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2 Cool London Bookshelf Staircases

On February 4, 2012 By

Spot Cool Stuff loves books. And we love cre­ative stair­cases. So it isn’t sur­pris­ing that we’re drawn to cool stuff at the con­flu­ence of both.

Here’s a look at two unusual archi­tec­tural designs that com­bine stairs with book­shelves. Has it hap­pens, both are located in Continue Reading →

Cool—and Functional—Kitchenware from Architec

On December 12, 2011 By

Durable, envi­ron­men­tally friendly and cool look­ing. Those are the first three adjec­tives that come to mind when we think of Architec House­wares, one of Spot Cool Stuff’s favorite design­ers of cookware.

What Architec’s hot pads, cut­ting boards and mix­ing bowls are best known for, […]

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The Moses-Inspired Trench Bridge

On December 2, 2011 By

When at water level, you can’t really see the bridge that crosses a moat to the 17th-century Fort de Roo­vere. View it from a bit of ele­va­tion, though, and the bridge isn’t only vis­i­ble but looks rather puz­zling. That’s because the bridge—near the coastal town of Halsteren, […]

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THE Art Museum Book

On December 2, 2011 By

If you could curate the ulti­mate art museum with an unlim­ited bud­get what works of art would you choose to display?

A team of over 100 edi­tors, art his­to­ri­ans and arche­ol­o­gists spent more than a decade tack­ling that very ques­tion. The result of their col­lec­tive research […]

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Hidden Animal Bowls & Tea Cups

On October 21, 2011 By

Spot Cool Stuff pre­vi­ously reviewed three unusual and cre­ative cereal bowls for kids. The idea in that review was to fea­ture bowls that were afford­able, unbreak­able and fun. Hid­den Ani­mal Bowls fell mis­er­ably short of that first cri­te­ria and failed to meet the […]

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Cool Gifts for Architecture Lovers

On October 15, 2011 By

You don’t need to be an archi­tect to love cool archi­tec­ture. Urban plan­ning and build­ing design is an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary pas­sion, attract­ing the likes of art enthu­si­asts, engi­neers, his­tory buffs, design­ers and trav­el­ers. Chances are that at least one per­son on your gift shopping […]

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Fossilized 2.0 at Industry

On September 28, 2011 By

Los Ange­les

INDUSTRY has opened their new Los Ange­les Gallery and their pre­mière exhi­bi­tion Fos­silized 2.0: The Shred­ded Col­lec­tion, new work by inno­v­a­tive designer Jens Praet, one of the cur­rent gen­er­a­tion of design­ers cre­atively address­ing sus­tain­abil­ity and the amount of waste being gen­er­ated globally.

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Made in the UK at The Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design

On September 27, 2011 By

Prov­i­dence, Rhode Island

The Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design high­lights its extra­or­di­nary col­lec­tion of con­tem­po­rary British art in a major exhi­bi­tion this fall. Made in the UK: Con­tem­po­rary Art from the Richard Brown […]

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designjunction | London Design Festival

On September 26, 2011 By

Lon­don

Fol­low­ing its debut appear­ance at the Milan Fur­ni­ture Fair, design­junc­tion is set to be the pre­mier des­ti­na­tion at this year’s Lon­don Design Fes­ti­val, bring­ing together a stel­lar line-up of 30 inter­na­tional fur­ni­ture and light­ing brands.

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DeTnk — A new way […]

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Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby at Haunch of Venison

On September 26, 2011 By

Lon­don

Acclaimed Lon­don based design­ers Edward Bar­ber & Jay Osgerby will present an ambi­tious new project for their debut exhi­bi­tion at Haunch of Veni­son, Lon­don. Bar­ber and Osgerby are two of the most inno­v­a­tive design­ers work­ing in Britain today. Recently […]

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