Velaa is a new private island resort in the Maldives, created by Radka and Jiří Šmejc, a Czech businessman. They put a lot of money and effort into this project, so this little paradise island is now turned into the most expensive resort in the country, with the price of $30,000 per night. Velaa resort …
If you are a woman, you know just how difficult it is to find the right gift for a man. The usual depressing responses you get when you ask them about their preferences are: “Oh, I don’t need / want anything”, or “I just don’t know.” And there are only so many times you can …
Water Bench is an outdoor piece of furniture which collects and stores rainwater, designed by MARS Architects, or more specifically, by Neville Mars, a lab team member and Shanghai-based urbanist architect. He was hired by the BMW Guggenheim Lab in order to participate in a project which would improve cities and urban environments. Since their …
Is there a more perfect, adrenaline fuelled location to spend a day or two of your winter holiday than the 170-year-old guest house, built into a cliff, up in the Swiss Alps? The Berggasthaus Aescher (“Berggasthaus” means “mountain guest house” in German) is situated below the Ebenalp Cliff which is the northernmost summit of the …
Czech news webiste Aktuálně.cz has published a set of comparative photos made by Czech photographer Jan Langer for his project „Faces of Century“ in an effort to poignantly illustrate the dramatic effects of aging. The photographs depict people in the prime of their youth (mainly in their 20s and 30s) and sets them off against …
Oru Kayak is a foldable kayak that was inspired by the traditional Japanese art of origami. The designer Anton Willis came to the idea to make an origami kayak that would make transportation and storage a lot easier. The entire kayak simply folds into a compact case that can also accommodate life vests, paddles and …
Just a while after we presented to you the Ostrich Pillow, the designers from Kawamura-Ganjavian in collaboration with Studio Banana Things created the Ostrich Pillow Light, a portable version of their very successful previous product. The idea came from loads of feedback from the people who loved the pillow and needed a more portable version …
The GoPro HERO3+ is the newest action camera model coming from GoPro. It is a lot better than the previous version, it’s lighter, faster and more performant and for just a bit more money at the time of this post. Still, it is expected for the price to drop to the previous version’s cost, so if …
Cocoa Island is one of the smallest islands of the Maldives archipelago. It’s so tiny that it takes only 10 minutes to move from one end to another and two minutes across the island. The resort is a creation of Christina Ong, the founder of the COMO Group, and hotels, such as The Halkin and …
Nest Protect Smoke + Carbon Monoxide alarm is the latest product from Nest, a company founded by Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers, two ex Apple employees, the former of who is often called ‘father of the iPod’. This connection to Apple is evident in numerous ideas that make the Protect truly special. People usually don’t …