Demi Lamp is a minimalist design created by Sweden-based designer Mattias Stenberg. Mattias Stenberg has designed a glass sculpture illuminated from the inside, highlighting the brilliance of the mouth-blown glass and creating a warm ambient light. The two glass parts are made by hand using traditional methods.

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Rem D. Koolhaas knows this. Reeling and heartbroken from a recent breakup, Koolhaas threw his energies into making a shoe with the aesthetic inspiration taken from his design background and upbringing by father, famed architect, of the same name. Attempting to “down[size] architecture to its smallest and most vulnerable scale…of a woman’s foot,” the Möbius Hi by United Nude was born. The minimalist sandal owes its name to the geometric surface, the möbius. A möbius strip is a simple closed band that can be twisted to create a variety of loops. It is often used throughout art and architecture, it could have even inspired Koolhaas Sr. in his Educatorium building in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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As part of its highly skilled Creator Expert range, LEGO will be debuting an all new Sydney Opera House for the holidays. [More Photos at HiConsumption.com]

Now you can nap like a real man with this masculine hammock designed to look like it was right out of the Viking era. [See More at HiConsumption.com]

The perfect gift for any Gin and Tonic lover, this device is a complete working station for booze inspired by the Lazy Susan. [More Photos at HiConsumption.com]

In this post we showcased 25 beautiful flyer designs that will help inspire your creativity. There are great examples here to improve your own unique flyer designs. We hope you will like the collection and this convince you to do something brilliant yourself.

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In 2011 the company implemented a pilot project Bright Young Things cooperation with young creators UK. In January 2012 already we can see, that iconic department store re-re-start the campaign on a larger scale.

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This post will highlight some aspects of parallax scrolling that you need to keep in mind if you want to use the effect for your or your client’s site. As you probably know, the parallax scrolling effect is all the rage now. Many brands use it on their sites to both entertain and engage their audience even more. Also, pretty much all major web design providers offer parallax scrolling designs to their customers.

The thing is, they don’t seem to care that much about the SEO aspect of the effect because most companies offer one-page parallax designs regardless of how it can influence SEO rankings. Sure thing, such designs are visually appealing, but if you look under the hood, you can see some unexpected pitfalls. Before we go any further, let’s see what is actually wrong (or can be wrong) with the parallax scrolling effect and what you can do to fix those issues.

Parallax is Heavy

Since all the content is on one page (in one file), all your text, images, and videos (if any) are placed in the same file. And that goes without saying that such an approach makes your page way heavier than it could be otherwise. So, for starters, you need to optimize your images. You’re not really supposed to use any retina images as of now because not that many devices can enjoy them. If you’re absolutely sure that you need retina-optimized images on your site, at least make sure to load them only for retina-ready devices. You can do that with the help of retina.js or a similar JavaScript library.

Parallax is Keyword-Poor

It’s good practice to optimize your page for 1-3 keywords. So, if you have 5 pages in your site, you can optimize each for 1-3 words, which means 5-15 keywords per site. Now, if you use a one-page parallax design, you’re constrained to just 1-3 keywords. That’s another reason to break your one-page design into multiple pages. I’ll offer you a few solutions down the road.

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Designers at Quechua have created a tent that lets users set up in just a few seconds with one swift motion. [More Photos at HiConsumption.com]