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Clever Faucet tells Temperature

January 28th, 2010

LED water faucetWater is one of the most important elements in our daily life, we use it to drink, to wash and many more. But somehow water is kind of dangerous too, although we don’t have to worry about drown inside the house (well, still do if have got a personal pool at home), we do should be aware of impending burning! So here is a clever faucet that can warn you of the impending burning!

Yes, we’ve seen a couple LED faucets before, but this one is very different. Check it: rather than just making your water blue, which makes you feel like you’re doing the dishes with antifreeze, it changes color based on the temperature, making you feel like you’re doing the dishes with either antifreeze or Gatorade. Not just for fun, actually it’s a cool concept, as you won’t have to worry about scorching your hand while testing the water again. If it’s red, don’t mess with it. This could quite possibly be the world’s first color changing faucet — built-in LEDs change colors based on the water temperature. There is also “precise control” for baths, sinks, and showers.

So this is it, elegant and practical! No more worry about burnt, you can totally count on this high-tech water faucet!


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January 28th, 2010 22:23:50

“Lift Oven” for life

January 26th, 2010

Gaggenau OvenWomen love baking, it feels really awesome every time we made out some delicious cookies, not to mention a nice cake! We love the sweet smell and the wonderful mouthfeel of different cookies and cakes, and indeed we enjoy making such beautiful food, seriously! But what is this always standing in the way, driving us away from baking?

The oven! Of course, most of us have been injured or failed to make nice food due to a terrible oven. Here’s an example, every time you open the oven door, some heat escapes, which is one of the many reasons that baking times can vary from person-to-person for the same recipe, as there is no telling from a writer’s standpoint how long a person will leave his or her oven door open while trying to fit in cake pans and baking sheets, and this is sometimes why you can’t make out the right cake or cookie you’re suppose to. Now, the famous kitchen manufacturer Gaggenau has come up with an absolutely gorgeous oven that tries to solve this problem. The “Lift Oven” is built to utilize the fact that heat rises and, instead of having a door that opens on the front of the oven, it has a base that lowers to open and raises to close – leaving the hot air in the preheated oven above. Better yet, the manufacturer suggests mounting this oven above the counter, so the platform comes down to your level for loading and unloading and completely eliminating the need to bend down or to reach into a hot oven, therefore much less burnt! The oven opens and closes at the touch of a button, and Gaggenau says that it has 11 different heating methods, including a convection setting. It also has a glass-ceramic base, which you can put cookies, breads, pizzas and other baked goods on – no baking sheet required.

However, the only real drawbacks are the the oven is only 24 inches (many out there are larger, so it might not be idea for very large roasts, etc.) and it comes up with a quite astonishing price tag of $4,000. Well, Let’s say, there are plenty of ovens that are even more expensive, and this is still a great oven with wise design.


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January 26th, 2010 21:47:28

Future Car concept by Sergio Luna

January 26th, 2010

Sergio LunaCars are very important in our daily life now, for we really need that transportation to live in a city these days. Go through history you can certainly see the changes in car design. But what the future car would look like? We all have our own picture in mind, but still that’s the question no one can really tell until it actually comes out eventually.

Nevertheless, many manufacturers are trying to show us their idea. Here’a preview of one future car style with this Sergio Luna’s ‘2028 One’ car. Coming from the Michelin Challenge Design 2010, ‘2028 One’ is a single-seater for inter-city transportation. Based on the Segway mechanism, the lightweight vehicle is compact enough for an easy driving. Though it adopts a joystick, the car could also be entirely controlled by a computer.

Well, is this your idea of how the personal vehicle would look like in the future? Anyway, looks fun and beautiful line, but I really concerned about my luggages or shopping stuff, seems too small for those. Somehow I’ve got a really weird feeling that if they make a toy car like this, it’ll definitely sell! I would love to buy one!


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January 26th, 2010 21:00:54

Blender so Elegant

January 25th, 2010

blenderLook at the picture, they’re so elegant and beautiful. Can you ever imagine a Blender so elegant! Juice that comes out from this beautiful machine must be more delicious and can really stimulate your appetite a lot, at least to me!

This is called the “Let Me Guess” blender by De Dietrich, which has a long history, full of discoveries and innovations.  Borne from generations of passion for excellence coupled with a desire to offer continual progressive solutions in a forever-changing world, De Dietrich has been at the forefront of life-changing technological advances for over 300 years. That means you don’t have to worry about its job performance. Then, just take a look at this splendid machine, you can place your glass in the front and have your drink, but you can never tell how it works from the frontview, you’ll have to discover the sleek Let Me Guess blender behind. So now you see it really as a perfectly beautiful line that makes the machine so elegant and exquisite to be just a blender, it can totally become a nice decoration for your sweet home!


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January 25th, 2010 23:24:17

Strange Sofa

January 25th, 2010

Acne sofaWe love interesting furnitures, they’re such a beauty in our house, nice furnitures are far more than practical! Like sofas, they’re like the most important furniture in our sitting room, they appear first when we step in our home, so they must be beautiful and unique enough to express our lifestyle and show our taste! So as we’ve looking for some really interesting pieces of  sofa, Acne’s New Furniture Collection has been revealed!

Speaking of Acne, we love the Swedish label Acne’s jeans, its ready-to-wear apparel and—most definitely—its sharp shoes. So it’s no surprise we find head designer Jonny Johansson’s debut furniture collection for the brand just as desirable. We love the sharp, skewed lines of the velvet pastel chairs and sofas—inspired by the work of the father of Scandinavian furniture design, Carl Malmsten—which were on display at an event in Paris days ago.

Here’re some examples for you, through which you can certainly realize how exclusive this collection is! We love how this pristine white chair turns off-kilter with a slight skewing of the legs. And This narrow lavender sofa makes you sit up straight, which is really good for your health and appearance. That ocean blue style looks like the most comfortable piece–a deep pool of velvet, still it has a skewed leg. Well, now see for yourself!


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January 25th, 2010 22:58:52

Tansparent Toaster

January 21st, 2010

toasterWhat’s the best choice for breakfast? Toast and milk, surely! We all love toasts, but have you ever feel bored when waiting for for toast to be ready? Ever wanted to know what’s going on inside the toaster? Here’s the interesting toaster that makes toasts not only for your stomach but also for your eyes!

The new Magimix toaster has no competition among the peers if you want visually inspect your toasts while they are being toasted, or simply enjoy watching them turning golden-brown. Some even claim it wets their appetite much more. Magimax designed this unique toaster using steel, glass, cast aluminum and, most importantly, a double wall transparent glass. It is also equipped with infrared quartz tubes for high-performance and even toasting, and with 8 degrees of browning, there is something for everyone. Crumb tray, extra-high lift for your convenience. Price for this transparent Magimix toaster with panoramic vision is approximately € 250. Magimax.

A little expensive, but really interesting! And totally worth it if that really wets your appetite, for you know, having a big breakfast is really really good for your health!


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January 21st, 2010 21:38:17

The Most beautiful Cooktop

January 21st, 2010

cooktop1Women love kitchen, either you just love the feeling or you do love to cook, the truth is women do love kitchen! Among all these appliances that is essential to a nice kitchen, a cooktop is the most important one. In case you’re bored with regular ones, here is a beautifully designed one.

Actually, this one is for the design aficionados – the automatic gas cooktop with a focus on automation and environmental awareness. Designed by Alejandro Sanchez, industrial designer from Bogota, Colombia, it looks to also have one electric element, timer, touch controls and memory function among other things. Made of white ceramic glass, judging by its look.

Compact and powerful, quite modern feeling, the color and the design is really nice, yet easy-going that you can match to most of kitchen styles you like.


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January 21st, 2010 21:16:38

The most Luxurious toilet ever!

January 20th, 2010

golden toiletWe’ve mentioned this chrome-plated toilet before, and heard a lot about this amazing golden toilet, now finally, here it is!

We have already seen a couple of tech-toilets, including the Toto’s toilet with MP3 and the Kohler C3 toilet seat with remote control, but the ultimate in luxury toilets was showcased recently at the Extravaganza luxury exhibition held in Moscow – a gold plated toilet. It is priced at a staggering 250,000 Euros.

The gold toilet is equipped with advanced plasma mirror and digital control devices. The decoration material used is gilded marble. The gilded toilet has been fascinatingly christened ‘Moscow.’ Other than the gold-plated toilet, there are luxury swimsuits, sofas, and chairs at the luxury exhibition and the pricing for these luxurious things start at US $5,000. The main aim of the Extravaganza luxury exhibition was to gather interesting, unusual and extravagant goods and services under one roof. The three-day program was filled with on-stage entertainment acts, fashion shows and interactive presentations from dawn until dusk.

Luxury have always been astonishing, but really luxury like this is pretty out of imagination, can anyone ever use this toilet as a normal toilet? And if so, what’s the point of this golden thing?!


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January 20th, 2010 19:55:08

The best way to save space

January 18th, 2010

two in one furnitureThis must be the most space-saving furniture I’ve ever seen! This two-in-one furniture combines the two most important furniture-desk and bed, together to form one piece. Only one at time, the same as you use it, either desk or bed.

In order to let people live more and more comfortable, both the designers and manufactures are making an effort to create bigger beds, desks, shelves, chairs and so on. Yes, everything today is much bigger than before, but pity that the house where we live hasn’t been enlarged at the same pace, so it is not able to contain so many large pieces of furniture. So what about the two-in-one furniture? It is a table, but also doubles a bed when unfolded onto the floor. And your seat magically become your mattress. As a result, you’re still enjoying the comfortable life those large beds and tables bring to you, but no longer have to be upset about the crowded space. two in one furniture 1

Looks so neat, right? How nice! You room will be enlarged by sight, and your life will be more comfortable. And the best part is it looks so elegant and beautiful, really nice furniture, so much creativity!


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January 18th, 2010 23:46:44

A Gorgeous toilet for the BornRich

January 17th, 2010

toiletYou might wonder how gorgeous can a toilet ever be now? Well, we have earlier told you about a high tech toilet that is especially designed for women, and now here comes the real luxury one for the bornrich! A Swarovski crystal studded toilet! How does it look? I’ll just say it’s unutterable, and you can check it out from the picture here!

This one comes from the same maker who earlier lured the rich folks with their chrome-plated toilet. But, for those who demand more, there is ‘Isis‘ collection that features blinged-out bathroom fixtures designed by Jemal Wright of Hollywood, Florida. The iced-out toilet featured here comes fully encrusted with swarvoski crystals. The artist even has a matching sink up for grabs and if that is not enough, the artist is also planning to complete an ice-encrusted double slipper tub. The swarovski-decked toilet comes with a stunning price tag of $75,000.

Really really shocking, right? I really doubt anyone could ever use this  thing as a toilet, well, this is after all apparently not for you and me, it is designed just for the bornrich, so now, Let’s just leave the problem of how to use this to them!


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January 17th, 2010 23:59:37