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Manly Motif Wall Decals - Mustache Wall Murals from PIXERS Add Masculinity to Your Interior

Manly Motif Wall Decals Mustache Wall Murals from PIXERS Add Masculinity to Your Interior

Mustaches have seen a huge revival that influences not only male fashion, but also the world of interior design. It appears on hipsters’ faces and on their accessories from prints, cushions and... [More]

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93 Rugged Father

93 Rugged Father's Day Gifts From Macho Necessity Sets to Recycled Rubber Garments

If your dad is the kind of guy who likes adventuring and the outdoors, he will love these rugged Father’s Day gifts. With so many ways to explore and enjoy the outdoors, there is always a tool... [More]

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Recycled Can Chandeliers - Dutch Designer Willem Heeffer Turned 334 Old Tins into Diner Decor

Recycled Can Chandeliers Dutch Designer Willem Heeffer Turned 334 Old Tins into Diner Decor

Using simple items like a recycled can, you can create some incredibly appealing decor. Dutch designer Willem Heeffer has used the recycled can concept at a diner to create many attractive and eco-... [More]

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50 Gifts for Golfer Dads - From Golf-Improving Gadgets to Pimped Out Golfing Pods

50 Gifts for Golfer Dads From Golf-Improving Gadgets to Pimped Out Golfing Pods

Gifts for golfer dads are limitless, so if your father is an avid golfer, Father’s Day shopping will be a breeze. But if you’re still looking, this list will give you ideas a bit more creative... [More]

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Melancholy Moment Portraits - Joanne Nam is an Artist with a Penchant for Quiet, Pensive Moments

Melancholy Moment Portraits Joanne Nam is an Artist with a Penchant for Quiet, Pensive Moments

Korean born, California-based illustrator Joanne Nam is an artist with a penchant for capturing life’s quiet, reflective and sad moments in her artwork. Looking through Joanne Nam’s... [More]

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Eco Artisan Playing Cards - These White Artisan Playing Cards Add Class to Any Poker Game

Eco Artisan Playing Cards These White Artisan Playing Cards Add Class to Any Poker Game

These eye-catching artisan playing cards are done in a gold and white design. This surprisingly classy deck of cards was created by an amazing South African artist named Simon Frouws, who has a... [More]

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DIY Glistening Rope Lamps - Light Glistens Between the Lines of These Rope Lamps by Hobby Design

DIY Glistening Rope Lamps Light Glistens Between the Lines of These Rope Lamps by Hobby Design

These handmade glistening rope lamps by Korean blogger Hobby Design were inspire by the subtlety and ambiance of a sunrise. The step-by-step pictorial instructions on the blog are easy to follow.... [More]

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Sweet Skyline Sculptures - Chris Naylor

Sweet Skyline Sculptures Chris Naylor's London Skyline Sculpture is Made of 2,186 Sugar Cubes

Using 2,186 sugar cubes, Chris Naylor created a sculpture of London’s skyline. The sweet creation was made in celebration of the Museum of London Dockland’s 10th anniversary. Landmarks... [More]

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Reimagined Fantasy Corporations - Shutterstock Transforms Game of Thrones Houses into Firms

Reimagined Fantasy Corporations Shutterstock Transforms Game of Thrones Houses into Firms

Modernizing George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones houses, Shutterstock’s ‘Game of Brands’ re-imagines families as corporations. The houses battling it out for the iron throne in... [More]

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Recycled Rave Light Displays - The

Recycled Rave Light Displays The 'Ballroom Luminoso' Installation Shows Vibrant Eco-Friendly Lamps

The ‘Ballroom Luminoso’ installation, situated in a San Antonio, Texas overpass, is a beautiful display of six eco-friendly lamps made up of recycled bike parts. Each globular... [More]

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Modernized Presidential Portraits - Acrylicize

Modernized Presidential Portraits Acrylicize's Portrait of President Van Buren is Tongue-in-Cheek

Did you know that the US President Martin Van Buren coined the saying ‘O.K?’ Design firm ‘Acrylicize’ decided to commemorate this proud historical moment for UK’s The... [More]

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Custom Steampunk Motorcycles - This Customized Motorcycle is Completely One of a Kind

Custom Steampunk Motorcycles This Customized Motorcycle is Completely One of a Kind

Bikers and auto-experts alike will enjoy checking out this sleek customized motorcycle. This stunning steel creation is called the El Solitario Trimotoro Motorcycle. The design team at El Solitario... [More]

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Power Usage Mood Bears - The

Power Usage Mood Bears The 'Bobo' Polar Bear Energy Display Teaches Kids to Save Electricity

Teaching kids eco-friendly values can be difficult but the ‘Bobo’ polar bear energy display aims to help. The cute plastic polar bear teaches kids to conserve energy by changing colors... [More]

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Fast Food Chair Designs - The Lazy Oaf

Fast Food Chair Designs The Lazy Oaf's Pizza Bean Bag Chair Will Make You Both Comfy and Hungry

With these new pieces of fast food furniture from The Lazy Oaf, it has become possible to eat your favorite greasy food in comfort. The Pizza Bean Bag is a giant fabric pizza slice stuffed with... [More]

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Spanish Spaceman Hotels - The Barcelona Space Hotel Aims to Bring Space Tourism to Spain

Spanish Spaceman Hotels The Barcelona Space Hotel Aims to Bring Space Tourism to Spain

This is the Barcelona space hotel, a conceptual skyscraper designed for the historic Spanish city. Spanish designer Erik Morvan created it and American developer Mobilona is attempting to get city... [More]

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Witchcraft-Inspired Floral Sculptures - The Book of Shadows Series is Hauntingly Beautiful

Witchcraft-Inspired Floral Sculptures The Book of Shadows Series is Hauntingly Beautiful

The magical ‘Book of Shadows’ photography series by Amelia Bauer is inspired by 17th century witch lure. With the help of an extremely talented floral designer named Elizabeth Parks... [More]

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Vampire Exterminating Simulations - The

Vampire Exterminating Simulations The 'Birmingham Vampire Slaying' Lets You Kill the Undead

If you have a hate for vampires cultivated over years of poorly made vampire romances, you can take your anger out on a vampire slaying simulation. Chillisauce’s ‘Birmingham Vampire... [More]

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Spanish Art-Inspired Seating - The Chair for Dali is Inspired by the Photograph

Spanish Art-Inspired Seating The Chair for Dali is Inspired by the Photograph 'Dali Atomicus'

The Chair for Dali is a set of two rubber chairs created by Japanese designer Kei Harada. The chairs are made almost entirely of rubber—one is made of 70 percent rubber and the other 90 percent&... [More]

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21 Dinstinctly Outlined Designs - From Cartoon-Like Sofas to Cord-Contoured Lights

21 Dinstinctly Outlined Designs From Cartoon-Like Sofas to Cord-Contoured Lights

These outlined designs have a flattened appearance that make them seem like they were pulled from the pages of a comic book and put into real life. The simple silhouettes are playful and evocative... [More]

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Vintage Game Modern Ads - Barrett Biggers

Vintage Game Modern Ads Barrett Biggers's 'Legend of Zelda' Posters Comically Advertise Game Items

In a series of imagined ‘Legend of Zelda’ poster advertisements by artist Barrett Biggers, products and services from ‘The Legend of Zelda’ are promoted. Biggers used vintage... [More]

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Customizable Cupcake Parties - Pink the Town Offers a Cupcakes and Couture Event at Le Dolci

Customizable Cupcake Parties Pink the Town Offers a Cupcakes and Couture Event at Le Dolci

Pink the Town is a website and company that works to directly connect women with their favorite interests and brands. The company’s Cupcakes and Couture event that brings together dozens of... [More]

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100 Gothic-Inspired Products - This List Serves as a Tribute to This Year

100 Gothic-Inspired Products This List Serves as a Tribute to This Year's World Goth Day

World Goth Day comes but once a year and when it does it makes sense to pay tribute to the gothic’s influence on modern culture. These 50 gothic products were all inspired by the dark vampiric... [More]

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71 Gifts for Gamer Dads - From Gamer Desk Lamps to Sleek Sound Systems

71 Gifts for Gamer Dads From Gamer Desk Lamps to Sleek Sound Systems

If your dad is a gamer, you’ll have no trouble finding a gift this Father’s Day because this list of gifts for gamer dads is basically endless. Something as simple and inexpensive as... [More]

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Universe-Merging Collages - Hugo Barros

Universe-Merging Collages Hugo Barros's Collages Mashes Worlds for a Surreal Effect

Collages by artist Hugo Barros use images with extremely different environments to form surreal landscapes. The artworks combine otherworldly graphics with realistic scenes to create mind-bending... [More]

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Skyscraper Tribute Chandeliers - This Chandelier is a Replica of the World

Skyscraper Tribute Chandeliers This Chandelier is a Replica of the World's Tallest Building

This stunning four-meter tall chandelier by Thomas Faustig is a replica of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. This marvelous crystal creation was created for an exhibition in Dubai,... [More]

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Religion-Digitizing Infographics - The

Religion-Digitizing Infographics The 'Online Giving' Chart Brings E-Religion to the Forefront

The process of modernizing churches can be a painful task, but the ‘Online Giving’ infographic aims to help pastors everywhere fund their churches through the Internet. The infographic... [More]

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Uber-Cushioned Bike Wheels - The

Uber-Cushioned Bike Wheels The 'Loopwheel' Replaces Spokes with Loops for a Smooth Ride

Replacing conventional spokes in bike wheels, looped bands in the ‘Loopwheel’ create an incredibly smooth ride. By replacing bike spokes with a looped spring system, ‘Loopwheel&#... [More]

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72 Quirky Office Products - These Items Serve as the Perfect Tribute to The Office Finale

72 Quirky Office Products These Items Serve as the Perfect Tribute to The Office Finale

After nine years, The Office finale has arrived. For almost a decade, viewers have tuned in to watch the antics at Dunder Mifflin, to ship Jim and Pam’s relationship and laugh at Dwight’s... [More]

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Warring Wizard Seasoners - The Lord Of The Rings Salt And Pepper Shakers are Fantastical

Warring Wizard Seasoners The Lord Of The Rings Salt And Pepper Shakers are Fantastical

The Lord Of The Rings Salt And Pepper Shakers spices up the dinner table in a slew of different ways. Whether introducing heat in the form of love as with a kissing Aragon and Arwen or through a... [More]

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Luxe Mobile Lamps - The Counterweight Lighting by Fort Standard Balances Like a See Saw

Luxe Mobile Lamps The Counterweight Lighting by Fort Standard Balances Like a See Saw

The Counterweight Lighting collection is at once contemporary and timeless. Although the sleek minimalist lines speak to modern times, the combination of marble and polished brass materials can be... [More]

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Minimalist Fortress-Like Farmsteads - The Tom Ford Ranch by Tadao Ando is Domineeringly Beautiful

Minimalist Fortress-Like Farmsteads The Tom Ford Ranch by Tadao Ando is Domineeringly Beautiful

The Tom Ford Ranch looks like something out of a sci-fi flick, one in which the audience is treated to a futuristic view of what a once common landscape now looks like. In this case, that landscape... [More]

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Revamped Stock Image Projects - The Game of Brands Series Modernizes

Revamped Stock Image Projects The Game of Brands Series Modernizes 'Game of Thrones' Houses

‘Game of Thrones’ is so heavily prevalent that it has inspired the Game of Brands series. Commissioned by Shutterstock, it revolves around boring and corny royalty-free stock images.... [More]

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Humorously Offensive Illustrations - Rudeness and Honesty Merge in Lyvia Aylward-Davies

Humorously Offensive Illustrations Rudeness and Honesty Merge in Lyvia Aylward-Davies's New Work

London-based model and illustrator Lyvia Aylward-Davies tells it like it is with her new work. Aylward-Davies uses a minimalist style to create drawings similar to those found in children’s... [More]

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Sculptural Sinewy Seating - Designer Bae Sehwa is Inspired by Korean Traditions and Beliefs

Sculptural Sinewy Seating Designer Bae Sehwa is Inspired by Korean Traditions and Beliefs

Bae Sehwa, a furniture designer based in South Korea, specializes in creating steamed bentwood furniture that could pass for sculptural works of art. With sinewy, undulating surfaces, the seats are... [More]

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Deceptively Broken Sculptures - Artist Wyatt Kahn Creates Geometrically Intricate and Abstract Art

Deceptively Broken Sculptures Artist Wyatt Kahn Creates Geometrically Intricate and Abstract Art

Wyatt Kahn, an artist living and working in New York City, creates abstract artworks that could be taken for broken relics mounted on the wall. Nevertheless, they are purposeful sculptures made out... [More]

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Cave-Like Planters - The Wellspring by Martin Azua is a Self-Contained Ecosystem

Cave-Like Planters The Wellspring by Martin Azua is a Self-Contained Ecosystem

Cozy and cavelike, the Wellspring by Martin Azua, a designer based in Barcelona, Spain, is a planter that simulates a natural environment in a stylish and manageable way. In place of typical plastic... [More]

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Architecture-Inspired Food Photography - Bauhaus by Nicky&Max Relies on Geometry for Artistic Flair

Architecture-Inspired Food Photography Bauhaus by Nicky&Max Relies on Geometry for Artistic Flair

Bauhaus by Nicky&Max;, a blog founded by British photographer Nicola Walsh and German chef Max Faber, is a food photography series inspired by the modern architectural style popular in the early... [More]

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Expressive Robot-Like Lighting - The Clyde Lamp by Fabule Fabrications is Full of Personality

Expressive Robot-Like Lighting The Clyde Lamp by Fabule Fabrications is Full of Personality

The Clyde Lamp looks like a miniature model of the alien robots that took over the earth in the movie ‘War of the Worlds.’ A table light, it stands on multiple tentacles while... [More]

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Layered Grate-Like Timepieces - The Time Machine Clock by Daniel Duarte Abstractly Tells the Time

Layered Grate-Like Timepieces The Time Machine Clock by Daniel Duarte Abstractly Tells the Time

The Time Machine Clock doesn’t look like a clock except for its shape and the fact that it is mounted to the wall. In place of the traditional clock face is an abstract grate-like pattern that... [More]

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32 Magnificently Modern Aquariums - From Drink Chiller Fish Tanks to TV-Like Fish Tanks

32 Magnificently Modern Aquariums From Drink Chiller Fish Tanks to TV-Like Fish Tanks

If you’re looking to have some marine life in your home and want something sleek and stylish to keep them in, then these wonderfully modern aquariums are just the thing to maintain your sea... [More]

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Bicycle Chandelier Sculptures - Ballroom Luminoso Lights Up the Underbelly of a Texas Overpass

Bicycle Chandelier Sculptures Ballroom Luminoso Lights Up the Underbelly of a Texas Overpass

The underbelly of an overpass can be a creepy place at night, but thanks to Ballroom Luminoso that is not the case for a particular one found in San Antonio, Texas. Ballroom Luminoso is a set of six... [More]

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Adult-Geared Wooden Toys - The Metaproject 03 Series Partners Up with New York-Based Areaware

Adult-Geared Wooden Toys The Metaproject 03 Series Partners Up with New York-Based Areaware

Designer and Rochester Institute of Technology professor Josh Owen is at is again with his student project Metaproject 03. This time around, he has teamed up with Areaware, a New York-based company... [More]

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Funky Wooden Rocks - Wood Geos by Haley Ann Robinson are Inspired by Geometry and Nature

Funky Wooden Rocks Wood Geos by Haley Ann Robinson are Inspired by Geometry and Nature

The Wood Geos series gives geometry and gems a funky twist. First of all, as the title suggests, these rough ‘gems’ are blocks of wood that have been sculpted to look like precious stones.... [More]

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Weight-Fluctuating Female Sculptures - Eve by Ted Lawson Depicts Different Body Types for Same Woman

Weight-Fluctuating Female Sculptures Eve by Ted Lawson Depicts Different Body Types for Same Woman

Eve by Ted Lawson, an artist living and working in New York City, is a series of sculptures that depicts one woman in different physical states. Ranging from depressingly anorexic to disgustingly... [More]

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Neon Light Swings - Artist Su-Mei Tse Uses Illuminated Tubes for Everyday Sculptures

Neon Light Swings Artist Su-Mei Tse Uses Illuminated Tubes for Everyday Sculptures

Su-Mei Tse, a musician, artist and photographer based in Luxembourg, has created two visually striking sculptures that depict everyday objects. Yet she has transcended them above the ordinary by... [More]

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Handy Hook Storage - The Entryway Wall Shelf From Urban Outfitters is Cleverly Compact

Handy Hook Storage The Entryway Wall Shelf From Urban Outfitters is Cleverly Compact

The Entryway Wall Shelf from Urban Outfitters is a cleverly compact storage unit that can be wall-hung for maximum convenience. The small-sized storage unit is crafted using smooth and durable teak... [More]

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Retro Gamer Blankets - The Legend of Zelda Afghan Supports Safe Dungeon Crawling

Retro Gamer Blankets The Legend of Zelda Afghan Supports Safe Dungeon Crawling

Gamers who are familiar with the “old school” will instantly recognize the source of inspiration for the Legend of Zelda afghan. Created by Etsy merchant Penelope and Clyde of 8-bit... [More]

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Iridescent Superhero Sweets - Illuminate Your Candy Bowl with the Miraculous Marvel Glow Pops

Iridescent Superhero Sweets Illuminate Your Candy Bowl with the Miraculous Marvel Glow Pops

Crazy cool candies have never before shone so bright as the Marvel Glow Pops do. These insanely awesome sweets feature glowing sticks that send a luminescent glow throughout the entire lollipop.... [More]

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