PICTURE OF THE DAY

The Invisible Man

Chinese artist Liu Bolin is back with more of his wonderful camouflage art.

Body covered with paint almost completely blends in with the surroundings. The goal is to represent the diminishing humanity in today’s society.

Liu Bolin’s amazing work will be displayed from June 29 to August 28, 2011 at the Eli Klein Fine Art gallery in New York.

Food Plates and Creative Dishware Designs

Modern food plates and creative dishware designs from all over the world.

Lily Plates

These handcrafted ceramic Lily plates will make a great addition to your wall or tabletop. 

Handful of Plates

Creative ceramic plates that are folded like a taco shell. The way they are curved allows you to keep the plate in one hand while eating the food with the other one. 

Smiley Bowl

Eva Solo smiley bowl always smiles at its surroundings, and it is always ready to lend a helping hand to hold nuts, sweets or all the stuff that you carry around in your pockets. 

Frame Plates

The aesthetics of the food is defined by the mixture of shape and color. These plates function as a canvas for food as a work of art. 

Lithos Dishware

Inspired from the impressions left in rock formations, Lithos presents a landscape of two shallow canyons. 

Flat Knot Bowl

Unusual fruit bowl made from a flat sheet of steel which is then warped and knotted into itself. 

Impression Dishware

Modern design uses the traditional shapes of a bowl and spoon to make softened natural indentations in the rectangular earthenware dish. 

Rollercoaster Fruit Tray

Beautiful fruit tray by Janne Kyttanen can hold up to 9 oranges. 

Grooveware

Creative series of three porcelain dishes and an ashtray. The basic forms are generic, except for the fact that each is paired with, and indented by an appropriate utensil. 

Chrome Ring Platter

Jewelry for your table. Thick glass supported by solid chrome rings. 

Zipper Plate

Creative silky white food plate design made from porcelain. 

K-wine Dishware

The difference between K-wine and a traditional plate with glass holder is that K-wine moves the weight from the side to the middle of the plate. Therefore, even if the glass is full, the weight of the plate is balanced. 

Floorplan Dishware

Whether it’s a penthouse, a three bedroom, or a studio…why rent when you can own? Best thing about this pattern; no board approval needed! 

Earth Bowls

Fluid Earth bowls are unique works of art in the form of your chosen part of the earth. The beloved online service Google Maps enable you to quickly and easily design your own work of art. 

Akitoka Dishware

Portuguese designer Rosa Lemos has produced a range of cake dishes for Italian ceramics manufacturer Bosa Ceramiche. 

Wasara Paper Dishes

Beautiful disposable paper dishes have curved corners that naturally follow the shape of fingers or thumbs for easy gripping, deliberately designed so that people can hold their plates while they mingle. 

Nambé Lounge Platter

Beautiful dishware created by designer Neil Cohen for Nambé. 

Snap and Dine Dishware

Portable lunch setting by talented product designer Demelza Hill. 

Tire Bowl

Rev up your meals with Tire Bowl especially designed for your favorite gear head or engine-er. 

Benta Plates

Designed by Angela Schwab. The unexpected upward bend functions as a one-handed grip that also prevents spillage. 

Creative and Unusual Sofa Designs

Collection of creative and unusual sofa bed designs from around the world.

SofaBOX

Unusual sofa design by John Hofgartner from Winterthur, Switzerland. 

Acceleration Sofa

Copenhagen based designer Phillip Grass has come up with a concept for a space age sofa called the “Acceleration”. 

Velvet Sofa

Beautiful sofa designed by creative designers Andrea Fino and Samanta Snidaro. 

Swimming Pool Sofa

Concept sofa design from advertisement campaign for Piscine Castiglione, a swimming pool design firm. 

Nubola Sofa

Comfortable and soft sofa, titled “Nubola”. 

Star System Sofas

Creative sofas designed by Enrico Buscemi and Piergiorgio Leone. 

Aston Martin DB6 Sofa

The Aston Martin DB6 sofa was produced between 1965 and 1970. 

Morphed Sofa

Nina Saunders takes traditional furniture pieces and morphs them into odd shapes. 

Scrubbing Brush Sofa

Is it a sofa or a scrubbing brush turned upside down? 

The Flying Carpet Sofa

“East meets West” sofa by Tonio de Roover, looks like a flying carpet that wants to rise from earth. 

Infinity Shaped Sofa

Creative sofa design inspired by the infinity symbol. 

Stuffed Animals Sofa

Creative sofa made from stuffed animals. 

Abaco Loveseat

Made in Italy using traditional craftsmanship with sleek curvaceous motifs, this sleek designer leather loveseat is a representation of elegance and comfort. 

Steel Sofa

Creative steel sofa by the English steel artist Ron Arad. 

Wall-Climbing Sofa

Lila Jang’s Wall-Climbing Sofa is perfect for that odd corner of the house where no other furniture fits. 

Modern Sofa

Two heat-formed planks and minimal fasteners are the basis of this clean, modern design. 

Mountain Range Sofa

The Monte Bello modular mountain range and sofa system is like having a little bit of the Alps in your living room. Since it’s modular, you can add on extra units to make a range as long as the Andes and you can configure it’s slightly irregular shape in a variety of ways. 

Nido Sofa

This modern piece of furniture has a metal structure and is covered completely in expanded polyurethane. 

The Twisted Sofa

Creative sofa design from Nina Edwards that is sure to be the focal point of any room it graces. 

SKiN Sofa

Jean Nouvel, the eclectic French architect always searching for new expressions, is responsible for SKiN, a sofa which is remarkable for its simplicity. 

Sofa One

Sofa One is a fun, functional, and clever sofa designed with an eye for imagination and utilizing space to the utmost. 

With cool stuff like these leather sofas in your home, you better have some quality home insurance.