Sasha Pais

News: a London restaurant has created a Champagne coupe from a mould of British model Kate Moss' breast. (more...)

French designer Ora-Ïto has developed a conceptual trainer with curved veneer sections to reference the work of Modernist furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames. (more...)

Continuous wooden elements create treads in both upper and lower sections of this U-shaped staircase at a Mumbai apartment by Mexican studio Arquitectura en Movimiento Workshop
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Island cottages on Megunticook Lake, ME.

Photographs by perennial favorite A. William Frederick

Brazilian firm Studio Arthur Casas was invited to choose the location for a client's idyllic Rio de Janeiro residence, and selected a hillside plot facing out towards the ocean (+ slideshow). (more...)

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A new boutique hotel an hour from Lisbon offers relaxation, simple pleasures, and nature-filled views

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cohbalt:

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a single level, light-filled compartmentalized space
in melbourne

the home of a young and growing family
in need of a larger and more functional space

the project was creatively solved by
the emerging multidisciplinary design studio STUDIO FOUR

i especially love the connection and extension of the living area into the garden
and the use of white and pale timber to maximize brightness

pop on over to DEZEEN to see more

Huge wooden barrels traditionally used in the making of soy sauce are suspended over the heads of customers at this shop designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates for a sauce manufacturer in Nihonbashi, Tokyo (+ slideshow). (more...)

With heavy rain forecast for this weekend's Glastonbury, festival-goers will be wishing they had a pair of these lightweight wellington boots that can be rolled up and stuffed in a bag (+ movie). (more...)

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A midcentury-modern house is for sale in sunny Palm Springs

Vancouver studio MGB has designed "a contemporary version of a cabin in the woods" comprising stacked glazed boxes overlooking the sea in the Canadian province of British Columbia. (more...)

News: a new generation of 3D printing pens will "improve the creativity of everybody" and "give the world a new way to communicate," according to the designer of the Lix pen, which launched on Kickstarter this week and has already raised over £400,000 (+ interview). (more...)

Milan 2014: holes and tunnels in the top of this wooden desk by Hong Kong-based designer Hao Ruan of LYCS Architecture have been designed to provide a playground for cats (+ slideshow). (more...)

interieur:

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Я не пользуюсь бумажными полотенцами, у меня нет сушки для посуды — моя посуда сразу уходит по местам
благодаря «облаку промокашки» — это особенная степень влажности салфетки, при которой влажная салфетка определенным образом напитывается воздухом до невесомого комка.

Вот полная раскладка состояний:
cухая — «облако промокашки» — увлажненная — влажная — тяжелая-мокрая.





Крупная капля

После высыхания крупной капли и лужиц остается заметный осадок на поверхности темной посуды, на стекле, на раковине.
Поэтому я всегда снимаю крупную каплю «облаком промокашки» и делаю это, едва касаясь поверхностей:
капля перескакивает на облако и впитывается в него. Обескапленные поверхности тут же становятся сухими, натирать ничего не нужно.
Мокрый бокал переворачиваю, промокаю и весь ручеек уходит в ткань, а бокал, перевернутый в исходное положение, отправиляется на полку.

Milan 2014: Formafantasma has created a collection of engraved crystal and copper vessels, designed to purify and serve water. (more...)

Architect and photographer Marc Gerritsen designed this house for himself on a Thai island, with an skeleton-like structure that frames sea views (+ slideshow). (more...)