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• How Many Boxes Do A Bathroom Make?
• Herman Miller Setu Review
• Stump Furniture Made From Reclaimed Wood
• birds Birds BIRDS!
• Three Dee Power Socket
• Peel The Skin, Drink The Water
• Back to 3D Basics

How Many Boxes Do A Bathroom Make? Posted: 09 Nov 2009 04:16 AM PST Plenty if you want the Roca Box. Segmented sanitary spaces, all come together like the accordion; compact in the box! For a good measure, a concept known as the "Thermal Bomb" has been thrown in. Thermal Bomb essentially uses humid air to heat the water and is supposedly energy efficient as well. Would you like to bathe in the box, or do you need conventional spacious grandeur? Designers: Clara del Portillo Pardo & Alejandro Selma Lázaro

Herman Miller Setu Review Posted: 09 Nov 2009 02:49 AM PST Lets keep it real. The Herman Miller Setu is priced to sell at $650. It’s no Embody but in this economy throwing around over $1k for a chair is wishful. The good folks at Herman Miller sent one to try out and my bum (queue Brits laughing) and back thank you. The supportive mesh and innovative spinal support really do make the difference.Whatever you do, don’t call it a poor man’s Embody. Hit the jump for my review. So what about this spinal support system? Herman Miller calls it a Kinematic Spine. The rib cage-like design flexes as you lean forward and back. There are no adjustments. They’ve simplified the ergonomic chair into what all chairs should have done years ago when that word first started floating around – it just works. Sit down and it hugs you spine. The mesh doesn’t cut into your skin yet provides plenty of support. Ever sat in a cheap generic mesh chair? They quickly lose their form. You get what you pay for. Perhaps the most interesting tidbit about the design is the inspiration – the nautilus shell. I have a huge interest in biomimicry and I can definitely see how it applies here. The nautilus shell provides the soft body cephalopod with protection without hindering movement and all in a compact structure that uses the least amount of materials. The technology translates beautifully here since it only makes up a fraction of the structure yet is literally the backbone to the entire design. As with almost all Herman Miller chairs, there are options galore. I have the basic model which is more than adequate for everyday use. I love how weightless it looks and the slow, soft, cushy feel every time I sink down. It’s impeccably constructed too – no squeaks or creaks. What we loved: Bio inspired design High quality construction Simplified ergonomics that work Strong mesh support, no sagging Only adjustment is vertical height, no other adjustment necessary Priced to move $650 What could be improved: Armrests may not work with every body type. Sometimes they get in the way Designer: Herman Miller (Buy it here)

Stump Furniture Made From Reclaimed Wood Posted: 09 Nov 2009 02:25 AM PST The Stump series of furniture are all made of reclaimed wood that might otherwise be tossed out. The object was to create a sustainable business and create designs that were engaging while hiding their recycled nature. The price point is excellent too at just under $200 for most pieces. Normal carpentry facilities would cost too much to mass produce the series. Instead, work programs for rehabs and disabled people made production possible while providing employment for a large group of marginalized people. I love it! Designer: Ubico Design Studio Photographer: Shahar Tamir

birds Birds BIRDS! Posted: 09 Nov 2009 02:19 AM PST Seoul metro stations still use old school ad boards but designer Changhee Kang thinks his AD projection system called Motion Graphic might keep commuters more entertained. The large screens show of all things – birds. Not pretty blue jays or cute parakeets but black birds. The sight of a swarm of black birds flying by as a train enters the station sure will wake sleepy commuters but I can’t help and think of the scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds. On the other hand all that real estate should give advertising agencies a kick in the creative noggin dreaming up the best way to sell you a Hyundai. Designer: Changhee Kang

Three Dee Power Socket Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:05 AM PST One plug is not enough. In the USA, two is not enough. Everywhere in the world, basically, more power plugs are needed. So what did ArtLeb do? They built it into the plug itself, rather than relying on the ever-present power strip. And it’s got blue on it! And it uses the Art Lebedev logo on it! I’m pretty excited by it. I’m gonna need it in three-prong, please. Hiding in the wall until the right moment to strike, the Rozetkus sits flat unless more than one plug is needed. And look at the concepting! it goes all over the place! Normally I’m not into building everything all at once into the base product, aka I love extensions. But this is the right stuff. The right stuff! Artistic Director: Artemy Lebedev Art Director: Timur Burbayev Designer: Anton Schnaider Industrial Designers: Allan George and Alexei Sharshakov Modeler: Alexander Pozdeyev Visualizator: Dmitry Dolgikh

Peel The Skin, Drink The Water Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:01 AM PST In an effort to battle the oncoming disaster that is the ever-decreasing clean water supply, Sarah Taiho’s created this bottle extraordinaire. It’s plastic with a special elastic rubber skin. When the skin is on, it acts as protection against outside elements, it keeps the dirtiness out, and the filtrated water in. How did that water get in there then? Once the skin is peeled off, it acts as the filtration system needed to fill the bottle up with cleanliness! How do you beat the inexpensiveness of a 50 cent (or a dollar where I’m from) bottle of water? How do you beat the convenience? With a free bottle. With a bottle that you can bring with, and refill any place you go. Think camping. Think places without faucets! Designer: Sarah Taiho

Back to 3D Basics Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:01 AM PST If you are the sort of person that’s got their fingers in the 3D rendering world, you might know about computer graphics researcher Martin Newell. In 1975 he took it upon himself to digitize his own Melitta teapot. Since then the teapot has become a common symbol, a basic project for every 3D object worker and designer. What Art Lebedev studio’s done here is to take that concept, that teapot, and push it back into the real. Red, green, blue, and alpha. Below you’ll see a bunch of little rectangles showing their search for the correct number of polygons, then take a peek at the final product. Or look at the pics in any order you want, too, I suppose. Lemme tell you how much I want this pot: I don’t drink coffee. I want this pot. I want this pot so much. It’s just lovely. Artistic Director: Artemy Lebedev Art Director: Timur Burbayev Designer: Yevgeny Kazantsev Industrial Designer: Lin Tao Modeler: Alexander Pozdeyev Visualizator: Dmitry Dolgikh

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