The mechanical waterwheels had for long played their crucial roles in the realms of irrigation before the advent of electricity powered contraptions. And now, some Chinese designers (Huang Tao, Jin Ronghao, Zhang Yixin and Zhong Ce) have taken advantage of this old yet low-impact scope, and ingeniously applied it to …
3D printing – the very term alludes to a synthetic process of modern times to achieve complex contoured details of three-dimensional objects. But what if such a synthetic process could be used to replicate an organic pattern? Well, the designers at MALINKO (headed by Marta Cherednik) have successfully contrived such …
Our love affair with compact housing units was fueled by the Blue Sky model and its incredible level of spatial efficiency. And, now the baton of portable, personalized house design has passed on to the aptly named Tiny Project. Remarkably accounting for a floor area of just 160 sq ft …
BaseCamp is the latest brainchild in a long line of impressive energy-efficient wood-burning stoves, mainly for backpackers and campers, by BioLite. The NYC-based company, which was launched back in 2009, is known for its innovative outdoor-cooking gear, that also generate off-grid electricity. One of their premier products is CampStove, a portable stove …
At its European Forum 2014 held in Malaga Spain, Samsung presented the Granddaddy of smart washing machines. With its remote connectivity feature known as the Smart Control and highly intuitive technology, the Samsung WW9000 Smart Washing Machine is unlike the plethora of washing machines that are currently crowding the market. …
The notions of conventionality suggest – lamps are used as active components for lighting. Well, Russian designers Anna Strupinskaya and Alexey Ivashkevich have put a wondrous twist to this scope of orthodoxy with their aptly named Lampslamp. Comprising of a translucent bowl of violet colored silicone, the internal framework of …
We have had the fortune of covering many spatially efficient housing units, ranging from the portable Blue Sky model to the hand-made Tiny Tack House. And, now with the rigors of urban congestion and rising prices of real estate, we have yet another living solution in the form of the …
Microwave oven is easily among the greatest inventions of the 20th century, with its everyday practicality far outshining other sensational stuff like atom bombs and submarines. But what about a device that shows the reverse function of a microwave? Sounds dubious? Well, it ain’t; Enviro-Cool Limited has unveiled their V-Tex …
Surreal may be; but, it is not the creepy, prophetical bunny from Donnie Darko. In fact, the Bunny Lamp conception by Aaron Norman goes along the line of the traditionally ‘affable and cute’ nature of white bunnies to entice the cheerful side of you. Delectably snug in its bantam form, …
Those who still have fresh memories of their futile childhood endeavors to catch that elusive lizard hanging by the wall and precipices, would certainly connect with the above pictured lighting mechanism. Aptly christened as the ‘Drop Tail’ lamp, this remarkable conception by T-Bac design replicates that dropped tail of the smart …
