Alice of Magic World – Tokyo Whimsical places exist all over the world. And We Heart is just the place to discover some of them. Check out this awesome new Tokyo restaurant designed by Fantastic Design Works Co. Alice of Magic World – the fourth in a series of eateries based on Lewis Carroll’s creation – is a decidedly trippy affair, complete with custom made heart shaped chandelier and table, playing card tables and its own forest. via We Heart Share this post
10,000 Year Clock We are building a 10,000 Year Clock. It's a special Clock, designed to be a symbol, an icon for long-term thinking. It's of monumental scale inside a mountain in West Texas. The father of the Clock is Danny Hillis. He's been thinking about and working on the Clock since 1989. Visiting the Clock will take a commitment. Building a Clock inside a remote mountain is a big task. This is the way you'll initially enter the series of tunnels and chambers that we're creating within the mountain. After many years of hard work and creative thinking, the final design and engineering of the Clock is nearly complete, and fabrication of the full-size Clock parts has begun. The Clock's chime generator creates a different bell ringing sequence each day for 10,000 years. Carved into the mountain are five room-sized anniversary chambers: 1 year, 10 year, 100 year, 1,000 year, and 10,000 year anniversaries. Thanks for your interest in the Clock! Jeff Bezos
Woody and Buzz Lightyear reimagined as badasses… If these updated versions of Woody and Buzz Lightyear by Panzer Vargas were in a live-action movie, what actors would play the parts? (via ToyCutter) Michael and Iris's Laundry Nook Akurum Published on July 6th, 2011 | by Jules IKEAHacker Materials: Ikea Akurum, Rubrik, Lagan, etc. Description: In this hack, we used a variety of Ikea kitchen cabinet parts/pieces to hack a laundry-nook for a Marin Eichler-built home. We’ve found the Ikea Akurum line to be very versatile when it comes to hacking. For a behind the scenes (or under the countertop — which is a basic Lagan) look, I’ve posted a shot of the structure below. In the base cabinet here, the plywood serves as internal braces to accept the weight of the machines and is just a hair taller than the adjacent cabinetry (to keep the weight on the plywood, not on the particleboard cabinets. Most of the details and more pix can be found on our blog post. One thing we’ve found handy in this install (and our kitchen) is the use of drawer faces for “spacers” — for instance, in the hack linked above, a drawer face was turned 90deg, chopped to height, and used as the faceplate-spacer between the two drawers. The Author
Stuff no one told you: Simple truths of life At some point in 2010, Alex Noriega, illustrator from Barcelana, was going through a crisis due to some isues at work. He decided to start a blog as a way of trying to find what he was doing wrong. He wanted to put on paper all that he had learned in life as simple as possible and try to see if what was happening around him made any sense. And it didn’t Still, his work is great and we are happy to present it to you! Zelcos Outi Headphones Zap Sound Through Your Body The idea of bypassing the air and sending sound waves directly through your body to your ears is nothing new—bone conduction technology has been around in some form or another for years. However, these headphones take it to a new level of ridiculousness, with some wonderful side effects. Hang the Outi ($110) like a pair of clip-on earrings, and the sound reverberates through your earlobes. But this is where it gets weird: Because the sound-producing part of the headphone is actually on the outside of the ear, your cubicle-mates will likely hear more of your music than with most earbuds.
Kindergarten Centered Around a Legendary Tree At the Fuji Kindergarten in Japan, Tezuka Architects created a unique environment that, as a tool for learning, promotes freedom of movement. "Ring Around a Tree" is the extension of an existing kindergarten that consists of a wood and transparent glass volume spiraling upward, enveloping a Japanese Zelkova tree. The project creates spaces for play and foreign language instruction, while also providing a fun area for the children to wait for the school bus. Though, to the average adult, the space appears to have just two floors, for the children it has six with some areas being just three feet (one meter) high. Elements like railings and handrails are very slender, while the interior floors are made of wood. Planted more than 50 years ago, the Zelkova tree has quite the storied past. via [Domus]
SCHOPENHAUER'S 38 STRATAGEMS, OR 38 WAYS TO WIN AN ARGUMENT Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), was a brilliant German philosopher. These 38 Stratagems are excerpts from "The Art of Controversy", first translated into English and published in 1896. Carry your opponent's proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it. The more general your opponent's statement becomes, the more objections you can find against it. (abstracted from the book:Numerical Lists You Never Knew or Once Knew and Probably Forget, by: John Boswell and Dan Starer) ipod nano watches sep 11, 2010 ipod nano watches nylon ipod watch strap by county comm last week apple announced their new touchscreen, square format ipod nano. while the device is designed for music, many users instantly recognized it for its time telling capabilities. since the announcement, no fewer than three companies have already developed watchbands that would turn the device into a wrist accessory. the first is the I love handles ‘rock band’, a simple black strap that uses the ipod’s built-in clip to attach itself. next is the ‘linq’ by incipio, this design has a small rubber frame which fits around the ipod, keeping it attached to the strap and protected from any bumps. the last concept is a simple nylon strap that also slides through the ipod’s clip by county comm. nylon ipod watch strap by county comm new ipod nano ‘rock band’ by I love handles ‘linq’ by incipio nate archer I designboom