Grundtal magnetic towel rack Jules Yap, ikeahackers.net Materials: Grundtal bar, neodymium magnets Description: My oven door handle does not have a large enough gap to hang a kitchen towel from, which is something that I grew accustomed to in my previous kitchen. This hack is a non… http://flip.it/AGNH1
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Ikea’s LED Strips Automatically Illuminate the Deepest Darkest Drawers Andrew Liszewski, gizmodo.com Whether you get ready for work at some impossibly early hour before the sun rises, or you live in a cheap windowless basement apartment, Ikea’s new Dioder strip lights will bring some much needed illumination to drawers, cupboards, and closets.Rea… http://flip.it/cFlTa
The Dyson Hard Just Made Your Floor Mop Obsolete Andrew Liszewski, gizmodo.com Not content with making every other vacuum and fan on the market seem like a cheap children’s toy, Dysonhas now set its sights on the floor mop that’s been quivering in your broom closet, awaiting its day of reckoning. The unfortunately named Dyso… … Continue reading Dyson hard replace the mop
QUQUQ transforms a van to a camper within a minute C.C. Weiss, gizmag.com Similar to the Swiss Roombox and Yatoo, the QUQUQ is a European-designed camping box that transforms a regular passenger vehicle into a fully equipped camper for two. Within just one minute, you can be sleeping, cooking or just hanging out in your… … Continue reading Ququq turns your van into a camper
nuplug surge protector attaches to furniture for easier charging Dave LeClair, gizmag.com The nuplug surge protected extension cord offers two outlets and two USB ports, but what makes this device interesting is its ability to attach to beds, couches, workbenches and other convenient locations around the home… Continue Reading nuplug… http://flip.it/hnNLs
To Advance Micro-Living Designs, Have Design Students Live in Tiny, Unfurnished Spaces. Yea or Nay? core77.com You’ve heard the expression that [American] football is a game of inches. So, increasingly, is living in Manhattan. This video of Luke Clark Tyler’s apartment (captured by Kirsten Dirksen’ … http://flip.it/B7NXm
Quirky’s Prop Power Rugged: An Extension Cord with a Snake-like Grip core77.com Those with dedicated workshops of their own design have the luxury of placing their own power outlets. Bur for DIY’ers making do in mixed-use spaces, or tradespeople on jobsites, the chaos … http://flip.it/KWKlF
Restored 1954 Flying Cloud Airstream in Mint Condition Travels Off-Road! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Bridgette Meinhold INTERVIEW: Artist R Nelson Parrish Talks About His Eye-Popping Bioresin Color/Fast Installation INHABITAT: How does the term Colorfast describe your latest show? R Nelson Parrish: The term Colorfast originally is a textile industry … Continue reading Restored 1954 Airstream
Ikea Develops a Smart Flat-Pack Shelter for Disaster Refugees Liz Stinson, wired.com Ikea’s flat-pack shelter will come deconstructed in cardboard box and can be shipped around the world as natural disasters and conflicts displace families from their homes. http://flip.it/AFbLX Related articles Ikea Develops a Smart Flat-Pack Shelter for Disaster Refugees (feeds.wired.com)
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In the Programmable World, All Our Objects Will Act as One Bill Wasik, wired.com We are surrounded by tiny, intelligent devices that capture data about how we live and what we do. Soon we’ll be able to choreograph them to respond to our needs, solve our problems, and even save our lives. http://flip.it/SEIhJ Related articles … Continue reading Programmable world: all things as one–Buddhism meet engineering
How Big Is Your Home? See How Your Space Compares to Those Around the World Lindsay Wilson, inhabitat.com Graham Hill’s flat is 420 square-feet, HGTV’s smart home is 2,400 square-feet and Al Gore’s home is quite a bit bigger. But just how big is the average home these days, and how big does it need … Continue reading Size of home around the world
USA-Made Portland Press Lets You Brew Fresh Coffee in Any Mason Jar Erin Flesch, inhabitat.com Home coffee-making equipment has come a long way, but the typical french press is still assembled from plastic and delicate glass in an overseas factory. The Portland Press is a french press for a mason jar that is made in … Continue reading Turn a mason jar into a coffee machine
Students Build A 22-Foot-Tall Home For Local Bees By Sammy Medina, fastcodesign.com The Elevator B tower is part of a larger effort to regenerate a historic district in Buffalo. It’s not a good time to be a bee. In the last several years, unprecedented numbers of honeybees have been killed off, and no one is … Continue reading Building a 22 foot bee tower in Buffalo
Big Corporations Are Buying Design Firms in Droves Nathan Hurst, wired.com Accenture announced yesterday it will acquire design firm Fjord, making the consulting firm one of a growing list of multi-faceted companies that are integrating design into their product by buying whole studios. Big Corporations Are Buying Design Firms in Droves http://flip.it/a6kUX http://flip.it/mzOoo Related articles … Continue reading Big consulting firms are acquiring design firms for creative inspiration
A Database of 120 Different 3D Printers, With Prices & Stats core77.com You’ve heard of MakerBot, Cubify and Solidoodle. And if someone finds out you’re into ID and asks “Hey, what do one of those 3D printers go for?” you can spit out a ballpark figure, and maybe some basic stats.But there are tons of … Continue reading A database of 3D printers
With the Kickstand desk, you never have to leave your bike, even for work slaskow, grist.org Kickstand FurnitureIf you love biking so much that the idea of getting off your bike to do work makes your stomach curl just a little bit, here is your solution. It’s called a Kickstand desk, and it lets you … Continue reading Kickstand desk: bicycle while you work
Where will all the hipsters go? ghanscom, grist.org ShutterstockGreat minds think alike. And so it was that this weekend the country’s two most prestigious daily newspapers both brought us stories of how sleepy, prosperous suburbs of their respective cities are developing hip downtowns with all the… Where will all the hipsters go? http://flip.it/VqbKA http://flip.it/zKi9S Related … Continue reading Hipsturbia: creatives move out of overpriced NYC, Brooklyn and up the Hudson River
CollabFinder Wants To Make Hackathons A Part Of College Life By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A growing list of schools are turning to the “serendipity engine” to help students find cross-discipline collaborators for passion projects. After he graduated from UCLA with a degree in philosophy, Sahadeva Hammari emailed one of his… CollabFinder Wants To Make Hackathons … Continue reading Collabfinder: make hackathons a part of college life
Take Traffic Into Your Own Hands With This DIY Car Counter BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com The TrafficCom lets you measure how many cars drive on your street and figure out traffic patterns. And you can now get one via Kickstarter—just like the guys at NASA. There’s something about the moment NASA places an order that … Continue reading DIY traffic monitoring
Crazy Guy Dangles Above the Earth at Terrifying Heights Mario Aguilar, gizmodo.com “Mustang Wanted” is a crazy Ukrainian guy who loves having his photo taken as he dangles from buildings at preposterous heights. The resulting images will stop your heart.At first you wonder what compels somebody to want climb to these high pla… http://flip.it/4h9xW Related … Continue reading Mustang Ukranian takes photos while dangling from buildings
The Vamp: A Bluetooth Audio Device That Actually Does Something (Besides Streaming Music) core77.com Photos by Mark CocksedgeI won’t pretend to be an expert in the ever-expanding category of bluetooth audio, but I understand the appeal: After decades of being tethered to all variety of boxy, clunky or otherwise cumbersome hardware, technol… http://flip.it/LOCxc Related articles … Continue reading Vamp Bluetooth audio device recycles your old speakers
If You Wear Google’s New Glasses You Are An Asshole Adrian Chen, gawker.com Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has developed a brilliantly concise definition of an asshole: “A person who demands that all social interaction happen on their terms.” He was inspired by the assholes who talk in Amtrak’s quiet car, but thi… RT @core77: A … Continue reading Google glass: high tech, low cool
Hyper-Realistic CGI Is Killing Photographers, Thrilling Product Designers Joseph Flaherty, wired.com Computer-generated images are moving out of theaters and onto store shelves and catalog pages, thanks to new software that makes it nearly impossible to distinguish the real from the photorealistic. RT @core77: “Hyper-Realistic CGI Is Killing Photographers, Thrilling Product Designers” - http://flip.it/6ZNXV http://flip.it/KMl3H
The Mu Thermal Imager Turns Your iPhone Into an Affordable Thermal Camera John McGrath, inhabitat.com Thermal cameras are invaluable tools for spotting heat leaks and winter proofing your home. The Mu Thermal Imager is a compact, affordable accessory that turns your smartphone, tablet, laptop or computer into a thermal camera! The device is the fi… … Continue reading Mu thermal imager turns your iPhone into an affordable thermal camera
The DROP Eco-Hotel is a Portable Prefab Pod Home for the Modern Nomad Mike Chino, inhabitat.com In-Tenta designed the DROP Eco-Hotel to provide a mobile dwelling for modern nomads. The prefabricated structure consists of a central tube capped on either end by big fully operable bubble windows that provide natural ventilation. The pod hotel i… … Continue reading Drop Eco hotel for the modern nomad
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