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No darts allowed: The The Hogshead Inflatable Pub can pop-up on any flat surface and houses, within its flame-retardent polyester walls, a full bar. The traveling publican is available to rent for just the small sum of £300 ($450) a night, as long as you are in Ireland. Standing 18-ft high, this 528-square-foot pub will…
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has just released its infographic charting the top ten states with the most LEED projects per capita built last year. Image via USGBC Congrats to Illinois for topping the list for 2014 — which shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering the Prairie State’s track record for going green,…
A collection of courthouses that redefine the architecture of the judicial system.
Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation has been named the winner of the 2015 MoMA/PS1 Young Ar chitects Program (YAP) in New York. Selected from five finalists, Jaque and his team designed a “movable artifact” called COSMO. The temporary, outdoor installation will occupy the courtyard at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, during the summer music…
LG Chem, the chemical branch of the South-Korean tech conglomerate, has just made two major breakthr oughs in OLED technology: They’ve begun mass-producing the world’s largest super-slim OLED panel, .88 millimeters (.03 inches) thick with a surface of 320-by-320 millimeters (12.5-by-12.5 inches), and selling engineering samples of a new super-flexible plastic OLED panel, perhaps the bendiest…
The $400 software is now $0.
Flying will never be the same again: SkyMall, the off-the-wall in-flight shopping catalog of things you don’t need, has filed for bankruptcy. It was the staple of long flights where you could find the wackiest products, like the Solafeet Foot Tanner or Hovertrax, a pair of Segway roller blades that you didn’t need, but you…
An IKEA video game, huh? Initial reviews say its more frustrating than IKEA IRL, with the potential to make you break down or bring your relationships to ruin — just like assembling the real thing. I wanted a piece of it. My editor advised me to spend a significant amount of time with it for…
Twice every year, fashion houses and ateliers reinvent themselves for the runway. With traditional s hows largely appropriated by the mainstream — see Zoolander — contemporary designers are expected to curate a novel experience that not only debuts the latest styles of that season but also offers spectacle and context through set design. Paris Fashion Week…