Archive for July, 2009
In a contest Maserati held with Architectural Digest, the home of the trident went looking for the best homes for those cars — not the actual houses, but the garages that house their creations. Entries came in two categories, Existing and Concept, and were judged on “noted architectural element, uniqueness and individuality.”
The winning existing garage [...]
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Tags: advertising, architectural digest, Architecture, Art, contest, Design, garage, garagmahal, lifestyle, marketing, Maserati
In a perfect world we’d all be getting back to our zero energy, prefabricated homes by foot, bike or public transport, but on a planet where cars won’t be disappearing anytime soon, it’s nice to know that some car companies are trying to reduce their carbon footprint when producing new vehicles. In 2003 BMW set [...]
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Tags: Architecture, bmw, BMW welt, energy-efficient, production, welt
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Today is my birthday, and it’s also my friend Dave & my dog’s birthday! so I wish HAPPY BIRTHDAY to every July.22 babies on this planet!!
And I want to say THANK YOU to all the people I know, and special thanks to people last night who got me cake and gifts, because you guys are [...]
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The Coolest Calendar
The ink colors are based on a spectrum, which relate to a “color temperature scale”, each month having a color related to our perception of the weather on that month. The colors range from dark blue in December to three shades of green in spring or orange and red in the summer.
Spanish designer Oscar Diaz has [...]
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Tags: calendar, Design, ink
BMW S.X. Concept
The S.X. concept by designer Iulian Bumbu of the Transportation Design Course in Milan, represents the next gen of luxury coupes from BMW.
The car looks like it could actually be possible, wearing design cues that echo the recently redone Z4. The renderings call to mind the recently scuttled Concept CS from BMW’s own pens, depicting [...]
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Tags: bmw concept car, bmw concept rendering, bmw concept sx, bmw sx, iulian bumbu
Architects: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Project year: 2004-2005
Photographs: Natoma Architects
This project, on a twenty-five-by-eighty-foot lot next to 1022 Natoma Street, continues the investigation of San Francisco infill buildings. At the street level are parking and entrance lobby; above are four stacked units. One thickened party wall provides vertical access and a [...]
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Tags: Architecture, california, condo, Design, HOME, San Francisco, USA
Futuristic Pyramid House
This house might look like it’s straight out of the future, but it’s actually based on the oldest house design in Japan: the pit dwelling.
Pit dwellings were built by placing a steep thatched roof over a hole dug in the ground. That’s just what architect Makoto Tanijiri did for a family in Saljo, Japan.
As you [...]
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Tags: Architecture, HOME, house, japan, Pyramid
Three stories tall standing aside the Swarovski swan on gray, this lake of mirrors makes up the majority of the temporary Baselworld face of the luxury lead crystal glass company. Take a look at the video included in this post for mirrors in action.
“Lake of Shimmer” – Swarovski stand at Baselworld [...]
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Tags: concept, crystal, Design, glass, mirrors, swarovski, tokujin yoshioka
Based on the mysterious movement clocks created by the famed Jean-Eugene Robert Houdin in the 19th century, Louis Vuitton’s new calibre LV115 is a near transparent wonder. This calibre is actually the first from Louis Vuitton to have been created, developed and assembled entirely in the brand’s workshops in Switzerland.
With an 8-day power reserve, there [...]
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Tags: Calibre, Floating hands, Louis Vutton, Lv115, Mysterieuse, tambour, Watches, Wristwatch
Urwerk, the same company that brought us the UR-202 are back with a new watch appropriately titled “King Cobra.”
Inspired the obscure Patek Philippe Cobra prototype watch from 1958, the King Cobra accounts for time like a high performance sportscar barrels through a speedometer.
On the UR-CC1, there are two horizontal indications displayed by two cylinders: one [...]
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Tags: King Cobra, King cobra ur-cc1, Ur-cc1, Urwerk, Watches, Wristwatch
Aleksander Dultsev, a Russian industrial design artist, has created some stunning renderings of what he imagines the Sukhoi PAK-FA 5th generation fighter might look like.
Dultsev has created three such designs. One is clearly based on the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut, while another appears to be based loosely on the hypothetical 1980s vintage Testors F-19 stealth [...]
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Tags: Airplanes, f22, F35, Pak-fa, Sukhoi, Sukhoi PAK-FA
Audi Design Creates Grand Piano
In a permanent search for challenges, the Audi Design Studio Team in Munich turned its attention to redesigning a musical instrument which is not so closely related to the automotive industry: a grand piano. // <![CDATA[//
What could the team add to the classic large, curved sides, usually black, three-legged instrument?
That was exactly what [...]
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Tags: Audi, audi piano, CARS, Design, GALLERY, Instruments, Music, Pianos
Rain God Inspires
Like the Whirlpool Chaac Water Dispenser, it’s been inspired by the Mayan Water God and modern Mexican society. Apparently Chaac (the Maya rain deity) strikes the clouds and produces thunder and rain. On a not-so-dramatic-note, the carbon filter of this system purifies tap water and the inbuilt-sensor dispenses the appropriate amount of water by [...]
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Tags: Chaac water dispenser, concept, Design, Water filter
Mike and Maaike’s Autonomobile
In Possible Future Scenario #317-B, San Francisco industrial design firm Mike and Maaike presents the atnmbl ( “autonomobile”). Less a car than an autonomous, seven-person mobile living room, the atnmbl is billed as a complete redesign of the car for those who believe that the ideal driving experience is not driving.
Essentially [...]
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Tags: alternative, ANDROID, Android phone, atnmbl, Future, google, Google G1, Google phone, GREEN, industrial design
Beautiful Ceiling
Check out the collection @ [Deputy Dog]
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Tags: Architecture, CEILINGS
Car designer Harsha Vardhan has a different vision of tomorrow. While his vehicle calls for an electric engine, just like we see in cars now like the Prius or Volt, that engine drives magnetic fields, not wheels.
(The magnetic fields, of course, do eventually drive the wheels forward when the energy is transferred from over superconducting [...]
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Tags: CARS, CONCEPTS, ECO, ELECTRIC ENGINES, MAGNET, MAGNETIC CAR, VEHICLES
Sanyo release a gorgeous dual mode Eneloop Interior Light which can also be used as a flash light once the body is tilted by 90 degrees.The Stand Light is also sold with a non-metallic contact-charging stand, which will give enough juice to recharge your 2 AA type Eneloop batteries.
- Cordless with 3 versatile uses: Interior light, [...]
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Tags: BATTERIES, Design, ENELOOP, ENELOOP LAMP, FLASHLIGHTS, LAMPS, LIGHTING, SANYO, WIRELESS CHARGING
Wall Socket USB Hub
It’s not a formal wall socket replacement, but this Elecom U2H-TC410B 4-port USB hub will look sharp (and a bit misleading) when mounted to a desk or table.
In all actuality, it’s just a typical 4-port USB hub with a tad more style and a lot of extra space for larger USB devices to plug in.
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Tags: ELECOM, HUBS, PERIPHERALS, USB, USB HUB, WALL SOCKET
Jabra have announced two new wireless headset systems aimed more at deskbound workers wanting to cut their phone cords than true mobile users. The Jabra GO 6400 (shown here) and PRO 9400 use Bluetooth and DECT respectively, and come complete with a base station with an integrated 2.4-inch capacitive touchscreen display.
That display allows for calls [...]
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Tags: BLUETOOTH, DECT, HEADSET, JABRA, SYNAPTICS, touchscreen, VOIP, Wireless
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