Black and white kitchen cabinets painted with a triangular pattern add a whimsical touch to this funky kitchen.

Video Doorbell This goes one step further than the door opener, and allows you to see who is at your door through a video camera that is attached to the door bell. This is a great way to add security to your home, as you only have to let in people that you trust. But there is also the added bonus of a remote control that you can use to unlock the door without ever having to leave your seat. Photo via Digital Trends.

A salvaged 19th-century soaking tub wrapped in stainless steel is topped by Hudson Reed faucets.

This 19th-century New York factory houses the apartment of Brandon and Amy Phillips as well as the workshop for their company, Miles & May Furniture Works.

Measuring only 180 square feet, this exquisite, off-grid tiny home features a big sense of style.

Keeping the original mottled, worn-brick walls and outfitting the kitchen with their own custom cabinetry were among this couple’s cost-saving measures.

The bathroom evokes the building’s industrial bones. The pendant light is from Ikea, and the towel racks are repurposed train car luggage racks. The Carrara tiles are mismatched seconds. “It works if you let yourself not try to fix it,” says Brandon.

The home office of 19th St. Residence by Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects peeks into the lush side yard.

A new Lightroom exhibit by multimedia artist Bojana Ginn is set to open at the end of January 2016. Here, a three-channel video installation reinterprets the act of drawing through a new medium.

We snapped a shot just as workers poured the copper-brass alloy over a Bocci 19 series mold, click through the slideshow to see the rest of the process.

Lyng Hansen steamed and framed remnants of 19th-century wallpaper found during the renovation.

Farnley Hey’s heart is a large, double-height living area, dubbed "the dance floor

This award-winning home by New York–based West Chin Architects is situated on a narrow corner lot in a Long Island neighborhood. The cedar-clad residence features a garage-style glass door that opens to welcome the salty sea breeze from the neighboring beach.

Wolf mounted a platform for Kidd's video projector.

For our In the Modern World section, we shared a process shot of a Bocci 19 series. Here is a finished product of a Bocci 19 series bowl. Photo by Gwenael Lewis.

The Wilderness Downtown Video for Arcade Fire (2010) Directed by Chris Milk and created with friends from Google, Radical Media, and B-Reel, this interactive web and video project pushed forward the possibilities of HTML5. Image courtesy of the Barbican

The board-formed concrete retaining wall holds firewood and is also a bench. Beyond, the garden lounge backs up against the studio and a retaining wall. “It’s a study in how little you can do to define a space,” Thomas says.

Nicolas Grospierre, Hydroklinika, 2004, D-Print on Wood, 19 3/4" x 19 3/4"

Three Eggs (1975-82), Nam June Paik In this closed-circuit video work, there is an egg being filmed, a video receiver showing an egg, and a physical egg inside another receiver.

Nixon (1965-2002), Nam June Paik In this piece, Paik used magnetic coils and a Mackintosh amplifier to distort the broadcast image of Richard Nixon.

Victrola (2005), Nam June Paik A graffitied victrola stand paired with a video projection plays with the dichotomy between old and new.

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The result is a “frozen lava texture, which contrasts with the inside of the bowl that we polish to an almost mirror finish,” says Arbel. “This is the first series of objects that has very little function. Mostly they exist for some sort of emotional response.”

reading corner - living room

The patio below the custom pergola is laid in a herringbone pattern with Techo-Bloc Borealis pavers and transitions to Blue Grande Slab laid in a running bond pattern for the uncovered patio

The lower ceiling of the breezeway giving way to the voluminous vaulted ceiling and expansive views

The lauan plywood-lined interior switches between two functions: a bedroom during its "sleep phase" or a space for entertaining during an "active phase" (seen here).

Summa 19 calculator designed in 1970 by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti.

The white marble backsplash of this tiny, open kitchen is gracefully juxtaposed against the rustic feel of this 19th-century former banana warehouse conversion in Barcelona.

A video still from the Continental Picture Show series by Alec Soth.

Halbrecht answers questions after screening the video. Photo by Søren Schaumburg.

The modular, triangular wedge units can be installed individually to create sloped viewing stations, as shown here in the exhibition's upstairs video gallery, or stacked to create flat platforms or a stage.