Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hideaway Bed
Design—and fashion—are circular in nature. Trends come, and go, and then come again. So it is with the Murphy Bed, that bane of 1970s studio apartments. After a 30 year hiatus we are in the midst of a revival of beds that fold down from a wall. Except now a Murphy ...
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The Keurig single-cup brewing system inspires caffeinated love
The Keurig single cup coffee maker is one of those rare items—like a TiVO or a BlackBerry—that can engender a near cult-like fanaticism among its users. People tend not to simply own a Keurig but be possessed by them. One blogging housewife even exclaimed "I wanna marry my Keurig coffee ...
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The cool-looking, space-saving Nest 8
Mixing bowls, colanders, measuring cups—such things can clutter a counter tops. The London-based design firm Morph brings some order to the kitchen with their Nest 8. The "8" refers to the number of items nested together: a sieve, a colander, two mixing bowls and four measuring cups. All of ...
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Warm up to the Firebo-x
When sitting closed on a table the Firebo-x from Schulte looks like an elegant, yet otherwise ordinary, wooden box. Only the box's metal base hints at what lays within: a miniature fireplace. Open and ignite the Firebo-x and voila. The flames flickering along the top of the box are fueled by ...
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Get a peak at the Nautilus House
Snails seem to be happy living in their shells. So why can't people? Happily live in oversized snail shells, that is. That's what a couple in Naucalpan, Mexico wondered. They contracted the architectural firm Senosiain Arquitectos, the firm came up with some sketches of what a snail-house might look like and ...
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High art comes to the lowly humidifier
We remember humidifiers from our childhood as those bulky, loud, ugly things over in the corner. There was perhaps no household appliance more in need of a design makeover. And there is perhaps no designer more up to the task than Naoto Fukasawa, a designer with over 40 awards whose ...
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