Office in a bucket

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An office in a bucket that can be inflated in 8 minutes; this is one if OIAB’s latest designs. The structure can actually be used for a variety of purposes, from a meting space to an expositional pavilion or even a chill out pod.


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Elephant building

elephant building

This is a strange building. The Chang or Elephant Building can be found on the corner of Pahon Yothin and Ratchadaphisek Roads, in the northern part of Bangkok called Chatuchak.


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Bookcase chair

bookcase chair

For those who read about the Recycled paper table and would like a comfortable way of keeping their newspapers, reviews or even books, at-hand, Groovy Banana offers a pretty good solution.


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Leaning Bookcase

leaning bookcase

This is a leaning bookcase created by UMAMY Design Group. Because of its strange dimensions, 220 cm high and only 10 cm deep, it looks like a pocket knife to me. So, maybe, just a pocket bookcase, because it seems ideal for keeping, at-hand, some very useful books.


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Fouquet Barrière Hotel

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Fouquet’s Barrière Hotel opened to the public in October 2006. Found in the heart of Paris, on Champs-Elysées, this hotel links two existing buildings, offering an interesting example of urban insertion. Why Édouard François chose to recreate a haussmanienne facade when he could have created anything else?


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Alive phone booths

“Hello, come on, call me, I’m waiting.” These phone booths look really funny and it’s actually a small intervention. It’s a kind of urban design (or should I say art?) that has something to say; it’s not all about function. If anyone knows where they are located please share with us.

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