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• Like a Fantasy for Bottles
• Squishy Light Spheres
• Massive Agricultural Urbanism
• Relish The Sound Of Silence
• The Underwear Washing Machine
• Replacing Candle-lit Dinners With Firefly
• Not a Mug, A Chair

Like a Fantasy for Bottles Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:43 AM PDT It is just like it. Like a fantasy. For bottles. It’s the Ribbon Bottle Opener, and all you’ve got to do is place it near the bottle and it will be opened magically. OR you could be in the real world, and you’d have to actually pop that top off. It’s made of polished stainless steel, formed as a continuous ribbon-like loop. Woop the loop. It’s totally the same on both ends, and looks just fabulous at any classy party you’ve got. Or are going to have! Let’s say you’re going to have a party and it’s going to be called a “Fancy Dress Party.” What kind of bottle opener are you going to put out there for everyone to use? Not the Vikings Football bottle opener. No way! That’d be totally weird. You don’t want to be weird at the Fancy Dress Party. You want to be classy. So classy. You want the Ribbon. Designer: Scott Henderson [ Buy it Here, Ribbon Bottle Opener is available for $25 @ YD Store ] Ribbon Bottle Opener is available for $25 @ YD Store

Squishy Light Spheres Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:42 AM PDT Infectious is a light concept made up of modular silicone spheres charged in a set-up one could call a luminous tree. The spheres react to each other so pile them up to bring on the illumination. It’s soft, squishy, and the kind of lighting that makes everyone look good. No word on when it’ll hit the market but looks like the French will be the first to enjoy. For PEGA, Designed with Cecilia Jia, and Johnny Chen Manufacturer: Beau et Bien (France) Designer: Julien Bergignat

Massive Agricultural Urbanism Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:38 AM PDT One of the biggest challenges in architecture is to create homes that provide more than just shelter. We’re on a slow march of strip mining our resources so the question is, can a home benefit the community and in turn, the environment? Agricultural Urbanism is a proposed residential project that combines thousand year old terrance farming with modern construction. Each level has its own terrace where a number of crops can be grown privately and communally. Harvests can be shared and sold to supplement incomes. The irregular shape was designed to follow the way the sun moves across the sky to give plants the most amount of sunlight. The substrate not only provides ample grounds for farming, but a natural insulating layer keeping the entire building cool in the summers and warm in the winters. The benefits of vertical farming are two fold. Pests don’t like this kind of structure and runoff is minimized since the entire system is self regulated. Designer: Greg Chung Whan Park

Relish The Sound Of Silence Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:10 AM PDT The hectic fast-pace life that we lead makes us accustomed to many sounds and vibrations that literally become a part of our existence. Sounds of chirping birds and scampering squirrels may be alien but a flying jet or sirens make us comfortable. Something is wrong in this equation and if getting back to the roots (better still-meditation), is what we desire, then blocking out all external noises and channeling our inner peace is what we should be looking at. Ecocoon is just for that! It effectively blocks out "Incoming acoustic stimuli" and gets you more attuned to your inner being. Zen Bliss shall we say? Designer: designaffairs STUDIO

The Underwear Washing Machine Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:01 AM PDT Reusing water is what’s best for underwear. And if you don’t wear underwear, you probably know someone who does. Seriously basically everyone wears underwear. And most of those people have clean underwear on, or at least underwear that was clean when they put them on. Why? Because they ALL use this machine, every single one of them. It’s called the “Mr. Klein” and it uses reused, reusable water. Put it wherever you want because it doesn’t need a restrictive hose comin on into it. It’s all transportable. It uses the water, filters the water, then uses that water again. And you know you SHOULD be washing your underwear regularly so you’d better get on top of this. Designer: Yoon Kisang

Replacing Candle-lit Dinners With Firefly Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:00 AM PDT The Firefly Table is honestly a very neat concept that I can foresee being snapped into production. Intended for outdoor cafés and restaurants, the idea is to use a solar lamp instead of romantic candlelights for illumination. The centrally placed lamp pops up to emit a soft glow while projecting any form of branding (via stencils) to the floor-space below. Imagine being "popped the question" in this unique fashion, or even attracting sponsors with this extra added value. Tobasco, Heinz, you listening? Designer: Vuk Dragovic

Not a Mug, A Chair Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:01 AM PDT I couldn’t stop thinking “Una-Mug” when I first saw this project. That’s not the name at all! It’s called “Umarmung,” and it’s basically a floor-level-chair. Sort of defeats the purpose, yes? No way! This project is inspired by the ancient tradition of floor-sitting culture in Japan. During research, the designers were surprised to find that the only similar product to theirs was the zaisu chair (legless chair) of the tatami room. It’s important to mention that the designers keep the idea that in this tradition, the connection between the body during conversation is not restricted to “universal seat height and conventional definition of the sofa.” You couch potatoes pay attention! Umarmung, also known as the floor-sitting couch, is basically a backrest that supports the body in many comfortable positions while that person is sitting on the floor. Umarmung is shaped in a way that accepts the body either sitting up or leaning back. Made of reinforced polyester resin with steel support. Cover is eco-friendly flame-retardant polyurethane foam. BONUS: “The process adopts the latest variable pressure foaming (VPF) technology. It minimizes the environmental impact as it is virtually emissions-free.” Designer: Cheungvogl

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