Those who had/have the misfortune of living in a tropical climate zone might know a thing or two about the detrimental nature of flies and mosquitoes. These bugs not only literally ‘suck the blood’ out of people, but also tend to invade our food stuff when kept in the open. …
Minimalism meets classiness – this in a nutshell defines the essence of the pictured stool by architect Maurice Padovani. Christened as the ‘Capitán’, this furniture item was a part of the renovation of the famous ‘Al Dente’ restaurant’s branch in Marseilles. Form wise, the stool exhibits an ‘avant garde’ design that …
Budweiser it seems has taken social interaction to a whole new level. The American beer company has initiated what might be the first endeavor to combine ‘old school’ socializing achieved through drinking and our ‘cyber age’ socializing via social networks. The company’s Brazilian arm has unveiled the Buddy Cup, which …
Commercially available bath salts are touted to mimic the properties of natural mineral baths and hot springs. However, as per their manufacturing process, the majority of such products have inorganic (i.e, synthetic) water-soluble ingredients. Well, for consumers who are confused by such contradictory claims, Firebox has just put on sale …
With the chimes of green technology ringing at all corners of our home based applications, a low carbon, sustainable kitchen system was always in the cards. But what separates the above pictured Ecooking Vertical Kitchen from other comparable products is its easy accessibility and collective nature. Conceived by Massimo Facchinetti, …
Traditionalism meets post-modernism in the above pictured CIPEA Blockhouse designed by Chinese AZL Architects. Set in the picturesque yet austere setting of a forest near the city of Nanjing, the structure comprises of four cubic floors stacked vertically atop each other, thus allowing minimal land usage of the ‘naturalistic’ site. …
Two years ago, Kohler introduced their state-of-the-art $6,400 ‘Numi’ toilet mechanism with a shitload (sorry, slew) of features that included an automatic opening and closing lid, a self-cleaning bidet with adjustable controls for temperature and water pressure, an illuminated panel and even an integrated speaker system that connected to a …
You may hate them, or you may love them; but you surely can’t ignore the importance of toilets. The nigh ‘sacred’ institution allows us to perform the very basic and crucial of all human sanitary practices. And, as such, without toilets and their modern iterations, our lives would surely have …
What better way to pass your time than building a structurally complex geodesic dome out in the wild? Right? Well, that is exactly what two Glasgow based architects have achieved in the hilltop forest east side of the city of Glasgow (containing Dawsholm Waste Transfer and Recycling Facility). One half …
We daresay, this is the closest you can get to one of those science fiction inspired cryogenic chambers. Christened aptly as the ‘Sleep Pod’, it is conceived by the same guys who brought us the Sleep Dome. As a matter of fact, both of the conceptions are centered around the …
