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10 Most luxurious Airport Lounges in the World

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:06:00 -0800

We all hate to travel in crowded airports, long lines, rude people ….. But there are ways to make our traveling experience a little nicer and also be pampered at the same time. Companies have made all the arrangements for their customers to make them feel the elite. But for that you have to be strong from your pocket.

Here I have compiled some of the most luxurious airport lounges that are sure to impress even the most seasoned traveler.

The Wing – Cathay Pacific

This luxurious terminal lounge has private cabins with showers, beds and Jacuzzi tubs. Top it all off with free Wi-Fi, and executive office suites and you’ve got yourself quite the lounge. It is in Hong Kong International airport.

Premium Terminal – Qatar Airways

If you are in need of secretarial or medical services, you’ll find both in here. If you have kids there are a number of Wii consoles as well as a free nanny service. Definitely, a relaxing way to get ready for a flight or to recover from one.It is in Doha International airport.

Golden Lounge – Malaysian Airlines

In Malaysian Airlines Golden lounge you will also find a river that literally runs through the terminal. Other notable amenities include: a gym, private rooms, and arcade and a full-service daycare center. It is in Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Lufthansa Lounge – Lufthansa

Lufthansa’s Frankfurt terminal lounge features a cigar lounge, and if you are a first class traveler you will have a personal assistant from checkout to departure where you will be driven out to the tarmac on a Porsche Cayenne.

Virgin Atlantic Lounge – Virgin Airlines

Virgin’s flagship at London-Heathrow features: a lounge, a den as well as a clubhouse all is done in typical Virgin style.

Air France Lounge – Air France

The Air France lounge features some of the most useful amenities: showers and massages. While all the modern bells and whistles are nice, nothing beats a nice hot shower upon arrival.

Terraces Lounge – British Airways

British Airways is always known to up the ante. Put trickling water fountains and nature sounds together with hydrotherapy showers, and pre- and post-flight massages and you have a way to truly relax if you are coming or going.

Admirals Lounge – American Airlines

American Airlines flagship lounge is a 7,000 sq ft facility that features a complete business center and cyber cafe with complimentary printer and fax services. It is in New York’s La Guardia airport.

Qantas First Class Lounge, Sydney

This lounge features a 180 degree view of Sydney’s beautiful Botany Bay. The main feature of this lounge is the day spa with a number of complimentary treatments to help you relax. It is in Sydney international terminal.
The Royal Orchid – Thai Airways

The Royal Orchid offers complimentary traditional Thai massage to its visitors, as well as a host of other amenities. And just to show you that you are in fact a VIP, you can expect tarmac transport from via the airlines fleet of Mercedes-Benzes.

10 Longest Road Tunnels of the World

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:41:00 -0800

Since the dawn of civilization, people have been building tunnels for accessing tombs or underground quarries, or in the hill slopes for allowing the flow of water from porous rocks. Romans were skilled tunnel builders, who made several kilometers long underground passages using the work of slaves.

But modern day tunnels are a bit different as the means of transportation are various. Some tunnels are just for trains and some are for cars but few also serve both.

Here I have compiled some of the longest road tunnels of the world. I hope you will like it.

Laerdal Norway

The Lærdal Tunnel in Norway is the world’s longest road tunnel, The Lærdal Tunnel enables motorists to avoid both landslides and weather-enforced road closures in winter. Its length is 24.4 km.

St Gotthard Tunnel

St Gotthard Tunnel is in Switzerland. The road track of the tunnel was completed in 1980. The length of the road track is about 10.5 miles.
Zhongnanshan Tunnel

Zhongnanshan Tunnel is the longest two-tube road tunnel in the world. It is also the second longest road tunnel in the world. It opened on January 20, 2007. The cost to build this tunnel was US$410 million. The maximum embedded depth of the tunnel is 1640 m.
Arlberg Austria

Arlberg Road Tunnel with a length of 13,976 meters is Austria’s longest road tunnel. It was built in 1978. The tunnel is designed for 1800 vehicles per hour.

The Hsuehshan Tunnel

“Snow Mountain” tunnel is the longest tunnel in Taiwan, located on the Taipei-Yilan Freeway. The Hsuehshan Tunnel broadcasts a dedicated radio station on two FM channels inside the tunnel.

The Frejus Road Tunnel

The Fréjus Road Tunnel France with Italy. The tunnel is 8 miles long. It was opened for traffic in 1980. It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes between France and Italy.

The Mont Blanc Tunnel

The Mont Blanc a road tunnel in the Alps under the Mont Blanc Mountain, France Italy. It was completed in 1965. Mont Blanc Tunnel is 7.25 miles long.

Gudvangen Norway

At 11,428 m in length, Gudvangen tunnel is Norway’s second longest road tunnel. It was opened on December 1991.

Folgefonn Norway

Folgefonn Tunnel is an 11 km long tunnel. It is Norway’s third longest highway tunnel. A journey which formerly took 4 hours now takes 10 minutes.
Kan-Etsu tunnel

Kanetsu tunnel is about 11,010 meters long, and it’s the longest road tunnel in Japan.
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10 Most Beautiful Railway Stations of the World

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:06:00 -0800

We have all spent more time than we care to remember in stations waiting for missed connections or delayed trains. After the obligatory cup of tea there is not much else to keep you entertained except huddling from the inevitable rain in the waiting room which, despite the ban, still has a hint of stale smoke.

But there are railway stations around the world that offer more than hot beverages and gloomy stationary stores. Here I have compiled some of the most beautiful railway stations of the world. I hope you will like it.

Union Station

Union Station in Los Angeles, California, which opened in May 1939, is known as the “Last of the Great Railway Stations” built in the United States.

Beijing West railway station

Beijing’s West Railway Station is located in western Beijing. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it is the largest railway station in Asia.

Grand Central Station

Grand Central Terminal is a terminal station at Manhattan in New York City. It is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms 44, with 67 tracks along them.

Wellington Station

Wellington Railway Station is the southern terminus of New Zealand’s North Island Main Trunk railway. In terms of number of services and in passenger numbers, it is New Zealand’s busiest railway station.
Shanghai Railway Station

Shanghai Railway Station is the main railway station in Shanghai. It is one of the top class railway stations in China. Its passenger traffic is heaviest at all railway stations in Shanghai.

Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

Kuala Lumpur Railway Station is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was completed in 1910 to replace an older station on the same site. The station is notable for its architecture, adopting a mixture of Eastern and Western designs.

Berlin Hauptbahnhof

It is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. Designed by the Hamburg architecture firm it began full operation in May 2006. The station serves an estimated 1,800 trains and 350,000 passengers per day.

Union Station Washington DC

Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, D.C., when it opened in 1908. It is one of the busiest and best-known places in Washington, D.C., visited by 32 million people each year.

Gare du Nord, Paris

Gare du Nord offers connections with several urban transportation lines. By the number of travelers it is the busiest railway station in Europe and one of the busiest in the world.

Kiev Passenger Railway Station

Kiev Passenger Railway Station is Kiev’s main passenger railway station, serving more than 170,000 passengers per day. The station provides long-distance service including international, and a short-distance service to nearby regions.

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Nature's Enclave in a Japanese Metropolis

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:34:00 -0800

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The insane architecture you see above is the aftermath of a baseball stadium being abandoned in Osaka Japan; a new opportunity revealed itself and brought a bit of green regeneration to the urban jungle.
Judging by the ticket sales, people Osaka didn’t seem to care too much about baseball, so in 2003 the stadium was abandoned. Notwithstanding this, being situated near the Namba Train Station (the first stop from Kansai Airport) has its advantages: it is a place of great economic importance and the site therefore couldn’t go to waste. After several ideas and plans, the site’s owner, Nankai Electric Railway finally decided to convert the area into an amazing rising garden complex: the Namba Parks.
Within the park lie an array of towers (some over 30 meters high), a commercial center, as well as gardens, trees and waterfalls. The sloping park connects with the street, giving cars and passers-by comfortable access to the complex. Below the park there are also various restaurants, as well as a shopping mall with eight floors of gardens, which would probably drive me insane! It is a good place to shop though, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Probably the most intriguing thing about the complex is the eclectic fusion of the urban and the natural: jagged and curved architectural lines blend into the soft, organic foliage. This is urban renewal at its best.
In the evening the whole park takes on a different appearance. Looking out of a balcony, above the city of Osaka with a drink in one's hand, perhaps it is easier to appreciate the fusion of urban sprawl and nature.
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10 Most Expensive Hotel Rooms in the World

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:24:00 -0800

Most of us have simple demands when it comes to travel lodging at max a bed, a bathroom, a TV and Wi-Fi. There are others, however, whose demands far eclipse the simple convenience of your basic hotel room. When the world’s most wealthy travelers take a vacation for their own, they are treated to suites that cover entire floors of a hotel building, rooms that include a personal butler, hell– some even come with their own private helicopter.

So take a peek into the experience of the world’s most wealthy travelers. Here I have compiled some of the most expensive hotel rooms in the world.

Imperial Suite, Park Hyatt, Paris

Imperial suite is situated on the second floor of the Park Hyatt. This pricey suite costs $15,500 a night. It has high ceilings, a dining room, kitchenette and bar.

Royal Suite, Four Seasons George V – Paris, France

These suites have direct access to a private terrace overlooking the historic Art Deco fountain of the Three Graces. These antique-filled suites feature oversized spaces for entertaining and relaxation. It costs around $16,000 a night.

Royal Armleder Suite, Le Richemond, Switzerland

Le Richmond’s Royal Armleder is a luxury suite bedecked in gold, mosaics and parquet floors and has a 300 square-foot terrace with stunning views of Geneva and the nearby Alps. It costs around $17,500 a night.

Royal Suite, Burj Al Arab – Dubai, UAE

A two-story suite that centers on an epic staircase, this Royal Suite has marble floors, mahogany furniture and a master bedroom with a rotating four-post canopy bed. It costs $18,000 a night.

Ritz-Carlton Suite, the Ritz-Carlton – Moscow, Russia

Floor-to-ceiling windows outline the Ritz-Carlton Suite at the hotel chain’s Moscow location. Imperial furniture fills the 2,500 square-foot suite, which comes with a heated floor, a grand piano and a library. It costs its visitor’s around $18,500 a night.

Bridge Suite, The Atlantis – Paradise Island, Bahamas

The 10-room Bridge Suite at Bahamian resort The Atlantis fills the entire space linking the hotel complex’s two flagship towers. It costs around $25,000 a night.

Royal Penthouse Suite, President Wilson Hotel, Switzerland

Consuming the entire top floor of the hotel, the four-bedroom suite can hold up to 40 guests in its cocktail lounge and is said to be the best digs for heads of state wanting to make an impression when they’re in town on United Nations business. It costs them about $33,000 a night.

Ty Warner Penthouse, Four Seasons – New York

The Ty Warner Penthouse practically floats in Manhattan. Floor-to-ceiling windows surround all sides of the massive suite, surrounding guests in 360-degree views of the city skyline from atop Manhattan’s tallest hotel. It costs $34,000 a night.

Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, Palms Casino Resort – Las Vegas

Hugh Hefner’s Playboy-themed suite at the Palms Casino resort has a $700,000 jacuzzi that cantilevers out above the Las Vegas strip. It costs its visitor’s $40,000 a night.

Royal Villa at Grand Resort Lagonissi, Greece

The Grand Resort’s Royal Villa gives the world’s most exclusive guests a private version of everything imaginable. The only other people lucky guests have to see while secluded in their heated pool, steam room or private beach is the suite’s dedicated butler, chef and pianist. It costs $50,000 a night.

Are Your Eyes Playing Tricks on You?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 8 Feb 2012 23:24:00 -0800

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Image: Doron
What is 13 stories high, has 3,500 steps and is 100 feet deep? Right, this well, but do you believe it exists as shown in the photograph? Or has the symmetry been achieved with a little help from Photoshop? Not sure? We looked at it as if it were one of those wacky 3D-images and still weren’t sure. Read on for more details…

It is real! The image shows Chand Baori, a stepwell in Abhaneri, Rajasthan, close to Jaipur. It was built in the 9th century by Raja Chand, a rajput of the ruling Chamana Dynasty at the time, to solve the water problem of this arid region. Locals had to dig almost 30 m (100 feet) deep to find a dependable water source.
Feel reminded of M.C. Escher's lithograph "Relativity" (1953)? We did too!
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Image: Justin Foote
These kinds of deep, square wells with steps leading down can be found all over India, especially in the dry west. An adjoining temple and often elaborate designs are common, built in honour of the gods who are supposed to protect the crucial water source.
According to a local legend, the well was built in one night by ghosts and contains this many steps so that anyone who throws a coin in the well cannot retrieve it easily. More likely, the legend of the ghosts was created to keep thieves out who wanted to steal the precious water.
The back of Chand Baori with the temple, overlooking the stepwell:
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Image: Pablo Nicolás Taibi Cicaré
The stepwell in Abhaneri village is one of the most spectacular ones and featured prominently in the movie The Fall (2008), when actors danced on each platform connecting two sets of steps.
Because water supply is much better and much more reliable now than eleven centuries ago, the well is now defunct, proven by the green mat of algae that has formed on top of the water.
For those who are still not fully convinced that no photoshopping was involved, here's a 360-degree-view of Chand Baori with the temple:

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The Rainbow Tunnel of Tel Aviv

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 6 Feb 2012 23:27:00 -0800

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A visit to Isreal may now include explicit stops at the open underground tunnels of Tel Aviv, where artists Bar & Shay have been hard at work installing colourful lights to the once dull underpasses. The new makeovers brighten up an otherwise unmemorable experience, and have already received acclaim as a great street intervention project.

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Inspired by Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, the artists transformed the bland, uninviting scene above into the brightly lit one below. The rainbow of colours lifts the mood and just makes you want to go through the tunnel with a big grin on your face.
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10 Largest Sports Stadiums of the World

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:19:00 -0800

Sporting venues come in all shapes and sizes. Some are truly immense. Most of the largest stadiums are used for football. However, some high capacity venues are used for baseball, cricket. Many stadiums have a running track around the perimeter of the pitch allowing them to be used for track and field events. It is estimated that the Circus Maximus of ancient Rome could hold 270,000 spectators.

The following is a list of largest sports stadiums ordered by their seating capacity that is the maximum number of seated spectators they can accommodate.

Rungnado May Day Stadium

The monumental Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea was built in 1989 and seats a staggering 150,000 people. In 1995, an incredible 190,000 people crammed in for a professional wrestling event.

Salt Lake Stadium

Salt Lake Stadium is located in Salt Lake City, a district of Kolkata in India. Built in 1984, the stadium boasts a capacity of 120,000 over a 3-tier construction and is mainly used for football and athletics events.

Estadio Azteca

The Azteca Stadium, located in Mexico City, comes in third on our list of the biggest stadiums in the world with an official capacity of 114,465 people. Used mostly for football matches, it is the home of the Mexico national team and Mexican club team America.

Michigan Stadium

Nicknamed “The Big House”, this is the American Football stadium of the University of Michigan was built in 1927. It had an original capacity of 72,000 which has gradually increased over the years through various expansions to 107,501.

Beaver Stadium

Beaver Stadium is the home of the Penn State Nittany Lions and is located at the Pennsylvania State University. Its most recent expansion in 2001 brought it to its current capacity of 107,282.

Jornalista Mario Filho

Jornalista Mario Filho stadium is a soccer stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is difficult to pinpoint the stadium’s exact capacity but recent figures suggest they work to a safe capacity of 103,045.

Ohio Stadium

Ohio Stadium is the home of the Buckeyes American Football team at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The stadium officially holds 102,329.

Neyland Stadium

Another American football stadium, the Neyland Stadium serves primarily as the home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team in Knoxville, Tennessee. Its current capacity stands at just over 102,000.

National Stadium Bukit Jalil

The Bukit Jalil National Stadium lies 20km south of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The stadium is home of the Malaysian football team and hosts a variety of sporting and non-sporting events. It has a capacity of 100,200 people.

Melbourne Cricket Ground

The oldest of the stadiums on our list, it was built in 1853 with the first game of cricket played on 30 September 1854. Renovations have made its capacity to 100,000.

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10 Most Majestic Castles in the World

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:13:00 -0800

In medieval times, castles were built as homes and fortress of a noble and monarch. Did you know that the earliest castles were built from wood? By the 12th century, the majority of castles were built from stone. On this time, these structures serve as fortified and defensible homes of a member of the feudal nobility. Castles could supervise the surrounding territory and make sure it sees advances of any invasion attempts.

Here I have compiled some of the most majestic castles in the world. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Mont Saint-Michel

Mont-Saint-Michel is a rocky tidal island located on the border between Normandy and Brittany. This majestic castle is one of the first sites to obtain UNESCO World Heritage listing.

Neuschwanstein-Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Bavarian palace on a rocky hill in Bavaria, Germany. The design of this castle is well in its decorated; from the round arched portals, the arcade windows and towers to the placement of columns and its bay windows and pinnacles.
Matsumoto-Castle

Matsumoto Castle is one of the 4 castles in Japan to be listed as national treasures. Next to Himeji-jo, Matsumoto-jo, this was the next best existing castle donjon in Japan.

Castle-Coca

Castle of Coca was built in the 15th century for Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca I. It was considered as one of the best castles in Spain. The castle is a turreted structure of plaster and red brick, surrounded by a deep moat.
Hunyad-Castle

Hunyad Castle was originally built as a fortress in 1212. Many believed that this castle is exactly the place where Dracula was held as a prisoner for 7 years after he was overthrown in 1462. The castle is situated in Hunedoara, Romania.

Malbork-Castle

The Malbork Castle’s construction began in 1275, along the river Nogat. This castle was made from red brick and became the world’s largest brick gothic castle. Today, it is well-preserved medieval gothic castle and a museum.

Prague-Castle

Prague Castle is Prague’s premier tourist attraction. It was largest medieval castle complex in Europe and the ancient seat of Czech kings throughout the ages.

Eltz Castle

Eltz Castle is a medieval castle stands in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier, Germany. This castle was still owned by a branch of the same family (33 generations) that lived there in the 12th century.

Löwenburg Castle

Löwenburg Castle was built around 1800 as a country residence for Count Wilhelm IX. This castle was intentionally designed to look like a medieval castle.

Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle is a quadrangular castle located in East Sussex, England. This castle was built in the late 14th century by a veteran of King Edward III’s wars with France.
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10 Most Beautiful Lighthouses in the World

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:24:00 -0800

In early time people set fires at the edge of the water to warn boats of dangerous rocks and shores. The early lighthouses used wick lamps as a source of light. In the olden times the light beam could only travel a few miles. In 1822 the first modern lighthouse lens was invented by a Frenchman named Augustin Fesnel. He found out how to increase the light by using prisms.

Here I have compiled the list of some of the most beautiful, amazing lighthouses. These are so beautiful that if you are watching them at night you could stay without a breath. If I missed any, do share it in comments section.

Enoshima Lighthouse, Japan

The Enoshima lighthouse in Japan has a spiral staircase to the top is surrounded only by a steel frame which is lit in different colors that change throughout the night, making it pretty hard to ignore.

Torre De Hercules, Spain

The Torre De Hercules is the only roman lighthouse still in use and holds the title of ‘oldest active lighthouse in the world’. The 185ft lighthouse still stands today and looks as sturdy as ever.

Yokohama marine tower, Japan

At a height of 348ft, the Yokohama marine tower was, prior to its ‘temporary closure’, the tallest lighthouse in the world and could be seen by ships 20 miles away.

Pigeon point lighthouse, USA

Pigeon point lighthouse is perched on the edge of a cliff in California and at 115ft is one of the tallest in the United States. The shows an extremely powerful lens composed of 1008 hand-polished lenses and prisms which help in providing 500,000 candlepower illumination.

Low lighthouse, UK

At only 9 meters tall, the stunning ‘low lighthouse’ in Burnham-on-sea is one of the smallest you’ll find. It was built in 1832 and is still used as a navigation tool, providing a white flash every 7.5 seconds from the window at the front.

kiz kulezi, Turkey

The 2500 year old kiz kulesi is one of the most beautiful lighthouses in the world and sits on a tiny islet off the coast of Istanbul. Over the years the small piece of land on which it sits has been used as a burial chamber.

Cape hatteras light, USA

Around 1.25 million bricks were used to build the tallest lighthouse in America, a huge structure which lights up every 7 seconds to assist ships through the ‘graveyard of the Atlantic, the diamond shoals. On clear days it has been visible from 50 miles.

Promthep cape lighthouse, Thailand

One of the world’s newest lighthouses is this strange looking, gold topped example in Thailand, built in 1996. It can be found on the southern coast of phuket, a major tourist spot in Thailand.

Sullivan’s island lighthouse, USA

This incredible modern lighthouse originally contained a lamp capable of producing a whopping 28,000,000 candlepower. Compared to other lighthouses, this is practically space-age, facilities inside including air-conditioning and an elevator.

Knarrarós lighthouse, Iceland

It is one of the most aesthetically brilliant lighthouses you’ll find, the stark white knarrarós lighthouse was built in 1938 and is the tallest building in southern Iceland at 86ft. perched on top of a white base, the building is surrounded by grass, the color contrast just adding to its mystical appearance. The light is still active and flashes for a 3 second period every 1/2 minute.

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Colorful Interior Design

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:31:00 -0800

Lights, City, Condo! Colorful Cinema-Style Interior Design

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When you can afford to turn two existing condos into a single-floor-spanning unit, the cost of city living is unlikely to slow down your incredible ideas for interior decoration. Somewhere between an ultra-minimal modernist dream home and the set of some timeless abstract firm, this cinematic condo combines stark white rooms with an expansive array of colorful lighting elements.

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Flexible, versatile and open, the plan is spacious and the views are sweeping – each room opens up into the next and strange same-colored lighting ties the entire set of spaces together under a single roof at the flip of a switch.

A combination of naturally changing direct and indirect daylight light as well as bright colors of artificial lights make for an ever-shifting scenographic experience.

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The built-in architectural furnishings and stark lighting elements become as much the decor as the occasional decorative plant or framed painting.

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Still, one has to wonder if there is a hidden ‘price’ to all of this (beyond the actual design-and-installation bills). Living in a movie-like environment might sound like fun, but keeping such a huge space clean is a task in itself. And while these multi-colored lights may make for a fun night-club atmosphere are they really practical for comfortable day-to-day living? Nothing against AA Design studio – their execution was excellent and the spaces are amazing – but whether they will love living in it is ultimately up to the creative clients who commissioned the condo reconstruction in the first place.
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14 Cool Computer Keyboard Mods and Designs

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:29:00 -0800

In 1968 when Douglas Enterbart invented the first keyboard, he wouldn’t have dreamed that his invention would revolutionize the computer world. Did we imagine that the simple block key board will turn into such magnificent art pieces? But today, each design is unique…leaving the past behind and beholding the future.
Technology is simply a part in the long run- together with it blends mans’ quest for better creations leading to innovations like the 14 Coolest Computer Keyboard Mods and Designs seen below, which are made up of some real modifications and also some conceptual design which hopefully will truly be made. If you are interested in some weird and cool keyboards that have actually seen the light of day, check out the awesome collection of Geeky Computer Keyboards we seen before.

1. Jellyfish Inspired Keyboard

The jellyfish inspired keyboard set is basically a hand held gizmo that can function as an alternative to the regular input devices. It features the concept of a music keyboard fused with that of a computer keyboard. This jelly fish inspired keyboard set is a little tricky in its operation: using the chord theory where by, if a certain digit is pressed together with another digit, it forms a word. But this ‘magic’ device makes it a point not to let its users to return to the usual keyboard with its high technical proficiency. Erik Campbell has sure made an awesome model-slick in black and red for those who value design and yearn for a style statement.

2. Remote Controller Keyboard

Flying saucers are no longer meant for the aliens alone! It is a part of the earthly gaming zone now with the new remote controller keyboard by Altuq Toprak. The duo looks as if inspired by flying saucers and E.T to give a refreshingly new gaming controller. Though the gaming controller is an integrated part of the keyboard, it can be used as an individual controller as well. Initial usage may be a bit clumsy, but the versatility of the design will cause this to be soon forgotten.

3. Alchemist Keyboard Mod

The Alchemist keyboard is an outstandingly featured keyboard which pays tribute to the alchemists of history in its design. The amazing keys, the stained glass panel and the braided cord together make a picture-perfect designer key board. The designer has incorporated a number of symbols and labels used by alchemists including the Eye of Ra and the Caduceus. The detailing extends to the brass rods below the space bar that have a special coating to prevent tarnish. This keyboard is a master piece with its artistic design and fine detailing.

4. Mouse Combo Keyboard

Ever had the thought that the mouse is a pest in your cubicle taking up lots of space for its proper function? Well, have a look at the largest computer keyboard with a built-in mouse. This mouse combo keyboard rests on a low friction pad making movements easier and uses an optical sensor to pick up motion. If the gliding key board doesn’t suite your needs, within reach of the thumbs, a scroll wheel and conventional mouse buttons retain customary control.

5. Steampunk Ergonomic Keyboard

Great news to all the Steampunk lovers, the Steampunk keyboard is out with its classic looks and perfect design. This amazing keyboard together with the steampunk mouse forms a model duo. Created by Datamancer from an IBM M15 ergonomic keyboard, the transformation is breath taking. The metallic design on the sides and the touch pad add to the aesthetics of the keyboard. Yet another example to confirm that steampunk is always in style!

6. Retro Keyboard Mod

Cool keyboards have always been in the priority list of the geeks. As such, there have been innumerable creations varying in themes, designs, features and specifications. To add to the list is the retro keyboard mod. Although looking like a blend of the typewriter sculpture and the steampunk ergonomic keyboard, this keyboard has its own distinct design and concept. The classic side rails and the keys together form part of the perfect nostalgic keyboard in the list.

7. Scrabble Keyboard

Computer keyboards have been available in different shapes, colors, sizes and this scrabble keyboard adds to the list its own specific theme. The keyboard is made from letters of the popular Scrabble board game. This new theme based keyboard from Datamancer has the buttons made of different letters from the game and the special keys like Num Lock have the letter hallowed out. The creativity and looks of this keyboard will certainly take a few breaths away.

8. Key-Stick Keyboard Design

Portable keyboards have been in the market for some time now, but most of them had inherent flaws like lack of traditional keys and options for folding. The key-stick key board by Yoonsang Kim and Eunsung Park is a trend setter in this developing technology. The Keystick keyboard is a fully functional QWERTY keyboard with the added benefit of folding it to a stick. This foldable keyboard is wireless and connects to the PC via an USB. Soon to enter the manufacturing phase, once out, the keyboard will definitely grab the keyboard market.

9. Art Deco Style Keyboard

Art deco style keyboards are always classy and elegant in its design. The keyboard featured here is no different in that respect. Together, it is superior in its class with the variations by Datamancer. The black reflective acrylic plate and white LEDs add to the aesthetic appeal. The wooden frame further takes the design to classic lay outs. Any loyalty to intense technology clubbed with splendor? Your search for the perfect keyboard ends in the art deco keyboard.

10. Kinesis Advantage Keyboard

If comfort is of top priority for the geek in you, The Kinesis Advantage Keyboard leaves no options for a second thought. The ergonomic design with additional features and the scientifically placed keys are the striking features of this technical-designer board. Also, the layout is simply perfect and fits your hands better to give the comfort you seek for when working for long hours. In the list of geeky gadgets based on innovative designs, The Kinesis Advantage keyboard can not be ignored with its scientific design and technicality.
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The Wine Cork Painting

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:28:00 -0800

Well if one can create art out of bottle-caps I don’t see why corks can’t be used for the same purpose? It seems Albanian artist Saimir Strati feels the same way, since he has taken on the challenge of creating a 3D painting out of 300,000 wine-bottle corks. What you see in the photos is not the completed project, upon completion it will be a 96 square meter masterpiece depicting people playing guitar.This is not Strati’s first unusual artwork, in the past he has gained a spot in theGuinness Boook of Records for the world’s largest toothpick mosaic in the world. It contained approximately 1 million toothpicks and it depicted some horses. So be on the look out for Saimir Strati, he’s one special artist.
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10 Most Creative Pens

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:26:00 -0800

Most amazing designs of pens.here i completed some images from internet.

1. Ostrich Pen

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English word “pen” originated from Latin “penna” (feather of a bird) since widespread popularity was acquired by goose feathers, which were squared at the root. However using feathers to write is a thing long past. Most of the designers move from past to future, however, this designer Arizona is moving backwards resulting in this cool creation that uses an Ostrich Head and feather.

2. Hyperdermic Pen

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Syringe shape injection pen with colored inks. Looks like the real thing! Just what the doctor ordered! Unique product for the medical profession. Perfect for doctors’ offices, radiology labs, hospitals and more.

3. Jack Pot Pen

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Pen with slot machine handle. Feeling lucky? Crank the handle just like a real one armed bandit and let the good times roll! Medium black ink.

4. Star Wars Lego Pens

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Combining Lego with Star Wars is, few would argue, a masterstroke. Combine Star Wars, Lego and stationary together an, as far as we’re concerned, you’re a damned genius.
The Star Wars Lego Pen Sets come with three pens offering Yoda, Darth Vader and R2-D2 in self assembly format – meaning all manner of creations are possible (most of them just not right).

5. Free Ride Pen

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When you want to go all out with your writing utensil, look no further than the free ride from Jean Pierre Lepine’s free ride pen. The design has quite a bit of technology involved behind it. It’s asymmetric so that the center of gravity lowers in order to give the pen a tumbler effect so it won’t roll. Jean Pierre Lepine spent months researching, testing, and perfecting it.
The Free Ride is designed to be different, ergonomic, and fun. This push top ballpoint features a soft rubber like material in the vital sections where finger meets pen. Complete with a roller wheel pocket clip and a padded push button end this writing instrument is sure to get you noticed next time you need to whip out a pen in public.

6. Sudoku and Puzzle Pens

Such pens are for those boring office meetings where you need a refreshing break for mind. These bring you plenty of sudoku, cross words, mazes and color matching and thousands of more games. Many varieties, cheap and fun!

7. Shredder Pen

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The young ladies are going to love this shredder pen that fits perfectly into Girl Tech’s Password Journal. There are so many secrets for the young fillies, and here’s a way to write them down and then shred them right up, Nixon-style. It’s downright therapeutic.
There’s also an FM radio inside with an attached earphone, so the snide little girls and women can completely tune you out, you, like, non-listening, like, non-understanding parent, you know?

8. UV Spy Pen

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The spy pen features ink that is made of special high-brightness compounds that are invisible to the naked eye, but magically illuminates when exposed to a blacklight, conveniently located on the opposite end of the pen. The blacklight allows you to read any messages left to you by your spy friends. Perfect for writing down secret spy messages, scrawling secret grocery lists, or keeping a catalogue of all of your internet

9. Pendragon

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This pen is crazy. First of all (wait are we still on first?) I gotta tell you that the name of this pen is “Pendragon” and it’s a construct-your-own pen. It’s name is Pendragon. What else you do you need to know!? Pendragon.
The pen has four parts. It’s got the Nib, the Central Unit, the End Part, and the Expandable Units. The Nib is the writing part. it can be changed to a ballpoint, pen, fountian-pen, mechanical pencil, or digital pen. The Central Unit has, get this, the LED light – important!, a music player, charger input, memory card, and battery. The End Part has a bluetooth connection to whatever headphones you choose to use in collaboration with the mp3s youve put in the Central Unit. Expandable Units! Camera, microphone, laser pointer, chop, corrector, usb connetion, WLAN reciever to connect to computer, internet. Bonus: pen-dock to connect to computer, charge, and work with the mic.

10. Color Picker Pen

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For all those out there who buy cosmetics online, “life is like a box of chocolates” You never know what color you are really going to get. Now there is a practical solution for these fashion fiascos – an ink pen by Korean designer Jinsun Park called the color picker pen. It works much like the eyedropper tool on Photoshop, this pen captures colors as they naturally appear in real life and then these colors can be used for physical drawings. A sensor detects a color in an object (your sneakers, perhaps?) and then matches the scanned color to a color display. An RGB cartridge (red, green, and blue) then mixes inks in the right proportions to create real ink that is the same color as the color scanned into the device.

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7 Most Cretive Designs

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:03:00 -0800

Superb designs images are below.

1.Hands free door will keep you away from germs

From Sanidoor, this hands free door is motion-controlled, which minimizes your contact with the ever dirty and germ-laden bathroom door handles. Though an apt creation for public restrooms, who says we can’t use it in our homes. It’s a ground-breaking technology, which need not be restricted to one place really. Released around five years ago, the product has only been significantly used in Florida area. However, the new version of Sanidoor hands freed door is smaller, less expensive and is expected to sell more units.

2.Sonido Aion luxury speakers blend form and function

The recent luxury home trends have made it clear that anything that doesn’t gel with the interiors of your home is worthless. Luxury loudspeakers are all about sophisticated technology and an elegant design, and the Sonido’s Aion scores good on both the grounds. Beautifully crafted, the Aion speaker uses a combination of technologies that promise to generate pure sound, which you can enjoy while sitting in any corner of your living room.
It runs a single 20cm full-range driver into a line that pounces around the bottom first and then, sends upwards into the ceiling. With 10-ohm of natural impedance and 96 dB of sensitivity, you can expect the Aion to deliver high quality music. The Sonido Aion speakers are priced at 615,000 HUF (approx. US $3,150).

3.LED pillow plays music with lights

LED pillow is designed using the existing technology that allows your networking with music, audio and voice. It’s a complete fun to dance to the beat of music with multi-colored or single colored modes just by connecting MP3, i-Pod player or a cell phone. As the music is played the LED lights are triggered. The LED lights get charged by the battery or the power supplied by a MP3 player or a cell phone. LED lights features 5 modes: select color, auto random color, synch to music, sleep, power on/ off and sleep mode which can sense motion within 5 feet proximity and automatically turns on and off LED in 5-10 min to preserve energy.
Additional features include, its capability to change color according to the mood and can be adapted to display images or the patterns illuminating on the pillow. The pillow is comfortable and cozy and can be filled with water or any liquid material. You can also use the pillow to relax, sleep, surf the net, play video games, read a book, listen to music and watch movies in a comfortable modish environment. LED pillow gives intellect of relaxing, harmonizing and refreshing mental atmosphere with light glowing next to you.

4. Isis Sea Fan naturally artistic lighting

Based on the concept of refraction of light our ancestors had designed creative technique of utilizing candlelight to brighten the interiors. The principle idea being the reflection, refraction and diffusion, the candles were mounted in glorious candelabra and chandeliers which amplified the light through lead crystal drops cut into prismatic shapes. In cooperating the traditional approach designer Ruth McDermott has come up with ‘Isis Sea Fan’. Taking its name from the organic forms, this smart lighting system mimics sea fans-soft tendril corals to create a bond between technology and natural forms.

5.Enjoy your favorite tunes with all-in-one ’Eklipse Clock Radio’

With the emerging technology and new gadgets making into market every now and then, Sonoro has brought some good news from the world of music gadgets. Joining the hands in the world of technology and gadgets, the company has emerged with a unique ‘Eklipse Clock Radio’ all-in-one music station. With a shiny black finish and glowing accents this cool music station comprises a slot loading CD player that is MP3 friendly, FM/AM radio and an internal iPod dock that recharges your player. It also features an alarm clock that not only tells you the time but gives a morning wake-up alarm to push you out of the bed. This innovatively cool clock radio will cost you $550 and is yet to hit the market shelves.

6.In future, the computers might look like insects and that too alien

Lotus computer concept by Sophia Yung is the design for our next generation. As you can see, it is no longer a square box, but looks like a lotus plant. But, the moment I saw it, the only thing that I could see was some insects from the other planet with one eye. Ok, it could look like anything in this world, but the best part about this computer design is that it has been integrated with one of the five human senses .i.e. olfaction. It combines smell spray, artificial intelligence and video and keypad projector into it, which helps to establish visual and interactive relationship between the user and the computer system.

7.EU smart home concept

Smart-home” technology that allows people to control household appliances via their mobile phone or other gadgets is being shown off in Germany.

Funded by EU, the i2 home project is especially aimed at giving independence and control to the older and the disabled people. Middleware is the technology that has been used to control heating and all the other stuff like air conditioners to be controlled by any gadget or interface that you choose. This new technology is the result of combined efforts of EU industry, user groups and the universities. And, the hard work seems to have paid off well. This particular platform requires all the appliances to be networked together and the so called middleware sits between the home appliances and a controlling device, which can be anything like a mobile phone, allowing them to communicate.
Various control interfaces have also been created by i2home project. The research which was carried in collaboration with various groups like Alzheimer’s patients, blind and partially sighted people, so that technology could be matched to their needs has finally come to an end. But, the project team and some users are still evaluating it with the help of demonstration of technology in German town of Saarbrücken, as it has been mocked up in a kitchen here.
“Finally, something that works,” said Ginger Classen, a blind, German accessibility expert. “If this technology is adopted by many manufacturers, I could finally go appliance shopping like sighted people in a normal store, having the choice to buy cool and stylish products.”
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17 Stylish IPod Docks

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:55:00 -0800

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When it comes to technology, we never settle for anything but the best. And, today when you have the market flooded with all types of gadgetry I am sure you have a hard time deciding as to what you want. iPod docks are one such thing that are available in all types of models, and receiving a little help from amateurs like us always comes in very handy. Just scroll down and see some of the most stylish iPod docks ever created so that you have a little idea in terms of the wide variety and quality that you are able to choose
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2. Jean Michel AeroSystem iPod Dock

This iPod dock features a 450w subwoofer and 200w speakers along with a USB port and 3.5mm audio jack that you can use with other MP3 players. It costs around $580.

3. iTam Taem

It is a high-tech stool that has docking provision for all the models of iPod and iPhone. The cord adapter allows connectivity of a variety of audio sources, including MP3 players from other brands. It also integrates 2 x 25W stereo and speaker along with 50W digital amplifier technology. It wears a price tag of $570.

4. Reverb

It is a solar-powered iPod dock that can provide 12 hours of non-stop music on a full charge. It’s a stylish 35-inch iPod tower featuring a back-lit LCD display and an integrated photovoltaic panel that generates power from the sun. The exterior of the dock features a control panel on the top and mode of selection in solar or electric. It is priced at $2,299.

5. Shanling MC-30 Music Center

It looks like some steampunk-ish gadget and definitely changes our cliched perception of an iPod dock. It has brushed aluminum squat chassis and blue LED highlights. In addition to being an iPod dock, it also features a high-tech CD player, AM/FM tuner and a tube power amplifier. It is available for $1000.

6. Kami Sound Dock

Designed by Alvaro Uribe, this stylish dock’s color scheme is inspired by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass’s creations. This dock can either be hung from the wall or can be rested on a table.

7. Phonophone

When playing music from your iPod, this retro iPod dock does so at 55 decibels and that too without using any external power. It uses ceramic horn acoustics to boost the audio. It is priced at $830.

8. LEGO iPod Dock

From its name and looks it’s clear that this dock takes inspiration from plastic building bricks and is from Lego. It works with any of the Apple audio players.

9. Wood Music

It is an iPod dock made of wood. Its simple aim is to make your iPod-ing a little more eco-friendly than before. It is made of salvaged timber and has holes drilled in the sides to have space for speakers and other electronics.

10. Diva

The Diva designed by Dante and Giovanni Lauda for Rotaliana is a LED light and music system, all rolled into one. When you press a button on the unit, it opens an aluminum lamp arm that can be adjusted to any position. Having a docking station for your iPhone or iPod, you can dock them all in the retractable docking station drawer. All the information about the Diva’s various uses is displayed on the screen, which is behind the aluminum jacket.

11. Zimku

Philippe Starck’s creation for Parrot is a set of wireless speakers that is fondly called Zimku. This set of wireless speakers has a docking station for an iPod or iPhone. In addition to giving you sleek and stylish docks, it also offers surround sound technology and range of wireless technologies.

12. Zeppelin iPod Speaker

From Bowers & Wilkins, the Zeppelin has a two-foot-wide iPod dock and speaker, which can have for $600. With just a little hole in your pocket, 100-watt power, 5-inch woofer, and glass fiber cones are extra things that you get with the dock.

13. i80 with Universal Dock for iPod

From Meridian, the i80 is built at company’s UK headquarters. It is the finest solution for listening to and sharing your digital music collection.

14. Edifier IF500

This iPod dock has five built-in speakers, a 5-inch subwoofer and a digital FM radio. Featuring a 3.5mm audio jack, it allows you to plug in any MP3 player.

15. Ladybug iPod Dock

It works with all the latest iPods and even your iPhone. It also features 2.1 speakers and LED volume indicators. To control this Ladybug, you have a remote control, and you can carry it in a tote bag.

16. Art Suono

Introduced by DWV, this dock makes an ultimate luxurious style statement. In addition to playing music from the iPod, it can play music from variety of players. It is priced at $1,499.

17. Alfie iPod System

It has a dock, remote, AM/FM radio, CD player and dual alarm. The top and the front of the dock are covered with polished black lacquer that gives it a sleek and stylish look.
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Creative Coffee Tables

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:51:00 -0800

It’s always a big pleasure to feature works of really talanted artist. And it’s a double pleasure to do it twice. That was happen with industrial designer from Bulgaria Svilen Gamolov. We’ve already shown you beautiful coffee tables from this designer. Todays post is full of his new concepts of coffee tables. Each concept is absolutely unique and extremely creative. Just look at them!

1. Butterfly Coffee Table

2. Step Coffee Table

3. Spring Coffee Table

4. SIREN Coffee Table

5. The Tears of the Sea Coffee Table

6. PENDULUM Coffee Table

7. SPOT Coffee Table

8. Flower Coffee Table

9. RIPPLE Coffee Table

10. DIP Coffee Table

11. EGO Coffee Table

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8 Awesome Memory Keys

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:49:00 -0800

For creating such unusual memory key in steampunk style you would need some wood, a few old pocket watches and a lot of talent and creativity. All featured bellow memory keys were created by artist from United Kingdom under nick back2root. The corps of USB drives were made out of different types of wood: Ebony, Padauk and even such exotic wood as Tiger Myrtle. The creation of each device took up to 12 hours and up to 8 old pocket watches. The beautiful results of such hard work you could see below. Enjoy!

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Funny & Creative Mugs

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:04:00 -0800

Here we have a great collection of the some Funny Mugs found from around the web.

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3D Amazing Watches

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:02:00 -0800

1. Timex Thumbnail Watch

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This watch is still a design for now but the coolest watch you could ever own. This watch design could reinvent our whole perception over watches. The projects comes from a design contest organized by Timex to get new ideas for their future projects. The Nail Watch, as they naturally called it, allows you to check the time with just a quick glance over your arm. It will show up in different modes, calculator, date, calender etc and an option to chose the color. This would probably be the most stylish watch and all popular companies would cry if it hits the markets.

2. Tiwe OLED Wrist Watch

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Tiwe OLED Wrist Watch works by displaying a series of dots across the watch’s face that appear to float around in a wholly random fashion until you either shake the watch or tap the screen – at which point the OLED dots will quickly assemble from their chaotic meanderings to form order hence displaying the current time in an analogue style before timing out and floating away back into chaos again. Let’s Shake the Watch to Form the Time from Chaos.

3. Seiko Bluetooth Watch

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This Seiko watch not only tells time, it notifies you when a call or text message is received – on your phone – via Bluetooth. It also displays the battery level and network signal strength. SII (Seiko Instruments) in Japan has done a prototype of their bluetooth watch for mobile phone users. The bluetooth watch can connect to mobile phone and display important information on the watch.

4. Binary Watch

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If you want to be the absolute computer geek, then this watch can’t miss from your wirst. But first you need to learn the binary language, if you don’t already know, because else you won’t be able to read the time.

5. Storm Circuit Watch

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The Circuit Watch uses a pair of tall stacked LED segments to illustrate the current time. The bars on the left show the current hour, while the bars on the right display appear to be split into two sections, one which displays tens of minutes and the other which shows individual minutes.

6. aoTimeFlexa

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This is a self-gumming watch, that can be attached to virtually anything, from your hand to a jacket. The aoTimeFlexa is based on the flexible display technology and it can be bend and rolled like a paper. It also features touchscreen, so it doesn’t have any physical buttons. Being very slim and small, it can be used in any situation.

7. Abacus Hands Free Ball Watch

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Wrist watches really don’t get any more minimalist than the Abacus Hands Free Ball Watch which is an entirely hands free affair, relying instead on a single metal ball to convey the time thanks to the use of a concealed magnet. Not a watch for those who cannot live without knowing the exact time but ideally suited to those seeking a stylish watch that offers a rather more casual relationship with time telling.

8. Equilibrium Wrist Watch

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Inspired by aircraft instrumentation, in particular an aircraft’s artificial horizon instrument, the Equilibrium Wrist Watch is a purely analogue affair designed by Daniel Will-Harris that offers a ‘sense of perspective to an ever-shifting horizon’.

9. Liquid Time

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There are two names of this watch: one is “Liquid Time” and the other is “From nowhere to nowhere”. Liquid Time utilizes two LCD screens specially crafted to fit the watch as well as some very clever typography.

10. Nixie Watch

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This watch looks designed especially for science geeks, because it displays the time on nixie tubes. For those that don’t know what nixie tubes are, they were used back in 1969 in calculators and are quaint neon display tubes. This watch only requires the flick of the wrist to display the hours, minutes in seconds in a sequence. It’s advantages are that it’s both rugged and water resistant. The Nixie Watch is great somebody that wants to be unique.

11. Matrix M6001 LCD Watch

Source: (Link) A deliciously retro inspired LCD wrist watch, the Matrix M6001 LCD Wrist Watch manages to ooze yesteryear appeal whilst offering highly original and distinctive styling – which is not an easy feat. Managing to be both understated and yet gloriously glam, though we’re not quite sure how this has been accomplished, the Matrix M6001 is, beyond all doubt, a retro fuelled masterpiece.

12. Giovannoni Timesphere

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At $150, the Giovannoni Timesphere is a nifty alarm clock – well yes not a watch practically though, however is capable of projecting the time onto any surface via a wireless orb. While sitting on the base, the wireless floating orb is charged through induction and once it is completely charged feel free to place it wherever and fix the point where you want time to be focussed. The orb will project the time onto a wall or surface or your wrist and easily be lost when kicked or played with by a dog.

13. ON AIR Wrist Watch

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On air wrist Watch shows time in an extraordinary minimal way. While LED display shows minutes in number, its position shows us the current hour. Display is also function as a light and set button. If you push once LED lights up. To set the time you need just to push in the center of the display for 5 seconds and LED flashes, here you push upper or lower corner of the display to set the hour and the left and right corner to set minutes.

14. Fossil Starck Watch

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This digital style watch displays the time in a unique fashion. In a ring shaped display, the hours are displayed as numbers while the minutes are displayed in segments. As time goes by, the segments build making a complete ring every hour. The center is completely see through and the pusher is located on the case back to create this sleek styling.

15. Zihotch Watch

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This is one strange watch you probably wouldn’t like to wear, especially if you’re not Japanese. Excepting it’s huge, it looks like an old phone and you need to dial “117″ to hear the time in Japanese. You can watch the video in source to understand better what are we talking about.

16. The ORB – Time Orbit watch

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The idea for this watch is classic plastic bracelet, with incorporated lines inside the watch that show the current time. Those three line are rotating around the watch and show the time, while the seconds line is going around all the time. One line for hour,second for minute and third for seconds,and three different colors for every lines. It`s simple concept, attractive and eye catching. The ORB could be made in two colors, black and white, with different colors for the time lines. Adjusting the clock is easy as the watch is the touchscreen, all you have to do is to touch the line, click adjust icon and slide current time line to correct time.

17. Horological Machine No. 2

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HM2 is a timepiece god. It has four dials, which offer the following measurements: “instantaneous jump hour, concentric retrograde minutes, retrograde date and bi-hemisphere moon phase.” That basically means the watch has two date and two time keeping dials. Who the hell cares? It’s stunning! This flawless beauty is worth $59,000.

18. The Camera Phone Watch

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Telson’s TWC 1150 is the world’s first camera phone watch. It supports a RUIM card which can be used in GSM phones for international roaming. Other features include, a 256 color LCD, plug-in camera, Infrared wireless earpiece, speakerphone, stopwatch, and planner.

19. Ultra-Violet Watch

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Infinity Optic’s Ultra-Violet watch is like an optical illusion, you’ll see the same reflection many times over due to specially placed mirrors and electroluminescent coated hands.

20. Luna Crystal Watch

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Time Floats magically inside this wathch. If you ever tried to match the brilliance of Swarovski’s expertise in crystal and mixed it with the bedazzling gems Signity specialize in, you might end up with something that looks a whole lot like this Luna Watch created by designer John Pszeniczny. Made with crystal, stainless steel and a Spessartite Garnet, the watch almost gives you the illusion of a crystal ball since the touching of tow contact points seems to make the time flash and float magically inside the crystal. With a subtle luminescence making it glow like a secret key to some outlandish magical world, the Luna watch finds the perfect balance between function and aesthetics making it just the perfect fashion accessory for the season.

21. High-Tech Army Wristwatch

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Tadiran Communications has developed new video communication technology that delivers real-time images taken by helicopters on to a 3-inch LCD display. This wristwatch-style receiver gives solidiers an aerial view of the battlefield with video beamed directly from drones at 30 frames per second. For $50,000, you’ll get a receiver, transmitter, and battery.

22. Issey Miyake OVO Watch

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What can we say about Issey Miyake’s quite remarkable OVO Wrist Watch? A watch of extreme modernist beauty, the OVO is arguably one of (if not the) most striking wrist watches we’ve ever come across or are ever likely to come across. A masterpiece of watch design from the Japanese master of all things cool.

23. Tokyo Flash Twelve 5-9 Q Watch

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The stylish case features a contoured undulating effect, as if the metal itself is alive. Moving clockwise from the top of the display, the first two lines of LEDs indicate the hours 1-12, each lit LED indicating one hour. The third line of LEDs indicates minutes up to 50, each lit LED indicating 10 minutes. The final two lines indicate single minutes 1-9, one LED representing each single minute. A conventional structure with a striking display, this outstanding time piece is perfect for those who crave something extraordinary.

24. Azimuth SP-1 Mecanique

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Azimuth premieres the brand new SP-1 Mechanique concept watch. Nicknamed the ’spaceship watch’, this forward-looking timepiece is an adventurous mix of bold, futuristic styling and progressive technical flaunts. The so-called spaceship watch has a rendition of Earth as seen from space which rotates every sixty seconds. It has a jumping hour display powered by a Unitas 6497 movement. It has a rotating disc which is at the base of a minute hand.

25. OLED Linux Watch

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Developed jointly by IBM and eMagin, this OLED Linux watch was ahead of its time. It basically had a host of PDA functions (phonebook, scheduler, picture viewer, etc.) and included a monochrome 640 x 480 VGA display.

26. URWERK UR-202 AlTiN

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Revolving Satellite Complication The UR-202 features URWERK’s patented Revolving Satellite Complication with telescopic minutes hands. The Revolving SatelliteComplication displays time using telescopic minutes hands operating through the middle of three orbiting and revolving hours satellites. The telescopic minutes hands precisely adjust their length to follow the three sectors marking the minutes: 0-14, 15-44, 45-60. Extended, they enable the UR-202 to display the time across a large, easy-to-read dial. Retracted, they allow for a very wearable and comfortably sized case.

27. ZeroPointZero Watch

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Designer Luis Beruman’s new ZeroPointZero is a set of digital watch handcuffs. Yes, that’s handcuffs. This concept is inspired by “we are all slavers of time”

28. NOOKA ZOT V Watch

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The second version (V Series) of the Nooka Zot sports a full-face mineral crystal lens, making it as easy to clean as wiping with the edge of your designer-label t-shirt! The Nooka Zot-V also has some nifty features: a chronograph for timing your poker games, and an alarm to get you up in the morning. The 12 dots represent hours (months in date mode) and the row below counts minutes. Housed in stainless steel with an LCD display, the watch has an EL backlight, leather straps and a stainless steel buckle. It is 35 x 35 x 10mm with 28mm wide band. Modes: Time, Date, Chronograph and Alarm.

29. Gucci LED watch

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20 Beutiful Unusual Chairs Designs

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:57:00 -0800

Very unique and most beautiful designs of chairs….

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Amazing Chairs Designs Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:56:00 -0800

Its very amazing chairs designs and comfortable too.no one ask you when you using this, your chairs is uncomfortable and made bay roof material.that is fact this designs we made a after a long time hard work.so this chair have different qualities.you also put this in small space,and this chair is totally wait less.There is some images of our new invention.

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Most Amazing Creative Home

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:54:00 -0800

Very beautiful and attractive home rooms they all look so different to others normals paintings rooms.

Swedish graphic Design Lisa Bengtsson designed ‘the family’ wallpaper pattern to add some nostalgia to the home. Users are able to recreate this in their home using the frames printed on the wallpaper and adding their own pictures or other details to customize the pattern. (Link)

Wall graphics are more and more popular in these days, and here is an interesting example. Designed by Zek this cool wall graphic gives another meaning to geeky Interior Design living rooms and grants another vision even when watching the regular tube. (Link)

A German company called Surrealien customizes your wallpaper to look like its warping around your paintings and decoration. Must be hard to randomly rearrange after this. (Link)

Stemik Living creates digital wallpapers were you can choose among a great variety of designs and an opportunity to use any of your favorite picture as a base for them allow to find the right wallpaper for anyone. With such wall covering your interior design will look more alive and unique. With them you can forget about dull usual walls. (Link)

Paul Coudamy is an architect working and living in Paris. His work is a mash up of brilliance and inventiveness that creates an unbelievable end product such as office called the Bears Cave. The ‘Bears Cave’ is emphasized by Parisian rock and brick walls creating a solid and mineral atmosphere. The cavern walls are created using wood waste pieces collected in dumpsters, sidewalks and wastelands. (Link)

This Jonas Samson’s illuminated wallpaper with OLED technology will light up your home in the most simple yet serene manner giving it stunning looks and sheer awesomeness. A clever mix of the graphic, textile-inspired papers of the recent-past and organic technologies of the future, his light-emitting wallpaper happily straddles the fence between kiddie night-light and inventive design feature. It’s eco-credentials: turning a two-dimensional surface into a light source versus the traditional bulb/lamp construct. (Link)

If you drink a bottle of wine per day, maybe in a few years you will be able to have a wine labels wallpaper like this one. (Link)

Not all the cool designs are expensive; a man went to Home Depot every day for a few weeks and took paint swatches–when he was done, he had around 1000 swatches. After attaching them to the wall with mod podge that’s what he came up with. (Link)

This wallpaper called Pocket Wall by designer Maja Ganszyniec is like a wrapping paper. The project turns the purely decorative layer of wallpaper into storage. (Link)

This Pixelnotes wallpaper, by designer Duncan Wilson, consists of four layers of varying grey tones. Each layer is like a post-it note and every time you split a layer, the individual pixel gets darker. (Link)

Dutch designer Christiaan Postma designed this wallpaper to do double duty as a giant calendar. The design merges the properties of wallpaper with the functionalityof the calendar to create a wall that is a true reflection of our busy schedules. By making the calendar so large you can literally look at one whole year on your wall, giving an entirely different perspective of time. (Link)

Not really a wallpaper, but still it’s an interesting way to decorate walls with just a few markers. Charlie Kratzer wanted to decorate his blank white walls but wanted something more creative than simple paint or traditional wallpaper. Using black markers, Kratzer drew architectural features, books, pictures and a small cast of characters on the walls. The whole work was only $10 in sharpies. (Link)

Incredibly Life-like Home Interiors Created in Miniature

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:42:00 -0800

Photo: The Dolls House Emporium
Being the proud owner of a swish interior akin to those in the glossy home magazines that line the shelves of newsagents is becoming more and more desirable. Homeowners salivate over possessing the latest trends, iconic furniture and designer touches, and might spend thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, turning their homes into the shiny examples of interior design mere mortals can only dream of.

Photo: The Dolls House Emporium
Yet this kind of interior splendour is now easily accessible to everyone thanks to the genius that is the hobby of doll house miniatures. A far cry from the clunky, brightly coloured wooden furniture associated with children’s doll houses, these miniatures are ultra-realistic and often indistinguishable from real-life interiors – as these images courtesy of The Dolls House Emporium show.
Specialist miniatures companies make and supply everything needed to create a realistic room setting in 1/12^th scale, which means that 12 inches in real-sized items are equal to one inch in miniature. And whether your heart desires a tiny retro armchair, a state-of-the-art flatscreen television that actually works, or a freshly made bed, it’s all possible.
Photo: The Dolls House Emporium
From kitchen units topped with real stone worktops and marble fireplaces with flickering lighting units that resemble a real fire, to hand-sewn rugs and intricate glass statues, everything you can think of that exists in a real home is painstakingly recreated in miniature.
Some miniaturists make scale models of their own homes complete with scale models of their pets; some have tiny family portraits painted by artists who specialise in doll house-sized portraiture – and it’s even possible to have scale models of real people for that extra personal touch.
Photo: The Dolls House Emporium
Managing Director of The Dolls House Emporium, Jackie Lee, explained that people who enjoy this hobby take inspiration from a wide range of sources, including literature, history, geography and, of course, from contemporary settings.
Jackie sums up the miniaturist hobby by adding: “The hobby goes from strength to strength as customers take time out to get away from the stresses of everyday life and immerse themselves in a world they have created."
Photo: The Dolls House Emporium
It’s a real world they can touch and feel and share with friends, and it can involve the whole family through the generations. What is popularly thought of as a toy for children has now evolved out of the toy shop and graces some of the smartest of homes. Glossy interior magazines beware: there’s stiff competition on the interior design front and it’s from somewhere you’d least expect
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World Stylish Restaurant

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:57:00 -0800

The creative genius from Germany, Markus Voglreiter has created two amazing buildings in Salzburg, Austria – Auto Residence, and another one is its sister project ‘The Car’. Former is a house while the latter is a bar and restaurant. However, both buildings have one thing in common: their design structure. And the most conspicuous thing is – you can easily make it out in first sight as to what their structure is based on. Yes, it’s Volkswagen Beetle.

The whole process of making this VW Beetle house and restaurant started almost a decade ago and was completed in 2003 and 2007 respectively. Both the structures feature car-dork details like suspension-themed interior columns, exterior “tires,” and headlight-shaped windows. The VW Beetle shape restaurant, however, is located north of Salzburg and cost a staggering €1.6 million to build.

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