Cool Hunting

Three Better-than-Wallpaper Wall Coverings
Wallpaper trends wax and wane, but in the end it's still just eye candy. These three new takes on wall coverings grabbed our attention recently at an exhibit during the London Design Festival called "In Production" for the ways they add new dimensions—both literally and figuratively. Susan Bradley's multi-purpose Outdoor Wallpaper (pictured left) is a laser cut metal pattern designed to function as a...

Pop Cling
Somewhere between a poster and a painting, Pop Cling's digital-fine art reproductions of original works come printed on an adhesive-backed surface that makes it easy to apply to any smooth surface. Featured artists, like Jason Sho Green (pictured, click to zoom), are all up-and-comers with a skate culture vibe. Throw one up on a dorm room wall or apply on a loft's concrete floor...

Decoradar Kits
A 3-D take on the wall mural, these kits from Brooklyn-based artists Elisheva Biernoff and Jennifer Smith come with sculptural wall ornaments, paint, instructions, and everything else needed to create themed decor. Their debut design, "South" features wooden oranges to affix to cartoon-like trees, while the latest, "North" (pictured above), includes a pair of owls and carbon transfers. Look out for upcoming editions, "East"...

Nature Wallpaper
Swedish designer Camilla Diedrich aims to add uniquely natural elements into her mass-produced products. Her goal for Nature Wallpaper was to inject an intrinsic luminance using a single color. Or as she succinctly explains, "I have been searching for light without light." Her efforts resulted in repeating patterns of vaguely organic forms, which are cast in vibrant hues and resemble some sort of luminous...

Bottoms Up Doorbell
A winner of a Red Dot award last year, Peter van der Jagt's Bottoms Up Doorbell is perhaps one of the best examples of repurposed objects we've come across. It's no surprise that it comes from the fertile Dutch collective that is Droog, circa 1994. A magnet (which adds bonus points for its exposed wiring) between two different sized crystal wineglasses creates the classic...