Call them boats or yachts, these are mega machines on the waterways. Yatzer gets deep into the Frauscher family of watercrafts and for good reason!  ”Engelbert Frauscher quickly gained an excellent reputation and in the 1930s crafted O-Yawls for the Olympic Games. Nevertheless, war broke through and things froze for a while to restart in 1945 in Gmunden, where tradition went on and on.  In the...

‘nature v2.01’ ‘draw me a sheep’ is the collective design studio of boyoung jung and emmanuel wolfs, who met a the royal college of art in london. their studio is based in belgium and they design a diverse range of products and installations which border on art. one of their limited edition pieces takes inspiration from trees. ‘nature v2.01’ is a chair that appears to be a seat shapes...

Chevalier Edition is a new carpet company that is launching its first collection of contemporary rugs by the likes of ORA-ÏTO, Olivier Lapidus, Daniel Buren and 11 other renowned and emerging designers. Colours and sizes can be customized according to the client's needs and are handmade to order in Nepal, in a Rug Mark workshop. Shown above is Broken Glass by ORA-ÏTO. + chevalier-edition.com

A "curtain" that can be shaped into any form. Similar to Hanna Allijn's Faceted Curtains, these add the power of magnets to create a sturdier and more permanent sculptural shape as you push and pull the fabric. Florian Krautli's website lists the Magnetic Curtain as a future offering of Dutch design collective, Droog. We will wait and see if it makes into production...

I love this concept. According to the designer, Tokujin Yoshioka, it is "a Natural Crystal Chair". First he makes a substrate made of polyester elastomer, then forms the skeleton, which is then submerged in a tank. From here, the crystals grow on the substrate in a completely random and natural way. Its a great juxtapozition of man's control and natures unending creativity.

Furniture is definitely one of my favourite disciplines of design. Particularly contemporary wood furniture that is constructed using very traditional carpentry techniques. Samuel Moyer's work is made entirely from reclaimed and surplus timber. No screws, no nails, no metal.  The asymmetry and imperfection of the recycled wood makes each piece unique. The asymmetry and imperfection of the recycled...

There was once a steel-decked river barge, decommissioned and idle in Morgan City, Louisiana. Lonely and unused, it was purchased by the Neptune Foundation, a not-for-profit that constructs movable waterfront pools for recreationally underserved communities. The foundation commissioned Jonathan Kirschenfeld Associates to have at it; and one Hurricane Katrina and about two years of work later, the...