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Provoke Design is set to display their 2012 phone concepts at the HARDCORE New Finish Design exhibition in NY later this month. The "Touch" concept above is basically "meant for couples and feature[s] a specialized UI and touch simulation to enable 'deep communication'." Click here to see more.

The look of the Express concept can be changed electronically and customized to your personal tastes. The Share concept enables communication and sharing of information through personalized codes formed in subgroups of likeminded individuals.

It may look like a floating staircase, but this unique creation is securely fastened through the use of transparent plastic. Click here for more pictures of the home.

Then again, it looks horribly dangerous. I mean, ignoring the fact that I'd be expecting each step to snap off every time I walked up it, there's no handrail on the side to prevent you from losing your balance and toppling off.

Sometimes, "less is more", and it rings true with the "Alley House". This five-story home measures less than 8-feet wide, but manages to cram all the amenities you'd expect in a regular living space into its small footprint. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Built on a steel frame, this home office took only a few weeks to construct. It's particularly eco-friendly, and while each level is absurdly small, the floor to ceiling windows do wonders to cut through the jail syndrome.

Aside from Google Zurich, workplaces like Pixar, Red Bull, Pallotta Teamworks, Threadless, and Ilse Media seem interesting as well. Click here to view their offices in that order.

in an ideal world all company directors would invest in their workforce to the point where the office didn’t resemble a huge ice cube filled with back-breaking plastic chairs, mdf tables and computers less powerful than my old commodore plus-4.

Sure, you could purchase a home on the cheap right now, but these designer creations cater to a more imaginative crowd. Continue reading to see more. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Located in Langkawi, Malaysia, the "Sky Bridge" is a "cable-stayed bridge supported by only one support column as it wraps its way around a mountain a whopping 2,250 feet above sea level." Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

completed in october 2004, the structure relies on an 87 metre high support column to hold the weight of the deck, this weight distributed through 8 load balancing cables attached to its head.

A new LEGO tower in the UK has taken over the title of "world's tallest". Constructed using over 500,000 bricks, it towers 100-feet above LEGOLAND Windsor. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Once again, the record for the world's largest Lego tower has fallen. Last year, the Lego bricks towered 96 feet over Toronto. Hitting the 100 foot mark is definitely a fitting way to celebrate the 50th anniversary.

The NOVA 3D LED light display consists of 25,000 suspended lights, with each bulb containing 12 LEDs that run at 25fps. Video demonstration after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

It's on display in Zurich until September 2009 (and we hear it might make an appearance at Wired's NEXTFEST), but if you're thinking about nabbing it for yourself, you'd better bring a crew -- it weighs in at over three tons

The FluxPC concept essentially "revolves around a wearable bracelet, which interfaces wirelessly with a portable display." That's not all, the "system can [also] interface wirelessly with a portable display or other computers." Click here for first picture in gallery.

The bracelet holds the users personal and valued digital information while the display incorporates a larger viewing area and multimedia devices. The display is needed for instances when up-scaled viewing and interfacing is needed.

Billionare Mukesh Ambani, also touted as Asia's richest man, is set to build a $2-billion, 22-story Mumbai Tower residence in India. Featuring a plethora of elevators, crystal ballroom, and even an ice sauna. Click here for first picture in gallery.

First off, no two floors are alike. Ambani specified that each story of his home should be made using different plans and materials, with styles and architectural elements tying it all together