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December 07 2011
UNStudio Plans A Gravity-Defying Watchtower Using High-Tech Concrete

UNStudio Plans A Gravity-Defying Watchtower Using High-Tech Concrete

Sure, it’s pretty, but it’s also an experiment in cutting-edge building tech.

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  • 6 Notes
  • 56 Tweets
  • 7 Likes
Terrifying Mountain “Refuge” Juts Out Over An Alpine Cliff

Terrifying Mountain “Refuge” Juts Out Over An Alpine Cliff

Oh, look. It’s just another retreat shaped like a missile, painted like a Christmas sweater, and hanging clear off the side of a mountain.

Architects have officially lost their marbles!

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  • 10 Notes
  • 181 Tweets
  • 61 Likes
Parsons Student Relieves The Back-Breaking Work Of Coffee Picking

Parsons Student Relieves The Back-Breaking Work Of Coffee Picking

Gabriela Ravassa’s Coco bucket is designed to reduce injuries in bean pickers, the unsung heroes of Colombia’s coffee industry.

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  • 81 Tweets
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No Joke: Noisezero, Eco-Friendly Headphones That Aren’t Hideous

No Joke: Noisezero, Eco-Friendly Headphones That Aren’t Hideous

British-born, Hong Kong-based designer Michael Young successfully blends sophisticated styling, green materials, and high-quality sound.

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Sign Of The Times: Capsule Urn, The iPod Of Funeral Home Products

Sign Of The Times: Capsule Urn, The iPod Of Funeral Home Products

Steve Prastka’s minimalist, gleaming designs look like what would happen if Jony Ive went into the funeral business.

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Watch This Lady Make Models Of Famous Buildings Using Junk

Watch This Lady Make Models Of Famous Buildings Using Junk

The video is called Covers, and in it a woman uses books, candles, dishes, and old stereos to build exact replicas of modern icons.

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Infographic of the Day

Infographic Of The Day: How Drunk Can You Get At Your Office Xmas Party?

Infographic Of The Day: How Drunk Can You Get At Your Office Xmas Party?

It’s office-party season, which means, time to get your dranky-drank on!!

But wait! You don’t want to get so sloshed you end up doinking your secretary and accidentally running a lawnmower over someone’s foot. This stuff happens!

Okay, maybe just on TV. Still. It’d be a damned shame to get fired for ladling yourself one too many cups of egg nog.

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3 Ways To Win In A Brutal Economy

3 Ways To Win In A Brutal Economy

Written by: Jump Associates

The key to growing in an uncertain economy is to cross disciplines, writes Jump’s Jonathan Gambrio.

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Co.Design
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Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
12 / 07 two thousand and eleven
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