Ryan Lingard Design

Ryan Lingard designed and built this lovely litte cabin near Joseph, Oregon in a couple of weeks for under $10,000.

George Bernard Shaw's writing shed was incredibly sophisticated. It was built on a turntable so that he could push it around to follow the sun. It had electricity, telephone and a buzzer system.

The challenge in the "1, 2, 3... easy kitchen!" competition shown in Designboom was to design a kitchen that occupied less than 1 square meter (about 10 square feet).

Image credit: The Guardian

From tiny kitchens to moving walls in a transformer apartment, TreeHugger loves small living spaces.

Images by Sabine of Mocoloco

Mocoloco introduces Swedish designers Sanna Lindström and Sigrid Strömgren, who collaborated on the Grand Central Table.

Photos by Yannis Drakoulidis

Real estate developers often trick purchasers by filling model suites with special 7/8 full size furniture to make rooms look bigger. Now Point Supreme Architects are tricking art gallery patrons by building a room at exactly 1/2 full size, and putting it inside the full size room.

Sabine at Mocoloco shows an interesting bookcase system designed by Daniel Gafner of Postfossil. It is essentially made of plywood boxes held together by standard binder clips, which is clever enough.

All images by Jim Rokos via designboom

Lehman B is a "do-tank" (which I assume is a think-tank with tools) "based on the belief that the best way to explore and embrace the opportunities the future holds is by living them and doing them." This bike-as-camper, called Supertramp, "explores the practicality of microsized living and downshifting as urban "flowmads" (another cl

There is the Pritzker, the Prix de Rome, the RIBA and the AIA awards, and then there is the Shed of the Year prize, honouring the best of this "cornerstone of British culture." I have had the honour of being a judge three years running, and my top choice never won before.