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As urban living faces space challenges, this design team has a good solution to make most of the limited carpet area that your home may have. Cook&Bath is a clever construction and room division that allows you to make the most of the space restrictions. In a way, it eliminates an entire wall and uses a centralized bathroom-shower space as the room division. An interesting way to demark the kitchen, living and bedroom space!

Features:

• The toilet and shower’s air is evacuated by the VMC on the top.
• The waster from the sink is used to flush the toilet.
• All water flux lead to water discharge in the shower.

Designers: Roy Benjamin, Verdu Pierre & Denat Alexandra

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As climate change warms areas of Colorado, mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae) have infested lodgepole pines and drastically reduced their numbers. Of the 1.5 million acres of forest in the state, nearly 70 percent of lodgepole pines have been wiped out by the insects. As the trees die, they fall to the ground and provide fuel for forest fires. The wood has also become an attractive choice for designers and architect, because no trees have to technically be cut down for material, and they sport a beautiful blue hue caused by fungus the beetles carry.

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Dezeen archive: this week's look back into the Dezeen archives has uncovered a selection of staircases combined with bookshelves. See more bookshelf staircases »

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meter thick stone walls and warm wooden panels enclose a home over an expanse of green in sao paolo.

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Happy Tuesday! Check out this amazing house located in Ingarö-Evlinge east of Stockholm, Sweden. An existing summer house on a steep continuous slope was the starting point for this project. The old house sat in the middle of the property leaving only unusable, narrow and steeply sloping ground around it. A main objective, therefore, was to regain the property and to create flat areas with good sun conditions for outdoor activities. The architects placed the building on the northern property border, leaving most of the unexploited property facing south. The biggest part of the building was dug into the slope, creating a large horizontal platform on ground level. Half of this platform is taken up by the upper floor of the building; the other half remains an open outdoor terrace adjacent to the kitchen inside. Next to the kitchen is the living area, which, from its elevated position, offers a view of the water, as well as the upper halves of two large oak trees. For more info visit Widjedal & Racki. Photographer: Åke E:son Lindman/WRB. {adinserter google1}     {adinserter media2}     {adinserter media2}       {adinserter google2}   For more info visit Widjedal & Racki. Photographer: Åke E:son Lindman/WRB.

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a line of industrially manufactured turnkey homes that combine timeless design, high technology, comfort and respect for the environment in one single solution.

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For those who attended it, the red dot awards ceremony and gala was a night to remember. Dr. Peter Zec presided over the ceremonies and the attendees had the pleasure of rubbing shoulders with fashion icon Jimmy Choo. Into its second glorious decade, the Red Dot Gala took place on July 1st. in the opera house at Essen, Germany. From an up-cycled soda can watch to flipping alarms, this year’s selection for the Best Of Best red dot award: product design is truly innovative. Come have a look…

CAN-WATCH by Ching Yin Kat Ling, Tien Sum Samuel Siu, Chun Kin & Kenneth Ho

The Can-Watch combines the maxims of sustainability with a social mission. The dial of this watch is made from the bottom of an ordinary soda can in an upcycling process that lends it a new meaning.

Invisible Table by Tokujin Yoshioka

The Invisible Table is an innovative piece of furniture that appears rather nondescript because it is transparent and its unobtrusive shape maintains a low profile in the room.

Suunto Ambit GPS Watch by Tom Hinskens, Björn Bornemann & Timo Yliluoma

Suunto Ambit GPS watch is outdoor sports equipment featuring an accurate, highly reliable GPS system complemented by a user-oriented interface that is intuitive to use.

FLIP Alarm Clock by DesignWright (Adrian Wright & Jeremy Wright)

Flip alarm clock interprets the act of turning the alarm off by simply turning the whole clock over, flipping it from the “on” side to the “off” side! So Cute!

Aura Sofa by Studio Mikko Laakkonen

The Aura sofa aims to find a clever way to create pools of privacy and peace even in open plan spaces.

PV Premium Photovoltaic In-Roof System by Stafier Holland (Ruben Beijer)

The PV Premium photovoltaic in-roof system is an innovative system, which offers new possibilities for architecture in the field of solar energy. Instead of installing solar panels on top of the roof, the modules of this system replace the roof tiling and are integrated directly inside the roof surface.

Saya Chair by Lievore Altherr Molina

The Saya chair sharply designed to resemble a graphic symbol and its lines flow thanks to the warm appearance of wood.

Welded Table by Alain Gilles – The Studio

The Welded table is a combination of materials that seem heavy with the simple, clean lines of the support. The inspiration for this table came from the manufacture of heavy machinery. The legs are made of laser-cut sheet steel, which are subsequently welded together.

New Order – Domestic Waste Separation Bags by böttcher+henssler (Moritz Böttcher, Sören Henssler & Clémentine Caurier)

The New Order reinterprets waste separation by taking an entirely novel approach: the waste is collected in a series of colored bags hanging on the wall in full view.

Pia Kitchen Furniture, Kitchen System by Pia Würtz Mogensen

Designed with gently rounded corners, Pia kitchen system looks as if it has been framed by an all-encompassing delicate passé partout. The frame is painted and covered at the edges with a decorative durable stainless steel border.

EDA Cutlery by Ken Okuyama Design Co

The natural shape of a tree with branches and twigs lending it a highly organic appearance inspires the design of the EDA cutlery.

OSORO – Open Tableware System by MTDO Inc. (Manabu Tago)

Osoro defines contemporary tableware and comes in different size. The various tableware items are compact in design, easy to stack and offer users a multitude of individual variations and combinations.

Axor Starck Organic Bathroom Fixtures by Starck Network

We wouldn’t mind fitting in the Axor Starck Organic collection in our bathroom. The clear and harmonious lines of the fixtures are reminiscent of shapes found in nature.

Varioline (Special Edition) Sauna Cabin by bittermann industriedesign (Jochen Bittermann)

Varioline sauna cabin is the perfect place to unwind after a day full of stressful work!

Lyria Bicycle Bag Series by Culture Form GmbH

The Lyria bicycle bag series make the perfect match for your cycling expeditions to the grocery store.

Ultimate CF SLX Road Bike by Artefakt industriekultur

Ultimate CF SLX road bike optimizes the characteristics of the carbon frame, which was developed to achieve an even better stiffness-to-weight ratio. This innovative frame weighs only 790 grams and internally routes shift and brake cables, improving the aerodynamics of a road bike considerably.

Mando Footloose E-Bike by MAS Design Products Ltd. (Mark Sanders)

The Mando Footloose E-Bike features an innovative and compact design, it folds quickly and even rolls when folded. It is powered by an innovative chainless drive and flexibly adapts to different road conditions.

Superkilen Urban Park by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group (Bjarke Ingels, Nanna Gyldholm Møller, Mikkel Marcker Stubgaard), Topotek 1 (Martin Rein-Cano, Lorenz Dexler) & Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen & Bjørnstjerne Christiansen)

Superkilen interprets a public park as a space of “urban narratives” – a place that aims to promote social integration with a lively approach. It has three main zones: the Red Square, the Green Park and the Black Market. The Red Square serves as an area for sports activities, the Green Park as a grassy children’s playground, and the Black Market as a communal and picnic area.

Play Yard Travel Cot by 4moms Design Team (Robert Daley, Henry Thorne, Eli Wiegmann, Sean Beaudette, Jared Rosenthal & Jessica Butala)

The 4 moms breeze’s innovative folding mechanism enables it to open in one easy step by pushing down on the ergonomically easy to reach central hub; it then latches automatically. It closes just as easily by pulling up on the hub in one fluid motion.

Husqvarna 550XP Chainsaw by Rajinder Mehra, Pär Martinsson & Joel Sellstrand

The Husqvarna 550XP is impressive! This chainsaw appeals as a well-proportioned tool, conveying the attributes of power and efficiency in a highly convincing manner.

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Happy Wednesday! Check out this wonderful house in Odessa, Ukraine. The plot is situated on the edge of a steep plateau and occupies the borderline position in the row of houses. This position invited a plentiful of interpretations of open and closed spaces. The combination of two volumes was arranged in such a way so as to allow an uninterrupted sightline between the sea and the house situated behind our plot. The location of the house itself was largely determined by the desire to preserve as many of the existing trees as possible. For more info visit Drozdov & Partners. Photography: Andrey Avdeenko. {adinserter google1}       {adinserter media2}       {adinserter media1}       {adinserter media2}         {adinserter google2}   For more info visit Drozdov & Partners. Photography: Andrey Avdeenko.   Source: Archdaily

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The first stop on the Canyons & Valley Tour 2013, part of the Dwell Home Tours, is a guest house located in Beverly Hills, California. Designed by Walker Workshop Design Build, the Oak Pass Guest House began as an old barn on the site that was renovated and connected to a new structure next to it. Overall, the 2,600-square-foot, two-bedroom guest house will make you want to become a permanent resident.

The new structure is two stories, with the bedrooms on the top floor and views of the nearby canyons. A wraparound terrace with a glass railing also gives the occupants access to the tree-filled views.

The wood clad top floor appears to float above the smaller lower volume.

The single story former barn is now the main living room that also functions as a concert hall for the concert-level violinist owner, complete with floor-to-ceiling windows and a piano. The new structure houses a kitchen, sitting room, dining room, and the previously mentioned bedrooms upstairs.

All photos by Shelby Tatomir, Dwell on Design, except where noted.

'technorganic' lines and hues add whimsy and fun to the the cafe's aesthetic, creating a kaleidoscope of stimuli for the senses while encouraging interaction amongst diners.

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the house overlooking the sea features rotated floor plans that create pockets of double-height spaces and exterior balconies.

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More architecture from Australia: architect Clare Cousins has extended a family house in Mornington Peninsula by adding a timber-framed guest house raised up on stilts. (more...)

the 's. joao structure' is based on one of europe's liveliest festivals, where the people of porto pay tribute to saint john the baptist

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a voluminous, crescent-shaped roof soars in a home embedded in northeastern osaka's dense urban fabric.

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It’s surprising, given the physical duress, corporate sponsorships, and celebrity status of today’s cyclists, but the Tour de France was founded by a journalist. Géo Lefèvre, with the support of his editor, launched the Tour de France in 1903 in an effort to publicize their French newspaper, L’Auto. The inaugural race comprised 60 single riders (“routiers”), 1,500 miles, and six lengthy stages.

One hundred races later (the tour took a hiatus during both of the world wars), the competition is a different beast entirely. 100 Tours: Cent Ans de la Grand Boucle, a graphic from designer Sam Potts, charts the various routes the bikers have trekked over the years.

“It’s a pretty convoluted history,” Potts tells Co.Design. “They’ve done a lot of experiments. For a few years they had national teams instead of commercial teams. So riders would be riding for Switzerland instead of a company. But often now you come to associate a rider with a team.”

100 Tours actually avoids those layers and focuses instead on just the route of the race, which is telling on its own. In the early years, kicking off around 1906, the ride closely hugs France’s borders. It’s not until 1947 that the race first detours outside of France, and not until the 1950s that the course starts to resemble a zany constellation. Over time, “there are more and more stages and complexity as a result of economical factors, instead of technological,” Potts says. “It always finishes in Paris, and there are certain cities it’s been to frequently and others it’s been to under twice.”

Potts is no stranger to exercising restraint when it comes to graphics--he also created the dizzying map of characters found in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. Neither graphic pretends to be a CliffsNotes for the real thing but a closely cropped bit of storytelling: character connections in one, and the race’s evolving map in the second.

That said, 100 Tours does address the yellow elephant in the room: On the poster, Lance Armstrong retains his title as champion from 1999 to 2005. That was, of course, by design: “The news that’s coming out is that he was certainly not the only cyclist doping. The argument is that if a lot of top riders were doping, they’re all playing at this higher, albeit artificial, playing field. But he still won at that level,” Potts says. Plus, as history shows, Armstrong was hardly the first to cheat the rules of the race: “The guy who won the first year was accused of taking a train between stops.”

100 Tours is available for pre-order (until the Tour de France wraps up on July 21) for $20.13 here.

In 1978 Braun issued the digital DW30 watch with a groundbreaking style departure designed by Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs. Retired in 1981, only 8,500 were made (4,500 first...
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Materials: Besta units with glass doors, LED strips, power suply, frost film, translucent printed graphics.

Description:
Instructions-
Assemble your Besta cabinets with glass doors per instructions.
Line the inside of the glass doors with a window frost film.
Have a local vinyl shop print some cool pics/graphics of your choice on clear vinyl.
Apply the graphics to the outside of the door glass.
Line the inside door frame (edge light) with flexible LED strip. Colored/RGB LED strips can be added if you want to get crazy.
Wire the LED strips in series to an appropriate power supply to match the requirements of your LED strips. A dimmer can be added to fine tune the light brightness. Be sure to secure any wiring so it's clear of the hinges.



Notes-
I printed many different graphics so that I can change out the image whenever I want.
The image pictured is a rainy night street scene. I'm an auto designer by trade, so it seemed to fit.
Flexible LED strips are easy to source online, and are fairly cheap.
The graphics being printing on a clear vinyl with the frost film backing makes the lighter colors pop, giving a light box type effect.

~ Jeff Transou, SoCal

Celebrated Italian architect Renzo Piano, of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) designed a tiny cabin on the Vitra Campus called Diogene. The architect has been obsessing over minimalist housing since he was a student and creating such spaces is a study in “self-moderation,” not a way to pinch pennies. So, the two by two by two meters (6’6″ x 6’6″) living space was born, which is just enough space for a bed, a chair, and a small table. This certainly fits the bill for our backyard offices trend.

Roughly ten years ago, Piano began hashing out his minimalist housing ideas and worked through various prototypes along the way. It wasn’t until 2009, when his final version “Diogene” was published, that Rolf Fehlbaum, chairmain of the Vitra AG, took notice. It took three years of development to create a new prototype, the one that sits on the hill between the VitraHaus and the Dome on the Vitra Campus. While it’s not a finished project, it’s an experimental arrangement to test the waters of its potential.

The structure is very much built as a retreat and one that could function in various climates. It supplies its own power with photovoltaic cells and solar modules, and the needed water is collected in a rainwater tank, and cleaned and reused.

The house is meant to provide you with what you need and nothing more, and that’s just what it does. The front space is the living room with a pullout sofa on one side and a folding table on the other underneath the window. Behind the partition is a shower and a toilet, along with a kitchen.

Photos by Julien Lanoo, © Vitra.

Check out this amazing private residence designed by Izabela Lessa Arquitetura located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Customers (a young couple with children) wanted a modern apartment, but it had an atmosphere of comfort and allowing broad use of spaces. In the triplex, the pool area has been completely redone and hydro. Izabela Lessa used raw in Travertine marble floors and stone Balinese to coat the pool. New circulations were created to make the most of all 700 square meters (7535 square feet) of the apartment. The ladder, metal structure covered in marble Travertine also redone and repositioned, linking the three floors and making the most of natural lighting. For more info visit Izabela Lessa Arquitetura. {adinserter google2}       {adinserter media2}       {adinserter media2}         {adinserter google1}   For more info visit Izabela Lessa Arquitetura.

Casa LC is a house located in Mexico City designed by Antonio Rueda of Art Arquitectos. The massive residence is 2,000 square meters, which equals approximately 21,527 square feet (see, I said massive), and covers three specific desires: to have a social area, private area, and an entertainment area. I’m pretty sure they had no problem getting all of these spaces under this particular roof.

The social areas are centered around a central circular patio that has glass doors that slide open to bring a bit of the outdoors in. Around this perimeter, there are various spaces like the living room and dining room, the library, and a bathroom.

There are perfect views to the lush green landscape through the living room and all the way to the circular patio, and vice versa.

The library features a wall with floor-to-ceiling bookcases with staggered shelves.

The private area is set off of a square patio with a floating orange tree planted prominently in the center. Off of this space are four bedrooms and a master bedroom, all of which have an upper level space with terraces overlooking the square patio.

The entertainment area comes complete with a pool and a swimming track, game room, home theater, gym, bathroom, and a small house for guests.

Photos by Sófocles Hernández.

Check out this wonderful house located in Singapore. This is a tale of two houses – similar looking, yet independent and coming together to form a coherent whole. The two blocks sit on a sprawling piece of land, belonging respectively to the retired parents and one of their children. This separation of the house into two blocks, in part a response to the sheer scale of the land, is also a requirement brief given by the clients. Programmatically, it consists of a two-storey block with the main living and master bedroom area, and a single-storey block housing the entertainment areas of the house. For more info visit FARM. Photos by: Bryan van der Beek and Edward Hendricks. {adinserter google2}       {adinserter media2}         {adinserter media2}           {adinserter google1}   For more info visit FARM. Photos by: Bryan van der Beek and Edward Hendricks.

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