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Cool Shade Parasol - 'Stingray' Shade Sculpture by Tuuci

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:03:38 CET

This cool shade parasol by Tuuci is "cool" in every sense of the word - from its contemporary look to the shade it provides. Dubbed the Stingray Shade Sculpture, this sun umbrella features a distinctive shape that makes a modern addition to your yard, patio or poolside space. A polished, wrought aluminum mast curves its way up from the base and is topped b

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Sexy Steel Case For iPhone

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:37:12 CET

When compared to my leather Plain-Jane Capdase iPhone Case, the Sheet Metal iPhone Case looks smoking HOT!. Thankfully this is not one of the YD staples of being a concept, yes it’s available for purchase! Sleek Steel on the outside is combined with silicon padding for the innards and clever cutouts tackle wireless signals and heat emissions. Only dilemma is that with the iPhone I opted for a candybar style, this cover makes it an awkward flip, if I walk the middle-path…apparently y

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Move! Your Butt And Stuff

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:37:12 CET

Dual functionality is the name of the game and if you add in words like “green”, ecofirendly” or “recycle”, the game gets better. What we have here is a simple enough solution to a problem that might not exists;but let’s just go with the flow for a moment. Scenario is that you move often and/or don’t have the resources to furnish your sparse accommodation, so you probably need boxes that can double up as furniture. So when you’re not packing stuff

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Sustainable water tower to pump water from an underground lake in Darfur

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:36:36 CET

Designed as a part of the 2010 Skyscraper Competition organized by Evolo Magazine, the water tower by Polish architect and design firm H3AR is a multipurpose building to pump water from an underground lake (31,000 m2) in the Darfur region of Sudan. Drawing inspiration from the African savanna, the Baobab, the skyscraper also comprises a treatment

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Family House in Obama

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:20:32 CET

Suppose Design Office recently finished a family house in the city of Obama, in the Fukui prefecture on the sea of Japan.
The client - the director of a clinic opposite the house - wished to combine openness on the ground floor to allow for parking spaces for this clients with a more protected first floor living spaces.
Kitchen space, bathrooms,

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Human-powered furniture ‘Go’ is a lounge, workstation and exercise bike

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:07:05 CET

An entry at Ideation Award 2010 in conjunction with Malaysian International Fair, the "Go" by Indonesian designer Rizki Tarisa is a piece of multifunctional furniture that makes use of advanced technology, so you could lead a sustainable lifestyle while accomplishing your daily tasks in style. Combining the function of a lounge chair, exercise bike and desktop into

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Bubble-shaped ‘Fresh Water Factory’ uses mangroves to desalinate seawater

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:07:03 CET

Considering the fact that only one percent (approx) of fresh water is present on the earth in liquid form, the ghost of water crisis can well be seen haunting the life worldwide in the days to come. Addressing the issue, designers at Design Crew for Architecture have designed a bubble-shaped skyscraper with natural systems that can desalinate seawater

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A Look at Kawamura Ganjavian

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:41:19 CET

A Look at Kawamura Ganjavian
by sabine7 / March 8, 2010

Scenter, an aromatherapy device used to inspire Proustian moments, was the item that brought design studio Kawamura Ganjavian to our attention. Established in 2000 in London by Key Portilla-Kawamura and Ali Ganjavian, the studio has been in India, USA, Japan, Great Britain and Switzerland. Currently based in Madrid, this multi-disciplinary practice is also involved in Studio Banana TV, an int

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Waterproof MP3 Player/Radio quenches your never-ending thirst for music

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:47:29 CET

If you are one of those who can't do without music even when taking a shower or bath, the ($186) Waterproof MP3 Player/Radio could turn out to be a smart device to play your favorite tracks anywhere, anytime. Measuring 165 x 165 x 160 mm, the ball-shaped music player presents a 32GB SD card, good enough for a wide range of collection. P

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FriendHouse Hotel / Ryntovt

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:47:14 CET

Architects: Ryntovt
Location: Orel River Bank, Dnepropertrovsk, Ukraine
Project Team: Yuriy Ryntovt /chief architect, Aleksey Bojko, Alan Kravchenko
Project Area: 1,750 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Andrey Avdeenko

diagrams 01
Ecohotel “Friend House” is located on 3 hectares plot in forest resort zone aside of Orel river bank, 30 km far from Dnepropertrovsk. It is a single-floor group of buildings with open yards, parking, terraces, garden and park zones (covered area 17

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Sour Mood Gettaway

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:50:58 CET

Popescu Lucian has left me speechless with his explanation for the Pandur Concept Vehicle! It's for times like this when designers don't delve technical details, I wonder if they held back because of copyright issues like Brian discussed earlier? I understand how frustrating it can be when someone else steals your ideas and makes a quick buck! To give him benefit of doubt &

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H2Office eases work stress in a cozy environment floating on waves

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:50:45 CET

After witnessing a number of mobile and home offices in the past, now it's time to accomplish your official tasks floating on the waves. For UK based WaterSpace has come up with a floating office called the "H2Office" that eases your work stress in a cozy environment. Integrating a couple of desks, a fold-out bed, a lounge and a kitchenette, the floating o

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Sbarro Autobau concept, weird to the core

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:26:33 CET

Auto shows other than giving a peep into the futuristic mode of transportation just amaze the viewers with some wonderful as well as weird car designs. And the ongoing Salon de Geneves is no different, displaying a wide range of vehicles for different market groups. Presented at the 2010 Motor Show, the "Sbarro Autobau" is a strange, if not utte

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Handmade School / Anna Heringer & Eike Roswag

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:26:31 CET

© Kurt Hoerbst
Architects: Anna Heringer & Eike Roswag
Location: Rudrapur, Dinajpur district, Bangladesh
Structural Engineering: Ziegert Roswag Seiler Architekten Ingenieure Bürogemeinschaft
Construction: Dipshikha / METI (Modern Education and Trainig Institute) with local labourers and own training workshop
Footprint Area: 275 sqm
Floor Area: 325 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Kurt Hoerbst

Context
Bangladesh is a fertile alluvial land in the Gulf of Bengal and the land with the highe

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Light Tree

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:44:22 CET

The title of this post is pretty boring but it describes exactly what this concept is; a Light Tree. The artificial tree is covered in solar cells that power ultra-bright LEDs at the base. The light diffuses thru water which fills the entire cavity of the tree for that "glowy" look. The upper extremities hold seeds to REAL PLANTS, like OMG! I was getting worried about t

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Agro E.Sustentable Wind Generator Features Brilliant Functionality with Ease of Operating

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:43:58 CET

The Agro E.Sustentable concept wind generator aims to ease and optimize the installation and transportation procedure, making it convenient and time-saving for the agricultural workers. The generator has been designed as a great system of producing and accumulating of wind energy that distinctively makes it self-supporting. The trailer holds the batteries and the generator along with its retractable tower and also acts as the base when it is working. The tower remains folded in 4 sections and i

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Touch & Go Navigation System Directs Blind People to Locate Their Destination

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:56:04 CET

The Touch & Go is an innovative navigation system that has been designed for the blind people to make them self-directed. The device acts as a wearable navigator comprising a hand gadget along with an earpiece and a tactile display that provides the directions as a map. The device gives direction at 1:1000 scale and remai

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Orco Germany

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:53:06 CET

Iris Steinbeck Architekten relied on the dissolution of segmented usage areas to projected the interior for Orco Germany, a company representation in Berlin.
The entrée is dominated by an organically shaped reception desk. This element corresponds with a media wall in the waiting area. This wall simultaneously acts as frame for the blue backlit company logo as

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Command Post in Saint Samson / Bruno Pourveer

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:52:33 CET

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Tokinokura Lavatories Shimodate / Shuichiro Yoshida Architects

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:52:33 CET

Here's a kind of project we don't frequently see a lot of…a public bathroom facility. Shuichiro Yoshida, a Tokyo based architect, designed lavatories housed on less than 9m2 of ground space in Chikusei City. The site is a historic storage building, (one of the few still standing after the WWII), and a volunteer group obtained the ownership of the buildin

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