Like some kind of strange modern mermaid apparel, these sleek-looking sandal-shoes can transform into a likewise stylish pair of swimming flippers with a few quick motions. While designed fore lifeguards specifically, what beach denizen would not want...
Topics: beach, fashion, fins, flippers, footwear, More, sandals, shoes, swimming, water

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… what ever on Earth could that glowing green ceiling material be? The yarn born of some rare glow-in-the-dark silkworm, an ancient secret paint mixture or rare geological element taken from nature and applied delicately to the unreachable top...
Topics: art, beetle, ceiling, design, fashion, Fixtures, glowing, Green Homes, shimmering, surface, Surfaces & Walls

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Everywhere we look things are branded, from the classics (cattle) to our everyday household products (the carton of milk from the very same cows) – but what would the design statements of packaged objects be like without their associated brand?...
Topics: art, Art of Design, brand, design, home, industrial, More, object, product

{"title":"Debranding by Design: Brand-Free Package & Product Ideas","post_url":"http:\/\/dornob.com\/debranding-by-design-brand-free-package-product-ideas\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/dornob.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-11-10 19:44:20","summary":"Everywhere we look things are branded, from the classics (cattle) to our everyday household products (the carton of milk from the very same cows) – but what would the design statements of packaged objects be like without their associated brand?..."}

It takes a moment to understand this tableware once you see it: at first it seems like someone has cut, flattened and wrapped tree bark into a functional shape. In reality, these are entire solid wood logs cut down into from above, the craftsman...
Topics: carving, craft, Decorative, Furnishings, handmade, log, vessel, wood

{"title":"Natural Illusion: Unique Art & Craft of Hand-Hollowed Logs","post_url":"http:\/\/dornob.com\/natural-illusion-unique-art-craft-of-hand-hollowed-logs\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/dornob.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-11-10 14:30:20","summary":"It takes a moment to understand this tableware once you see it: at first it seems like someone has cut, flattened and wrapped tree bark into a functional shape. In reality, these are entire solid wood logs cut down into from above, the craftsman..."}

There are nearly 500,000 freestanding billboards in the United States alone. What if any number of these could be converted en mass into functional, modular prefab homes that could be shipped and installed in rural and urban areas around the country...
Topics: adaptive, Architecture, curved, Futuristic, home, modular, pod, reuse, solar, wind

{"title":"New Green Prefab Idea: 500K Billboards as Modular Housing","post_url":"http:\/\/dornob.com\/new-green-prefab-idea-500k-billboards-as-modular-housing\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/dornob.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-11-10 07:00:18","summary":"There are nearly 500,000 freestanding billboards in the United States alone. What if any number of these could be converted en mass into functional, modular prefab homes that could be shipped and installed in rural and urban areas around the country..."}