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The gradually inclined entrance ramp and open plan help make the house accessible to a range of users.
A simple swipe-left-or-right option on Luma's smart phone app—seen here—allows parents or residents to control who has access.
A perfectly spaced notch in the base of the lamp holds the cord in place, allowing the lamp's user to achieve a harmonious placement of fixture and flower.
Walking Papers (open-source mapping project for users' personal annotations) by .
A close-up of the dramatic display by Lindsay Adelman, who is an expert user of blown-glass.
The dial control lets the user adjust the darkness of the toast as well as set it to a defrost mode.
"Eclipse is a nesting table set that is an example of how we like our products to be playful. Each user can make the layout he wants."
The Bund sightseeing tunnel. Image courtesy Flickr user Erwyn.
The First Church in Boston, restored by Paul Rudolph in 1971. Image courtesy Flicker user Barakmich.
The new Axor Bouroullec line of fixtures is based on the concept of "Feel free to Compose"—users can customize the arrangement and combinations of the 40-piece collection.
The Darwin Martin House. Image courtesy Flickr user Gmeadows1.
While not necessarily a green product itself, the RED Animal Crayon, which features animals in fear of extinction, reminds users about the fragile conditions of its subjects.
With Magneto, Council’s prospective design for a modular set of foam-covered building blocks, users would be able to fashion their own furniture to accommodate a variety of activities and sitting positions. The proper technology to make the blocks adhere is all we lack to turn this concept into a product.
Strausfeld's work includes website design and large-scale media instillations as well as software, such as the Sugar user interface for One Laptop per Child. Photo by One Laptop per Child.
A mural created by Alexander Girard for The First Unitarian Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Image courtesy Flicker user Paulinacha.
Architect and designer Gregg Fleishman’s portable play structure has no joinery, and includes a slide for even the tiniest users.
The installation provided a design worthy outlet that connected users to Hyundai's social network and the Hyundai brand. Dwell visited with architect Christopher Deam to discuss the conceptualization and design process behind the collaborative effort.
Soap scum buildup, mushy half-used bars, soap dishes never stay in place, rarely fit on the edge of sinks or tubs, and constantly offend the sensibilities of design-minded (or simply obsessively neat) bathroom users. How could a soap dish stay secure, dry, and clean?
Membrane Submitted by: Name not provided Designer's Description: The room divider membrane is a product with many permutations. Depending on the situation, the user gets an opaque wall or a room divider with interesting insights. By simply turning of the panels the product changes from a shielding and protective barrier to a semi-open room divider, which allows direct communication. The rotating panels are made of plastic and are manufactured in Rotomolding process. The connecting elements and the feet are made of painted aluminum. A set consists of 12 panels, 17 connecting elements and four feet. The height of the wall can variy from 70 cm (one panel) to 1.70 m (3 panels).
I was excited to learn about L'Edito, a newish company that uses crowd-funding to develop and produce furniture made of plywood. Designers submit their project online, web users invest money in the designs they like, and once enough money has been raised to produce it the investors get royalties on the sales. Here's a chest of drawers.