If your Christmas holiday is decorated with a real spruce or fir this year, you certainly want it to stay fresh, green and rich throughout the month of joy and happiness. Here are tips on how to care for your Christmas tree from day one, as well as ideas on how to recycle it once the holiday season is over.
Architecture & Interior
French architecture firm Encore Heureux Architects has built a modern pavilion in the center of Paris from recycled materials taken from construction sites, wrong orders and unused stock. It is an experimental project that shows the potential of reuse in architecture, which fits the context of this year's United Nations Conference on Climate Change.
Ambivalenz studio's multifunctional wall cabinet is perfect for furnishing smaller apartments and rooms, as it takes up little space with its dimensions. In addition, it is characterized by high functionality, an attractive modern design and multi-functionality.
Shore is a young design company from London that recently debuted an innovative collection of silicone mats. Shore products are woven from special silicone ropes, resistant to water and various weather influences, and thus suitable for use in both outdoor and indoor spaces.
Korean graphic and industrial designer Sohyun Yun believes in design's ability to make people happy. With its multi-layer chair, Layer aims for adaptability, uniqueness and durability of the product. Layer is made of transparent acrylic with slots in the seat and backrest for layers of different designs, which can be combined as desired and thus be your own designer.
Perhaps theater and opera are completely uninteresting to you. But if you only knew some of the most interesting and beautiful theaters and opera houses in the world, you would definitely want to visit them. That's why today we will make your work easier and introduce you to the most beautiful theaters and opera houses in the world.
Babushka Boutique is one of the cutest shops in the center of Ljubljana. On their shelves we find a combined love for unique products, patterns, colors and functionality, which are hidden in cups, various school and work supplies, home accessories and unique jewelry.
The church is a place of tranquility, where prayer, silence and occasional choir singing reign. But from the church in the Spanish town of Illanera, you won't hear begging and singing, but spinning wheels and excited shouts. The La Iglesia Skate team transformed the interior of the 100-year-old church into a skate park. The nave, where there are pews for the faithful, has been replaced by a half-pipe, a presbytery with an altar, a sofa and a table, and the frescoes by picturesque graffiti.
A candle in the shape of an egg that hatches a dinosaur? Yes, you read that right. On the Firebox website, you can order a very special candle that imitates the shape and texture of an egg, and as the wax melts, a dinosaur slowly hatches from it. Looking for a gift for a dinosaur lover? You can't go wrong with the Hatching Dinosaur Candle!
Are you thinking of making your own Christmas cards this year? If you are, we have prepared for you a set of cute Christmas cards that you can make in a very short time. Add a personal touch to greeting cards!
Casa del Acantilado, a house in Salobreña, Spain, is a true gem of modern architecture signed by Pablo Gil & Jaime Bartolomé, founders of GilBartolome Architecture. The house of unusual curves has grown on a cliff and offers an unobstructed view of the Mediterranean Sea.
Dutch designer Lex Pott created an unusual series of Fragments tables, with which he wanted to create a dialogue between, on the one hand, the irregular and rough creations of nature, and on the other, the geometry and polish that reigns in architecture. He created the tables, which are not supported by legs, but instead stand on monoliths, for the design platform The Future Perfect.