The Way i Go

Coolest $200,000 Pool Table Ever

f I only had enough space for a pool table, and $200,000 to pay for it. This is totally the table I’d buy for my basement man-cave. If I had a basement. This is quite possibly the coolest animated pool table I’ve ever seen. Currently set up at the Esquire Ultimate Bachelor pad, the Obscura CueLight is quite an amazing demonstration of technology. It uses sensors and motion detectors to manipulate...

Multimedia Upholstered Sofa with an Integrated Computer

This modern upholstered sofa is a hybrid model of electronic entertainment and comfortable sofa. Athena is a multimedia upholstered sofa that features an integrated computer into it’s cool design. It includes an integrated computer, an iPod/iPhone dock, MP3 player with a wireless connection over the 2.4 Ghz radio signal, an 8 inch subwoofer and series of loudspeakers. I’m pretty sure that most...

Clear Acrylic Grand Illusion Is a Designer Table Without the Table

Like some kind of ethereal jelly fish table, this design by artist John Brauer. Sheets of 3 or 4 mm acrylic, in several colors and finishes, are thermoformed over a table-sized blank, by a person, to create a ghostly transparent or translucent shell in one of two sizes.

The Paraty House by Marcio Kogan Architects

Paraty House’s two reinforced concrete boxes, sit atop each other, connected on the mountainside of one of the islands of the colonial city of Paraty and Angra dos Reis (between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), like two modern prisms between the large colossal stones of the Brazilian coast. The building projects outward from the mountain, almost onto the beach, in an 8m cantilever. The house finds...

WISA Wooden Design Hotel by Pieta-Linda Auttila

WISA Wooden Design Hotel in Helsinki’s harbor is the result of a 24-hour competition organized by UPM, one of Finland’s leading forest product companies. The winning design, which was created by interior architecture student Pieta-Linda Auttila, was built as a temporary structure. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top:...

Gorenje Appliances by Karim Rashid

Dsigner Karim Rashid has partnered with European appliance maker Gorenje for a collection of kitchen appliances called The Touch Of Light.The signature feature on the appliances is a full length handle or strip that is backlit with colored LEDs that can be changed for other colors. #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:...

Shattering door by Leandro Erlich

Shattering door by Leandro Erlich…

Attitude Chair Rocks with Six Legs

High-back, leather executive chairs that let you lean backward are really cushy (and expensive), but you can achieve the same effect and not (totally) burn a hole in your wallet with the $500 Attitude Chair.

Before & After: Kate’s Chalkboard Table

This table is from Kate Leary of mia piace kate design. Kate and her partner recently moved to San francisco and have been trying to blend together their two very different design aesthetics. they found this wood table on craigslist for $75 and decided they could upgrade it to fit both of their personal styles. After sanding and priming the table, they added two coats of custom chalkboard paint...

Ikea Is the Disney World of China

We’re not sure how to break this to you. So we’ll just say it: People in China go to Ikea just to hang out. And sleep on the beds. When dealing with the most extreme and bizarre practices of foreign cultures, it’s often best not to judge. Grotesquely stretching women’s necks with a series of metal rings? Outsiders wouldn’t understand. Setting old people adrift on ice...

Rear-Projection Urinal Lets You Pee Over Football Games

A pub in Melbourne came up with what potentially could be the best and wrongest multimedia device ever invented: A urinal with a rear projector, so you don’t miss a single second of a game when you have to pee. The idea of the Rear Projection Urinal is good, although potentially disturbing—especially when your favorite TV anchor appears. Or when people instinctively follow the ball and end...

The Carla Ridge Residence

This home in Beverly Hills, California has recently emerged from a two-year contemporary renovation, and has been listed for sale through the Westside Estate Agency

Giant Green Tentacles Attack Buildings from the Inside

In artist FilthyLuker’s street installations, giant inflatable tentacles emerge from buildings and vehicles, creating the sense that a monstrous kraken or Lovecraftian horror is trapped inside. FilthyLuker creates whimsical sculptures and installations, with pieces that include anthropomorphized trashcans and easy chairs, adding eyeballs to bushes and trees, and giant banana peels placed...

Mom Installs 98-Inch Screen in Son’s Bedroom Ceiling, Deservedly Garners Award Nomination

Thought you had it all set with a 14-inch TV and an NES in your room as a kid? Then you might want to look away for a minute, lest your childhood memories be diminished. Everyone else can take a good look at this 98-inch screen that Patti Deni had installed flush in the ceiling of her son’s bedroom. At the center of the setup is an NEC projector paired with some Draper projection mirrors,...

Nightingale Drive House, Los Angeles, CA, by Marc Canadell

A modern home, located high above Los Angeles, flawlessly designed and crafted by renowned European designer Marc Canadell. This home is located above the famous Sunset Strip and is perfectly perched at the end of a cul-de-sac in the celebrity “Bird” streets. The residence offers over 9,000 square feet of luxury living, including five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and over an acre of complete privacy...