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Colorful Lobster Trio a "1 in 900 Quintillion" Sight

Images courtesy of the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk That's '9' followed by 20 zeroes The probability of a lobster being born with a blue shell is about 1 in a million. For a calico or pumpkin-orange colored lobster, the odds are in the excess of 1 in 30




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Designer's recycled salmon skin furniture highlights fish waste issue

Using a non-chemical process based on traditional techniques, these furniture pieces are created with fish skins that would have otherwise gone to waste.




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Mario Cucinella designs a giant 3D printed wasp's nest of a house

This is probably the most interesting 3D printed house concept we have seen yet.




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Danish design students create sustainable waste bins to solve public trash problems

The award-winning DropBucket is a recycled cardboard trash can that can be reused and/or recycled.




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Wooden Wall Picture Expands into Dining Table in Colombian Design

In a pretty self-explanatory piece, Bogota-based Unodot studio executes a simple useful idea for small spaces.




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Almost half of American drivers don’t bother using their turn signals

And then they yell at cyclists for not following the rules.




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Famous motorcycle designer tries his hand at e-bikes with the FUELL Fluid

Buell motorcycles are fast, beautiful and expensive. How does Erik Buell's e-bike compare?




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Designer DIY Idea: Swinging Bed Made With a Recycled Trampoline

A lovely lounger made from reused trampoline parts.




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Alexander Julian Designs Green UNC Graduation Regalia

Fashion designer Alexander Julian has clearly had enough of the University of North Carolina's aqua graduation gowns, he's gone and given his alma




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New composting toilet design launched in Ecuador, which really needs it

Here's the drill on the Earth Drill toilet.




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New toilet design doesn't need water or power

I really don't want to crap all over this new toilet design, but it is too complex, too expensive and no, it won't charge your phone.




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Holy Bat Cloud: Designer's Eco-Sculpture Boosts Bat Biodiversity

One architect creates a series of intriguing artificial habitats for threatened bat populations.




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Scandi design + Portuguese cork: Buy your next phone case from 15:21

It's so much nicer to feel a warm natural material in your pocket than cold slippery plastic.




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The Month in Design, From Micro-Apartments to GlennBeckistan

Also tanks in your backyard and killer stairs




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IDS12: Studio North Exposes Great Young Designers to the World

It is my favourite part of the Interior Design Show, the corner of the floor where all the young new designers get to strut their stuff.




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The Week In Design: Shotguns, Computers, Plastic People On A Rampage, Beating the Heat and More!

Agenda 21 crazies, poison plastic people and hey, some green buildings and furniture!




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Curro Claret Gets Former Homeless People to Design New Camper Shop From Recycled Materials (Photos)

Instead of designing it himself, Curro Claret gets people in risk of social exclusion to create and build Camper's shoe store in Barcelona, using reclaimed materials. The result is a fun store with a lot of personality.




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Upcycled stools by designer Curro Claret and Arrels Fundació for yök Casa + Cultura

yök commissions upcycled stools by ex homess people and Curro Claret




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How Astral Nature redesigns their bed to fit yök Casa + Cultura eco-criteria

Astral Nature has the perfect mattresses: all natural ingredients and locally made just outside Barcelona. However, at yök Casa + Cultura we also needed an eco base. Luckily, Astral made some changes to theirs. The result: green beds, such luxury!




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Modern 700 sq. ft. loft apartment designed for two couples to share (Video)

Once a dark, partitioned off single family abode, this newly renovated space now features two independent live/work areas that are linked together by a communal space in the middle.




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Small apartment redesigned like an 'urban beach house'

A compact apartment in a traditional building near Barcelona's waterfront is transformed into an airy, modern home.




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Plant Prefab introduces two new sustainable modern prefabs by Koto Design

It would be nice to hang out in one of these right now.




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US government goes after green modern design, will make architecture classical again

They will also likely offer a new definition of 'sustainable design'.




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Urban design after the coronavirus

Urbanists are rethinking what's important about our cities in view of the pandemic.




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It's time to ban demolition and design for deconstruction

Oliver Wainright of the Guardian calls for a rethink of the way we put buildings together and take them apart.




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Pencil vases turn the humble pencil into a design collectible

Here's a new and novel use for that neglected historical artifact: the pencil.




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Ten famous designers commission their wish list

What happens when ten famous designers get what they wished?




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Microchips lined with human cells are the winner of the Design of the Year contest

That's a switch: a product from the field of medicine has won a design prize.




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Chelsea Flower Show is blossoming with new ideas and new designers

Change is growing this year with more women designers and lots of glorious blue flowers.




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London's first Design Biennale has a utopian theme

London's Design Biennale wants to show how to make the world a better place...




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Significant levels of formaldehyde found in British houses

But hey, what’s wrong with formaldehyde? It’s in our breath, our apples and our trees.




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E-commerce platform No Sir promotes women designers, highlights inequality

With the aim of showcasing and selling products designed by women, No Sir also draws attention to gender inequality in the design profession.




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Sign up for our Daily Newsletter, because everything connects

It's more than just an easy way to get a daily dose of TreeHugger.




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What are the trends in bathroom design for 2019?

A visit to the Interior Design Show does not shed a lot of light on the subject.




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This could be the biggest advance in toilet design in over a hundred years

The Orca Helix moves up and down so that it is easy to get on and off when high, easy on the body when low.




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Universal design works for everyone, everywhere

Everything we design should be simple to understand and use for people of all ages and abilities. It's not hard.




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Seen at the Interior Design Show 2020: More killer bathtubs

These things should be banned, or at least they should come with a real warning.




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How the coronavirus might change bathroom design

Onion Flats redesigned their bathrooms to save space, but it actually is a healthier design.




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Are Dyson hand dryers the world's worst design object?

Architecture critic Mark Lamster thinks so.




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Meet Coleen, an e-bike modelled after a classic Jean Prouvé design

C'est magnifique.




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Blu® Homes Partners with Real Simple and This Old House to Launch the “Design Smart, Live Beautifully” Home Tour and Announce the Selection of Blu’s L.A. Breezehouse as the First-Ever “2014 Dream Home, Presented by Real Simple and This Old House” - V

The “Design Smart, Live Beautifully” Home Tour coincides with the launch of the 2014 model of Blu’s award-winning Breezehouse, which is packed with luxurious features and an even more spacious floor plan






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Northwestern Mutual Reveals Design of 2016 Rose Parade® Float to Support the Fight Against Childhood Cancer - Northwestern Mutual Tournament of Roses® Parade Float Reveal

Northwestern Mutual, presenting sponsor of the Rose Bowl Game®, revealed renderings of its Tournament of Roses® Parade float, inspired by Peyton Richardson, a teenage ballerina who is fighting cancer.





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Zaha Hadid Architects designs swoopy new Oppo offices in Shenzhen

What do you have to do to get tossed out of the "Architects Declare" club?





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GENESIS Reveals Hybrid Sports Sedan Concept At New York International Auto Show - Genesis New York Concept Design Video

Genesis Reveals Hybrid Sports Sedan Concept At New York International Auto Show





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Cochlear Launches Industry's Smallest Bone Conduction Sound Processor with Innovative Technologies Designed to Make Listening Easier - Introducing the Cochlear™ Baha® 5 System

Get a sneak peak at the industry’s smallest and smartest bone conduction sound processor. Now the first hearing implant with Made for iPhone® technology.