic is a genius! Unfortunately this is just a concept at the moment but I will buy them as soon as they're out.

Visit Damjan Stankovic's site

Stay up and make something

This truly inspiring poster was designed by Keith Davis Young. The window is painted with glow-in-the-dark ink and the rest is painted with a mix of ink and coffee grind to give it an extra smell of late nights and creativity.



You can order it for $35 by sending a mail to keithdavisyoung@gmail.com

More info on Keith's flickr-page

Socks for your chair

Put socks on your chair to give them a personality (and to avoid scratching your floor).



Buy them at designspray for €15 + shipping

Bulbdial - a digital sundial

Bulbdial works like a sundial but it uses diodes instead of the sun. It also has better resolution showing both hours, minutes and seconds. David Friedman came up with the idea and the guys at "Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories" built it.



Read more about the Bulbdial
Buy a kit to built your own Bulbdial

(via boingboing)

Smart PacMan ring design

Rachel Pfeffer has made this genius PacMan ring design. It's made from Sterling Silver and Black Onyx. This geeky set of rings is yours for $106.

Get more info and/or buy!

Heat Sensitive Wallpaper

Shi Yuan has created a wallpaper with reactive paint that changes its appearance as it gets warmer.

Radiator off:


Radiator on:


Shi Yuan has also created a painting that changes when you touch it and a calendar that fades away as the day pass.

More info and pictures at baekdal.com

Disposable Laptop

We've got disposable cameras and disposable cell phones so it's not that far fetched that there will some day be disposable laptops. Je Sung Park gives he's take on what it might look like:



Visit Yanko Design for more images

A house on a tiny island

An amazing house built on a rock in Narragansett Bay. Built in 1905 by J. S. Lovering Wharton. Bought in 1961 by the current owner Mr. Wood for $3,600.

He (Mr. Wood) and a crew of family and friends who share his passion for the place’s "deep bohemian funk," as Nicholas Benson, a stone carver from Newport, put it, have dedicated their time and skills (plumbing and wiring experience are always particularly welcome) to keeping the place from slipping into the water forever.

Read the NYTimes-article
View more pictures of the house

Machinarium - Behind the scenes

Machinarium is a new upcoming game from Amanita Design, the creators of the legendary point-n-click-game Samorost.

BoingBoing has a great blogpost filled with high-res sketches from the creative process behind the game.









Machinarium will be released on Friday.

BoingBoing: Everything but the game

The official website for the game

Cookie Cup - The ultimate cup design?

(via redux)

Uncomfortable Chairs

WebUrbanist has a great blogpost about chairs designed to be unformfortable.





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Vertical Farm

The vertical farm is a possible solution to a big problem:

By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earth's population will reside in urban centers. Applying the most conservative estimates to current demographic trends, the human population will increase by about 3 billion people during the interim. An estimated 109 hectares of new land (about 20% more land than is represented by the country of Brazil) will be needed to grow enough food to feed them, if traditional farming practices continue as they are practiced today. At present, throughout the world, over 80% of the land that is suitable for raising crops is in use (sources: FAO and NASA). Historically, some 15% of that has been laid waste by poor management practices. What can be done to avoid this impending disaster?

The projects homepage verticalfarm.com features lots of info and design proposals for the vertical farm like this one below by Blake Kurasek:





Visit the Project

(via BoingBoing)

Steampunk Toilet

Patrick Brawley has built his own steampunk toilet. I'm not sure that mixing electricity with fluids and genitalia is a very good idea, but it sure looks cool.



(via Neatorama)

Stop Motion meets Flip Book

Just making a stop motion video doesn't feel very creative since they are everywhere these days. This one though, has a twist.



(Via UnAmazing)

Clever Logo Design

I love clever design. 1stwebdesigner.com has compiled a list of smart logo designs. Like the one below for Eight, by Stylo Design, where the word is spelled with parts of the figure.



View more clever logo designs

What can you do with a dumpster?

"In how many different ways can you use a dumpster?" designer Oliver Bishop-Young asks in his project "Skip Conversion". As a pool (picture below), table tennis table, skateboard ramp etc.



See what else you can do with a dumpster