Terrify your friends and delight your enemies with this wetsuit that simulates the oh-so-sexy shark-bitten look. Awesome hair and sepia-toned ocean sold separately. Also available in creepy anatomical diagram or romantic rusted iron designs.
It may sound crazy to describe a forklift as the greatest invention since the wheel, but it IS pretty amazing how this thing can just go sideways. Forget the Smart Car, what America needs is cars that drive sideways!
The entire roof of this house slides back to reveal a greenhouse/living room. The owners asked the architects to design a house where they could retire and grow food in the countryside. They said they were “prepared to be radical.” The result is super-cool and I want to go to there.
Science Buzz Designer Greg Lynn created an indoor wall made of plastic “blobs” as alternatives to bricks, resulting in something not only environmentally sustainable, but delightfully cartoonish. Bubblegum, membrane, pimples — call it what you want, but whatever the Blobwall resembles, it sure is more fun to look at than wood paneling.
Style Buzz Combining your need to know the date with your compulsion to pop bubble wrap. A nice mesh of design and playfulness, it’s like an Advent calendar minus the chocolate and religious meaning. The only downside is that you can only pop one bubble a day.
Artist Benjamin Verdonck installs a giant bird’s nest on the side of a building in Rotterdam. Pretty dangerous if you don’t know how to fly.
Double-chambered glass makes your drink assume the shape of a floating goblet. These seem ideal for fruity summer cocktails — visually appealing, and the double wall helps keep your drink cool.