Abosulutely Fantastic Photo Manipulation

Levi van Veluw´s photo series are all self-portraits, drawn and photographed by himself: a one-man-process. His works constitute elemental transfers – modifying the face as object – combining it with other stylistic elements to create a third visual object with a large visual impact. The work you see therefore is not a portrait, but an information-rich image of colour, form, texture, and content.

Home Theater

This home theater is modeled after 'The Next Generation' Enterprise, and the results are impressive. It was named the best theme theater installation at Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association 2007. The home theater installation in Palm Beach County, Florida has projection screen which is nearly 135 inches wide diagonally, apart from this it has eight servers with 3,816 DVDs.

What A Bank!

Can you believe this is a bank? The concept for CheBanca! (translation: What a bank!) in Milan by Crea International, reflects the brand's simplicity, transparency and innovation.

Twist Bench

Designed by Christopher Pett, the Twist Bench is made in England from steam-bent twisted ash and can accommodate up to four people.

The curvaceous symmetry of the design accentuates the grain of the carefully selected ash timber.

However, priced at £2,115.00, this bench is not for a park.

Office Center '1000'

Office Center '1000' is a 10-floor office building designed in the form of a 1,000 banknote, by the architect, RA Studija. The exterior consists of 4500 pieces of glass in different shapes with enamel designs on them. According to Jonas Plenta, the marketing manager of Urmas, the company behind the project, says that the new structure is not just a huge structure to the power of money. For those in business who appreciate prestige, image and quality, this is the building to work from.

Newspaper Furniture

David Stovell's Sunday Paper products consist of tightly rolled newspapers tied together into seating furniture. The furniture inspired by newspapers left outside of shops on a Saturday night, explore the "compressed life cycle" of the material. This does remind us of our earlier post 'Creativity with newspaper', and here too the newspapers are been put to good use.

56 Leonard Street

56 Leonard Street, a 56-storey residential condominium building in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron. The tower will house 145 luxury residences, each with its own unique floor plan and private outdoor space. The typical floors are shifted at the base and top of the tower to create large terraces for the higher-priced costing units. Balconies are used for the floors in between, blending indoors and outdoors seamlessly together.



The building's defining corner will be the site of a specially commissioned sculpture by Anish Kapoor. Homes in the building will range from 1,430 square feet to 6,380 square feet, ranging from $3.5 million to $33 million. The construction is supposed to be completed by end of 2010.

World's Largest Arch Bridge in Dubai by 2012

It’s always the ‘largest’ or the ‘tallest’ or the ‘most expensive’ kinds of terms only that can epitomize the construction coming up in Dubai. The latest on the list is the World's largest Arch Bridge. The mile-long bridge will be 670 feet tall at its highest point! And it’s gonna encompass 12 lanes of traffic with a metro line running down the center. Estimated to be able to carry over 2,000 vehicles per hour in each direction, this bridge will be built at a whopping cost of 817 million dollars!

Glass Keyboard by Kong Fanwen

This glass “no-key” keyboard, designed by Kong Fanwen, could be a nice alternative to the “Really Cool” waterproof keyboard that we featured last month. The plan is to use a tiny camera with motion capture technology that will track your fingers as you type. Unfortunately, at this time, this is just a concept.

Bulb Table

Here’s another good idea for saving living room space or for having extra chairs when confronting with unexpected visits. “Bulb” table comes from designer Marta Antoszkiewicz , it has an intriguing look and it appears to be very practical.

BlackBerry Bold: Boldly Takes on iPhone

RI­M a­nno­­unce­d to­­da­y­ i­ts­ la­te­s­t Bla­ckBe­rry­ 9000, a­ls­o­­ kno­­wn a­s­ the­ Blac­kBe­rry­ Bold. D­u­e to­ its bla­ck­ co­lo­r­ enclo­sed­ in a­ ch­r­o­m­e bo­r­d­er­, it’s h­a­r­d­ no­t to­ no­tice th­e sim­ila­r­ity between it a­nd­ th­e iP­hon­e.



Th­e Blac­kBerry­ Bold­ is­ n­ot p­uttin­g up­ a figh­t with­out bein­g well-p­rep­ared­. It h­as­ 3.5G H­S­D­P­A s­up­p­ort, WiFi, Bluetooth­, GP­S­, 480x­320 res­olution­ s­c­reen­ (twic­e th­e res­olution­ of th­e m­os­t rec­en­t Blac­kBerry­ C­urve), p­h­y­s­ic­al QWERTY­ key­board­, trac­kball loc­ated­ un­d­er th­e s­c­reen­, full-featured­ d­es­ktop­-s­ty­le web brows­er, 2M­P­ c­am­era with­ vid­eo rec­ord­in­g c­ap­abilities­, built-in­ c­am­era flas­h­, an­d­ 5x­ d­igital zoom­. D­efin­itely­ a worth­y­ c­om­p­etitor to th­e iP­h­on­e.


Un­fortun­ately­ for RIM­, th­e Blac­kBerry­ Bold­ h­as­ y­et to h­ave an­ offic­ial laun­c­h­ d­ate. Th­e iP­h­on­e will be up­grad­ed­ with­ n­ew features­ very­ s­oon­, an­d­ we d­on­’t kn­ow h­ow s­h­in­y­ th­e Bold­ would­ look by­ th­en­.

Touch Hear

The Touch-Hear is a futuristic design concept by the Design Incubation Center. By touching a word or phrase, one can listen to its related information, like its pronunciation or its meaning. The gadget whispers the missing information into the ear, without interrupting the flow of reading. With this one, all the knowledge will be at your fingertips, and you never need to stop to jot it down or to go through the dictionary.