Heat Me
The ORA is an interesting radiator heat concept meant to be portable enough to move around, but for the ultimate in portability, a removable sleeve…
2010
At Once Collection At Once!
The following is a short exploration of three separate bits of furniture from the fabulous design group known as “At-Once!” The objects we’re about to…
Perfect Balance in Time
When you’re looking at your watch on your wrist, you want to know what time it is. But more than that, you want your whole…
Salt for Illumination
Designer Roberto Tweraser has taken that fantastically tasty bit of seasoning you put on everything from spaghetti to soup and turned it into a set…
HTC Diamond 3 (but not made of them)
Through two iterations of the Diamond series, and there hasn’t been a nary of “diamond-esque” qualities to the lineup. The unique carved back of the…
On The Level
There seems to be a call to arms within the furniture design community about mass produced commodities. To them I say, exclusive furniture seems a…
Disposing The Dead Fly
So you swatted the fly, now how are you going to dispose its body? Pick it up with a tissue paper you say! Nay! Dare…
Tea Coffin Revisited With More Friends
Reminding me about the Tea Coffin is this project called the Te a me. However, designer Vera’s efforts are more comprehensive and take into account…
Alarm Compass For Aiding Evacuation
Last Sunday I was at this theatre watching a movie and all of a sudden the lights went out. Pitch dark, even the damn emergency…
Little Birdy Architect
Who knew that a tiny little beak-and-feathers could create such a thing as this “Niao” eggshell home. It’s too good to be true! Non-avian human…
On Gulls Wings
As a bridge sits above a body of water, so too must it respect and fear such a dangerous yet life-giving mass. Moreno Ratti of…
Battery Time Included
Let’s discuss the pieces of a clock, shall we? There’s the front, which has at least one hand, then more than likely 12 tics around…