Chindogu: UNuseless Japanese Inventions
Forgive me dear readers for straying a little bit off topic here, but this stuff is too good not to share. Chindogu are inventions that are considered "unuseless" because as they solve everyday dile...
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Wall-Mounted Fireplace by Vauni
Winter is looming and already the Duraflame logs are out for sale. A sad reminder that you live in an apartment with a stifling, rattling radiator instead of a a warm, crackling fireplace. Fortunate...
Funktionide by Stefan Ulrich
This post will make some of you say, wha!? For others, awe. German designer Stefan Ulrich created a shape-changing object, not a pillow, using artificial muscle technology. The concept? To help reli...
Dealing with the Television
from Apartment Therapy House Tours
The television is the bane of many otherwise well-thought-out living spaces. The problem is compounded when you're dealing with tight spaces, as every little move packs a punch in a small apartment....
LCD Panels as Home Artwork
With LCD televisions being so thin and mounted on the wall, one natural progression is to begin using them to display digital artwork in the home. Just think: a gallery that rotates every 5-10 secon...
Panasonic Design Museum
Some electronic devices are so well-designed that they become sculptural items in our rooms. One of the most distinguished electronics companies created the interactive Panasonic Design Museum with ...
In Honor of National Radio Day, August 20th: A Retro Radio Collection
Radio will never be completely replaced by any technology created in its place. Tuning into a local experience with other listeners gives us a sense of connection that we just don't get from our com...
Steven M. Johnson's Patent Depending Designs
the News Nook Here's a designer who's acting on whimsy and utter freedom. Many of Steven M. Johnson's illustrated inventions come across as humorous, but they're also laced with a hint of real-world ...
5 Small Scale Media Cabinets
I've been on the hunt for a new solution for attractive living room media storage — and I've come up with a list of 5 cabinets at various price points and styles that are all great solutions f...
You Don't Have to Be a Rockefeller To Collect Art:
The Amazing Art Collection of Herbert & Dorothy Vogel
The Vogels are a New York City couple who took collecting to the next level. Herbert Vogel, a U.S. Postal Service employee, and his wife, Dorothy, a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Librar...
How To: Hide Your TV Monitor with Style
For the past month I've been in and out of some amazing small homes and while most of the pictures and ideas I have to save for our next book, there's tons that I get to blog from the cutting room f...
The Gigapan Epic: Detailed, High-Resolution Panorama Pictures
We're so psyched. We plan to buy one of these things and see if we can rock your world with 360 House Tours. Spotted this week in the NYTimes, the GigaPan Epic is an affordable way to do those craz...
LendAround.com: Helps You Borrow Things from Friends
I got an email last week about a new online service that helps people lend things to one another. It's called Lendaround.com and was founded by Tim Jackson, who is a "venture capitalist, entrepreneu...
Steelcase Leap Chair in the Test Lab
click for more pics Product: Leap Chair Designer: Steelcase Price: $850 - $1600* Rating: Strong Recommend** Though our recent Test Lab experience with Herman Miller's Embody Chair was a successful ...
Mid-Century Inspiration: Vintage Steelcase Ads
We own a vintage Steelcase credenza (orange, with a walnut veneer top) and we're thrilled to see these 1960's Steelcase ad images making the rounds online. They remind us that repetition of a few co...
LAX Wall-Mounted Storage by MASH Studios
Though we've featured the LAX Wall-Mounted Storage Unit before, it's gained recent attention as a stand-out item in Koray Duman's renovated East Village apartment......
Look! iPhone & Wood Cabinet Stereo
Over the holiday, we had a little get away and stayed in a hotel with very traditional furnishings. There was a radio which didn't get many stations so we resorted to using our iPhone, which wasn't...
Desk, Stool & Lamp with Integrated Charging Stations by Jarl Fernaeus
In addition to integrating a charging station for phones, cameras and MP3 players, this desk and stool combo from Swedish designer Jarl Fernaeus features an integrated lamp and storage compartments....
Workbay Task Chair by the Bouroullec Brothers
We've been obsessed with good quality task chairs lately — this is due to sitting on $40 $199 PATRIK chairs from IKEA all day. Our latest infatuation? The Workbay chair. A follow up to their W...
Hollywood & Dolce Vita Media Stands
Adjustable & Asymmetrical Flat-Screen TV Stands
We've looked at the idea of using Easels as TV stands and rounded-up a variety of High and Low-end Media Stands — this stainless steel, asymmetrical TV stand from Cattelan Italia is height adj...
Carbon Fiber Biometric Scanner Door by Choate Carbon
Welcome your guests with a custom made Carbon Fiber door! This baby weighs in at 99 pounds and uses a fingerprint-based biometric scanner for entry. Created by Choate Carbon for a Brazilian apartmen...
At Home with Will Wright: Creator of Spore & SimCity
The New York Times 11.23.08
The recent issue of The New York Times Magazine gave us a sneak peek into the home and lifestyle of Will Wright, creator of the popular games, SimCity, Sims and Spore. For someone who surrounds hims...
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