A 'Smart Bed' That Keeps People From Hogging Space, And More Of The Week's Coolest Design
Every week, we curate the best designs in art, architecture and graphic and product design so you can sit back and enjoy some beautiful works of creativity. Here are this week's picks:
The Da Vinci Post
It's rare to encounter a Leonardo da Vinci work in person, but you might soon be seeing them in your mailbox. The UK's postal service, the Royal Mail, is issuing a run of stamps featuring some of the artist's most renowned drawings to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the artist's death.
[Read more at Artnet]
Spin Me A Good, Life-Sized Yarn
Yarn artist Liisa Hietanen reimagines the everyday world through her life-sized knitted and crocheted sculptures. In a series of ambitious textile projects, she has created replicas of her fellow villagers in Hämeenkyrö, Finland.
[Read more at My Modern Met]
Go Outside To Reflect
Aptly named Mirage Gstaad after the region and its optical effect, the ranch-style structure echoes the snow-covered landscape while also disappearing into the surrounding environment. The structure's angled walls and ceiling easily bounce light, which creates a kaleidoscopic view of the area's mountain peaks when seen from within.
[Read more at Colossal]
Sitting On Ocean Waste
The plastic material for the chair comes from the local fish farming industry in the north of norway while the subframe is made from recycled steel. By eliminating the need to use new raw material in the production, the chair has obtained a carbon footprint which is one of the lowest in the market.
[Read more at Designboom]
Keep To Your Lanes
Move over, sex buttons, it turns out that the company most likely to improve couples' relationships and save marriages is actually… Ford?… This time, the company's created a conveyor belt bed that takes inspiration from Ford's lane-keeping technology to keep bed hoggers on their own side.
[Read more at The Verge]
