Clyde Animal Clock
This enchanting white metal clock brings a touch of humor with animals instead of the numbers and the monkey swinging instead of the traditional cuckoo.
Sumneeds’ iPooding Case
Greater protection for your iPhone than the rigid cover, these liquid cases Sumneeds’ iPodcase are more fun and will protect better your smartphone from any blows.
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iPhone Bowl by Miso Soup Design
Miso Soup Design has created for those who can not live without their iPhone, a bowl with Iphone dock integrated so you can eat your noodles while listing music, browsing the web, chatting…
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KŌH LAmp by KŌH Concepts
KŌH Concepts announced today the global launch of its first home design product, the KŌH Lamp. With its warm glow, flexible usage and creative design, the KŌH Lamp is a mood setter, space saver and conversation starter. The KŌH Lamp, offered in eight shades, is all that is needed to transform workspaces and living areas.
The concept of the KŌH Lamp was inspired during a trip to a village in Africa. Each night the villagers would gather around the campfire to discuss their days. To set the mood, they would place light bulbs inside coloured canisters to create complementary lighting. Paired together with the warm glow of the fire, this created a soothing backdrop for friends and family to come together and catch up.
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GreenDot Animo High School, South Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa Architects
This new public school for 500 studentsby Brooks + Scarpa Architects is located in a tough South Los Angeles neighborhood almost directly under the flight path into LAX and adjacent to the very busy 105 Century freeway. The design was influenced by the New Orleans architects Curtis and Davis who designed and built many schools in the early 1950s in Louisiana. Their designs adapted to the local climate without using air conditioning, creating sustainable light filled and poetic spaces for kids to learn.
Similarly, this project is designed to enhance passive sustainable strategies. It allows for abundant natural light, ventilation and view, while shading itself and inducing airflow. The south facade is clad with 650 solar panels that shade the building and provides 75% of the energy needs for the school. Implementing these strategies will reduce carbon emissions by over 3 million pounds.
Taking full advantage of the region’s temperate climate, the designers eschewed the fully contained “big box” idiom of conventional schools on the primary use site. Instead, a landscaped courtyard with multifunctional “bleacher” terracing flows into the open-air covered lobby and the multilayered paseo, lending the school the appeal of a collegiate campus and offering significant environmental benefits—improving daylighting and access to fresh air both inside and out—while providing substantial cost savings by limiting artificial lighting and thermal conditioning to the smaller enclosed spaces.
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Pi & UP Side Tables by Marc van der Voorn for Odesi
Distinguished by their design, the Pi & Up sidetables by Marc van der Voorn for Odesi have something extra to offer. Most other sidetables have a 40 x 40 cm tray, the Up adds an extra 20 cm (40 x 60 cm). The slightly larger tabletop of the Up gives you just that little extra space you need. Besides being a charming sidetable, Pi is also a magazine holder. You can stack your magazines on the legs and newspapers can be rolled up and stored through the legs. Read More…
New Johnnie Walker House in Beijing by Asylum & Love
creative firms Asylum and LOVE once again teamed up to design the world’s largest ultra premium whisky embassy. Launched by Diageo as the largest, most luxurious Johnnie Walker House, the House is located in Beijing and imbued with whisky knowledge and historical elements throughout the sophisticated spatial design. Conceived with the intent to immerse consumers in the world of Johnnie Walker whisky through bespoke experiences, the
latest House provides an experiential and interactive journey for consumers in the world’s most powerful market for luxury goods.
The LocationThe Johnnie Walker House Beijing is located at Ch’ien Men 23 – a historical meeting point of East and West in China. Spanning a total floor area of almost 16,000sq ft, the building provided the perfect industrial platform to bring to life the beauty of the architectural vision – the Whisky Distillery.
The Concept:
Creating a highly contemporary space, rich in authentic whisky story telling for the discerning Chinese consumer, the heart of the architectural vision was the Whisky Distillery. Continuing to create premium whisky conversations, essential ingredients to whisky making and historical archives provide the foundation for the introduction and education of whisky. Further enhancing the Johnnie Walker whisky experience, the physical space includes elements of Scottish history and culture, while remaining attuned to the discerning Beijing consumer. The House blends a bar, museum, retail outlet and an exclusive members club.
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‘Socialmatic,’ Polaroid Camera Prints Out Hypstamatic Retro Photographs
Italian Studio ADR brings a second wind to Polaroid. The ‘Socilmatic’ camera will allows its users to point, snap and apply one of Instagram’s retro filters to get various artistic effects. It is true that with the arrival of digital photographs, we have lost the pleasure to touch and visualize our photos on a wall. The camera will make its own Instagram prints using an internal printer loaded with refillable paper sheets and a four-color ink cartridge – digital versions of those photos could also be instantly uploaded and shared online, directly from the Wi-Fi-equipped camera.
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19th Century Beer Barrels Bedrooms for Rent at AirBnB
Published through AirBnB – an online service that allows people to rent spare rooms and other living spaces for short-term. The hotel has converted large beer barrels from the local Pott’s Brewery into single and double beds. The barrels were used for over 100 years to age and transported Pott’s malty beer. An opening is created by cutting a half-circle from one of the end caps, allowing guests to climb up a short ladder to the platform bed installed inside.
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Jonathan Adler’ Spoutnik Lamp
Jonathan Adler’ Spoutnik Lamp inspired by the lamps of the sixties has been completely revamped. The Spoutnik lamp features a central metal sphere from where twenty four Light Chandelier are shouting out ending up with sparkling crystal or glowing bulb.
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Globo Meeting Gallery Opens in Milan
Timed to coincide with the Milan Furniture Exhibition, the Globo Meeting Gallery – the events venue annexed to the Globo showroom – will make its debut with the new Claesson Koivisto Rune prefabricated house project, the first of a series of exhibitions to be coordinated by Giulio.
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‘SORRI’ Chair by Gonçalo Campos
WEWOOD – Portuguese Joinery is pleased to present you one of its most recent news “SORRI” chair. Designed by Gonçalo Campos, this chair is inspired on a smile, it was made to provide a great comfort.
It was designed for wood lovers; its shapes are highlighted by a sendler outline which frames the seat and the back, clearly showing the versatility and nobility of the material.Easily recognized by its large curved surfaces, it has an ample space for other items such as a handbag, a jacket or a book, this chair was designed for moments of rest and reflection. Several design details have been considered in this chair to highlight its solid construction and its main curve which remind an attractive and confident smile.
Peary Place, London by Threefold Architects
Completed in 2004, The Studio in Bethnal Green is an inventive conversion of an existing Victorian workshop into a contemporary living space. The tall, thin, dark sliver of a space was formerly an industrial shed wedged between existing buildings at ground floor level with windows on all sides at high level. The whole structure was separated from the street by a narrow courtyard passageway.
Threefold Architects’ challenge was to inventively reconfigure the internal layout to maximise natural light and space and stretch a limited budget to create a modern and innovative domestic space.
a Million Time Installation by Humans since 1982
Humans since 1982 was invited by Design Days Dubai to create a special project for the design fair which takes place 18 – 21 March in Downtown Dubai.
On this special occasion Humans Since 1982 created a 3,44 metre long kinetic clock installation; A million times. The installation is based on almost 300 interconnected analogue clocks. Each clock contains 2 motors to drive the minute and hour-hand independently, creating a choreography. Together, all clocks create one giant display, showcasing customizable texts, patterns and graphics.
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‘AquaBotix Camera,’ HydroView Remote Controlled Underwater Vehicle
The AquaBotix 4GB HydroView with Remote Control, records underwater video & HD Photos. The device can record live video and capture photos in HD, streaming them to your iPad. The AquaBotix smartphone application connects via wi-fi to a topside receiver that communicates with the submarine below using a 100′ video cable tether.
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It features electric thrust and lift propellers for forward/backward , left/right, and up/down movement all controlled with the iPad’s motion sensors or virtual touchscreen joystick. The app also has camera controls and displays realtime depth, heading, battery level, and temperature data as well. Read More…
‘Void Box House,’ in Japan by Architect Cafe
‘Void Box,’in Japan by Architect Cafe is a two and a half story house that features an elevated garden as the living and dining room, thus enlarging the space. The facade is fully glazed and passing on a view of the interior.
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LightWedge Reading Light
LightWedge Reading Light produces a soothing light to help you to read in the darkness. Place it just above your page and your reading will be enlightened.
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Xhibitionist Yacht Concept by Gray Design
The innovative Xhibitionist yacht concept by Gray Design is inspired by the shape of a sports car. The yacht features an integrated platform that unfolds on demand to serve heliport, a Jacuzzi or a huge garage that can carry a dozen car. Read More…
