A Real LEG House : James May Builds Himself

“The idea first came up over a beer, when we were talking about what we would have built as kids if we had enough Lego. Your imagination is always bigger than your stockpile when you’re a kid. Up until now, the largest thing I’ve ever built with Lego was probably a plane or a battleship, because that was all I could build with the amount I had,” said James.











If you have a passion for cars you may have heard about James May. The guy is producer and co-presenter on one of Britain’s best TV Shows, Top Gear. Also known as Captain Slow, James is more than just a guy with a passion for engines. He also loves LEGO and to prove that he’s serious about it, after beer with the “mates” he decided to build — entirely from LEGO pieces — a real two-storey house, where he’ll live upon completion. Located in the middle of the Denbies Wine Estate, in Dorking, UK, the building is going to use 3 million colorful bricks, will feature a Lego toilet and LEGO furniture.

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Trendy Furniture: Modular Tetris Shelves

The game of Tetris has inspired many designers throughout the years. These Modular Tetris shelves are another practical influence of the hugely successful puzzle game. From Brave Space design, the Tetrad Flat Shelving is a set of ten colored pieces in the popular shapes of the game.




The shelves are made of wood, although their backings are entirely metallic. The blocks can be simply spread individually around your apartment, hung on a wall, or connected together to form a bookcase. You can arrange them in any way you like and use them for storing CD’s, books, magazines or any other objects that you have lying around your house. The finish is said to be stain resistant and easy to maintain. We found out that the set has a rather steamy price. You can get this ten blocks set at $ 1500 or an upgraded version for $2000, a sum that is not too high considering the creativity of the design and the endless possibilities in which you can use the Tetris blocks.

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East Meets West Zodiac Clock

Behind the ‘East-Meets-West’ wall clock by Kit Men stands a creative design idea: the blending of two cultures. From far away the two separate clocks seem to have some incomprehensible art forms on the margins, but as you see the product up-close, this changes and the zodiac characters are visible and clear.



This is exactly what the designer himself intended: “up close each zodiac symbol is clearly visible, the dual-time function is clearly apparent with the symbols of the Chinese zodiac on the left depicting time in the East while the symbols from the zodiac on the right presenting the time in the West. Moving further away the image begins to transform from zodiac symbols to classically intricate picture of decorative motifs”.The clock comes in two versions so you can choose the one that goes the best with your interior. The dimensions 35.5 x 81.3cm are medium, so establishing a place for this modern clock will not be an issue.

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Social Internet-ing Pillows

In these days everybody who uses the internet is a member of a social network, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc …and a lot of people spend more and more time on them. If these social networks and websites have become such an influence in your life that you’re decorating your home with them, it might be time to invite your friends over for a little face to face social interaction.

I have to admit that these pillows are quite geeky, but they look good items are 100% handmade with care. The FriendFeed, Myspace, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook and RSS Icon Pillows are available from the Craftsquatch Etsy shop for $14.99-19.99 each.

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Flatware Design by Onart

Acrylic Flatware design for simplicty. Onart started with making his design in Adobe Illustrator. The goal was to get as many pieces as possible from one sheet and also has a beautiful design.

He also did some renderings using Rhinoceros 4 Wenatchee to see his design in real life. After he finalized his design and send it to Ponoko and they cut it and send it to him. He choose to use white acrylic. It is basically like puzzle pieces.

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FlatPak House The Wolfback Ridge

A recently completed FlatPak house is located in Sausalito, California, just over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. The 4,200 square foot, 5 bedroom residence will likely make all the other FlatPak home owners jealous of its amazine views over the San Francisco Bay area.

Prefab house fans should be very familiar with the FlatPak homes that have received much media attention over the past few years. The homes, designed by architect Charlie Lazor, have been featured in architecture and design magazines all over the world.
The home is currently being offered for sale through the Dupont Group

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Shelving Only When You Want

What is ingenious is the ability to flip up all the shelving and keep them out of the way especially in a long narrow corridor when you are moving heavy things through it.

Large blank wall? No problem. Fill them with shelves so you can artfully display and store your things. But if you could also rearrange shelves without having to remove and reinstall the units all the better. Sebastian Errazuriz’s clever Repisa N5 allows you to do just that because you can bring down selected parts of the shelving unit. Change your mind? Just move them back up and pick another section. Or if you’re a pack rat, flip all the shelves down for maximum use.

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Visually Appealing Bamboo Tables

In open concept living space, it’s important to consider not just how individual furniture looks but whether they are still visually appealing from different angles. One designer who does consider this detail is Ken Tomita.

There are two outstanding table designs from his Bamboo Collection which look good from all view points. For the Sensu table, the designer chose perfectly proportioned and positioned glass and bamboo sections set on sumi stained ash legs. Any treasured art piece, ceramic or potted plant will be displayed in a most attractive manner.
Also noteworthy is his bamboo Gingko Light coffee table , masterfully crafted with tenon joints highlighted with black sumi ink. Just the right touch for this minimalist design.

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Book Table Clock

The clock might be a little harder to read ( at lest until you get used to it ), but if you something colorful in your decor then this clock is a must.

If you are looking for a fun, easy and colorful way to incorporate a time piece in to your library or bookshelf then the “Present Time Book Table Clock in Color Paper” is something you’re looking for. The hours are cunningly disguised as book titles, making this clock really blend in with your reading material.

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Flat Pack : My Crew Table

The My Crew could serve as really fun coffee tables, a creatively arranged urban dining table, interesting outdoor serving tables or accent tables for lamps or books in a bedroom. Honestly, I think that these would be a resourceful, more contemporary accent for a child’s playroom or bedroom.

A resourceful furniture piece by Swedish designers Ingrid Svensson and Olle Wingard of the design company Minus Tio, My Crew is a table that is meant to be pieced together like panels for every usage imaginable. The stark contrast is color and noticeably diagonal design is clearly meant to the more thoughtful, creative urban designers who are looking to add creative complementary accents to a contrasting space without burdening you with the process of matching color.

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Modern Vanity Bathtub

Pictured here in white, this minimalist bathroom essential is easy to dress down or up – imagine sinking back into this baby with a glamorous chandelier suspended overhead. For more informations about this modern bathtub check Mastella website.



Designed by Mastella this new Vanity Bathtub is an awesome for any contemporary bathroom. This unique bathtub design boasts soft, organic curves inspired by nature’s most-perfect form – the egg – complemented by a flat edge making it ideal for practical wall placement without sacrificing style.

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Multi-layer Toliet Seat

I’m pretty sure that womens will love this product, and will want to buy it right away. The bad part is that at the moment this is just a conceptual model.
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In households in which men and women live together, using the toilet can become a problem, especially for women. But to solve this problem Jan Ctvrtnik decided to end the battle of the bathroom with a functional design, simple, original and very practical.

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Tetris Furniture by Diego Silverio and Helder Filipov

Designed to be multi-functional (as desks, shelves, drawers or tables), these pieces offer functional storage, colorful design, and superiorly built frames. Surprisingly, each piece is designed to be able to stand alone or fit with the other tetris “pieces”.




Tetris is one of the most classic and phenomenal games ever created. Even over two decades later, the interest and hype still continues. Tetris is so popular, that two artists, Diego Silverio and Helder Filipov, have created epic and modern pieces of furniture which are modeled after the famed tetriminoes.

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