Archive for August, 2009
Drive’s designers (a leading company in Marine and Automotive design) seem to have captured this fascination with their innovative “125m 7Cs superyacht” that is inspired from automotive design. This new yacht concept has an air of exclusivity to it with a unique stance. This overtly luxurious cruiser will boast some of the finest specs in [...]
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Tags: concept, Design, design firm, Drive Inc, lifestyle, luxury yacht, superyacht, yacht
The speculation about the concept’s powertrain has gone in several directions, almost all of which were correct. The new concept is a plug-in hybrid with a three-cylinder turbo-diesel engine. Conceived with the idea of melding the performance of a M3 with exceptionally low fuel consumption, BMW claims a 0-62 mph time of 4.8 seconds while [...]
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Tags: bmw, Car, concept car, Hybrid, plug-in hybrid, vision efficientdynamics
Ginger Oct’09 cover: Namie Amuro
Cover and all the photo-shoots of Namie in Oct 09 issue of ‘GINGER’
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Tags: amuro, amuro namie, cover, ginger, japan, jpop, magazine, namie
Philips Biosphere Home Farming
This Philips non-spherical-biosphere is a self-contained farm for that produces hundreds of calories of various food sources a day. Its five-level design breaks down like this:
Levels 1 and 2: Plants
Level 3: Algae
Level 4: Fish and Shrimp
Level 5: Organic Waste
From what we can tell, the system is designed to cascade nutrients from the top to the [...]
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Tags: biosphere, CONCEPTS, Design, GREEN, PHILIPS, PHILIPS BIOSPHERE
Never in our life did we think we’d be lusting over a tea kettle, but we indeed feel some amorous tech lust for these beautifully designed and tech-laden electric kettle from Casa Bugatti…
The Vera Electric Kettle offers electronic control for all functions to achieve desired temperature (between 113 and 212°F) for your morning cuppa. From the [...]
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Tags: bugatti, Design, electric kettle, kettle, Kitchen, vera, vera electric kettle
Le Petit Prince or Little Prince is a robotic greenhouse concept that is specially designed to help the future exploration and expanding population in the Mars. This intelligent robot can carry and take well care of a plant inside its glass container, which is functionally mounted on its four-legged pod.
The robot is designed to learn [...]
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Tags: bot, CONCEPTS, Design, FARMING, GREEN, mars, Robots, SPACE, THE LITTLE PRINCE
Quirky and full of unexpected design choices, this Australian residence by Kavellaris Urban Design, asserts that holding onto old architectural aesthetics can be both silly and unsustainable. The Perforated House’s high-tech, translucent exterior is etched with ornamental details to pose commentary on contemporary homes that adhere strongly to traditional architectural typologies — the terrace home, in [...]
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Tags: Architecture, Design, PERFORATED HOUSE
Rebuilding New Orleans is an ongoing effort and pitching into the concept-zone is the New Orleans Arcology Habitat or NOAH. Since the details on this structure are in-depth and plenty, lets plunge into them right away. NOAH proposes to be a habitat for 40,000 residents who can benefit from the planned residential units, school system, [...]
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Tags: Architecture, arcology habitat, building, eco-friendly, Environment, Future, new orleans, NOAH
Firebox
The days of built-in fireplaces are over. Modern fireplaces offer homeowners plenty of choices to enjoy the warmth of fire without compromising on aesthetics. Atria, famous for its portable fireplaces, has introduced the latest “Mall Fire” which opens up to reveal a glittering treasure to heat up your patio and can be conveniently carried indoors. [...]
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Tags: atria, Fire, Fireplace, Mall fire
Designed by architects Jim Zack and Lise de Vito, partners in life and work, as their family home, it is striking on many levels, and although not even 2 years old, it has won prestigious architectural and building awards.
From the moment ground was broken for the home in 2007, it caught the attention of the [...]
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Tags: Architecture, award, building, california, Design, glen park, house, Jim Zack, Lise De Vito, San Francisco
It’s got a BMW stamp on it. It’s tiny and it’s got a front wheel motor combined with a sphere form rear wheel.
The target user for this vehicle is a “vibrant eco-minded young individual.” Speed on! It’s half the size of the “regular high end motorcycle,” and it’s full name is Halb Organismus.
Designer: Pierre Yohanes [...]
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Tags: bike, bmw, concept, duo-wheel, halbo, motorcycle, transport, yohanes lubis
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