Archive for October, 2006
Pussy chair
Design-By-Us is an international design collective made up of Rasmus Larsson, Ralph van der Made, Helene Strand and Lisette Rützoo. Products such as the Pussy Chair, Vintage Lamp and Skarpa and a host of interior, furniture and architectural offering has helped to this agency a design powerhouse.
The new Dyson Root 6 puts the same lasting suction and quality of the Dyson upright vacuum’s into the palm of your hand. Dyson has introduced a hand-held, battery powered version of it’s big-brother vacuum’s in which Dyson boasts that it too will never clog and will never lose suction with it’s patented Root Cyclone technology.
Along with the impressive no-clog action included in this Dyson Root 6 hand-held vacuum, it has a nice feature with the battery to maintain the suction power consistently. Dyson states that the problem with battery powered vacuums is that as the battery wears down, so does the suction, but of course Dyson will have no part of that. Dyson made a 16 volt motor, which takes less volts than the 22 volt battery to run it. The battery provides a constant 22 volts to keep the motor and the same necessary speed the whole time. When the battery drops below 16 volts, the Dyson Root 6 just stops cold, so there is never a time when it will not be providing the full suctioning power.
The new LSC27990TT side-by-side refrigerator comes packed with features a digital high-def built-in unit that includes a 15-inch HD LCD, FM radio, DVD connection on top and a 4-inch weather & info center LCD apart from a recipe bank, a calendar, child lock functions, and a digital photo album all in it! The luxury TV fridge combo will hit the market somewhere in 2007 for an equally cool price tag of $3,600. So Instead of waiting for commercial breaks to get your snacks, you can simultaneously make a sandwich and flip over to a DVD; the unit has a connection right on top. And while you’re getting a beverage, you can check your local forecast via a separate LCD.
The ultimate “storage on the go” device in the world! Carry gigabytes of data with you 64GB to be precise. Smaller than a pack of gum and virtually weightless! This BUSlink USB Hi-Speed BusDrive is the next evolution in portable storage data. All you need is £3,907 and it’s all yours.
Imagine how wonderful life would be, if every morning you could simply press a button and a warm and inviting shower would be waiting for you when you reached your bathroom. The temperature, pre-set to the level of your choosing, and the flow rate finely tuned to suit your mood. Few of us can deny that at some point we’ve dreamt of such a luxury. With our digital shower Grohtherm Wireless, the dream is now a reality. Alternatively you could always just get out of bed turn the shower on and wait 10 seconds….. just an idea. If anyone needs me I’ll be in the Oculas.
If you’ve ever fallen asleep listening to your favorite tracks then you’ll know what a wonderful experience that is. However the Sonic Bed takes that concept one step further by immersing you in sound. Kaffe Matthews’ Sonic Bed_London has built-in speakers in the elevated frame and the mattress, and when you lie down they help you get comfortable with an “endless” loop of sound. The frequencies the bed bathes you with are meant to be heard and felt, and they can be customized to produce specific sensations.
“A mobile becomes many things you need: When more functions must be put into a single device; when a mobile phone tries to do everything, the solutions are always too complex. The functionality losses its familiar forms to communicate with users that result in difficult use and compromised experience. Arbitrary interface causes user confusion. The Black Box concept is to recall and respect the classic long-time conventions and real-world experiences of using various common tools and devices; keep only the meaningful and minimal interface elements to fulfill the maximal user desires. Back to classics. Back to basics”.
Nuno Grande and Pedro Gadanho Weekend Retreat ‘AKA the orange house’ is a spectacular piece of contemporary architecture. “The design adapts the program to a narrow and long plot, with a smooth slope, over the Atlantic shore.
Minimizing landscape impacts, and skipping the legal setback, the main volume “moulds” itself to the site’s topography through the cantilevered extension of the upper floors”.
