10 incredible solar-powered furniture designs

Furniture designs have moved beyond their ‘ole’ scope of just being used as seating or storage components. Many contemporary designs allude to the more ‘collective’ ambit of furniture items, by upholding their virtue as modern shelters with infused user-oriented technology. And, when technology comes into consideration, it is always better …

The phone-mimicking First Call chair aptly improves upon user privacy

The privacy scope of the user becomes more transparent (and hence more difficult) when it comes to furniture items arranged in public places. Well, the First Call chair by Dutch designer Ruud Van de Wier (for manufacturer Easy-Noisecontrol) smoothly traverses this predicament, by virtue of its unique phone-mimicking form. As …

Premium Beer Server Gokurei for cooling beer in the outdoors

While it may not be as ‘cool’ as the EP16 Concrete Planter/Cooler, the Premium Beer Server Gokurei (from Japanese company Takara Tomy Arts) holds its own in the department of cold served beers. Designed as a compact wireless contraption, the AA battery-powered Gokurei (which translates to ‘super cold’ in Japanese) …

The incredible Mavericks expedition tent is inspired by the rigidity of diamonds!

We have harped about geodesic constructions and we have prattled about imposing tents. Well, this time around, the incredibly constructed ‘Mavericks’ from expert tent-makers Heimplanet combines the qualities of both a sturdy expedition tent and an impressive geodesic structure. Designed to mitigate extreme weather conditions, the inflatable construction offers more than …