Amazon Tree Houses | Happy Photon | Contemporary Photography Magazine Online. Awesome-Things_5.jpg (JPEG Image, 589x600 pixels) Brilliant Stairs photos. Engrain Tactile Keyboard by Michael A. Roopenian. Wood and Waves Look at your keyboard. Now look at the Engrain. See a difference? The Engrain Tactile Keyboard by Michael Roopenian (say his last name repeatedly please) “uses nature’s tactility to strengthen the relationship between user and interface.”
His words, not mine but I I agree. It certainly looks “touchy feely.,” just begging for my fingers to glide across its undulating surface. Kitchens And Appliances Of The Future - Announcing The Top 25 Entries of Electrolux Design Lab 2010. The Top 25 Entries of Electrolux Design Lab 2010 It’s not always easy to predict the future. For its 2010 competition, Electrolux Design Lab went with the theme: The 2nd Space Age; this essentially translating to designing a home environment for the year 2050, when 74% of the global population are predicted to live in urban areas. Student designers had to predict how people will prepare and store food, wash clothes, and do dishes. Quite a task but plenty of surprises from across the globe! 25) A- Laundry: Community Laundry Concept by Kai Wai Lee A communal laundry for the entire apartment block!
24) Bio Robot Refrigerator by Yuriy Dmitriev The Bio Robot fridge cools biopolymer gel through luminescence and uses non sticky, odorless gel to envelope stored food as individual pods. 23) Bio Tank, Robotic ‘FishWasher’ by Akifusa Nakazawa The Bio Tank does the dishes, is a pet and a composter…all-in-one! 22) Bx7 Preparation Unit by Losif Mihailo 20) In-home Clothing Printer by Joshua Harris. Voronoi - Yacht by Hyun-Seok Kim.
Yacht for Entertaining Yet another intriguing concept from yacht enthusiast Hyun-Seok Kim. The Voronoi mega-yacht is named after the voronoi pattern of the irregular honeycomb lattice structure that encases it’s upper levels. This yacht was made to entertain. Hot tubs and golfing green occupy the upper deck and within the lattice on the bridge deck lies an indoor garden and luxurious pool area. The interior has all the creature comforts of home and then some. Designer: Hyun-Seok Kim. Tea-time – Tea Steeper Design by Pengtao Yu. Timely Steeping I am in love with the Tea-time tea steeper for its intuitive design and simplistic interaction between tea leaves, water and steeping time! A flipping action, akin to starting the timer, sets the tea making process into action.
Loose tealeaves and hot water do their steeping business and the ready tea slowly trickles down to the bottom beaker. The timer/filter hold back the leaves and your cuppa is ready to sip! A point to note is that designer Pengtao Yu has used a spring loaded timer to keep the product low-tech and traditional. Designer: Pengtao Yu Tea-time is a 2011 Spark Awards entry. Walk through “Your Rainbow Panorama” in Denmark. EmailEmail Now reaching the rainbow became possible with the new installation named “Your rainbow panorama” of the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The new project was opened on the 28th of May 2011 on the top of the ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum in Århus, Denmark.
Permanent circular vivid walkway of a 150 meters long, 3 meters wide by 3 meters high, gives a 360° colorful view of the city. Eliasson’s creation is 52 meters in diameter (approximate weight of 140 tons), mounted on the 12 columns which are resting on the steel construction on the roof level (around 100 tons). This artistic work stands over 50 meters above the street level and 3.5 meters above the renovated roof area, it is also available for recreational purposes with a spectacular city view, all interested can reach both roof terrace and panorama via stairs and elevators. [Sources: Olafur Eliasson, ARoS]
Ten awesome inventions. Fascinating Underground Homes. The Greatest List of The Coolest Ice Cubes around | One More Gadget. Some of my favorite things are so simple, like ice cube shapes for example. Here’s a list of some of my favorite Ice Cube Trays and related inventions, not including the previously featured Global Warming Ice Cubes! If you like stuff like this join us on facebook or follow us on twitter to find more cool things and automatically enter to win awesome stuff on One More Gadget. 1. Cool Shooters Cool shooters are a great way to really keep your drinks ice cold and get frost bite at the same time. Similar to the Ice Tumblers, these can be purchased here. Or from BudgetGadgets here. 2. Drink from a stein that’s been chilled to the bone with this Skull and Cross bone Ice Cube Tray!
Get them here. 3. Ice Princess is made from 100% pure food grade silicone, packed in recyclable, peggable clear boxes. Get your Ice Princess Ice Cube Trays here 4. Make crazy fish bone shapes to float around in your glass. Get your own fish bone shaped ice cube trays here 5. Get your own Fossil-Iced cubes here 6. 7. 8. 9. NESTREST. Doesn't that picture look so peaceful and inviting? I think I'm in love. That dangling, serene little pod is a NESTREST, designed by Paris' Daniel Pouzet and Fred Frety. It's described as an over-sized bird's nest that's perfect for relaxation, meditation and open-air conversations. And if you love the design, but dangling in the air isn't your thing, NESTREST is also available as a standing lounger. It's made of 4 cm wide strips of a unique material called DEDON Fiber, the world's first synthetic resin fiber material.
Geek Weekly: Multi-Touch Glass Keyboard | Extreme Repurposing. 20 Insanely Creative Bookshelves. 201011191019.jpg (JPEG Image, 442x700 pixels) - Scaled (92%) Hug Chair by Ilian Milinov. A Chair for Clingy Lovers If you’ve ever had someone sit in your lap, you know that 15 minutes is about the max your legs can handle. It’s really not fair. The Hug chair brings simple design and human gesture together for that extra time you want to sit with your significant other. When you’re away from your special someone the extra seat doubles as a convenient space, perfect for catching up on video chat. Designer: Ilian Milinov. Ten Unusual Shapes For Mobile Phones. Ten Unusual Shapes For Mobile Phones The form factor of your cellphone is quite a defining factor on whether you approve of it or not. The grip, the interface and accessibility, all depend on this. At Yanko, we have covered some really unique and unusual forms and here is a re-cap of the Ten Most Unusual Shapes For Mobile Phones. 10) Nokia 888 Mobile Phone by Tamer Nakisci A wiggly worm or a bracelet, you choose its form!
9) Tarati – Touchless Cellphone by Nonobject No keys on this phone, just poke your stubby fingers through the holes to dial the numbers, fat fingers…watchout! 8 ) The Brix by Seokwon Hong Long before someone thought of the tablets, designer Seokwon Hong gave us a taste of prime screen space with this concept. 7) Soft Mobile Phone Concept by Roman Kriheli Reminds me of a puffer fish more than anything else! 6) Dial Phone by Jung Dae Hoon Jewelry, retro , projector mish-mash! 5) Mobile Script Phone by Aleksandr Mukomelov 4) “_______” by Marc Schömann 3) Soft Phone by Qian Jiang. Lofted Space-Saving Furniture for Bedroom Interiors. Tumidei is more than just a furniture company – they construct modern and relatively inexpensive (no, not cheap) pieces of furniture that they also create compositions from – interior design photos that you can use to shape your own space. These lofted bedroom interiors are brilliantly varied and are great space-saving solutions for cramped bedrooms.
A lot of these lofted interiors are clearly designed for children and teens in terms of sizes, colors and material quality. They incorporate elements needed for a student office, plenty of clothing, game and toy storage and stairs that older people might not be as eager to climb. For a small space (and a small person) one could really see the appeal of fitting everything in.