April 2009
50 posts
The Ultimate Camouflage: Creative Green House... →
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WOW. but i can’t help thinking this place would get REALLY warm… :/
This beautiful small, inexpensive and modern home design is anything but what it seems. From a…
Bloody Print Shower Curtains and Bath Mats →
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AWESOME!
Supposedly suitable for ages fourteen and up this bloody shower curtain is more than a gimmick gift, believe it or not: anti-mould finished, machine-washable…
Lofted Space-Saving Furniture for Bedroom... →
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LOVE the Tumidei furniture concept. Can’t say too much about the build quality, though…
Tumidei is more than just a furniture company - they construct modern and…
March 2009
69 posts
Skype is Coming to the iPhone. For Real. [feedly] →
It’s official: a Skype application for the iPhone will appear in the Apple App Store some time Tuesday. It will, of course, enable you to make cheap VoIP calls over Wi-Fi; it will work on…
Kitchen-safe Demy recipe reader could... →
While we can only assume that “kitchen-safe” means that it won’t melt when tossed accidentally in the oven nor be fazed by splattering hot grease, we’d still exercise a good deal of…
WOW. :O Awesome skating.
TEDMED 2009: Conference of the Year [feedly] →
Maybe the best, but certainly the most innovative, medical conference will take place in San Diego between the 27th and 30th of October. TEDMED 2009 will present many world famous speakers from…
The Narcisystem [feedly] →
The Narcisystem is part of an art display where [Eric] strapped himself to as many biometric sensors as he could. The core of the system was a Funnel IO which includes an Arduino, Xbee…
ILVE’s new touch control coffee machine for... →
Coffee addicts will have their coffee anyways, but a coffee connoisseur knows the value of a fine cup of coffee. And gone are the days when you rush to your favorite barista for a perfect brew,…
Limited edition coffee tables by Liana Yaroslavsky... →
No décor is ever too packed for accommodating another stylish coffee table, especially when the piece is as artistic as these limited edition tables by Liana Yaroslavsky. The Paris-based…
Bedroom Inspiration from DOC Mobili [feedly] →
Italian furniture manufacturer DOC Mobili is preparing to exhibit at the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair in April, where they will show off their latest pieces, including their growing range of…
Opensource robotic arm [feedly] →
[oomlout] has released this Opensource robotic arm. It is 5 axis, using cheap hobby servos. The total cost, including having it cut at thingaiverse.com is roughly $150. The plans…
LifeStat Emergency Pocket Airway [feedly] →
My doctor told me about this tracheotomy tube when I was putting together an expanded medical/first aid kit for a cabin in the middle of nowhere in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. In the winter up…
Living Stones: An anachronism in a ‘smart house’! →
Stones that can grow plants! You’d have expected this in an old fable. And yet a designer comes along and makes this seemingly impossible thing possible; with the help of modern technology. “…
Hi-tech digital bathroom : Bring your home into... →
Sneak a peek at the image above! Can you recall something? Yups, it’s a Hi-Tech Digital Bathroom from Ideal Standard, which we came up here at Hometone earlier but could not provide much info….
JetBytes Transfers Files Directly via the Web... →
JetBytes is a web based file-transfer service that skips the whole remote storage model and shares files directly between users. The interface is dead simple. You go to the website and use the…
rotating shed follows the sun [feedly] →
Sturm and Wartzeck Architects
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Skimmer: A Better Stuff Reader [feedly] →
It’s hard to find a good stuff reader. Twhirl and Tweetdeck are good for Twitter and every other social networking whatever service has its own Air app, but there’s no one place you can…
Casa Pedralbes by Joan Anguita [feedly] →
Architect Joan Anguita has designed a house for a car collector in Barcelona, Spain. (more…)
TOSCO Toy Skeletons [feedly] →
Cute little skeleton plush dolls from TOSCO Toys. They range in colors but the glow-in-the-dark one is pretty fun. My birthday is coming up….just in case anyone still…
The most expensive house in Miami [feedly] →
Even with this economy… 10 bed, 12 baths, 30,000 sq ft on almost 2 acres! (in doctor evil’s voice…) 57 million dollars! click here for more
Peek Pronto [feedly] →
People wishing for Peek to create a business worthy version of their mobile e-mailer have had their prayers answered with the Peek Pronto. The Pronto enables push instant e-mail, texting,…
Mungle Office Desk and Coffee Table by Tsigos... →
Greek designer Dimitrios Tsigos has created the Mungle Office Desk and Coffee Table.
From Tsigos Design:
The Mungle furniture range is the product of a digital design technique that…
Alphabet Pinched in Skin [feedly] →
Ow. This looks somewhat painful, but there you have it, a typeface in skin by Thijs Verbeek. I’m mildly grossed out, but fascinated none the less, for the full alphabet check out his…
How to Make Daft Punk El-Wire Suits and Helmets... →
After seeing a post about how to create daft punk suits and helmets (featured in our Top 40 Arduino Projects), this couple created their own fantastic daft punk costumes. You’re guaranteed…
How to show performance on the internet? [feedly] →
The new Performa site is attractive and frustrating at the same time. The fragments of the Performa07 New York biennal are great, they give us an insight into the feel of the festival…
Solar-powered Interactive Fashion [feedly] →
Element-ary by Tine Hertz
Power is an enormous problem when creating wearable technology. Two students, Tine Hertz and Maria Langberg from the Danish Design School tackled this issue…
Boxee in action [feedly] →
Boxee - popular social media center software, was demonstrated by Dave Mathews on the DL.TV. He described main features and advantages of the Boxee as well as gave a few recommendations…
Ideal media client in action [feedly] →
The latest ASUS Eee 206 with HDMI output can be viewed in action in Hannover. In my opinion it’s the best option for the LinuxMCE media director or media client for the Boxee, XBMC or…
The 2009 Spring-Summer Collection from Roche... →
Shared by hpduong This first space looks AMAZING! :O I want this for my next loft!
Roche Bobois have released some images of their 2009 spring-summer furnishings collection. You’ll be able to…
Office interior in a former bicycle factory /... →
Architects: Rotstein Arkitekter
Location: S:t Eriksgatan 46, Stockholm, Sweden
Project year: 2007
Photographs: Rotstein Arkitekter
Office interior in a former bicycle factory…
Save Money with Homemade Body Scrubs [DIY] →
Most luxury body scrubs are simply salt or sugar blended with moisturizers. Why spend big bucks on something with such a simple recipe? Culinary blog TheKitchn took the principle ingredients…
Episode 504 — Get Free WiFi by tunneling through... →
Tired of paying $9.95 an hour for WiFi at the airport? Can you resolve DNS? We head down to Mubix’ lair and build a SSH SOCKS proxy over a DNS tunnel. Then we speak with Tyler McAdams from…
Smart Materials Kit [feedly] →
Smart Materials Kit
For a taste of smart materials to satisfy your “smart” crafting craving, the wonderful folks at Make put together a smart materials starter kit.
What you get:
•…
Chanel Perspex Briefcase [feedly] →
Karl has Lagerfeld presented “Chanel Perspex Briefcasea” anelegant and mostly black take on power suiting for Chanel that included this fantastically witty take on the working gal’s briefcase.
Nicholas Routzen Photography [feedly] →
Nicholas Routzen Photography are pretty sexy and fashionable a lot of energy in his photos, I like his style and lighting. Nicholas shot for Nylon, Esquire, H Magazine, Swindle and…
Bikes and Women or Velovixens [feedly] →
Do you like Bikes ? Do you like Women ? If so then have a look to this cool forum Bikes Moves us - You can browse around on the forum if you only like Bikes tho’… Thanks to Sex in…
In the Hox fam, hot damn, regulatin' genes →
This is pretty darn good for Stanford students! ;) Ready for the final? Read the comments on this post…
Modern Home - Shed Built - Backyard House →
So I must be living in a cave or under a rock because I have yet to see this house. This has to be my new favorite Modern home, I am sure that will change next month. I love the white frame with the…
Nothing Agency have their Cardboard Office →
Can you believe that Amsterdam based Creative Agency Nothing have their office almost entirely built out of cardboard !!? Created by talented designers Joost van Bleiswijk and …
Slope House, Japan - mountainside design with 6... →
Designed by Keiichi Hayashi Architect, “House on the Mountainside” in Hyogo, Japan, is an unassuming single-family home rising among the trees. Set on a steep slope, this modern mountainside house…
Modern Japanese Architecture Remains the... →
Despite its name, A-House is not just “a house.” A fine example of modern Japanese architecture, this contemporary single-family house in Setagaya, Tokyo was designed by Hiroyuki Fukuyama, who had…
Floating Pods →
About a week ago we covered the Green Pod company based in Washington. For you floating home enthusiasts, myself included, you will be excited to know that they also offer floating homes,…
Calibre Manages Your E-Book Collection [Downloads] →
Windows/Mac/Linux: If you’ve got a virtual pile of e-books but no good way to organize them, Calibre is a feature rich e-book manager, complete with Cover Flow-like looks and network sharing. …
Cajun Crawler swaps Segway wheels for Theo... →
If the Segway’s current movement mechanism and cast of characters astride them wasn’t keeping you up at night, the Cajun Crawler should seal the deal. Based on the work of kinetic…
Naha City Gallery & Apartment house / 1100... →
Architect: 1100 Architect
Location: Okinawa, Japan
Principal: Juergen Riehm
Project Architect: Joanna Chen
Project Managers: Bo Lee, Sebastian Kaempf
Designer: Jesse Wark …