Tree tents by luminair | designboom. Nov 26, 2012 tree tents by luminair ‘tree tents’ by luminairall images courtesy of luminair the culmination of three years worth of research, these ‘tree tents’ by luminair are coming to forests near you. bringing awareness to the timber harvest and lifecycle, these suspended capsules bring comfortable and low impact retreats up in the canopies. the living spaces are contained by a sustainable structural frame enclosed with high density cotton canvas fabric. a combination of green ash wood and strong, lightweight hybrid aluminum sub-frame components are easily transported and assembled. steam-bent into a spherical shape, the form spreads loads across the structure to absorb movements of inhabitants. its 100% waterproof exterior is insulated with sheep wool, making the shelters perfect for year-round use and semi-permanent camps. it comes in olive green, red and natural. spherical tent suspended amidst tree trunks ladder leads into front door side window door entry fabric door rolled up bedroom.
iRock: The World's First Power-Generating iPad Rocking Chair. This chair makes me want to sing “I wanna rock right now” really loudly (from Rob Base’s song “It Takes Two“) and I have the Zurich-based Micasa Lab to thank for that. They developed the iRock, a traditional looking rocking chair with the ability to charge your iPad (or iPhone) just by simply rocking back and forth.
The chair has a dock that your iPad sits in so you can conveniently control the music you’re rocking out to, along with built-in speakers. The design, powered by a generator that converts the movement into power, makes it possible to listen and charge your Apple devices at the same time. Make A Thing: Cassette Tape Wallets. Welcome to the another installment of Make A Thing, where we make handmade gifts for people. Or ourselves. Who doesn’t need something special in their life? Join in on the DIY fun and avoid the unnecessary consumerism of the world (and I promise you’ll save a few dollars while you’re at it). Header by Rory Midhani Maybe sewing isn’t your strong suit, but you still need to make something that looks like you know what you’re doing. Enter: The Cassette Tape Wallet. These make great wallets, coin purses, or gift card holders. Cassette Tape Wallet Supplies Needed: Cassette tape (Olivia Newton John is optional! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Visualize how much hot glue you’re going to use. 6. 7. 8. 9. 9 1/2: If you’d like extra security, you can sew around the end of the zipper so you can make extra sure the zipper foot doesn’t come off. 10.
Amazing Places To Experience Around the Globe (Part 5) The Sphinx, Giza, Egypt Fjadrargljufur, Iceland Folegandros, Greece. Green Lake in Upper Styria, Austria Hotel Hospes Maricel, Mallorca, Spain Seven Sisters Waterfall, Norway Central Park, New York City Platja D'Aro, Girona, Spain Skatftafeli, Iceland Bolgheri, Tuscany Whitehaven Beach, Queensland, Australia Dingle Peninsula - Ireland Trolltunga - Odda, Norway Emerald Lake, Alaska (Pic Lynn Zaik) The Devetashkata Cave, Bulgraria Lefkada Greece El Nido Palawan Island, Phillippines More Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1 - click here) More Amazing Places to Experience Around The Globe (Part 2 - click here ) More Amazing Places to Experience Around The Globe (Part 3 - click here ) More Amaing Places to Experience Around The Globe (Part 4 - click here )
20 Clever Science Museum Ads. EmailEmail In order to show that science can be fun, Science World museum and Rethink Canada created a series of smart ambient ads showing various fun facts on the streets of Vancouver. One of their most notable ads was the 6000$ worth of billboard, covered in 2 oz of pure gold and guarded by two round-the-clock guards. This actually served two purposes: besides inviting people to come and see the “Treasure!” Exhibition, the billboard would also teach you, that “2 oz of gold are just enough to cover an entire billboard”.
Website: scienceworld.ca, rethinkcanada.com. The Versatile Brad Pitt Transforms for Interview Magazine. Magnificent Indian Temple Carved from One Giant Rock. When most of us were growing up, we learned about a handful of man-made wonders of the world such as the pyramids in Egypt, the Colosseum in Rome, and the Great Wall of China. One that may have slipped right past you could have been the Kailashnath Temple in Maharashtra, India. What's most amazing about the Kailashnath Temple is that it's carved out of one single rock. Carvers started at the top and excavated downward, exhuming the temple out of the existing rock. The traditional methods were rigidly followed by the master architect, which could not have been achieved by excavating from the front. Dedicated to Hindu Lord Shiva, the temple was built between 756-774 CE by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I and measures about 60 feet tall and 200 feet wide.
Ben Beiske (Top), Deep blue ocean (Above) Pratheepp Shabnam Sirur Kris Kumar Sanjay ach. Best of 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships. Over 100 men with the wildest whiskers entered the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf, France over this past weekend. The entrants curled their mustaches and brushed their beards, adorning their faces with eccentric designs, stiffened and maintained by intense primping, styling, and blow drying.
Whether you like a man with facial hair or not, you've got to commend these guys on their creative efforts. These images from the competition give us a peek into the world of facial hairstyling that seems all at once fun, wacky, and labor-intensive. It brings to mind film director Morgan Spurlock's documentary titled Mansome, which touches on the art of hair design, both facial and body, amongst men.
Via [Telegraph, ntvmsnbc] An Insider's Look at Space Shuttle Flight Decks. As of late, an interest in space exploration has risen and we're discovering more and more astounding photography of our incredible vessels that make the journey possible. Last month, we brought you the incredible photos of America's Space Shuttle Program by Dan Winters and today we're pleased to share photographer Ben Cooper's series of images, giving us some insight on the inner workings of some spacecrafts.
Cooper's series, simply known as Flight Decks, takes us inside three space shuttles—Endeavour, Atlantis, and Discovery. The photos in this series reveal the intense technology that astronauts have to work with. Video games make it seem like fun and games to pilot a rocket-launched vehicle, but it clearly involves a lot more knowledge than simply steering around with a joystick. Prints of Cooper's insider's look at space shuttles can be purchased through his website. Ben Cooper website via [Ian Brooks] 18 Creative Elevator Ads. EmailEmail When users become more and more ad blind, and old ways of advertising fail – advertisers have to use something called imagination to come up with new ways and places for advertising.
A good example could be elevator advertising. Elevator? Yes, according to statistics the average number of riders in a high-rise building is 500 people per day[1]. 1. Advertising Agency: JWT, Brazil 2. Advertising Agency: g k k DialogGroup, Frankfurt, Germany 3. Advertising Agency: Quadrant Communications ltd 4. 5. Prefer it this way? Advertising Agency: Ponto de Criacao, Brazil 6. 7. Advertising Agency: Brokaw, Cleveland, USA 8. Advertising Agency: JWT, Manama, Bahrain 9. 10. Agency: Blattner Brunner, Pittsburgh, USA 11. Advertising Agency: PragmaDDB 12. Advertising Agency: Giovanni + DraftFcb Sao Paulo, Brazil 13. Advertising Agency: Wirz/BBDO, Switzerland 14. Advertising Agency: TBWA\RAAD, Dubai, UAEAdvertising 15. Credits: Publicis 16. Advertising Agency: Lowe, Istanbul, Turkey 17. 18. 33 Creative Ads Using Oversized Objects. EmailEmail Are you ready for a dose of creative advertising?
We’ve handpicked an awesome collection of creative ads that use oversized objects and now we want to share it with you. So put your work aside and enjoy! 1. FedEx Kinko Office Products Advertising agency: BBDO, New York, USA 2. Was that a BMW 7 series? 3. The installations were an instant motive of interest for photographers, intriguing many tourists; becoming an attraction of their own. 4. Advertising School: Miami Ad School 5.
Advertising Agency: Grey Canada, Toronto 6. To get Mondo Pasta on everyone’s mind, Jung von Matt, advertising agency from Germany created a bigger than life promotion at the most frequented place in Hamburg: the harbor. 7. Advertising agency: unknown 8. A sculpture made by the Berlin artist Stefan von Essen which looks like a giant banana peel, was set in various shopping malls. 9. 10. 11. “Termites Eat 24 hours a day.” 12. 13. “Climbing Shoes” (Advertising Agency: unknown) 14. Advertising Agency: JWT London. At home with: hesta prynn. Outside of design, my biggest passion is music. I’ve always been interested in finding ways to connect design with other communities, and I’m happy to find a musician who is as into home design as I am.
I connected with musician, performer, DJ and songwriter Hesta Prynn (aka Julie Potash) on Twitter and was thrilled to find that she’s as obsessed with art and design as the rest of us. She told me about the makeover she’d done in her Tudor City apartment, and I was dying to see what the rest of it looked like. So Max and I packed up our photo gear and headed over to Tudor City, which we both agreed was Manhattan’s version of Hogwarts. Julie’s fiance has lived in their apartment for years, and she recently moved in, slowly making changes to integrate her style with his.
Max and I were obsessed with the heavy steel doors throughout their home. Hesta Prynn – We Could Fall in Love Official Video Hesta Prynn – Turn It Gold Official Video Photographs by Maxwell Tielman 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The Thunderbike Named the 2012 AMD World Championship Of Custom Bike Building | Music.swf (Obiekt application/x-shockwave-flash)
1:Face Watch Gives Back. When good design meets a good cause, I can’t help but be happy. So when the 1:Face Watch hit my desk, I was delighted to see that they don’t just talk a good game, they back it up with actual donations to six charities they support. The watch comes in six colors, each color representing a cause that part of the purchase price will go to including: poverty, cancer, environment, water, AIDS, and breast cancer. For example, if you buy one white watch, it feeds 16 children, while 625 yellow watches build one well in Rwanda. Pretty amazing. The squared-off mirror faces remain blank until you press the button to display the time.
Simple and sleek.