Redesigned Consumer Packaging Disappears to Eliminate Waste From Design Milk: A recent graduate redesigned mainstream packing to eliminate waste in his these, The Disappearing Project. Here, the box is nixed and the label is printed on the last bag.

A tight construction budget informed the choices Sean Guess made as he designed a house for a couple in Austin, Texas. Budget-minded materials, like the James Hardie fiber-cement siding, helped hold construction costs to $130 per square foot. Sherwin-Williams’s Cyberspace hue colors the exterior and Parakeet coats the custom kitchen cabinets by Austin Wood Works. The planter is made from Cor-Ten steel.

The modern addition sits on a concrete platform that extends past the house’s envelope, creating welcoming patios on each side. “From any space within the home you are no more than a few steps from one of the outdoor spaces,” Busick says. On the west-facing back porch, Green Kite Chairs by Karim Rashid and a poppy-red hammock offer ideal spots from which to take in the sunset.

With the house often open to the outside, dust easily drifts in. Fortunately, the concrete floor, speckled with white aggregate mix, is easy to clean.

Made from hand-blown glass and wood, the Industrial Pendant Lamp from Kaschkasch Cologne for DWR, can hang alone or as a trio.

This "local prefab" home on the Isle of Skye is made mostly from materials sourced in northern Scotland. The timber-framed model, meant to evoke the simple agrarian barns of the area, can be constructed on-site in as little as a day and is designed for affordability.

The industrial stair leads to the upper level, where the bedrooms, bathrooms, and play space are located.

Designed by Philip Wong, the Flow is meant to pare the radio down to its most basic elements and enable the user to discover the design involved in the product. The small, portable radio combines a transparent outer case with monochrome interior elements, and can be used as an MP3 amplifier in addition to an FM radio.

Black and white kitchen cabinets painted with a triangular pattern add a whimsical touch to this funky kitchen.

Though we love the custom teak-and-steel sink, shelving, shower caddy, mirror, shower, and vanity by Pat Carson Studio, the real coup of this bathroom is that the window at left goes from transparent to opaque with the touch of a button. The Duo Poliert dispensers beneath the shelf are from Blomus. A toilet opposite the sink is from Toto.

This raw kitchen, shared by @cnnyuce, achieves the industrial-chic look with exposed concrete walls and bulbs.

While the back part of the house originally housed the bathroom and laundry rooms, all but making the adjacent garden inaccessible, the new design places the living and dining spaces in this area to maximize natural light. Commonly available materials are used throughout the home, such as plywood and the industrial tresses that criss-cross the open-plan living area.

The large industrial space allows ample room for large-scale exhibitions, such as The Politics and Pleasures of Food (shown), which has a garden, art, sculptures, and videos.

PIPEWORK SERIES COAT RACKThe "recontextualization of familiar things" drives Nick Fraser's design. We came across the powder-coated copper pipes and brass fittings of Fraser's handsome hook at the 100% Design show at Earl's Court.

A selection of stamps commemorating the Pioneers of American Industrial Design.

When Abbie and Bill Burton hired Marmol Radziner to design their prefab weekend home, their two requests were “simple-simple, replaceable materials,” says Abbie—such as concrete floors (poured offsite in Marmol Radziner's factory) and metal panel siding—and “the ability to be indoors or outdoors with ease.” Deep overhangs provide shade and protection from rain, so the Burtons can leave their doors open year-round and hang out on their 70-foot-long deck even in inclement weather. They visit the house once a month, usually for a week at a time, with Vinnie and Stella, their rescue Bernese Mountain dogs. Their two adult children occasionally join them. The couple hopes to one day retire here.

The Continue Desk, designed by Francesco Angiulli, an industrial design student at OCAD University.

Contreras can take his breakfast at a polished marble bar overhung by Tom Dixon pendant lights. A walnut cabinet system reaches from floor to ceiling, dividing the kitchen from the master bedroom.

Busick refreshed the house’s east-facing façade by painting the trim a bold black that echoes the steel addition at the rear.

Dokter and Misses, a husband and wife design team based in Johannesburg, was included in Dwell's New Guard round-up for 2012. This year, they opened a new home goods shop at 44 Stanley where visitors can buy their colorful, accessible pieces that merge industrial and graphic design.

The basic framework for the modular kitchen series is, according to Schindler, "orderly, reduced, and minimalistic." It's adaptable to the consumer's specific needs depending on what kind of materials and add-ons one chooses; figure out pricing in advance using Naber's online configurator.

“We loved this idea to adaptively re-use the printing press building along with its administration building,” Renfro adds, “because it contained a space that is the most idealized 20th and 21st century contemporary art space: the warehouse.”

Among the exhibitions on the show floor were a curated display by industrial designer Stephen Burks, the show’s keynote speaker.

"Tangible Calendar" by Pratt industrial design undergrad Emily Vislocky.

The workshop-style N by Naber Concept Kitchen has already been honored with a Red Dot design award and an iF product design award!

When one thinks of a chandelier, often an elaborate, shimmery fixture comes to mind. With its Industrial Chandelier, Workstead pares this idea down to capture the function of a chandelier—an overhead lighting fixture—with the simplicity of clean lines and a flexible design. The three-arm chandelier can be reconfigured into a variety of shapes, making it an adaptable piece for a many interior spaces. Structured as a horizontal fixture, the Industrial Chandelier can hang just three feet from the ceiling, or as a vertical piece, it can hang five feet for a more dramatic effect. Crafted from steel, repurposed industrial joints, and vintage Hubbell sockets, the lighting fixture has a mechanical, vintage aesthetic, while its minimalist design, exposed cords, and unshaded bulbs have an undeniably modern sensibility.

Globetrotting Belgian architect Julien De Smedt carves out a space to call his own in a converted industrial loft building in Brussels. Photo by Frederik Vercruysse.

MASHstudios has a strong industrial design background that informed the functionality of the table.

The concrete wall mimics the slope of the hill outside as a reference to early Maori structures that were dug into the land. The simple kitchen has strandboard cabinetry and an MDF island that conceals a fireplace at one end. The ceramic works on the built-in seat at right are by Raewyn Atkinson and Robyn Lewis.

After living on and studying a woodsy acre of land in North Zealand, Denmark, architect Jesper Brask cleared a stand of pine trees and, from the timber, built a getaway open to its surroundings. The house, which Brask shares with his wife, Lene, and sons, Kristian, Jens, and Niels, is used mainly in summer, when the weather is optimal for throwing open the glass doors.

Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic in his Munich studio. Photo by Oliver Mark.

Lucia DeRespinis was among only six female students to graduate from the Pratt Institute in 1952.

Takagi's Washington DC studio "is basically just part of my house." Amidst the various stages of 3D models and prototypes, "I'd say I don't make that much of a mess."

The table features a butcher-block top made of red oak and cast-iron legs built in the USA.

An industrial take on the cake stand, this hardy piece by Tom Dixon is made of durable steel plates.