Category: DESIGN

April 16, 2012 at 9:21 am

35 Secret Passageways Built Into Houses

35 Secret Passageways Built Into Houses

Everyone has a secret hiding place, some are just more elaborate than others. Maybe you have precious valuables, want a panic room for your family or simply need a secret lair to take over the world from. Whatever your need, Creative Home Engineering are industry leaders in high quality secret doors and passageways. In…

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April 14, 2012 at 3:04 pm

What if Logos Told the Truth?

What if Logos Told the Truth?

We’ve featured Viktor Hertz’s work before on the Sifter, showcasing his awesome Pictograph Music Poster series. This time we profile Viktor and his Honest Logos series, where he imagines what iconic brands/logos might look like if they told the truth about their product/service. In Viktor’s own words: An idea for a series with honest…

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April 9, 2012 at 2:56 pm

Blue Marlin: The Giant Ship That Ships Other Ships

Blue Marlin: The Giant Ship That Ships Other Ships

When one needs to transport a large number of ships (perhaps they aren’t ocean-ready), move a gigantic oil rig (like BP’s Thunder Horse PDQ) or perhaps carry a damaged warship home (The USS Cole), the MV Blue Marlin heeds the call. Blue Marlin is a semi-submersible heavy lift ship designed to transport very large semi-submersible…

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March 26, 2012 at 9:56 am

50 Creative MacBook Decals and Stickers

50 Creative MacBook Decals and Stickers

The Sifter spent last night looking through hundreds of Macbook decals and stickers. Below you will find a collection of our 50 favourites. There are thousands of options online, with many original designs on Etsy and other online retailers. The images below were culled from various Google image searches. As we began to try…

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March 4, 2012 at 11:19 am

The Infinity Pool in the Sky

The Infinity Pool in the Sky

Photograph by Chia Ming Chien @ HumbleRooster.com On the 57th storey of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore resides the world’s largest cantilevered platform. Known as the SkyPark, it stretches longer than the Eiffer tower laid down, with an impressive 12,400 square meters (133,477 sq ft) of space. Much of that space…

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February 23, 2012 at 9:33 am

Italian Village Builds Giant Mirror to Combat 83 Days of Darkness

Italian Village Builds Giant Mirror to Combat 83 Days of Darkness

Photograph via Christophe Cauvy About 120 km (74.5 miles) northeast of Turin, Italy, lies a hamlet called Viganella. It’s a remote commune of a couple hundred German Buddhists situated at the bottom of a steep-sided Alpine valley, right up against the Swiss border. Every year from November 11th to February 2nd, the sun…

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January 22, 2012 at 12:11 pm

IKEA Kitchen Table Art by Carl Kleiner

IKEA Kitchen Table Art by Carl Kleiner

Photography by CARL KLEINER | Styling by EVELINA BRATELL Following up from 2010’s hit campaign ‘Visual Recipes‘, IKEA has teamed up again with photographer Carl Kleiner to bring kitchen items to life in a brilliant and visually stunning way. Stylist Evelina Bratell was responsible for each shot’s arrangement, which is deserving of equal…

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January 21, 2012 at 10:13 am

How To Make a Stove from a Single Log

How To Make a Stove from a Single Log

Commonly known as a ‘Swedish Fire Torch’, this simple outdoor cooking method not only provides you the heat you need to cook a delicious meal (or boil a pot of water), but it also comes with a built-in ‘stove top’ to place your pot or pan onto. It’s a tidy and controlled fire that’s…

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January 15, 2012 at 4:47 pm

Volkswagen’s 800-Vehicle Car Towers in Germany

Volkswagen's 800-Vehicle Car Towers in Germany

Photograph via Autostadt.de The Autostadt is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. It features a museum, pavilions for the Volkswagen Group’s major brands (VW owns Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley and Bugatti) and two incredible Car Towers. Each tower is a 60 meter/200 ft…

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January 10, 2012 at 9:31 am

25 Funny and Creative Facebook Timeline Covers

25 Funny and Creative Facebook Timeline Covers

Droste Effect Facebook Timeline Cover Artwork by RICHARD KARSTROM With Facebook’s recent introduction of Timeline, users have begun to utilize their newfound real estate in funny and creative ways. Below is collection of the 25 funniest and most creative Facebook timeline covers the Sifter has come across. If you feel yours should be…

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