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Good concrete fences make good neighbors
If your home’s property lines happen to be of the more curvy and disjointed kind, then this concrete block fence system from designer Sergej Kuckir might be your key to walling out society and its discontents. Intended to emulate more curvilinear demands for fencing and ground planning, it is only natural that the fencing carry [...]
Auto zen garden for a false nirvana
9. January 2010
Man, everyone knows you’ve got to rake the sand yourself. What? Unless you’re from the Roomba generation of Buddhist monks. Then you’ve got to get yourself affiliated with the Studio FRST crew. They’ll whip you up a set of “Jardin Impatient” or what I’d call Auto Sand Gardeners. You’ll never have to pull sand to [...]
Urban beehive
2. January 2010
Get your stingers out for the “Bikube;” it’s a beehive for modern city dwellers who want to help fix the decreasing bee population. The designer of this project, Adam Weaver, attacks the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) problem head-on with this stylish box. It’s a beehive. You attach it to your outside wall. Bees live in [...]
Droplet – electric mulching lawnmower by ashley marsh croft
24. December 2009
Droplet is an electric mulching lawnmower, addressing the issues of increasingly smaller lawn and storage spaces in Australian homes, and the negative user issues associated with gardening hardware. The droplet incorporates a unique raising and lowering mechanism alongside an unconventional wheel design, resulting in a new interpretation of a typically dull machine. The surface detail [...]
Eva solo 2007 spring/summer collection by henrik holbaek & claus jensen
22. December 2009
Design brand Eva Solo just introduced their 2007 Spring/Summer Collection. Bird Box that has changeable entrance hole to match different sized birds, Oil Lamp to supplement your outdoor furniture and Fridge Carafe designed in a simple, classic milk bottle shape to fit neatly into the fridge door. The collection will be available in stores from [...]
Thirsty plants demand attention
18. December 2009
What would you do if I sang out of tune? Nothing!
What would you do if I talked to you? Grow Well!
What would you do if I didnât water you? Remind Me!
How? Coz you are a plant, and we donât live in futuristic times where plants can talkâ¦HOW? Ahâ¦now I get it, youâre housed in that [...]
Egg bird house by schatz studio
5. December 2009
Give birds a welcome home and a place to hatch their young with the colorful and durable Egg Bird House. The glossy ceramic Egg Bird House has a 1 1/8″ diameter entry hole to attract chickadees, wrens and smaller birds, keeping house sparrows out. The handmade Egg Bird House is easy to use, durable, predator [...]
15. January 2010
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