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Teardrop trailers have, arguably, taken the camping world by storm. The industry is flooded with small, mini, and micro trailers with their customization options to fit user desires and requirements. Offering extreme overlanding comfort with a sleeping area and functional galley kitchen in the rear, these lightweight trailers in addition to being exciting and fun are also comfortable and glamorous.

Following the lead arrives Dropy, a light, compact, comfortable and overly versatile teardrop trailer designed and developed by Barcelona-based Drop Campers. While on the exterior, the squared-off Dropy is just an ordinary trailer, it reveals some exciting new ways to keep it simple with an interesting layout.

Designer: Drop Campers

The variation of the Dropy lies in its kitchen, which basically comprises a fold-down traction board at the back alongside a small slide-out to hold a petite stove. This interesting convertible makeover, which is starkly compact in comparison with the rear galley kitchen, leaves more room in the sleeping quarter for the inhabitants to explore. The folding table can double as a work desk or a casual table when you want to just sit and relax outside of your camping trailer.

Always ready for what you throw at it, the Dropy has been designed to travel on tar, gravel, and unbeaten trails without much fuss courtesy of its welded galvanized steel chassis comprising a torsion bar axle and choice of leaf spring or independent suspension. Within its aluminum composite, birch body, black Line-X cabin, insulated with Kaiflex closed-cell rubber, you can experience an unforgettable living space featuring a double mattress, overhead cabinets, and some drawers and shelves for storage.

The interior of the Dropy trailer is well-lit with a skylight, and boat side doors with sliding windows. The camper is more of a shell otherwise starting at €21,500 (approximately $23,500). It is the la carte options that scale up the price and the utility of the Dropy. To that accord, Drop Campers offers a range of options depending on the Crossover (all-road), SUV (all-terrain), or Offroad variant you go for. This includes the choice of 110W rooftop solar panels, lithium battery, hot air heating system, outdoor water tank with road shower, refrigerator, Primus 2-burner gas stove, indoor hanging hammock for kids or pets, bike rack for 2 bicycles, ski and surfboard carriers, side-mounted dresser and outdoor bathroom/toilet, and more.

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Vinyl players and vinyls in general used to be such a hipster thing to have or it was just for serious musicphiles. But now, more and more people are actually getting them for their homes whether as something to actually play or even just as part of a certain aesthetic they’re going for. In fact, it’s not just exclusive for playing music but these gramophones are used as decorations and materials for other accessories.

Designer: Artyom Alimpjvev

The Gramophone Lamp is one such home decoration that uses vinyls as material for this lighting accessory, going for a retro and minimalist aesthetic. The curved base actually looks like the stand for an Apple monitor and it supports a single aluminum stand that slopes at the back and then with the vinyl as the main light source. The trackpad-like surface is where the controls are found, whether to switch the ambient lighting on and off or to increase or reduce the brightness.

The polycarbonate diffuser disk is the “star” of the show as it magnifies the lighting with its almost translucent quality. The lamp has a 4000 mAh lithium ion rechargeable battery so you can use it up to 24 hours (at maximum brightness) even when it’s not plugged in. The light temperature is set at 3500K in a warm white color.

The designer says that this is not meant to be a desk lamp but is really more for atmospheric and aesthetic purposes. The entire thing is actually handcrafted with the singular aluminum stand and there are only 100 units created so if you’re thinking of getting one, you should already place your order on Alimpjev’s website before they all run out and if you have around $170.

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California architecture studio Marmol Radziner has completed a black-clad, “modernist” skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, which is now the tallest residential structure in the state of California, according to the studio.

The Beaudry is a 695-foot-tall (212 metres) luxury residential skyscraper with 64 storeys. It contains 785 residential units, a large outdoor third-floor terrace and 5,500 square feet (510 square metres) of commercial space.

It consists of a narrow tower extending almost uniformly from the ground, with a base that includes an attached parking structure entry. Its entrance program is set back from the street, with a void at ground level supported by massive columns.

The columned base is reminiscent of mid-century American skyscrapers.

“Our design is inspired by a modernist tradition. It is a simple expression of the building’s program, materiality, and structure,” said Marmol Radziner managing partner Leo Marmol.

The studio incorporated the balconies to embrace the city’s mild climate, and to create a sense of texture on the facade, which is covered mostly in glass curtain wall, through which the dark-steel frame of the building can be seen.

“The building embraces the city’s temperate climate through balconies, operable windows, and large outdoor spaces,” said the studio.

“The balconies create a visual texture of horizontal bands interlaced within a vertically oriented glazed facade.”

Dark cladding and glazing were used to cover the exterior to contrast two neighbouring office towers, which flank a plaza between all three.

“The building is integrated with the adjacent streetscape and existing retail plaza, with an emphasis on its connection to the neighborhood and pedestrians,” said design partner Ron Radziner.

“Together with the two existing office towers that flank the retail plaza, the new tower transforms the plaza into an outdoor room available to the neighbourhood residents.”

For the building’s interiors, the studio also looked to mid-century influences.

Wood panelling clads the wall and ceiling of the double-height lobby, which also includes floor-to-ceiling glazing and darkly-clad columns.

Marmol Radziner is a California-based design-build studio founded in 1989 by Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner.

The studio usually works in smaller-scale residential typologies. The Beaudry is its first skyscraper, and it says it is an elaboration on its usual style at a larger scale.

“Conceptually, the building itself is a vertical expression of the horizontal modernist aesthetic that Marmol Radziner is so well known for,” said Marmol Radziner interiors studio director Erika Montes.

“Classic mid-century modernist materials like travertine, walnut, and bronze give the space a dramatic, earthy feel, seamlessly connecting the exterior to the interior.”

Marmol Radziner made “many of the furnishings” in-house and also incorporated pieces from local artists and craftsmen, with hand-knotted rugs by Christopher Farr and artwork curated by Cirrus Gallery throughout.

The landscape design “speaks to the outdoor lifestyle of Southern California”, with the third-floor terrace modelled after a park.

The Beaudry sits down the street from three abandoned skyscrapers recently covered in graffiti, which sparked conversation around development in downtown Los Angeles.

Other projects in the area include a pair of skyscrapers designed by Frank Gehry and an in-progress expansion of the Colburn School, also designed by Gehry.

The images are by Jason O’Rear unless otherwise noted.

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Typically, to achieve this Japanese naguri (literally “beaten”) pattern in wood…

…you’d need a sharp hand tool, patience and skill. It was traditionally done with a carving gouge or an adze, as seen in this photo:

Image: Wrath of Gnon

However, woodworker Takurou Seino (whose clever bowl we looked at here) has created a jig that allows you to do it with a trim router and a bowl bit.

By attaching an optional parallel guide, you can introduce a regularity to the pattern that would be impossible to achieve with hand tools:

Here you can see how Seino made the jig, or you can skip to the last quarter of the video to see how he uses it:

Seino has patented the design, and sells the jig for ¥6,000 (USD $41). Adding the parallel guide boosts the price to ¥9,600 (USD $65).

Spanish designer and architect Patricia Urquiola is known for her eye-catching creations which are usually characterized by stained-glass panels or entire interior redesigns. She heavily focuses on modern style accentuated with feminine accents and intriguing elements. She is also known for her strong support of female designers. “Where women differ from males is in their flexibility, adaptability, and ability to multitask,” Urquiola said to Elle Decor in 2010. “We must be capable of surviving and even those two qualities—flexibility and adaptability—are extremely important to me in design.” And, she recently updated her Lowland Sofa for the Italian brand Moroso, giving it the name Loveland.

Designer: Patricia Urquiola for Moroso

Patricia Urqouila upgraded her Lowland sofa for the Italian brand Moroso, imparting it with a softer composition, and adorning it with a new name – Loveland. The three-seater sofa design adapts the previous design which was created in 2000. It features lower-positioned armrests, and a rounded backrest shape, which gives the sofa a gentler and more pebble-like appearance.

“The new design choices enhance the architectural qualities of the series while maintaining the sophisticated rationalist mood of this sofa, as a stand-alone piece or in a composition,” said Moroso. The Loveland sofa features a modernist steel base, which is paired up with warm and contemporary wood, and arranged at interesting sculptural angles.

Lowland was upgraded to Loveland to implement “a different approach to sustainability”. With Loveland, they eliminated developing a whole new product, and instead, they jazzed up a beloved classic to create an eternal and evergreen piece. There isn’t any unnecessary production or any additional waste. Resources are saved and minimized, as a pre-existing furniture piece is transformed and elevated. The Loveland sofa is available with or without armrests and can be upholstered in fabric or leather. You can choose between Honey, Tropical Wood, or Coffee finishes for the sofa’s wooden base.

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