Sure there’s plenty options out there for those that want quick and easy security measures for their doors, but what about those that like to make everyday activities a challenge? Thankfully, the geniuses at Art Lebedev studios have now come up with a solution in the form of the Defendius door chain, but you better [...]
We haven’t heard of Dutch design outfit Crealev before, but the company says it’s developed a “new levitation concept which is able to produce a very high levitation height combined with a low power dissipation and excellent stability” — and apparently the best way to show that off is this series of levitating lamps. Unveiled [...]
If you’re a music lover, then this life-sized piano (violin is elevator) house, located in China, is definitely a sight to see. Click here for more pictures.
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Designed by Isamu Noguchi, these amazing fountains look as if they’re floating, but are actually held up by a transparent pole[s] in the middle. Click here for one more picture.
..well late japanese-american architect isamu noguchi took this family favourite one step further and created an incredible looking set of fountains for the world expo in [...]
Located in Chile, the “San Alfonso Del Mar Resort” boasts the world’s largest outdoor swimming pool, at 8 hectares. Click here for additional pictures.
It’s filled with about 250,000 cubic meters of salt water which, if you’re wondering, is roughly equivalent to about 6,000 standard backyard pools. It cost about $1.5 billion to build and maintenance [...]
Behold the Solar Trees of Vienna, set to be unveiled in front of the MAK Museum on October 8th. It’s just the latest from Ross Lovegrove who’s already graced our pages with his Muon speaker and System X lighting system. Developed in coordination with Italian lighting Co. Artemide and solar cell Co. Sharp Solar, the [...]
For those who just like to stand out from the crowd, this “Cage-in-a-Tank” should do the trick. Watch as your guests stare in disbelief or amazement.
If we keep fish as pets, why can’t fish keep birds as pets? While you’re pondering that, try and figure out who looks more confused in the picture
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Since most of us are so used to standard room layouts, we thought you’d be interested in discovering the art of hotel design. Starting with YOTEL, pictured above, which was inspired by Japanese Capsule Hotels and British Airways First Class. It’s claimed to be “one of the world’s most radical hotel concepts”. Each room in [...]
Rest assured, there’s no shortage of glamorous nightclubs, but a new spot is set to excite Londoners that have a thing for exaggerated lighting and all things interactive. Dubbed the “first interactive bar in the world,” each wall will be lined in blank canvas so that projections can be beamed out and altered on a [...]
You know, it’d be quite nice for toaster manufacturers to actually grab hold of one of the numerous concepts floating around out there and give the tried and true machine a facelift, but until then, conceptualizers are keepin’ the ideas a-coming. On deck is the Transparent Toaster, which hopes to utilize clear panes of “heating [...]
Sega Toys looks to have dialed back the creepiness factor with its latest product: a desktop device filled with sea creatures ready to do your bidding. Dubbed the “Private Ocean,” the device packs low res representations of some 100 different critters, which can swim into formation to display the time if you tap the top [...]
Sure, you could blow a cool million on a bed you’d never sleep on, but why not grab one that actually provides some relief (and won’t run you $5k a month… forever) after a hard day in the blazing sun? Enter Kuchofuku, who certainly has the right idea with its air conditioned sleeper and clothing [...]
More LED goodness for ya, this time in the form of a desk lamp, not a backlit LCD. The Z-Bar won I.D. Magazine’s “best of category” award which is pretty sweet considering the category wasn’t just lamps, it was furniture. The Z-Bar’s 66, long-livin’ LEDs pump 100 lumens in pretty much any direction you want [...]
We’ll be straight with ya, Projovian’s latest cubic device may have garnered rad points as a prop in a first wave MC Hammer video, but unfortunately, it falls squarely on the chintzy side of things today. Adding legitimacy to the 3D gimmick stereotype, this curious “digital photo frame” takes numerous pictures at different angles simultaneously, [...]
We’re not particularly sure if Lego is actually getting a cut on these newfangled USB flash drives, but an Australian firm is offering up said storage options within Lego blocks nonetheless. The Zip Zip Memory Bricks will be available in black, white, red, blue, green, and yellow here shortly, and all house 1GB of storage [...]
Created by Julian Appelius and Fabien Dumas, this high-tech dinner table boasts LEDs that light up only when items are placed on top of it.
When an object—usually transparent—interrupts the path of the light through the table, the light gets transferred into the object and lights it up all pretty-like
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While they’re still a long ways from sharing shelf space with cut-rate inkjet printers, it looks like three dimensional printers are slowly inching towards the consumer space, with Idealab company Desktop Factory set to sell its first 3D printer for not entirely unreasonable price of $4,995 sometime this year. According to The New York Times, [...]
These days, a lamp needs to be more than just a lighting instrument, and while the 8AM task lamp doesn’t sport integrated speakers, an FM radio, or solar panels, it does go a long way in cleaning up clutter and reaching hard-to-light areas. Constructed from braided electric wire and an aluminum clamping system, this design-centric [...]
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This annoying Flying Clock won’t turn off until you return the propeller-driven key to its base. Video demonstration after the break.
The propeller flies the key high into the air and off into some dusty corner. You have to force your sleep addled brain into wakefulness, move your stiff legs and retrieve the key before [...]
Seemingly, it’s just not to efficient enough to buy lighting tools for your home anymore, as lamps these days have to have at least one other random function thrown in for good measure, and Soundoiler’s duo is no different. Melding form with function, this stylish lamp features a built-in speaker to go along with its [...]
