Casa Son Vida, the first of six world-class luxury villas planned on the Spanish island of Mallorca is already completed and ready to receive high praise from the visitors. With an area of 8500 sq inches, the sustainable architecture is converted from the Mediterranean structure, and looks quite gorgeous and elaborate indeed. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Dose anybody become obsessed with shoddy short-term memory? Here is the perfect solution, the to-do Tattoo kit. [Read the rest of this entry...]
An upside down decanter by Sebastian Bergne, inspired by the stories of “Alice in wonderland”, not only beautiful, but also practical.
With water in it, everything becomes enlarged and exaggerated, which gives us an amazing visual impression. [Read the rest of this entry...]
The project is the collaboration between Pieke and Innofa/Stretch Textiles, exhibiting at Ventura Lambrate, Milan Salone 2010. The giant, soft, elastic monsters want to make you feel more comfortable, then how do you like them? [Read the rest of this entry...]
The future of recreation has arrived! Simply unfold chessboard, turn on the power button, and then you can play chess by pressing the board! Isn’t that cool? The portable LED chess set, inspired by the scroll paintings commonly seen in China and Japan, uses silica gel as its main material and therefore can be easily rolled up for portability. Another point you may be interested in is the onboard computer, which will make an opponent if you can’t find a partner. Great! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Similar to the Easy-packing Table we introduced before, the La Gota Table by Timothy Emmott also aims to help you tidy up your workbench quickly and easily. But the difference is that the La Gota Table is designed to hold used items or more exactly your rubbish, like the waste paper, sharpener waste, etc. The table features a big opening on one corner, which would lead the rubbish down through the hollow leg and fall into the trash barrel. In case that anything useful will fall into the hole, the designer also surrounds the opening with some ripples. As a result, even though you don’t go to the bin to throw the trash away, you can always keep the table neat enough. [Read the rest of this entry...]
With no handle, the new coffee cup designed by Emi Schenkelbach asks you to hold it in hands so as to give you warmth during the cold winter. Or you can just leave it float over the plate that comes along, and hold the plates’ handles instead. Finished in ceramics and walnut shell, the coffee cup looks so elegant and smart that you may even mistaken it as an art piece, but it’s actually practical for frequent use. You don’t think so? Try it! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Unless you have a system worked out, you no doubt know clearly that you have to keep everything highly organized to keep your table clean and tidy. But what will you do with the electrical wires? Bind them together using a rope? Designer Beatus Kopp wants to save you that trouble with ‘aTable’, which features four hollow legs to store the cords. So simply put the electrical wires through the four holes and hide them in the legs, you can easily make room for more books. Made of glass-reinforced plastic, the table is really lightweight but still highly stable. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Thanks to GE for coming up with the Energy Smart® LED bulb, we can save much more electrical energy in the future. Compared with ordinary bulbs, the new one can distribute light in all directions, but costing less energy. It consumes 9-W of energy, amounting to a 77% savings compared to 40-W incandescent. It is also said that the LED bulb can last up to 17 years, if you use it 4 hours per day. The GE will launch it sometime early 2011 at a price of $40 to $50. [Read the rest of this entry...]
What’s cardboard plus originality? It’s the Cardboard Baggage, which also doubles as a multi-functional rack to keep your shoes, books and other items when reassembled. One would expect it a rigid and fragile container, but the baggage is actually quite elegant and durable. And, the most important thing is that the paper luggage is more eco-friendly than those made from plastic and other materials. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Who says the city streets have to be boring, surprise them with these miniature buildings! These buildings, seem quite eye-pleasing on the paper, are actually transformed from ordinary electric boxes, small planters and other items. Using pasted paper that is printed with different patterns of walls and window frames, the designer EVOL has created various miniature buildings in the Berlin street, making the city full of fun. And the artist EVOL is ready to receive high praise from you guys. So just leave your comments below to let us know. [Read the rest of this entry...]
If you want to always see your baby asleep in her/his own crib but also keep a close touch with her/him, then you have the option of a Bednest. The new bedside crib can be easily attached to your bed, allowing you to ’sleep with’ your baby though still in two separate beds. Easy to install and carry, the portable device is an attractive alternative to cribs. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Robert Cannon comes out with a new series of sculptures, something that cleverly present the connection between art and the nature. Apart from home decorations, these creative sculptures also work as garden pots, growing moss on them. [Read the rest of this entry...]
These huge 3D murals seem to have been popping up everywhere online recently… Accomplished by John Pugh on the side of buildings, these murals have cleverly brought the marvelous and the real together, destroying the demarcation between the subjective world and the objective world. Bravo!
More pics after the break. [Read the rest of this entry...]
I just love the look of the Sensation Lounge Chair. Certainly it’s also a useful device to help people enjoy a more comfortable life— with a tiny screen built in, the chair allows the users to watch programs while lying on it.
Continue reading to see it closely. [Read the rest of this entry...]
