Saturday, February 20, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Nissan Cube in a Cube
Well, what did we say about the Nissan Cube, cult status and collaboration nirvana? You might be thinking right now that the Japanese giants are paying us to write this stuff – if only they were (you can use the contact button, top left) – but only a few days after writing about their collaboration with trendy French freeskiers Black Crows, this landed in our inbox…. a unique tattooed ice sculpted cube, with, erm a Cube inside. Tattooist to the stars, Henry Hate (we really hope that’s his real name), has unveiled his first sculptural work on London’s south bank in the form of a 2.4m x 2.6m block of ice sculpted with Japanese Samurai chisels in a traditional Japanese tattoo design.
the Archipod
Tucked away in the corner of your suburban garden like the bastard offspring of a traditional garden shed and a lunar landing module, the Archipod is a whole new reason to work from home. Centered around the concept of removing the tie between work and home, the Archipod allows for an external working space without the cost, bureaucracy and inconvenience of building an extension or out-building. Of course it’s not just your office you could set up in your ‘pod… it’s an ideal space for a mini recording studio, a rather luxurious playroom for the kids, or perhaps just loading with tools and acting as a designer replacement for your shed… whatever you do with it, you’ll have endless hours of fun watching the neighbours reaction to the wooden spaceship that’s taken up residence in your cabbage patch….
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
TDK Wireless (Kleer) Headphones
TDK has adopted Kleer wireless technology — which specializes in audio equipment. As a result, 16bit/44.1KHz became possible to leave the high-quality wireless transmission of voice data, so you can enjoy the same high-quality sound you would get with headphones in wireless headphones.
TDK's TH-WR700 are said to feature 32Ω impedance, 20Hz–20kHz frequency response, and 108 dB/mW sensitivity — better than most headphones available with bluetooth. The Kleer transmitter adapter, which has a 3.5mm input just so happens to fit perfectly on the iPhone (pointed out by other blogs and genius' alike). We don't think it's crazy or weird that companies release products that look as though they were designed just for the iPhone. My iPhone is my MP3 player, it's the only one I have, and it's the only one I plan on using — so it's nice to purchase products that fit its specs.
The TDK TH-WR700 will be available starting March 1 in Japan for $190. Research has failed me, and no word of international availability has been found.
VitraHaus
Over the past few years Vitra has aquired a wide-ranging Home Collection. The quantity and variety of objects by many different designers led to the idea of building a showroom to present the items to the public.
Herzog & de Meuron designe the VitraHaus to display the Vitra Home Collection. The building also has some additional space to be used as an exhibition venue for selected parts of the collection or even as an extension of the Vitra Museum itself. A shop, a cafe linked to the outside and conference rooms complete the program.
House Bierings
Rocha Tombal Architecten designed a basic form with sculptural “eyes” that emerge with direct views to the varied countryside landscape.
The form and orientation of the building avoid visual contact with the adjacent houses. At the ground floor the angled ceiling of the kitchen accentuates the intensive contact with the garden. On the first floor, the different shaped openings in the roof and facade offer, like “fingers of light”, varied daylight experiences.
The routing through the house starts in the hall, a section of the ground floor volume. After experiencing the entrance area and passing the gigantic pivoted door, the visitor arrives at the heart of the house, the kitchen. Here he looks through the big glass wall straight into the garden, which suggests being outside again. Behind him, the stair cuts a wooden wall inviting to follow the route towards the first floor. Its angled form and extreme proportions (small and high) and the daylight entering from the ceiling, offer the feeling of walking in a medieval street.
At the end of it he discovers the living room, a quiet, north-lighted attic space, from which a big opening exposes the surrounding green like in a framed painting.
Ivan Navarro light sculptures
Ivan Navarro’s work strives to engage the viewers interaction and highlight the social and political implications that result in his compositions. Transforming conventional objects into light sculptures is the language Navarro uses to shine light on his fears. “I make spaces in a fictional way to deal with my own psychological anxiety,” Navarro says.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
dress is fucking dope
If you’re heading out for a night on the town, and can’t find anything glitzy in your closet, would you want to slip into some vinyl? This dress, made by Maison Martin Margiela, is made from old 33 and 45 vinyl records. Vinyl may not be slimming, but since the records were heat-modelled to contour the body, these old records could potentially be rather flattering… And at $8,775 I would hope you’d look damn good in it.
Russian Roulette balloon gun
Party Roulette Gun Review from Nerd Approved on Vimeo.
Yeah, I lost. But the good news is that the gun works as advertised—just cock the hammer and squeeze the trigger. Sooner or later, someone will be unlucky enough to fire a shot that actually pops the balloon. On the downside (depending on how you look at it), the balloon pop really isn’t that dramatic or loud. Plus, the product page claims that it can be used with water balloons , but the ring at the end of the barrel really isn’t strong enough to support the weight. However, you could easily load it up with shaving cream if you want to up the ante. Now THAT would be a fun party game.
Illuminating Tile Mosaic Tub
Lucedentro’s tile mosaic tub is covered with 1.7 x 1.7 cm photoluminescent tiles that absorb light during the day and glow blue at night. However it appears to be only a concept at this point, so if you want a tub that makes you look like a Na’vi when you bathe, you’ll have to keep looking.
Crabzilla
Anybody else just flash back to Half Life? Me neither, it was a Dead concert. Anyway, this is a giant f***ing Japanese Spider Crab. It was recently caught off the coast of -- you'll never guess -- Japan, and will be on display in England. I bet my ex-wife has bigger ones.
With its enormous legs and lethal claws, this monster of the deep is already the biggest crab ever seen in Britain.
But astonishingly, the arthropod - which measures a staggering 10ft from claw to claw - is still growing, and could live until it is 100.
Nicknamed 'Crabzilla' after the fictional giant monster, the Japanese Spider Crab has a body the size of a basketball and its legs can straddle a car. They will eventually measure a massive 15ft [across].
Friday, February 12, 2010
little horn speakers
world’s away from contemporary sleek speakers, the little horn speakers have large octagonal fluted
horns that carry the sound upwards, filling the room. the design allows the low frequency sound waves
to expand naturally, with minimal resonance. the little horns are made using high-density fiberglass,
while the speaker base is baltic birch plywood. the sound begins in the base, where it is first compressed
and sent up the horn. the design take formal cues from antique horns and record players, altering them
for contemporary use.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Plastic Moon House
Plastic Moon is a house in Tokyo that includes a dental practice and swimming pool, designed by Norisada Maeda Atelier.
make a donation to help haiti
A child asks a US army soldier for food during a food distribution operation in the Cite-Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. The soldiers are with the 82nd Airborne Division.
Residents of Cite Soleil try desperately to enter the police station where an aid distribution point has been set up in Port-au-Prince
Wythlde Constanze, 15, gestures as she is taken to an operating room to treat her multiple leg fractures at the University of Miami-run field hospital at Haiti's international airport
A boy looks at the camera during a Sunday church service outside a displacement camp
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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