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Every home needs a conversation piece. Something that just knocks some socks off when you have a guest or two over. If you don’t yet have such a piece don’t worry, Lucie Boddaert has got you covered with a living display that will satisfy the biologist in all of us.

Designer: Lucie Boddaert

Imagine whole spaces completely furnished open up like a pop-up book. The Space Book execution is a little iffy but the concept is pretty novel. Would be amazing to see a social art project by where homeless individuals are given Space Books, providing a total juxtaposition to their current living standards.

Designer: Jin-Hui Kim

Wall art, Clothes airer, wardrobe, or all three in one? sometimes the simplest of design modifications can reap the biggest rewards as the Klotho beautifully demonstrates. With one deft touch designer Mattias Pinkert has transformed an everyday object into something multi functional and stylish that costs no more than it’s soon to be extinct predecessors.

Designer: Mattias Pinkert

Winner of the GOLD Prize contest by Aisin Seikin, the XL table concept sewing machine is designed to look like a piece of purposeful decor when not in use. To me it still looks like a sewing machine folded up but it does possess clean sleek lines so if you’ve got a modern home and you love to sew, why not right?

Designer: Lysandre Follet

If you are like me and live in a place that has pressed dirt for walls (a.k.a. dry wall), the idea of hanging art, window shades or especially a book shelf, is not only an engineering feat in itself, but also a serious anxiety inducer. These types of walls seem to crumble at the very idea of being punctured by a screw, nail or dirty look. In a perfect world, all walls would be made from super durable, screw loving materials. They would also be sound proof and bullet proof…you never know.

The persistence of time has never been more impressive as when witnessed by the subtle movement of this “D/A Clock” by Alvin Aronson. His ingenious design counts each passing minute and hour with raised expectations. This time piece fades through its 24 hour cycle with a series of digital LED inspired bas-reliefs. The white on white color scheme seems to reinforce the idea that time may not actually exist, and yet, I will never the less be counting the minutes until I own one of these.

Nothing translates the language of fine crystal like stainless steel…wait, huh?!

Being in my 30s, I have finally settled on an image in my head of what I look like. I know this image does not precisely resemble how the world views me, and that’s ok. Aesthetically speaking, I never seemed to be on the same page with my self image as how others saw me. I either thought I looked better than I actually did or worse. I had to learn to let go of such narcissistic thoughts and focus on pursuits that satisfy me on more intellectual levels.