A wild and fun concept for a home where you’re looking to mix up the lighting scheme, designers Helen Evans and Heiko Hansen have developed Light Brix, a modular light system for any space. Activated by touch, Light Brix can be arranged in a number of sequences to create a dynamic atmosphere with soft white light. The images they provided were interestingly arranged on wall surfaces, but I think that Light Brix may have another calling as floor accents in bedrooms or interior walkways and hallways. Imagine lighting a space with a low ceiling with Light Brix by reaching up to turn on a sequence of lighting, or image integrating Light Brix creatively into a children’s room (particularly kids who enjoy interactive toys). Just think about it.
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Sleek in design and clean in implementation, Argentinean designer Gabriel Contino has devised an amazing plate for eating while standing up. The plate is designed almost like a wide cup to hold in your hand, with a holder for a glass of wine on the front so that you can manipulate your way casually across the party floor without spilling a drop. What is sort of funny about these plates is that (essentially) someone would be able to hold two at a time. Imagine your butler walking around with two plates of hors d’oeuvres and fresh glasses of Beaujolais nouveau! Will you look more debonair with Contino’s plates? Will your dinner party have something everyone can use to break the ice? Will you suddenly be the slickest dinner host in town? Yes, on all counts. – via
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If you are interested in pieces of furniture with high tech features here is something that might get your attention, the Somnus-New Bed. A few months ago we also presented another high tech bed called the “Hi-Can Bed“, but here is another ambitious project created by Yoo-Pod Ltd …their Somnus-Neu project, named after the ancient Roman god of sleep but billed as “the future of beds.” And with all of these beds’ high tech features it is easy to see why. Somnus-Neu® is a union of design and technology allowing a user the opportunity to relax, be entertained, connect, create from one point, one location. This bed was designed to create an integration of technology and high design.
The Somnus-Neu bed includes:
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- An internet connection, either through wifi or ethernet.
- An entire audio-visual system with an HD video projector and 5-point audio system that includes drivers mounted beneath the mattress—hook up an iPod, watch cable TV or DVDs or stream media online.
- Mechanized curtains and a drop-down screen that can be used to completely enclose the mattress.
- LED lighting under, above and around the bed—turn on a reading light, create your own light show or set a sensual mood.
And all of that is controlled by two retractable 17-inch touch screen monitors (see photo, below). But the most remarkable feature of the Somnus-Neu beds is the “data chain” that links them together. The users of Somnus-Neu beds are assigned RFID (radio-frequency identification) cards and granted access to a website where they can input their appointment and travel schedule, contact numbers, meeting notes and media preferences. When users arrive at a Somnus-Neu bed an RDIF card reader determines who they are and downloads their data.
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In these days it seems that there are more and more Iphone fans. You might be one of them, or who knows maybe you are browsing Freshome.com from your Iphone right now. Today I’ve found these handmade wooden iPod/iPhone docks let you charge or connect your media player to your computer. They are made from real cedar and other woods by the guys over at Woodtec. I think that that these docks look really cool and they definitely stand out from the typical white plastic jobbers that you see sitting on most desks. You can grab the wooden docks on Woodtec’s Etsy shop for $58-$82. – Via – Technabob
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Sink or bath plugs have little to no design appeal. Until now. The Water Stopping Water plug transforms the utilitarian - let’s not be too polite about it – downright boring household item into an eye-catching even sculptural piece. The plug looks like a water droplet which then stops your sink or bath tub from draining empty of water! The ingenious award winning design is from the Lunar Europe Design Studio. You can purchase it from their website for 15 Euros.
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