When art and the public good collide, extraordinary stories are often written, and this one is one of those. Markets are nothing new in New York, but they haven't had anything like this before. The Swale, as it has been dubbed, is a vegetable garden on a transport vessel plying the waters of New York. It started its journey last summer, but this year it was presented in a new, improved image.
Architecture & Interior
We've all fantasized about how we'd spend our money if we won the lottery. We usually imagine a new house, a car, a longer trip, some even perhaps a yacht or other luxury toys. It's probably harder to imagine what we would do with 5 billion dollars, isn't it? This is as much as e.g. annually generated by the country of Mauritania. Well, that's how much they spent at Apple on their campus.
Sweden's Ikea, which is just one step away from opening its store here, has announced a new line of home products. Well, they do all the time, you think. Well, certainly not like that, because they are smart products. If phones are smart, why not light bulbs?
At the edge of the lake, right next to the water, there is a small wooden sleeping cabin with a pier. You fall asleep in it, and in the morning you start the day by jumping into the water. Well, this is not the beginning of a fairy tale, but an outline of the actual scene at Bobs Lake, Canada. Architects from the North studio designed and built this 6 square meter bivouac, which they say is basically intended for families.
You won't have to worry about built-in or inflatable pools this year. The trend is home-made swimming pools, affectionately called "hillybilly tubs". What they look like and what we need to pay attention to, below.
The design duo Francesca Lanzavecchia and Hunn Wai, in collaboration with the Singaporean furniture retailer Journey east, designed the PLAYplay line. 6 new pieces of furniture, decorated with new materials, colors and shapes, are, if nothing else, a real feast for the eyes.
Times are changing and maybe, just maybe, the image of mountain houses as we have known them until now will also change. Log cabins built from solid wood and logs, sometimes even thatched roofs, etc. of course they have their own charm, a fairy-tale touch if you will. In the Slovenian Studio Pikaplus, they designed a slightly more modern version of the house, but it is no less fairytale-like.
We always worry about where to go with the bottles, broken plastic, used toaster and the rest of the waste. But it's good that we have solutions for this. But what happens to shipping containers when they expire? After all, these are huge metal bodies that are difficult to put in the trash can. Well, the Czech architecture studio Artikul came up with extraordinary ideas; they made a pop-up hotel out of three containers.
What would it be like to run against yourself? Not just against the best time, but against the real you. Well, almost to the right one. That's what Nike thought about.
The market for Airbnb and Booking.com is growing rapidly, and Ood has found a solution to this. The rooms, as conceived by Ood, are essentially the size of a small house, and their original purpose is to meet the needs of short-term stays, usually for a night or two. Well, you wouldn't be against staying even a little longer in these stylish and high-quality 'residences', would you?
A solar sauna was installed in Kiruna, the northernmost town in Sweden, which is known mainly for its iron mines. Not for any reason and not for any purpose. City dignitaries will gather in it, where they will forge the future of the city. Its futuristic oval shape gives exactly that impression.
Blackout shades and curtains are fashionable again. They beautify the home in a modern way and you will be happy to use these touching curtains in your home. You will have the feeling that you are living in a luxury penthouse.