Passport Colours Explained: What the Cover Can Tell You
Put a few passports side by side and the covers can look like a compact design collection: burgundy, navy, green, black, bright red and many...
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Design: Spaces, Objects & Inventive Ideas
Good design invites questions about how something works as well as how it looks. Explore imaginative spaces and objects, with context that separates a concept, a promotional image and a finished project.
Start with The Truffle, Spain: A Small House Cast Around a Big Idea and Passport Colours Explained: What the Cover Can Tell You.
Poland’s Glowing Cycle Path: The Idea Behind the Blue Light
A strip of blue light through a dark landscape looks like a path drawn for a fairytale. The photographs that brought attention to a short cy...
An Aurora Mug for Your Morning: The Idea Behind the Effect
Pour something warm, watch the design appear and let breakfast acquire a little northern-lights atmosphere. A heat-changing aurora mug is a ...
Wohnwagon Tiny Homes: Clever Space and Real-Life Questions
A rounded wooden exterior, large windows and a bed tucked above useful storage: the Wohnwagon concept makes a compact home look welcoming ra...
From VW Microbus Dreams to the Electric ID. Buzz
The Volkswagen bus has carried a great deal of travel imagination: a boxy silhouette, a two-tone finish and the possibility of heading somew...
LOGOS Decagon Tents: A Clever Idea for Camping Together
Some camping photographs make you want a quieter spot. These make you want to invite a few friends. The Japanese outdoor brand LOGOS develop...
Bubble Tents: What a Night in a Transparent Room Is Really About
Imagine settling down while the landscape remains all around you: the lawn beyond the bed, the last colour in the sky, perhaps a few stars o...
Green Magic Homes: The Idea Behind the Grass-Covered Houses
A curved doorway beneath a grassy roof is enough to start a daydream. The Green Magic Homes concept attracted attention because it brought t...
A Kayak Built for Two Dogs: David Bahnson’s Clever Adaptation
David Bahnson noticed that his dog Susie fitted comfortably into a space in his kayak. When Ginger joined the family, the idea developed: cr...
The Rolling Home: A Van, a Creative Project and Life on the Road
A van can be transport, a bedroom and a place to shelter from the rain. For Calum Creasey and Lauren Smith, it also became the centre of a c...
Casa Brutale: The Cliff House Concept Beneath a Pool
A swimming pool forms the roof. Below it, bare concrete walls frame a vast view, while most of the house disappears into the cliff. Casa Bru...
Earthship Van: A Wooden Cabin Inside a Cargo Vehicle
The outside is a work van. The inside feels closer to a small wooden cabin, with low seating, warm surfaces and storage fitted into the spac...
Submarine Pub: Steampunk Design in Cluj-Napoca
Pipes cross the ceiling, gauges crowd the walls and warm light falls across metal details. The room feels as though a fictional vessel has s...
WaterNest 100: The Idea Behind a Circular Floating Home
A rounded timber shell, a broad window and a little terrace above the water: WaterNest 100 makes the idea of a floating home look wonderfull...
Elora Hardy and IBUKU: The Craft Behind Bali’s Bamboo Homes
Walk your eyes along the roofline of an IBUKU building and it rarely behaves like a conventional box. Columns branch, ceilings sweep upwards...
Ecocapsule: What the Tiny Off-Grid Home Idea Really Offers
The original Ecocapsule images offer a wonderfully compact dream: an oval shelter, a small wind turbine and a view far beyond the window. Ev...
Bold Tuesday’s Go! World Map: Travel Memories in Black and White
A black map slowly reveals patches of white as pieces are peeled away. The idea is simple enough to understand at a glance, yet personal eno...
Scratch-Off Travel Maps: A Guide to Recording Your Own Journey
There is a small pleasure in revealing a new patch of colour on a travel map. The action gives a journey a visible place at home, turning a ...
Richart Sowa’s Bottle Islands: The Story Behind the Floating Homes
At first glance, the photographs show a little floating world: plants, a house and a shoreline assembled on the water. The surprise is below...