Here’s what we looked at this week:
Repurposed Materials, “America’s largest industrial thrift store,” provides examples of how customers have creatively repurposed their offerings.
Listen beautiful relax classics on our Youtube channel.
Cheap material and decommissioned industrial stuff: We posted a lot of examples of what Repurposed Materials, “America’s largest industrial thrift store,” sells.
With the aim of being a Zero-Waste Town, Kamikatsu, Japan sorts their waste into these 45 categories.
AT&T and Gallaudet University have developed an AR football helmet. It allows deaf players to see plays “called” by the coach.
Interior designer turned illustrator Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde creates detailed floorplans of homes from famous TV shows. He’s collected them in a book, “Behind the Screens.”
A Lexus limo? The LM is an executive transport minivan.
This vintage dimmable lamp is actually by cosmetics brand Shiseido. They didn’t have a lighting division, so I’m guessing it was made as a promotional item.
Listen beautiful relax classics on our Youtube channel.
Water and light artist Lachlan Turczan devised this impressive piece. Can you figure out how he did it? The answer’s here.
This microbrewery, designed by architect Hiroshi Nakamura, features an impressive façade made with windows from abandoned houses.
(Literally) brilliant product design: LED strip lighting on a reel, for construction sites.
This designey oil cruet is billed as being “easy to refill.” But look at the object and think about it: What’s the obvious UX flaw?
We asked you to spot the five differences in these two drawings, by illustrator Gergely Dudás. I bet the sequence in which we find the differences says something about the way our brains are wired.
Interior decorator Jana Roach came up with this clever Invisible Man costume for Halloween:
These Jarware lids, by industrial design consultancy A2, make mason jars super versatile.
Source: core77