Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Sustainable Surfaces
As a student that has lived in many different homes while in college and recently re-doing my sister's apartment, I have learned a lot about shopping for materials for homes. Surfaces for homes is one of the most controversial argument I believe. Everyone has different tastes and different surfaces are good for different environments. A company called TorZo has created many different forms of sustainable surface. check them out.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Water Bottles With Filters
At the Home and Housewares show this year there was a great product called the Bobble. The Bobble is a water bottle that includes a built in filter. The design of the bottle was created by Karim Rashid. It is a ergonomic shaped water bottle with different colored filters/caps. The colors are very similar to the Vitamin water campaign and also creates a possible trend for the bottle. The bottle are also made of thick plastic, influencing people to keep the bottles and refill them rather than use disposable bottles. I personally think both the bottle and the design are great and can't wait to see them on the market.
TV You Can Touch
Holograms have been around for awhile, but is only recently that we have figured out how to almost master it. On the core77 website the article entitled Holograms you can feel showed the new advancements to holograms. A new technology has been created where the hologram can notice an object in front of it and use it within the hologram. For example a ball would bounce off someones hand. This hologram not only could notice object, but it could also let you feel these objects, as in a ball or rain dropping on your hand.
Versatile Refridgerator
After all the years of most homes having at least one refrigerator, there is a new design for them coming out, a design similar to many video game systems now a days. A refrigerator that could stand up in two different way, vertical or horizontal. Although it is not released yet, Samsung has announced that it is in the makings. This refrigerator uses no coils to cool it and can its shelves can change to fit both horizontal or vertical use. This could change homes drastically, making a refrigerator not only an electronic but a piece of furniture.
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