Swiss company Victorinox understands cooking process. Their new creation, knife and table block, is ideal for multitasking in a small space. Made from natural wood, the piece has a shelf, that displays your tablet, eBook, cookbook or manual at the ideal viewing angle. The swivel base easily rotates, so you can alternate between selecting knives and reading recipes. Available for purchase through Fancy.
If you have a big dog and a small apartment, you will love this thing. Designed by architects April Clark and Ed Richardson of Clark | Richardson Architects, Murphy’s Paw dog bed folds up against the wall and takes virtually no space. Unfold it with one fluid movement whenever her canine highness is ready for a nap. Brilliant! The piece is available in stained mahogany and painted wood. Contact designers for pricing.
Beijing based studio Liu Lubin envisioned this concept of a mini-house, comprised of modular containers. Designers analyzed human behavior indoors and created just enough space for the most common activities – sitting, laying and standing. Micro-house is designed to act as a combination of furniture and architecture elements. Each components can be rotated to perform different functions. And by combining the units in various configurations, you can build a housing suite or even a residential cluster. The main material of the Micro-house is Fiber Reinforced Form Composite Structure, which is both light and strong.
(via archdaily)
The Bivi bike hook is yet another bicycle storage option to consider. I love how minimal and no-nonsense it is – just a steel plate and a single hook. The rack attaches directly to the wall or to the end of a Bivi bench. Watch the video to see how simple the installation procedure is. Purchase here.
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Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Donald M. Rattner.
The JosephJoseph Nest 100 takes the company’s award-winning series of nested kitchen implements to a new level. Made of high quality 18/8 stainless steel and sleek black ABS, this set of nine nesting food preparation tools is crafted for exceptional durability and visual luxury.
Take the set of nested bowls apart and enjoy a great deal of utility. Stack them together and that utility compresses into a minimal amount of space. Each two mixing bowls with non-slip bases (4.75 qt and .5 qt), a fine mesh stainless steel strainer (1.74 qt), a stainless steel colander (3.17 qt), and a set of five black measuring cups ranging from 1/6 to 1 cup sizes. Dishwasher safe. Purchase here.
– What a fantastic urban project – green roofs for city buses.
– Blown away by this site’s design – The Build.
– Who invented the umbrella? These photos leave no doubt.
– Beautiful lighting fixtures, made so that light shines through the folded wood.
– Possibly the most adorable beer ad I’ve ever seen.
– Tilted glass allows water to evaporate and dries quickly. Nice.
– Impressive dynamic target tracking camera system.
– Love this food storage idea. Wishlisted.
Have a great weekend, ladies and gents!
Today I’d like to bring your attention to this great work by famed Renzo Piano, called Diogene. The man who gave the world the Pompidou Center, The Shad, and the NY Times building (among many other celebrated projects), suddenly decided to think small and built a tiny home. “When I was a student, in the ’60s, I dreamt of making a house 7 feet by 7 feet, as a dream of freedom, of self-moderation,” – Piano told in his recent interview to the NY Times.
Diogene, a prototype house for the furniture company Vitra is very close to those dream dimensions – 8.2 feet wide by 9.8 feet long by 11.5 feet high. Although Diogene’s façade matches that of a simple house, it is in reality a highly complex technical building with consumption, production and disposal satisfying the highest demands of sustainability and energy efficiency. It features two rainwater tanks attached to a boiler, a composting toilet, triple-glazed windows and insulated walls that can withstand temperatures from minus 10° to 105°F. Electricity comes from three rechargeable batteries that plug into an external power source.
Diogene is expected to be produced in three years and will cost about $45,000. A deluxe model with rooftop photovoltaic panels will be about $75,000. The prototype can be seen on Vitra’s campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
Bulgaria based designer Volen Valentinov created this low key multifuntional piece, called Ted Bed. The item can be easily transformed from a chair to ottoman, mini-couch, armchair and a bed. All done by simply folding and securing the piece in each position. A perfect contender for a dorm or small apartment. Ted Bed is a sustainable piece of furniture made from recycled materials.
(via the mag)
