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The covers are made from wool that’s connected piece-by-piece using a special technique.

Coupe Armchair

by Läufer & Keichel for OFFECCT

Inspired by fashion design, a stackable armchair has a removable upholstered cover cut like a garment of clothing.

Immortalize yourself!

Super immortal contest Hans Boodt and Superfuture.com

Wouldn’t it be great to have a personal clone of you adorning shop windows all over the world? To be an official window …

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Tierra Patagonia lies nestled under the peaks of the Torres del Paine in southern Chile.

Tierra Patagonia Hotel

by Cazu Zegers, Roberto Benavente & Rodrigo Ferrer

A fossil-inspired hotel crafted from local resources blends weathered wood and sloping stones to showcase its surrounding …

The shape of the long, narrow building pays homage to the farm road that was once located on the property.

Ogimachi Global Dispensing Pharmacy

by TKY JAPAN & ninkipen!

A plot of land in Osaka, Japan, was once a farm road and later an illegally-built house; today it’s home to a pharmacy that …

A matrix of white cushions expand and contrast in controlled rhythms.

Seventy-Five

by Nils Volker

For one of his largest installations to date, Nils Völker used 75 white cushions, aluminum sheets, a system of cooling fans and …

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Pins and magnets magically become a moving sea urchin.

Sculptures Cinetiques

by Laurent Debraux

Laurent Debraux creates delicate sculptures that seem to come alive, thanks to mechanics and magnetic laws; the result is …

KSP envisioned an high-rise for Air China in the large western Chinese city, Chengdou.

Air China Blue Sky Tower

by KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten

KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten has won an international competition – the Blue Sky Building Project – to realize Air China’s …

Saffron suggests a new approach to urban sprawl, lending to more flexible places for living.

Why Skyscrapers are Overrated

Inge Saffron for TEDxPhilly

‘It’s time that we let go of our skyscraper fantasies and concentrate instead on making our mature city a better place to …