Gadget Friendly Hotel End Tables
I’m loving these End Table Charging stations by designer Spencer Schimel. It makes total sense. Travelers usually come equipped with loads of power hungry doodads and trying to find a plug to charge them all is a hassle. These tables have built in induction charging plates to juice up any portable device with a lithium ion battery. They even come with a cool touchscreen clock. Meh, I could do without it. I just want the table.
Designer: Spencer Schimel
Posted: October 26th, 2009
at 4:34am by Long Tran
Topics: End Table, Furniture, Gadgets, Hotels, Interiors, Living, Product Design, Spencer Schimel, Station, Technology, charging
Signs In The Dark
The idea of a lit-up handrail for public places is not quite new, but adding the features of an e-paper display with laser-engraving tech is unique. The Light Handrail is just this concept, with e-paper displays lined at appropriate distances. Usage scenario includes doling out advertisements, mock-up scenes or useful information like how to find the nearest exit during an emergency. In auditoriums and dimly-lit places, this hand-rail can be an added attraction, like the exotic flower one greeting the visitors!
Designers: Zhi-Jie Liu & Si-Jie Wang
Posted: October 26th, 2009
at 3:00am by Radhika Seth
Topics: Interiors, Light Handrail, Product Design, Si-Jie Wang, Zhi-Jie Liu
Welcome to 55 Blair Road
A terrace house done in a Heritage Art Deco style, with light open plan living and a nice balance betweeen nature and contemporary living. Fresh. To me, the best part about this house is that it’s a renovation. We’ve got no “before” pics here, but I doubt it compared at all to this magnificent living space. After that it’s gotta be the gigantic light space dividing the two sections of the house, wrapped in aluminum wall cladding absolutely pouring light into the entire abode. Just lovely.
It’s what’s called a “light well” – just fab, right? In this outdoor area is the out door pool and frangipani garden. And maybe you could throw a nice set of seats in there and have a little lemonade?
The TV and music appliances are all hidden. Try and find them. They’re in recesses in the wall revealed by the touch of a button or by the flip of the hand: they’re all behind the giant murals. (NOTE: I am not sure why the murals are of people like Mao Zedong – it seems weird to me.)
The entire second floor is one bedroom / study space and bathroom. The rear section of the house has a kitchen space, powder room (ohh lala!), maid’s room, and roof terrace.
Plus! Mezzanine space created to accommodate a guest bedroom in the attic. Jack roof included. Spiral staircase reaches all the way up there.
Architects: Ong & Ong Pte Ltd
Location: 55 Blair Road, Singapore
Interior Furnishing: YPS
House Area: 288 m2
Photographs: Derek Swalwell
NOTE if you’ve got any questions about further details, etc, just ask! I’m sure one of our thousand payed moneys on typewriters would be glad to accommodate you. OR maybe someone from the architecture team could help too. Whichever!
Design Team: Diego Molina, Maria Arango, and Camilo Pelaez
Posted: October 23rd, 2009
at 5:50am by Chris Burns
Topics: 55 blair road, Architecture, Interiors, art deco, heritage art deco
Day 5: dºlight Huggable by Diana Lin – $30 OFF
Don’t miss out on Yanko Design’s “Five Days of Designs” sales event, starting from October 19th and running through October 23rd for the Yanko Design Store launch. Check back each day for a new deal! If you’re new to this concept, the deal works like this: Each day at 12:01am PST, Yanko Design will be revealing a new designer product with deeply discounted deals, available for one day only. The offer ends at 11:59pm PST the same day, so take advantage of the deal while you can.
Day 5 features the D’Light Huggable Pillow by Diana Lin. Diana’s inspiration for this design is sunlight. This award-winning concept creates a light that captures the essence of happiness, joy, playfulness, and life itself, condensed into something tactile and personal.
Designer: Diana Lin [ Buy It Here ]
Day 1: Carga 02 by Mauro Bianucci – $40 OFF
Day 2: Setgo Bags & Wallets by Nathan Leon – 15% Off
Day 3: Sorapot by Joey Roth – $40 OFF
Day 4: Tom, Dick & Harry by Thabto – 10% OFF
Day 5: dºlight Huggable Pillow by Diana Lin – $30 OFF
Posted: October 23rd, 2009
at 3:01am by Yanko Design
Topics: Announcements, Gifts for Women, Interiors, Led, Lighting, Product Design, diana, dlight, glow, huggable, lin, pillow
Stay Upgraded In Home Tech
Rapid modernization and our greed to stay updated with our technologies often create a wire-mess or redundant gadgets to loiter around our homes. Cost of upgrading all tech-paraphernalia at home, plus repair or replacement of worn-out parts leaves a dent that we don’t like. Solution? The Upgrade Modular Telecommunication System! With this magic modular strip you can customize your home network, combining the single modules to your convenience.
The premise of Upgrade is based on the need to replace a defected or outdated technique standard by replacing only the related module.
Each of the identical constructed modules performs a specific function and differs from its connection ports.
The modules:
- The master module is the main module. It controls the module bow and processes the in and outgoing data.
- The telephone module enables the connection of digital and analog telephones and fax.
- The internet module connects to the internet.
- The network module enables the connection of several network devices.
- The wireless module allows the wireless network connection of computers and other WiFi devices.
- The hard drive module serves as a central file server and offers the home network users to share their digital data.
The module bow can be upgraded with three additional external modules:
The repeater module
The repeater module expands the signal of the wireless module and improves the transfer quality over great distance or even through thicker walls. It can be plugged vertically or horizontally in a socket.
The audio module
The audio module can be connected to a stereo system and streams the music files, which are saved on the hard drive module, over the stereo speaker.
The media module
The media module can be connected to a display device (like a TV). It enables the user to view pictures, videos and music files saved on the hard drive module.
Designer: Jan König
Posted: October 23rd, 2009
at 3:00am by Radhika Seth
Topics: Homes, Interiors, Jan König, Product Design, System, Technology, Telecommunication, modern, modular, upgrade
