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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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Delicate Microscopic Flowers - Scientist Wim L. Noorduin Coaxes Chemicals to Beautiful Blooms

Delicate Microscopic Flowers Scientist Wim L. Noorduin Coaxes Chemicals to Beautiful Blooms

At first, a person might look at Wim L. Noorduin’s images and assume that he is a talented macro photographer. In reality, he is a Harvard scientist who has learned how to manipulate... [More]

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Minimalist Planetary Time-Tellers - The Uranus Wall Clock Boasts NASA-Captured Graphic

Minimalist Planetary Time-Tellers The Uranus Wall Clock Boasts NASA-Captured Graphic

For those who have an affinity for all things relating to space or who simply want a new take on minimalist designs, the Uranus Wall Clock is a perfect option. Inspired by the planet it is named... [More]

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Hi-Tech Prismatic Blenders - The Sensi Standmixer by Peter Braakhuis Can be Controlled Remotely

Hi-Tech Prismatic Blenders The Sensi Standmixer by Peter Braakhuis Can be Controlled Remotely

The Sensi Standmixer introduces a hi-tech element to the baking process, which as a whole can take up a lot of time. Although many who love to bake don’t mind spending a few hours in the... [More]

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Gruesome Religious Sculptures - Saints Alive by Michael Landy Re-Imagines Iconic Statues and Figures

Gruesome Religious Sculptures Saints Alive by Michael Landy Re-Imagines Iconic Statues and Figures

The Saints Alive exhibit reinterprets iconic religious statues and figures in rather gruesome ways. They have been creepily deconstructed and reattached with mechanical parts to give them a... [More]

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Enchanted Forest Lamps - The Green Lights by Token Provides Illumination and Fresh Air

Enchanted Forest Lamps The Green Lights by Token Provides Illumination and Fresh Air

The Green Lights is beautifully enchanting. As though plucked from the home of a forest nymph, it brings a generous dose of nature indoors. This is due in large part to the base of the hanging Green... [More]

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Multifunctional Hollowed Hooks - The Cubby by Materious is Perfect for Small Spaces

Multifunctional Hollowed Hooks The Cubby by Materious is Perfect for Small Spaces

The Cubby by Materious is an ingenious alternative to the traditional hallway hook. A perfect solution for small spaces that require storage at the entrance but cannot accommodate tables, shelves or... [More]

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Continuous Line Dual-Seating - The Twofold Bench by After Architecture Has a Retro Video Game Vibe

Continuous Line Dual-Seating The Twofold Bench by After Architecture Has a Retro Video Game Vibe

The Twofold Bench looks like something out of a retro video game. The neon-hued border coupled with the continuous blocky silhouette has a digital vibe that is hard to deny. Yet nostalgic... [More]

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Proposed Pop Culture Statues - Wolf Gnards Imagines More Sculptures to Accompany Detroit

Proposed Pop Culture Statues Wolf Gnards Imagines More Sculptures to Accompany Detroit's RoboCop

With the help of Kickstarter and a lot of enthusiastic fans, Detroit is finally getting a RoboCop statue to celebrate the fictional futuristic hero, and one person hopes it is the first of many Pop... [More]

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Luxe Cocktail Anchors The 'Anchor Up' Swizzle Sticks Will Keep Your Drinks Adorned in Style

Raising money for disaster relief, swizzle sticks with a unique anchor design called ‘Anchor Up’ were released. Part of the sales from the cocktail anchors will go towards rebuilding the... [More]

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Captivating Guide Dog Campaigns - The New Mira Guide Dog Association Ads are Emotionally Gripping

Captivating Guide Dog Campaigns The New Mira Guide Dog Association Ads are Emotionally Gripping

This year, well-known ad agency Publicis undertook to produce several emotionally gripping ads to promote the Mira Guide Dog Association. They used four international artists to create four... [More]

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Sleek Modern Critter Dwellings - Omlet Creates Cute Animal Living Spaces for Stylish Pet Owners

Sleek Modern Critter Dwellings Omlet Creates Cute Animal Living Spaces for Stylish Pet Owners

Omlet is a company that produces sleek modern homes for pets, such as hamsters and gerbils. They also make stylish backyard chicken coups for those who are interested in urban chicken keeping. Since... [More]

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Alcohol-Smuggling Walking Canes - This is the Perfect Way to Sneak Your Favorite Liquors Anywhere

Alcohol-Smuggling Walking Canes This is the Perfect Way to Sneak Your Favorite Liquors Anywhere

The alcohol smuggling walking cane is perfect for sneaking your booze anywhere. The alcohol-smuggling walking cane has been crafted by the world renowned cane masters at Harvey, who have been making... [More]

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DIY Cement Candle Holders - Decorate Your Home with These Tetrapod-Shaped Cement Candle Holders

DIY Cement Candle Holders Decorate Your Home with These Tetrapod-Shaped Cement Candle Holders

These cement candle holders were inspired by the tetrapod structures along South Korean sea shores. Blogger HobbyDesign walks us through this DIY with step-by-step pictorials that are easy to follow.... [More]

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Sleek Sea-Inspired Speakers - These Speakers by Patrick Frei Mimic Sea Creatures for Superior Sound

Sleek Sea-Inspired Speakers These Speakers by Patrick Frei Mimic Sea Creatures for Superior Sound

Using biomimicry, ‘Soundwhale’ and ‘Fishead’ speakers designed by Patrick Frei take inspiration from whales and fish to give you an engaging auditory experience. Each speaker... [More]

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Alphabetical Chocolate Collections - Enjoy Custom Chocolate Creations at Nadege Patisserie Toronto

Alphabetical Chocolate Collections Enjoy Custom Chocolate Creations at Nadege Patisserie Toronto

Nadege Patisserie Toronto is an exclusive pastry boutique that aims to tickle your senses with excellence. Besides making mouthwatering macrons and many other types of artistically inclined bakery... [More]

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100 Geeky Gamer Illustrations - From Zelda Cash Designs to Gangster Mario Depictions

100 Geeky Gamer Illustrations From Zelda Cash Designs to Gangster Mario Depictions

Since most gamer rooms aren’t properly outfitted with proper video game illustration designs in their households, this list will provide them with possible designs they could post in their... [More]

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Real-Life Cartoon Depictions - Adventure Time Characters Get Digitally Sculpted by Thomas Lishman

Real-Life Cartoon Depictions Adventure Time Characters Get Digitally Sculpted by Thomas Lishman

The Adventure Time characters get digitally sculpted into real-life depictions by digital artist Thomas Lishman. The quirky characters of the comedy cartoon show are brought to life in great detail.... [More]

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Natural Eco-Friendly Corkscrews - These Bamboo Wine Accessories are Environmentally Friendly

Natural Eco-Friendly Corkscrews These Bamboo Wine Accessories are Environmentally Friendly

These bamboo wine accessories are perfect for the eco-conscious connoisseur. These eco-friendly bamboo wine accessories feature an opener that updates the traditional corkscrew with environmental... [More]

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Smartphone Vintage Photo Services - Printic Takes Your Digital Photos and Sends Them as Polaroids

Smartphone Vintage Photo Services Printic Takes Your Digital Photos and Sends Them as Polaroids

This vintage photo service transforms all of your favorite digital photos. The Printic vintage photo service app allows you to take photos with and from your smartphone, social media and any other... [More]

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Story-Projecting Light Posts - These Projectors Display Heartwarming Stories for Pedestrians

Story-Projecting Light Posts These Projectors Display Heartwarming Stories for Pedestrians

To increase awareness around the importance of electricity for AES Eletropaulo, Brazilian ad agency Dim&Canzian; created light post projectors. The projectors used lamp light to project special... [More]

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Fuel-Generating Artificial Forests - Scientists at Berkeley Lab Harness the Sun

Fuel-Generating Artificial Forests Scientists at Berkeley Lab Harness the Sun's Energy to Oxygen

These artificial forests turn the sun’s energy into oxygen and fuel. The scientific team at the Berkeley Lab created artificial forests that capture solar energy. It is then converted into... [More]

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Eco-Friendly Wood Stoves - This Swedish Designed Cooker Addresses Health and Environmental Issues

Eco-Friendly Wood Stoves This Swedish Designed Cooker Addresses Health and Environmental Issues

These new wood stoves cut carbon emissions in half. The Swedish designed ‘Baker Stove’ is a wood stove that had been designed to address the many health and environmental issues that... [More]

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49 Pollution-Inspired Artworks - From Paint-Like Garbage Art to Italian Pollution Paintings

49 Pollution-Inspired Artworks From Paint-Like Garbage Art to Italian Pollution Paintings

Art can be anything that is created by another with passion and emotion; the materials that someone uses to create play a huge part in the creation process especially when it comes to garbage art.... [More]

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Galactic Spice Shakers - These Martial Novelty Salt and Pepper Shakers are for the Space Fanatic

Galactic Spice Shakers These Martial Novelty Salt and Pepper Shakers are for the Space Fanatic

Whether you believe in life on other planets or not, these alien and UFO novelty salt and pepper shakers are too cosmically cute to pass up. Magnetically attached at the hip, this Alien and UFO pair... [More]

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29 City-Savvy Summer Bicycles - From Built-In Bike Cabinets to City Air-Purifying Bicycles

29 City-Savvy Summer Bicycles From Built-In Bike Cabinets to City Air-Purifying Bicycles

Summer bicycles are a great alternative for any urbanite to travel effortlessly, quickly and in style across the city. With the sun out, longer days and shorts weather here to stay, finding a fast... [More]

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Decoratively Glowing Sci-Fi Decals - The Light-Up Doctor Who Decals are Perfect for Sci-Fi Decor

Decoratively Glowing Sci-Fi Decals The Light-Up Doctor Who Decals are Perfect for Sci-Fi Decor

Any sci-fi decor enthusiast loves to collect their favorite show’s novelty memorabilia. So if you are an an advocate fan of alien-fighting Doctor Who, then these glow-in-the-dark Doctor Who-... [More]

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Recording Laser-Powered Rifles - These Hi-Tech Weapons Decide When To Shoot and Post to Social Media

Recording Laser-Powered Rifles These Hi-Tech Weapons Decide When To Shoot and Post to Social Media

These hi-tech weapons decide when to shoot and then record the action. The ‘TrackingPoint’ rifle uses a series of lasers and computer technology to fire the perfect shot. These hi-tech weapons... [More]

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Gigantic Record Breaking Sneakers - Superga Has Broken the Record for the World’s Largest Shoe

Gigantic Record Breaking Sneakers Superga Has Broken the Record for the World’s Largest Shoe

The Guinness World Record for the world’s largest shoe has been broken by an Italian shoe company called Superga. This massive piece of footwear is 20 feet long, 11 feet high and eight feet wide.... [More]

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Cavernous Cardboard Structures - The Cardboard Pavillion is a Great Example of Creative Architecture

Cavernous Cardboard Structures The Cardboard Pavillion is a Great Example of Creative Architecture

Europe is notoriously known for its creative architecture. Abiding by this tradition, Spain recently hired Miguel Arraiz García and David Moreno Terrón to create a completely free-standing... [More]

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Pixelated Gamer Rugs - These 8 Bit Video Game-Inspired Rugs Include Link and Mario

Pixelated Gamer Rugs These 8 Bit Video Game-Inspired Rugs Include Link and Mario

Esty crochet artist ‘Harmonden’ creates incredible 8 bit style rugs inspired by classic video games. These geektastic creations range from Xbox controller rugs to pokeball rugs. These... [More]

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Whirldwind Pottery Ads - The Tortus Copenhagen Ad Video Modernizes Handmade Pottery

Whirldwind Pottery Ads The Tortus Copenhagen Ad Video Modernizes Handmade Pottery

Danish cermanic company Tortus Copenhagen brought the old-fashioned art from of handmade pottery back with a modern and hyper-cool ad video. While handmade pottery doesn’t get enough credit... [More]

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Vintage Movie Popcorn Bowls - These Ceramic Bowls Make You Feel Like You Have Gone Back in Time

Vintage Movie Popcorn Bowls These Ceramic Bowls Make You Feel Like You Have Gone Back in Time

The vintage popcorn bowl set is perfect for pop culture enthusiasts. The ceramic bowls look just like the bags that they used to serve for many decades in movie theaters across North America. Enjoy... [More]

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Moonshine-Inspired Hot Sauces - This Clear Spicy Condiment Comes in A Clever Liquor-Like Bottle

Moonshine-Inspired Hot Sauces This Clear Spicy Condiment Comes in A Clever Liquor-Like Bottle

These moonshine-inspired hot sauces look like a real bottle of alcohol. Not only do the bottles look like moonshine, the hot sauces are actually clear. This is the first time that I have ever seen a... [More]

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Bug-Trapping Billboards - The Ad Agency Publicis Milan Has Turned a Billboard into a Bug Trap

Bug-Trapping Billboards The Ad Agency Publicis Milan Has Turned a Billboard into a Bug Trap

Italian ad agency Publicis Milan executed an incredible OOH campaign. Publicis Milan has managed to create a massive billboard that is advertising for outdoor insecticide Orphea, by turning a... [More]

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32 Drake-Inspired Products - Drake Innovations from Ridiculous Outfits to Cartoons

32 Drake-Inspired Products Drake Innovations from Ridiculous Outfits to Cartoons

Everybody remembers when Aubrey Graham introduced the phrase ‘YOLO’ earlier this year, shaving years off lives in the name of carpe diem—these are a few of Drake’s less pervasive... [More]

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Command-Responsive Pavilion Concepts - The Entangled Pavilion Self-Changes Shape At Visitors

Command-Responsive Pavilion Concepts The Entangled Pavilion Self-Changes Shape At Visitors' Wishes

The Entangled Pavilion by Michael Jantzen imagines a building that can transform into its visitors’ wishes. It is a form of architecture that can be fully responsive to the people in it. This... [More]

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Obsessive Chef Cutting Boards - These Kitchen Accessories are for the OCD Cooking Perfectionist

Obsessive Chef Cutting Boards These Kitchen Accessories are for the OCD Cooking Perfectionist

The obsessed chef cutting boards ensure perfect prep every time. This accessory is fit for perfectionists in the kitchen as the obsessed chef cutting boards allow obsessive cooks to ensure that all... [More]

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Spine-Chilling Supernatural Paintings - Jeremy Enecio’s New Occult Art is Ominously Unearthly

Spine-Chilling Supernatural Paintings Jeremy Enecio’s New Occult Art is Ominously Unearthly

The new Jeremy Enecio art is absolutely breathtaking in its ability to depict people as one with nature. However, with Enecio’s work there is a mystical twist. With creatures such as giant... [More]

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70 Glowing Neon Products - From Artistically Designed Autos to Electrically Illuminated Lingerie

70 Glowing Neon Products From Artistically Designed Autos to Electrically Illuminated Lingerie

It is hard to avoid being drawn to the glowing neon innovations that we see on the marketplace. There is something about the bright colors of lively glowing neon that seem to be simply irresistible.... [More]

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Historical Custom Sports Pens - These Football Pens Were Crafted Out of Wood From Notre Dame

Historical Custom Sports Pens These Football Pens Were Crafted Out of Wood From Notre Dame

These historic football pens are for the diehard fan. The handcrafted football pens have been made out of original wood from the sets at Notre Dame stadium. The custom historical football pens... [More]

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Multi-Purpose Misting Devices - Cooling Down is Easy with These Personalized Portable Air Coolers

Multi-Purpose Misting Devices Cooling Down is Easy with These Personalized Portable Air Coolers

These portable air coolers are amazing on a hot day. The portable air coolers will bring down your core body temperature during workout breaks or simply on scorching, hot days. The portable air... [More]

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Puzzle Block Storage Devices - This Puzzle USB Design from Kikkerland is a Fun Gadget for Anyone

Puzzle Block Storage Devices This Puzzle USB Design from Kikkerland is a Fun Gadget for Anyone

Most the USB designs out in the market today cater to eccentrics and conservatives; this puzzle USB design will pander to people in the middle of that spectrum. The mini 5-in-1 USB from Kikkerland... [More]

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Inflatable Motorcycle Jackets - The Designers at Spidi Have Created a Suit to Prevent Neck Injuries

Inflatable Motorcycle Jackets The Designers at Spidi Have Created a Suit to Prevent Neck Injuries

The Designers at Spidi Have designed a motorcycle jacket that will make riding much safer and that will most definitely save lives. The ‘Neck DPS Airbag System’ is built into a special... [More]

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Bison Horn Smartphone Speakers - The Sound Block is a Set of Vintage-Inspired Wooden Speakers

Bison Horn Smartphone Speakers The Sound Block is a Set of Vintage-Inspired Wooden Speakers

There are many different smartphone speakers available to suit specific consumer preferences. Some are interested in having all of the bells and whistles like Bluetooth integration and portable... [More]

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$9.5 Million Diamond Accessories - The World’s Most Expensive Blue Diamond is Set in a Bulgari

$9.5 Million Diamond Accessories The World’s Most Expensive Blue Diamond is Set in a Bulgari

The world’s most expensive blue diamond has been set in a custom Bulgari ring. The stunning ring has just sold for $9.49 million at Bonham’s fine jewelry sale in London, England. This Bulgari... [More]

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Extra Sensory Perception Masks - Students in London are Creating Super-Human Technology Masks

Extra Sensory Perception Masks Students in London are Creating Super-Human Technology Masks

Most of us have probably dreamed of one day having extra sensory perception. Students at the Royal College of Art in London, England are aiming to fulfill those dreams. The ‘Eidos’ project has... [More]

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Digital Image-Projecting Apparel - Parson’s Creates Garments of the Future with Its New Techno

Digital Image-Projecting Apparel Parson’s Creates Garments of the Future with Its New Techno

The Parson School for Design and its sister school Mannes College The New School for Music have been creating a vision of the orchestral performance garments of the future. These new clothing... [More]

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