All you suffering from music mania surely adored the sound carpet we came up here with a few days back. Heres yet another cool audio visual treat. Human Antenna by Swiss designer Florian Kräutli is a cool music carpet that appears to be like a
It’s designed to deliver fun and interest from an ordinary object with a message of ’saving water!’.The idea of crossing over between a knot and..
Inspiration can come from anywhere, for example this piece of furniture was inspired by some deep sea creatures that catch their food with lights on their heads. The Light Up would be a real eye catcher in a lounge or a waiting room, but also the living room would benefit from this special object. From my perspective the chair looks quite wired, and very hard to move from place to place, but a great place to read a book in the middle of the night. For more information’s about this piece of furniture you can check this website.
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Light Up Furniture : Inspired by a Sea Creature
Task chairs have been on my mind a lot lately. This isnt just because my mid 30s have brought (along with a preponderance of worldly wisdom, of course) a host of orthopedic/ergonomic concerns ranging from sprained wrists to a hyper-contracted trapezius muscle, but also because office malaise, as Ill call it, has become a legitimate societal concern. And when I say malaise, I dont just mean the kind of cubicle-induced, stapler-hoarding pathology featured in the classic film Office Space, but the exponentially increasing list of ailments caused by spending 40 to 50 hours in front of a computer screen.
Marini Task Chair. Designed by Conrad Marini for Teknion.
So what can the Marini Task Chair by Conrad Marini for Teknion offer that competitors Leopard, Generation, and Spina havent already? Well, for one, theres designer Marinis impressive pedigree in contract seating development for manufacturers from Tacoma to Timbuktu; for another, theres molded comfort foam for weight distribution, auto-adapt backrest contour for personalized lumbar support, different central cylinder sizes for precise seat-height adjustment, and four free recline settings for appropriate support in multi-task environments. Further, the chair is a handsome affairas task chairs gowith full inner and outer upholstery in Teknions impressive range of fabrics which includes styles in textured patterns and smooth solids, multiple choices in each of four color families (from reds, to yellows, to blue-greens, to neutrals), and new fabrics like the anti-bacterial, anti-microbial Ultra Durable (perfect for high-use areas) and Smart Leather, offering classical textural appeal without the fabrics traditional pitfalls.
Last, but not least, Marinis metal components come in polished aluminum or ebonya final appealing aesthetic option for a task chair with classical style and contemporary functionality. As Teknion puts it, luxurious yet subtle in style, Marini is a high-performance executive task chair well suited for offices and boardrooms.
Have a good sit in Teknions Marini at #IIDEX09 in Toronto, September 23-26.
The Azimut concept yacht is a 22.05 meter long (including the pulpit) luxury boat that has been designed in a simple and innovative way that can fit any harbor. It’s clean, new, timeless and simple design allows it silent operation. The main inspiration behind the project was to offer the passengers their own prospect to choose and making the decision as simple as possible. The big wings at the back is helping decrease and insulate the huge amount of water and wind drag which has made the yacht different from any other around. Passengers of the yacht, especially those who will seat back-part of it, will remain dry at any speed with the help of these functional wings.
Passengers will have great view over the big window located at the front of the boat, stretching to the roof from the floor. The on top LED light integrated lantern will make it easy to dock the boat at night. Upper deck is surrounded by glass to provide easy controlling the boat without disturbing pillars. This gives a much better view as well while giving a more open feeling. Outside the deck, there are security rails as a part of the hull structure that elongates backwards with the wings. A thin glass is designed to rise from the hull at the front to attach the wings at the back, making the boat simple and clean.
The interior of the lower deck is separated in two different parts, one is a private section and another one is an open lounge area, allowing the passengers to rest for a while or participate in social activities as they want. The master bedroom is located in the center which is the best place to be maximum comfortable because of the stability during any directional movements of the yacht. This concept won the award from azimut, and was shown at Piazza San Carlo in Turin ITALY in a big Azimut Event.
Specs:
LENGHT OVERALL(incl.pulpit)22.05m
HYLL LENGHT(incl.platform)21.73m
BEAM AT MAIN SECTION5.12m
DRAFTS(incl.props. at full load)1.79m
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An artistic way to get across to the Chabot Museum in Rotterdam is through this unique installation bridge called Bruggenhoofd Chabot. Brainchild of Snodevormgevers and Paul Segers, this Landing Craft allows you to cross over the hedge from the street, and straight into the museum. Just in case you get claustrophobic in the wooden passage way, take the staircase to the upper deck for a breather. The special effects to the deck are enhanced with a bevy of cables running from the balcony to the museum.
The installation will be up at on display in Rotterdam until September 27, 2009 (opposite the Boymans museum). So do check it out! And in case you need to hire it for some time, do give the boys a shout out, Im sure they will be happy to oblige.
Designers: Snodevormgevers with Paul Segers
(Images via: Bolsta Blog, Turtle Journal, Think Article, Next Nature)
Not all animals are created alike, as seen by animal deformities that may include creatures that feature plus/minus a couple of legs, tongues and other essential body parts. In some situations, animal deformities are the result of natural evolution gone awry. In other cases, animal anomalies are a product of man experimenting with nature, while other animal one-offs are actually a testament to the supernatural inner workings of some very special species. Whatever the circumstances, animal deformities may cause weird looks, but they shouldn’t necessarily lead to stereotypes about the mental capacities and toughness of some of these creatures.
Got the Folks at Red Lobster Sweating
(Images via: Ibex Inc.)
Imagine the surprise of a New Hampshire fisherman a couple of months back when he pulled out of his lobster trap what appeared to be a can of “Miller Lite” but was actually something much rarer: a blue lobster. Just how rare? Turns out that the likelihood of a blue lobster is one in five million. Apparently, some lobsters are better at processing an antioxidant in their food known as astaxanthin, which apparently causes them to turn (but not feel) blue rather than the normal brownish/red hue that we’ve all grown accustomed to. Amazingly, the fisherman who caught the blue lobster once caught a white lobster as well. Update: Before being donated to a local science center, the blue lobster died as a result of hot water temperatures. However, the strange blue lobster has been preserved for researchers to study, as reported yesterday.
Does the Cat Got Your Tongue(s)?
(Images via: The Cat’s Meow, Sakshi Juneja, Admire Space)
No, it’s not 80’s star Toonces the Driving Cat, but rather Five Toes, The “Two Tongued Cat” (which also actually has five toes — a condition that is known as polydactyly). But that’s nothing compared to the two tongues. Located in Dobson, North Carolina, this healthy black Burmese cat is able to use the dual tongues together or for separate purposes, liking licking the chin and the nose at the same time. This unusual female cat is certainly popular, as she has her own Web site and MySpace page, but apparently not alone: a similar, two-tongued cat was born in Malaysia in 2004 but struggled to feed herself, thus requiring its owner to feed it with a syringe. Apparently, other cat anomalies include cats born with two faces, black tongues and double canine teeth that would make a vampire jealous. Cats always have been a bit eccentric and aloof, and these felines certainly take these characteristics to a whole new level.
Birds of a Feather-less Variety
(Images via: Farming Pathogens, Anomalies Unlimited, JPHPK)
Chickens have been documented as having various physical deformities, including one bird with a horn in the middle of its head and another with four wings instead of two! Now not all chicken abnormalities are due to bumps in natural evolution; rather, experimentation by man has played a role. Take the case of the featherless chicken, which was created by an Israeli geneticist in 2002 with the purpose of creating a more environmentally-friendly, faster-growing and healthier bird. A cross-breed of a naturally bare neck chicken and a normal boiler chicken, this naked chicken garnered much controversy, with some critics of the process arguing that featherless birds are at a disadvantage compared to their feathered counterparts. More specifically, featherless chickens have experienced difficulties mating and flapping their wings, and been more prone to parasites and mosquitoes. While certainly odd-looking, the featherless chicken raises a very legitimate question: when does too much science compromise purported human progress and become bad for the animal?
How Do You Get These Fish Off the Hook?
(Images via: Barbel Fishing World, Photo Bucket, The Prairie Spider)
As an avid fisherman, I’ve hooked my fair share of fish that just did not look right. Unfortunately, many fish deformities, from deformed spines to two eyes on the same side of the face to split bodies, are the result of man-made chemicals seeping into the water. For example, chemicals like selenium from the coal processing and burning process have been known to produce fish deformities in the head, spine, fins and gills, affect reproduction, and even kill off fish. For more information on this important topic, see my previous post on Reptile and Amphibian Anomalies.
Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down