The Sky Habitat in Singapore is a new project of Safdie Architects led by Moshe Safdie, a renowned Israeli-Canadian architect. Their practice has lasted for decades and it is focused on structures with nestled forms of fractal geometry in built space. This project is a true example of their work. Since the high-density and high-rise …
iPhone has long been not just a phone. It is a status symbol, but more than anything it is a design statement. This is why there have been many primarily design oriented products following the iPhone, mostly its cases. And just when we thought that there is nothing new to be seen, Yellow Jacket came …
Here’s an incredibly original idea for an authentic accommodation – a new five-star hotel in Sydney, Australia, called ‘1888’, inspired by a photo-sharing website Instagram. Why Instagram as the inspiration and why 1888 as the name? Well, it is a clever marketing move to tie the hotel to a popular photo- and video-sharing service, particularly …
The islands of Maldives have been called “the tropical paradise” while the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island hotel was twice voted the “Best Hotel in the World”, several times the “Best Resort in the Maldives”, and is the recipient of the 2013 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Award. Put the two together, and you get the holiday …
The Guide 10 Plus Solar Charging Kit is another portable device charger suitable for on-road charging of your mobile devices. It can charge almost any USB powered device and virtually every device that uses AA/AAA batteries. The Guide 10 Plus itself is charged two ways. The first one is by using any USB power source …
Mark’s House is a project by the British firm Two Islands , the result of the Flat Lot Competition started by Flint Public Art Project and AIA Flint Chapter. The goal was to build Mark’s House – a short-term summer pavilion in a parking lot in Flint, Michigan. The Two Islands’ idea is based on …
Now that you can have a sleeping bag that is adaptable to your hammock, you have no excuse for not going camping! Or sleeping outdoors, whatever your reason for that might be. Illinois-based Grand Trunk Company has come up with a clever product called Hammock Compatible Sleeping Bag. This warm, cocoon like sleeping bag was …
Robert Harvey Oshatz is the creator of the Wilkinson Residence, a place that can safely assume the title of being a treehouse mansion in a very demanding competition, even though it was created almost a decade ago. The Wilkinson Residence is placed in Portland, Oregon, USA and the entire area of the site covers 23,680 …
In one of our recent entries, we’ve given you an idea where to go if you fancied dining atop a tree (Treepod at Soneva Kiri, Thailand). This time around, we are taking you deep underground, 5 metres (16 ft) deep that is – to the sea world of the beautiful Maldives and the Ihtaa underwater …
Kindle Paperwhite has been one of the best e-readers out there, but the Kindle Paperwhite 2 moves the boundaries even further. Now, when something is perfect, there is usually no need to tamper with it and Kindle Paperwhite was considered pretty perfect, what with its long lasting battery, Wi-Fi and 3G, taking and sharing notes, …