Le studio Frank Havermans est à l’origine de cet excentrique pavillon baptisé KAPKAR / SF – P7S situé à Nijmegen, en pleine campagne Néerlandaise. Conçue comme organisme artistique éphémère pour Stichting fabrikaat, cette structure géométrique à toit pignon et fondée sur une plateforme en bois accueille des évènements culturels en période estivale. En effet, salons, expositions s’y tiennent tout au long de l’été.
The Tube Lamp Clock is an installation of 30 pneumatically moving Tube Lamps installed and steered as a digital clock. The moving lamps have an attrac..
Ironically, smart specs (like Google Glasses) turned out to be a pretty dumb idea for mainstream users. The tech wasn’t quite there and the idea of wearing a bulky headset wasn’t all that appealing. While the concept has lost momentum, one group of people are still finding this wearable tech useful: the visually impaired.
Many blind individuals wear sunglasses to avoid others’ distraction. With this in mind, this pair of smart glasses offers additional GPS functionality. Incorporated into the sleek frame is a GPS system that assists in guiding the wearer with audible cues transmitted from a small, built-in speaker. Wearers can operate it with one simple button while keeping their hands free to use a cane or carry items.
Los Angeles-based comedian and musician Mike Phirman uses his hands to perform an amazing snake lip-sync cover of Sterling Holloway’s rendition of “Trust In Me” from Disney’s classic 1967 animated film, The Jungle Book…(Read…)
These are the LEGO UAV kits available from Flybrix. The basic $149 kit includes all the pieces you need to make a flying LEGO quad, hexa or octocopter. The copter can be controlled by a mobile app, although a dedicated controller is included in the $189 kit. Fun for all ages! Well, fun for all ages old enough to know not to eat LEGO bricks or fly a drone into their face. One of the best parts about the kits is that they’re nearly indestructible. Crash land and break an arm off? No problem, just snap it back on and you’re back in business!..(Read…)
Lifehunters want to raise awareness, that it is way too much. So a guy tried to live month without any plastic. Interesting experiment!..”How hard is it to live a plastic-free life? Cesar tried quitting plastic waste for an entire month and this is what happend.”..(Read…)
Dutch office Studio MAKS has built a compact concrete house in an old industrial area of Deventer, the Netherlands, for a young couple on a tight budget (+ slideshow).
Deventer House is situated on a plot of land surrounded by the old harbour warehouses of the inland city on the IJssel river. Here, young people have been given land to build their own homes.
The Studio MAKS team – led by studio founder Marieke Kums – designed a simple, almost cube-shaped house, arranged over two storeys.
They aimed to use low-cost, durable materials for both inside and out – but had to be cautious in their material choices to keep with the strict budget imposed by the clients.
In the end they chose to give the building a concrete facade, which offers a contrast to the stark white interior. The concrete is textured by the wooden boards used in the casting process.
“We originally tried to continue the concrete from the exterior into the interior,” Studio MAKS told Dezeen.
“Instead we opted for the idea of a very light, material-less interior to create a contrast with the very rough, materialised exterior.”
The ground floor of the building contains a living room, a separate kitchen and dining room, an entrance lobby. The first floor accommodates two bedrooms, a bathroom and a small office.
On both levels, storage in every room is provided by either recessed shelving units or cupboards slotted into the walls.
“From the beginning the client wanted a house with many rooms,” the studio told Dezeen. “We agreed, but then convinced them to create large openings between the different spaces, to maintain a sense of spaciousness.”
To further maximise space, seating is also built into the wall that separates the entrance lobby from the living space.
The Dutch studio said they “utilised every single square centimetre of the house’s open spaces as well as its solid ones”.
Furnishings are largely white or grey, to allow the clients to impose their own personality on the house. The white kitchen units came from Swedish design brand Ikea, while other additions include pastel-toned cushions and plants.
The staircase is concealed behind a door, and a downstairs toilet slots in underneath it.
Large, pivoting windows and doors link the indoor and outdoor spaces.
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