2011-11-17

Installing a wireless lighting system has advantages that surely will amaze any eco house lover. In case you are fan of saving lighting ways, we are offering you a perfect example for installing a whole wireless system that not only saves copper, but also allows you to put switches whenever you like to do so. There are several companies that offer a special service. This serves is installing...
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2011-09-15

When it comes to the Electrolux Design Competition, we know we will be impressed by the revolutionary ideas that are presented each year. Inventors from all around the world are attending the Electrolux Design Competition and present their unique food concepts. This year there was no exception. Here are some of the most fascinating inventions for your kitchen; some of them actually will be used...
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2011-08-31

The ancient Japanese art that focuses on searching for aesthetics in imperfection is known as Wabi-Sabi. This art form is based around the concept that nothing ever lasts, nothing is completely perfect and that nothing ever ends. Wabi-Sabi is a great way of inspiring your life if your focus is more upon living on minimum amount of possessions and large amount of living space. Basically, three...
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2011-08-03

Most of us have to resort to food supplements every day and it often forget to take all those pills, despite the presence of those plastic bottles placed everywhere.
Celine Forestier offers an ingenious solution, seven casemates sculpture, one for each day of the week, which contain hidden and organized medicine inside a piece of art.
Each face varies, making the recognition of medicines...
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2011-07-12

At the Royal College of Art in London are using waste to create the school free art supplies for her students and a small company that could lead to some schools' income, resulting in one of the most elegant closed-loop systems production that we saw. A new project that transformed the school into a recycling plant for their own waste by using materials transmitted by each department to make the...
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2011-07-04

an old saying goes "a man's trash is another man's treasure" is rarely applied to the old office furniture.
Thoughtfully Design Studio has found a way to save even more hopeless examples, from remixing their songs into funky and functional ways.
The Italian company has collaborated with Manerba, an office furniture company looking to start using the inventory of obsolete products.
The...
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2011-06-16

Against all odds, Quirky has evolved rapidly from a strange but good idea into a profitable business. Quirky is probably the most interesting experiment in that the products are designed and produced quickly. But when they were launched, it seemed crazy and instead have just scored an impressive $ 6 million in Series A venture financing.
Here's how it works:
The site is open to any Thomas...
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2011-05-11

One of the problems of modern design is to adapt the old buildings in contemporary style.
Combine the needs, both aesthetic and functional, modern life can be very complicated.
The small Swedish architecture firm turned a pair of 19th century buildings in downtown Stockholm in a bright office chic No Picnic, one of the largest consulting firms in the world of design. Everything seems fresh...
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2011-04-05

The ancient Japanese art that focuses on searching for aesthetics in imperfection is known as Wabi-Sabi. This art form is based around the concept that nothing ever lasts, nothing is completely perfect and that nothing ever ends. Wabi-Sabi is a great way of inspiring your life if your focus is more upon living on minimum amount of possessions and large amount of living space. Basically, three...
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2011-03-09

At first glance, you may find this lamp Looksoflat a luminaire very normal, but if you turn to the side is just super flat, with a very thin profile. May disappear in the background, but everyone has only a very thin lamp that looks similar to Luxo.
With the help of a couple of LED bulbs, this lamp can illuminate extremely thin everywhere, including those hard to reach areas like behind your...
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2011-02-16

Take a look at your house. It surely has an air conditioner. This is a big issue for ecologists and professionals from all around the country. This is so, because using an A/C is using lots of energy that is hard to reduce. The good news is that soon this will no longer be a problem. The U.S. Department of Energy has the right solution. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has made a...
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2011-01-18

For who lives in small apartments, where the furniture must be adaptable, it could be a solution. An elegant table that opens into the dining room in full-blown. This table was designed by Mathilde Mølholm Witt for his thesis at the Faculty of Architecture in Aarhus, Denmark
Folded up, the table is a super-angular polygon that fits five people comfortably. To turn it into a dining table...
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