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Temporary Skin Patterns - Cut Here Tattoos

I love Tord Boontje's Cut Here tattoos, a low commitment design statement. If you aren't sure about redecorating your flat this long weekend, you can at least dress up a black shirt. The pale pink acrylic polymer temporary tattoos are a fun way to show your creative side. [More]

Banksy's Tunnel Vision - Graffiti Festival near London's Waterloo Station

Billed as London's Biggest Banksy Exhibition, an old railway tunnel in South London will host graffiti artists including Banksy, Dot Masters, Pure Evil, and many more in an organized graffitti festival celebrating the talents of these diverse artists. There are rules, the event will have a receptio… [More]

World Largest Building Opens Early - Foster and Partners Beijing Airport (GALLERY)

After four years of design and construction work, the world's largest structure -- Terminal 3 at the Beijing Capital International Airport--opens today, in time for the Olympic Games. Aside from the stunning roofscape, which integrates wayfinding in the orange, red and yellow interiors, this build… [More]

One Night Stand Architecture - Demountable M-Hotel in East London (GALLERY)

We've heard of pop up boutiques and pop up restaurants, but now Architect Tim Pyne has designed a temporary hotel is London's trendy Hoxton. Pyne aims to start building works this summer and intends to fill the disused site for 8 years (which will be long enough to cash in on the Olympics boom). … [More]

Branding America's Largest, Eco Ferris Wheel - Pepsi Globe

Ferris wheels are great, but skyscraper-size billboards are not. I'm a huge fan of the British Airways London Eye, an exception perhaps, as the branding isn't visually obvious and it was designed by the talented architects at Marks Barfield. Of course, one of the best things about the London Eye… [More]

Transient Art Pavilion - Zaha Hadid's Chanel Design (VIDEO)

On 28 February, the new Chanel 'Mobile Art Container' will be unveiled in Hong Kong, designed by Zaha Hadid, as a transient art pavilion that will roam Tokyo, NYC, London, Moscow and Paris until 2010. According to Hadid, the design is "a celebration of the iconic work of Chanel, unmistakeable for i… [More]

Flat Pack Garden Pot - Electricwig Design (GALLERY)

Founded by Tim Denton and Johanna Van Daalen in 2001, Electricwig has a reputation for creating furniture, objects and installations with a stylish sense of humour. The 123 Garden aims to help people make the most out of a small urban outdoor space, with a flat pack solution for greening any narrow… [More]

London Surface Design Show - From Resin Marble Building Blocks to Prints on Etched Glass (GALLERY)

The Surface Design Show 2008, from 4-8 March in Islington, London is an exhibition of innovative materials and surfaces for applications in architecture and inteiors. Among the products on show are : Surface 1 Resin Walls by Efepimarmi that feature marble pebbles cast in transparent resin that ca… [More]

Up & Coming Designers From The Greenhouse - Stockholm Furniture Fair 2008 (GALLERY)

The Greenhouse area of the Stockholm Furniture Fair tends to be the most anticipated area of the exhibition, as it features up and coming designers. This year some highlights were No 3 table lamps by point-3 which seem have an animated form, seeming to perch on their tripod legs, the expressive 'tr… [More]

Branding for Lovers - Ring Me and Heartbreaker by Ringleader (GALLERY)

Ring Me, Until Death Do Us Part, Jesus Loves You, Apudne Tel Ve Me (Latin for "Your Place or Mine")--these are just a few of the phrases that you can brand into your partner or dip in ink and stamp using your oxidised silver Ring Me ring. The designs, part of Ringleader's 'Love and Faith' Collectio… [More]