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Restaurant with a futuristic fort look

elutzik — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Restaurant Tusen, category winner at the World Architecture Festival
Restaurant Tusen in the Swedish ski resort Ramundberget seats 125 guests. It won the "Holiday" category at WAF in Barcelona 2009. The building, sitting on a hill between birch trees, brooks and rocks, has a strong relation to the landscape in shape, design and material. Its facade is clad with birch logs. The round shape offers a view of the surrounding mountains, and the south-facing entrance area forms a protected outdoor space.

LA Hollywood Hills House in California by Michael Parks

elutzik — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Modern Glass Countertops – cook in style

elutzik — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Bring a modern and artistic look to your kitchen with these striking art glass countertops by ThinkGlass. Your kitchen will be completely transformed and you will blow everyone’s mind.

Features:

Glass countertops 1.5″ thick or more.
A smooth, glossy contemporary finish on every glass countertops, with a huge choice of available imbedded textures.
Custom designs of your glass countertops with infused color to create your personalized artistic touch.
Single seamless pieces made up to 7′ x 10′.
Durability that rivals any common countertop product.

A hotel you wouldn’t want to miss in Tokyo – and it’s free

elutzik — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:00:00 +0000

LLOVE Hotel was created by Dutch and Japanese designers to celebrate 400 years of trade and cultural relations ‘Netherlands in Japan 2008-2009’. The theme is ‘Still in Llove’. The hotel is actually and exhibition, but you can stay the night if you want. You can choose the room you like and spend a night in luxury with a smile.

LLOVE is not just an exhibition which you can visit, but you can actually book an overnight stay. LLOVE offers the unique experience of spending a night in an artistic space which has been created specifically for this event by designers and architects. LLOVE’s main characteristic is that guests can spend their time at LLOVE according to their mood of the moment; a unique type of hotel in Japan, with a limited amount of service. A café is included and all ingredients of the served food are from Nara. Nara, a region famous for its traditional Japanese culture, celebrates its 1300th anniversary as Japan’s first full-fledged capital, Nara Heijokyo.

The LLOVE concept was created by Suzanne Oxenaar, Artistic Director of the LLOYD HOTEL & Cultural Embassy in Amsterdam. Over 50 designers have contributed to the Lloyd Hotel. Coinciding with DESIGNTIDE TOKYO, LLOVE will present Dutch design in a new way. What’s more, the access from the main venue of DESIGNTIDE is perfect, LLOVE is sure to become a meeting space for international designers.

Located at Daikanyama i Studio in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, LLOVE will be on display through November 23, 2010.
Architect Director: Jo Nagasaka
Organizers: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands! Nara Prefecture
Supervison: Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy
Executive Committee: Naoko Aono, Florianne Eshuis, Nobuyuki Fukui, Renate Schepen, Yoko Shimada
Hotel & Café Operation: Transit General Office
Graphic Design: Thonik
Photos: Takumi Ota

And another great thing about Llove: IT’S FREE.

Ultra-modern design studio

elutzik — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:00:00 +0000

360 House that loops in Madrid

elutzik — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Lampshades By Stellavie

elutzik — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:04:21 +0000

The eclectic collection Quixotical by Stellavie bring together a collection of laser-cut lampshades manufactured with: heavy paper, cast acrylic, and polystyrene. The lampshades are available in different papers, measurements and designs and can be customized according to the client’s wishes.

The most trustworthy alarm you’ll have from now on

elutzik — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:38:28 +0000

It’s time to say goodbye to your usual alarm-clock or your phone, which can be turned off and let you fall asleep again, or you can’t hear them. The Alarm Pillow by Yanko Design is what you really need. The pillow starts to vibrate at the given hour, so you’ll get up with a buzz. If you think that you deserve a few more minutes of sleep and don’t get out of the bed, your head-weight acts as the snooze trigger. How cool is that?

What else do you need?

elutzik — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:08:08 +0000

Ideal for a dorm room, this Land Peel by Shin Yamashita allows you to transform it into different pieces of furniture. It’s flexible and very ingenious and is ideal for different activities such as watching television, studying, lying down, or reading a book.

Home decorated with blackboards

Bogdan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:27:58 +0000

If you ever wanted to decorate your home with blackboards, this example is great for the “note freaks”, or for families with kids, that can write with chalk instead of markers on furniture, walls and cabinets.

You can forget about the fridge magnets, hundreds of post-its or notes left on the breakfast table. Just think about it, you can left a message everywhere you want! A big “REMEMBER” in the kitchen, a eye catching “Pay the bills” on the wall, a big wallpaper with the Family portrait drawn by your son/daughter in the living room.