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constructed without wasting material, the one-piece knitted football boot is adidas' most sustainable performance shoe ever produced.

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Love this concept cover for Fahrenheit 451 by designer Elizabeth Perez...the 1 is a match and the spine is striking paper for lighting it.

Fahrenheit 451 is a novel about a dystopian future where books are outlawed and firemen burn any house that contains them. The story is about suppressing ideas, and about how television destroys interest in reading literature.

I wanted to spread the book-burning message to the book itself. The book's spine is screen-printed with a matchbook striking paper surface, so the book itself can be burned.

(via @daveg)

the natural landscape of the todoroki valley in tokyo, surrounds an open dwelling by fujiwalabo.

The post fujiwalabo builds wall-less home in japanese valley appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

Artist: Clayopera / Source: Pinterest

Love these voxelated animal sculptures by New Zealand artist Ben Foster.

Very aesthetically (but perhaps not conceptually) New Aesthetic. (via colossal)

OlssønBarbieri created a stunning limited edition bottle for Hellstrøm's Juleaquavit 2013.

"In modern times Christians all over the world celebrates Christmas. It is believed that this date was chosen to offset pagan celebrations of the Winter solstice, occurring in the northern hemisphere during the coldest season of the year. Although winter was regarded as the season of dormancy, darkness and cold, the coming of lighter days after the winter solstice brought on a festive mood. The return of light (life) was a reason to celebrate that Nature’s cycle was continuing. At this time, the animals for slaughter were the fattest, flour had been processed, all the work of autumn was completed, and it was time to celebrate. 

Primstav is the ancient Norwegian perpetual calendar stick. These calendars did not disappear after Lutheranism was introduced into Norway, they merely changed their function and became agricultural almanacs, where the signs representing the Catholic saints acquired new meanings, now related to housekeeping and agriculture. 

Hellstrøm Christmas Aquavit 2013 reaffirms those symbols loaded with an ancient wisdom in the form of a pattern transmitting both a festive mood and a vast heritage connected to nature, farming, and conviviality."

Designed by OlssønBarbieri

Photography (with pink smoke): Sigve Aspelund 
Photography (product): AJBstudio 

Country: Norway

City: Oslo

Android/iOS: The bookmarking app Pocket was updated with a couple cool new features today, including support for Google account logins and offline Evernote sharing.

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Could you imagine a family living in an apartment not much bigger than a king-size bed? In Hong Kong, some families are forced to live in 40 square-foot cubicle apartments that have bunk beds overlapping with cooking areas and food storage located inches from electronics. The Society for Community Organization (SoCO), a Chinese human rights group, has released photographs of Hong Kong’s claustrophobic apartments as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the tough living conditions city dwellers are facing. In order to capture the feel and scale of these micro-apartments, photos were taken from the only full vantage point-above.

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If you’ve ever fumbled about in drawers and pockets to find a set of matches, you might just need want a dignified canister to keep them safe at hand in a designated spot. Set your eyes upon Fort Standard’s Fire kit, which is a spin-off of the Life is Precious Survival Kit they designed for Wallpaper’s Handmade Exhibition. The brass canister is waterproof and contains strike anywhere matches and a cotton ball in the cap for tinder. “Fire – Light & Warmth – Strike on bottom” is engraved on the surface, reminding the user to use the roughened bottom as the striker.

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I'm not an insomniac or anything, but sometimes I just can't fall asleep. Is there anything I can do to help the process along?

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