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  • Modern Pet House Design to Keep Your Smallest Friends

    Modern Pet House Design to Keep Your Smallest Friends

    What’s cuter than your pet? A pet hatching from an egg. After seeing the pictures below we think you agree with us and you’ll love it as much as we do. The egg-shaped pet house design is specially created for the comfort of your smallest friends but also for your home design. pEI Pod, as it was named, is undoubtebly one of the most fashionable pet house that we’ve ever seen and maybe a trend-setter in the pet product design offering a nurturing habitat for your little babies complementing in the same time the human living spaces.

    pEi Pod ( Pet Egg Pod) serves as a warm, safe, and stylish bed for your dogs, cats, and even rabbits without disturbing the interior look of your home because its cavelike design is very modern. The perfect little house is customizable; it comes in various colors and sizes big enough for four-legged animals and also suitable for puppies, being capable of handling up to 100 kg of heavy pressure. It’s made of high density polyethylene (HDPE), which makes it very durable and also very easy to care and to wash, including the pillow. Pet lovers, what do you think about? We want to know opinions if you’ve already used such an pEI Pod.

    Photos: © Chris Collins Studio.

  • Beautiful Whimsical High Quality Object: MinuSkull by Kuntzel and Deygas

    Beautiful Whimsical High Quality Object: MinuSkull by Kuntzel and Deygas

    Searching for a high-quality sound experience at home or in your office? Well, here you have MinuSkull, a sophisticated and high performance loud-speaker that can meet even the most demanding expectations. Considered like a piece of art by its creators Olivier Kuntzel and Florence Olivier, this luxurious object embodies their love for design and fascination for sound and music, reflecting the atmosphere of their studio,  where sound and image naturally merge.

    Listening to MinuSkull it’s like driving a fashionable sport car without any speed limit in designers’ vision, because the sound diffused by this speaker is perfect without any distortion, even when the volume is very low and no matter the environment, big or small places. Nothing left to chance when designing this beautiful object with esoteric aspect: each one of its components is tailor made in France for a transparent and dynamic quality of listening, the difficulties linked to technology haven’t reduced our possibilities of creation that’s why the simplicity and charm of its visual aesthetic complements  the sound capabilities.

    If you want to improve the stereo effect, MinuSkull can be used as a duet, not only alone, creating the basis of a Home Cinema Sound System (a subwoofer should be added in this case). Moreover, it can be connected to any source of sound like mp3, computer, Ipod, etc. and it comes in three finishes: walnut wood, black or white piano lacquer.

    Tehnical details:

    WIDTH 9,25 Inches HEIGHT 10,63 Inches, DEPTH 5,91 Inches
    WEIGHT : 11lb
    BANDWIDTH : 60 TO 20 000 HERTZ
    AMPLIFIER: 50 WATTS
    CABLE POWER : 220 VOLTS
    Connection : 2 Cinch RCA stéréo entries

    Photos: © Kuntzel+Deygas.

     

  • Chat Collection: an Invitation to Interact with Others

    Chat Collection: an Invitation to Interact with Others

    Spotted on Sancal’s website, Chat Collection is part of Nadadora‘s portofolio, a beautiful collection one cannot remain indifferent. Isaac Piñeiro and Cristina Alonso have conceived this collection of poufs and stools to create intimate areas in public and private environments. Their timeless and suggestive design with pleasant and easy geometry allow us to multiply options for different sensory, cheerful, colourist and serene spaces.

    Round shapes with fixed base and wooden structure covered with HR Ultracel foam, and bicolor fabric combination makes these furniture pieces ideal for a great variety of ambiences. In simple words, Chat Collection means sharing, interacting, talking, a symbol of interaction among people.

    Photos: © Sancal Design Studio.

     

  • Subaquatic Aquarium Water Planet by Urban A&O

    Subaquatic Aquarium Water Planet by Urban A&O

    The Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco presents the diversity of life on earth and the various habitats they provide. This project presents a comprehensive view of the connection between water and form of life that makes this planet unique. The centerpiece of the Steinhart Aquarium is The Water Planet, is an exhibition of 10000 square meters which includes new modes of exhibition design and modern technology. Exposed space is remarkable seamless integration of live animals and a strong classification in multimedia, in order to bring visitors face to face with complex natural events.

    Water Planet sets new benchmarks for  visual public, conceptual and full of creativity for designers of aquariums, but in the same tine a unique experience for lovers of the world water to form walls obtained artificial. For fluid and interactive islands, Thinc, leading exhibition designer for the aquarium as a whole , contacted the Urban A & O, which has skills and vision to created the unique forms using CATIA, parametric modeling software that allows an accurate control in design and manufacturing.
    The designers has created the environment that manages perfectly interaction with media systems but also enabling the public to approach to visualize the 39 tanks of living organisms, three islands rich with media that exhibits intercativitate life forms that live in such a climate .
    Walls and exposed islands Planet Water, water art reflected through the form
    Experienced hands-on tactile interaction with real specimens, such as dry coral and teeth of sharks, with interactive media that contextualize the objects and provide interesting meetings with water bodies and  living creatures.

  • Wooden Train Set Dining Table

    Wooden Train Set Dining Table

    Supplied with 6 or 8 plates created the for a complete TrackTile Table, this it’s a table available in 4 or 6 places setting produced by 3foot3design.
    Different models  of tails can be arranged by turning 90 ° to one or more square pieces. In the movie below you can watch how innovative is the idea applied to this table, train tracks have functionality but also offers a unique design every time you set a different route train. Thus our table with family or friends is a fun environment with a childish game, but in the same time a great design idea applied for your home.

     

    Wooden Train Set Dining Table

  • Marshall Avenue-6 Dwellings Over Three Levels

    Marshall Avenue-6 Dwellings Over Three Levels

    Marshall Avenue Kew by Domoney aAchitecture contains 6 flats over three levels plus basement. We can describe this project as an urban renewal, thereby replacing six lower house; the project having the possibility to redress the deficiencies of previous development. It includes a special opportunity to respond to climatic conditions by adopting modern construction technologies.


    The ground floor is divided into two living areas, separated by a central core accommodating private lift, laundry room and powder.
    A flow between living areas provide visual access and connectivity between garden and backyard. Expanded glass offers a good balance of natural light throughout the day. Parking and storage space are provided in the basement for each home, while sleeping rooms are on second floor where natural light is captured by windows and sliding door panels, which provides access to balconies private. The attic is fitted with roof windows , with bathrooms and corridors of natural light during the day also. Homes range in size from 216 to 230 square feet on three levels. The exterior walls are thermally insulated, the all windows are double in order to ensure acoustic privacy within the home.

  • What do Different mattresses mean eg Sprung, Pocket Sprung, Memory Foam?

    What do Different mattresses mean eg Sprung, Pocket Sprung, Memory Foam?

    A good mattress is crucial when it comes to enjoying a good night’s sleep. Too often people wake up feeling exhausted after a night of tossing and turning, with many complaining of a bad back. This is likely to be due to sleeping on an old mattress or a mattress that does not suit your body’s needs. When purchasing a new mattress decide what is comfortable for you. You should have a look at dreams beds. One of the most popular and comfortable mattresses are memory foam.

     

    Originally created my NASA in 1966 the foam was developed to improve the safety of aircraft cushions. However, in the 1990’s, the discovery that the foam reacted well to temperature and under pressure was recognised by physicians. Those waking up with aches and pains were clearly sleeping on the wrong mattress and those who were immobile needed mattresses that would provide comfort and support. They were therefore, initially used for medical reasons.

    Gradually, as the benefits and comfort of the memory foam became better known, as did the demand and the memory foam mattresses were then introduced more widespread as a luxury item. Unlike the innerspring mattress, the memory foam mattress used visco-elastic polyurethane foam as its support. With the sturdiness and density of the memory foam mattress and its ability to mould around the contours of the body, the public were enjoying a better sleep and its popularity increased.

    Its ability to assist in providing a good sleep is a result of its unique properties. Although the mattress itself is sturdy, it is still soft enough to provide a soft cushion for the body, shaped exactly to each individual. This reduces movement during sleep, reducing disturbances through discomfort.

    With its reaction to the body’s temperature, the contouring around the body and the density of the mattress make this a warmer alternative to the innerspring and the latex options. The heat is good through the winter months, improves circulation and serves to create a cosy space, perfect for a good sleep.

    Those who have slept on a memory foam mattress will be aware of the comfort and quality of sleep achieved. People suffering from aches and pains will certainly benefit from the support given to the spine and those who don’t will simply look to this mattress to provide a good night’s sleep.

     

  • What Are The Best Means of Securing a Home?

    What Are The Best Means of Securing a Home?

    Having your home broken into can be an experience that strikes at the very heart of the victim, and which can have devastating financial and emotional effects. After all, our homes are meant to be a place where we feel safe and secure and where we expect to be able to enjoy the highest degree of privacy, and anything that challenges these assumptions – such as a burglary – can leave people feeling violated. Therefore, whether you rent or own the home you live in, it is likely that you will want to make it as secure as possible; but what are the best means of doing so?

    Well there are basic security measures that anyone should be aware of, which include making sure that all windows and doors have solid secure locks fitted to them (as well as making sure that these are locked when you are not in the home) and installing a burglar alarm. Frankly any property that does not have these measures in place could hardly be described as secure and this will be reflected in the problems you will experience in attempting to get insurance for your property if you do not have them installed.

    Home insurance policies are available from many insurance providers such as endsleigh, and represent another important means of securing your home, but few providers will be willing to offer you home insurance on a property which does not have good locks and burglar alarms. If they do offer you a policy the chances are that they are not a particularly reputable provider – and you should be wary of the likelihood of them paying out should you need it – because any reputable provider would consider such a property to pose far too great an insurance risk. Beyond these basic measures, any other steps that you can take to make your home more secure will help to lower the risk of burglary and also lower the insurance premiums you are offered, but locks and alarms are essential to even being offered a policy in the first place.