Optical illusion or bathroom sink? You'd be forgiven for thinking this ultra-modern Kub sink isn't real. But it is. The almost invisible sink was designed by the Bulgarian Victor Vasilev and is an outstanding example of minimalist industrial design. It is made of glass and Carrara marble (after the city of Carrara), which in antiquity was called marmor lunensis.
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How to commemorate the greatness of the man who was the first man to conquer all eight thousand people and the first to climb to the roof of the world without supplemental oxygen? With a book? Maybe a documentary? Reinhold Messner already has all this, but now a museum has been dedicated to this legendary Italian alpinist from South Tyrol in the Italian Alps. It was "curved" by Zaha Hadid, the famous British-Iranian architect, who placed it on top of the mountain.
Every man wants to have his own "Batman's cave", a place where it's just him and his "toys", where he retreats to drink beer or indulge in some other pleasure. Engineer Jono Williams did not dig, but built his Skysphere "cavity" above the ground. It is a solar-powered "tree house" with a 360-degree view, controlled by a smartphone, and located in the land of the long white cloud.
If you don't have the space and money to own a property with a garage, that doesn't mean you can leave your car at the mercy of the weather. The solution for such is the GateBox, a collapsible cover system that protects the steel horse from the sun, hail, rain, ice, wind, bird droppings, etc. The garage with automatic opening can also be upgraded and equipped with solar panels, air conditioning, burglar alarm, compact vacuum cleaner, etc.
A treehouse was every child's dream. But many people did not let their childhood dreams take away with adulthood. We are no strangers to the concept of tree houses even in Slovenia (Bled, Luče), and in Atama, Japan, Takashi Kobayashi, in cooperation with Hiroshi Nakamura from NAP Architects office, "raised" the largest structure of its kind in the land of the rising sun in the crown of a 300-year-old camphor tree. called Kusukusu.
Finally! Cutlery that does not stain the table. How many times has a dirty fork, spoon or knife stuck to your tablecloth? You haven't counted in a long time, have you? Well, with the Cantilever accessory, iLoveHandles has given the world what it has longed for. Cutlery that "floats" and leaves no stains on the table. The accessories were signed by designers Rich Moore and Avik Maitra.
'Elastic Lights' is a whimsical collection of bendable ceramic lamps for the home that questions the role of traditional ceramic objects.
Humans are incorrigible. Although we convince ourselves that we are ecologically aware, little by little we sin in all directions. One such sweet vice is showering. All we really need is a few minutes, but we like to stay in the shower much longer. Since it's not a long shower, let them preach to us about environmental awareness. Well, if it doesn't go well, it will go badly, thought Elisabeth Buecher, who invented Spiky, a spiky shower curtain that "spikes" you after four minutes of showering and forces you to end the shower willy-nilly.
Design studio Sharen Davis Design has built a multipurpose 'treehouse' on an old homestead in Garrison (NY), which is basically a modern children's playground, raised off the ground and placed between tall trees.
The OZO Watch by Anton & Irene is a minimalist watch with two dials and no hands, which recently won the prize for the best design concept at the red dot international competition for the best designed products. It is now ready for production and will soon go to Kickstarter for start-up funds.
As part of the Norwegian SALT festival, which is considered a cultural platform known for promoting music and unique installations as well as a collection of exceptional architectural structures, the largest sauna in the world opened its doors.
Some time ago, an investor wanted to reconstruct two existing residential buildings in Ljubno ob Savinja by the Ljubnica river. Superform architects Marjan Pobolšaj, Anton Žižek, and Meta Žebre took the matter into their own hands and came up with an architectural solution that is absolutely fascinating. Houses with two different characters were created. The first is very traditional, "tight" and restrained, while the second is its complete opposite. She is bold, open and extroverted.