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Trap That Tail!

Trap That Tail! My son often questions – how can perfectly wound earphones kept in the pocket, come out so highly tangled! While I’m no good at understanding this logic, however I can offer him this delightful tail! I mean the Line Tail, a cute accessory that can be used as line winder as well as a charm. I’ll take the fox, please.Designer: sumneeds Yanko

Fern Mallis wins Pratt Lifetime Achievement Award

by Staff | Monday, May 7, 2012 Fern Mallis with designer Calvin Klein. Photo by Josh Wong The recent Pratt Institute Student Runway Show in New York featured more than just senior students’ fashions on stage. The event also allowed designer Calvin Klein to present Fern Mallis with Pratt’s Fashion Industry Lifetime Achievement Award. Mallis, who has been among the industry’s biggest cheerleaders, is widely credited with creating the successful New York Fashion Week. She had been an

The Un-disposable Camera

The Un-disposable Camera With his project ‘Timeless Capture’ designer Brian Matanda wants us to slowdown and literally smell the roses before we take a picture of them. Our focus is on tech-specs, angle shots and apps that add artificial glam. In a way the ‘subject’ of our photography looses its relevance. So let’s re-focus on the art of photography, and by the way this camera is a combination of sand blasted aluminum and polished teak and ‘strong archetypal form to produce a

Interior Decorating Tips For Your New Home

So you’re finally moving! This probably means you’re thinking about how you’re going to design the interior of your home. This can be a tall order. Your old furnishings may not match the décor of your new home; your old lights may not complement the new color scheme; your old art work and antiques may not aesthetically fit the new rooms. There’s a lot to think about, in addition to the normal stress factors of moving. Here are a few tips that may help you to transition smoothly

Otama Beach House Design in New Zealand

This beach house design is intended to create a place where the David Berridge Architect, New York based architect can reconnect with his New Zealand roots and bring back to his homeland an aesthetic and way of living that combines what he has experienced in the 30 years away and what he still remembers from his beach orientated upbringing. The site, located on the knuckle of the bend in the road, is pie-shaped and tapers as it slopes up the hillside from the road. This limited the

Unforgettable Uno Con Carne Restaurant in Mykonos Greece

The Uno Con Carne Restaurant is one of the most comfortable dining locations in Mykonos, and the inviting interior design by Dimitris Economou is definitely a contributing factor. The main dining area is in a courtyard wrapped in calming Cycladic walls, iconic but never ever boring. We love the focus on soft ambient lighting especially the sculptural paper and wire installations near the entrance – the white restaurant is bright by day and drenched in golden candlelight at night. And what

Home Furniture Design Ideas for your sweet home

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Sound Ray

Sound Ray This unique ceiling installation by Studio Bernal aims to create ever-so-subtle changes in a room’s acoustic and visual atmospheres by making articulated changes in the form of its surface. Inspired the the animal of the same name, the Manta makes adjustments in position through multi-modal input including sound, stereoscopic vision, touch, and even brainwaves, changing according to the actions of the people around it. The installation was built in Studio 1 at EMPAC, which is an

A Ladder to Love

A Ladder to Love Quit simply, the Corner Ladder is amazing. One of those products with pure genius behind the design. Using a number of simple yet precise folding techniques, the ladder collapses to just a fraction of its size when unfolded, taking up much less room than most cumbersome ladder designs. I’ll say it again- GENIUS! Hit the jump to see it in action! Designer: Company & Company Design Studio Yanko

The nest chair, Unique outdoor chairs inspiration

April 29, 2012 admin Furniture, Nina Bruun has created outdoors chair “the nest chair “. This chair is galvanized by a bird’s nest. to form the graphic chaos that also sounds like one unit. Supporting structure consists of a chair seat, bottom and 4 feet stable. to make a “nest feeling” I play with a strip of birch in numerous thicknesses and throwing them round the support structure. so as to not distract from the nest birch strips, create a pillow-lined in chocolate brown is