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• Learn more about The Technique of Burned Wood.
• Lighting Objects made by US architect and designer Johanna Grawunder.
• Dutch architects MWRDV show us An Animation of Gyre, the recently opened retail center in Tokyo.
• Materialicious’s Material and Product Roundup.
• The New Building for The New York Times.

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• Materialicious’s Material and Product Roundup.
• Oktokki Space Center by Mass Studies.
• Amazing Video of Richard Meier’s Jubilee Church.
• Pluviae, the shower head at the end of the shower curtain rail.
• Gravesend Public Toilets by Plastik Architects.

• Materialicious’s Material and Product Roundup.
• Try something new and Advertise on a Zebra Crossing.
• AA Hijmans van den Bergh Medical Faculty by Erick van Egeraat.
• Mixing up ancient and modern in the Renovation of an Old Rural House.
• Ben Rousseau created The Suite for the Ice Hotel.

• Another interesting and inspiring Material and Product Roundup.
• Philippe Starck talks about design at TED.
• Domestic launched a collection of mirrors designed by various designers.
• Download some Free AutoCad Human Figures.
• Illustrations of Iakov Chernikov’s 101 Architecgtural Fantasies.
• Architecture Photos by Plataforma Architectura.

• Wallpaper* launches the graduate directory with this year’s 110 Best Young Designers of photography, illustration, architecture, product design, fashion, textiles, jewellery, graphic design and art.
• Another interesting and inspiring Material and Product Roundup.
• Walls made up of alternate bands of timber and glass at The Dairy House.
• Some interior photos of the New Museum by SANAA opened in New York.

• Another interesting and inspiring Material & Product Roundup.
• Foster + Partners have designed the United Arab Emirates’ pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010.
• An Amsterdam Design Guide with all the best tips for design hotels, great restaurants, where to go shopping, the best museums, places of interest, etc.
• Stainless metal silhouettes for architectural projects by Haseform.

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• Another interesting and inspiring Material & Product Roundup.
• The Smart House is the new home of the Smart Fortwo in Venice Beach, California.
• TDA House by Spanish firm Cadaval & Solà-Morales.
• 1280 suspended ribbons to create the Uboot Stand during the Online Marketng Düsseldorf Show.
• An original ChairStoolBench by Ywonne Fehling and Jennie Peiz.
• And the winners of The Great Indoors Awards 2007 are… See the photos here and here.

• If you don’t have enough room for a bed you need a Ceiling Bed.
• Use Light Emitting Wallpaper to create unique interiors.
• Another interesting and inspiring Material & Product Roundup.

• Be green! Exercise in Human-Powered Gyms, go out to the Sustainable Dance Club or propose the Crowd Farm System to power your building.
• Interesting and inspiring Material & Product Roundup.
• Some Smart Electrical Accessories.
• A new way to personalize your Furniture Handles using magnetic icons.
• If you need some inspiration for your bedroom, check out the Jupiter Hotel.
• How much does architecture really cost?
• The exclusive Nike Air Force 1 Store by Rorafu Architects which is open for only one year.
• Free 2008 Calendar by Blue Ant Studio featuring some of the Design Classics Alphabet.

• Some funny Architecture Comics.
• The Metal Shutter Houses’s variable facade by Shigeru Ban.
• If you like the Alphabet of Design Classics, you gonna love the new Modern Posters with modern icons of mid century furniture.
• An unconventional interior design in an Apartment in Bucharest by A.A. Studio.
• Hand-crafted, sculptural creations in 3D surfaces within textiles by Helen Amy Murray.
• Create some privacy using Window Films.
• Sneak peek of Atelier Bow-Wow’s new book, Graphic Anatomy.
• The Longaberger Company Basket Office Building
• When it’s dark, it’s time for Energie in Motion