Design & Lifestyle Blog

12 Nov ’10

Flames for Any Space

These images are of decorative and environmentally fireplaces that burn potato-infused bio-ethanol. They’re beautiful and sustainable, no prior installations required and come in a  large number of sleek and modern designs. Add to that they can be installed indoors as well as in the garden.

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11 Nov ’10

What Makes Your Day?

Filed under: Art & Photography — Sahar @ 2:30 pm

 

 

By Napatsawan Chirayukool

 

This is just really cute, the graphics and the simplicity of the design in addition to the spontaneous and innocent replies.

 

How about you, what makes YOUR day??

Marcel Wanders Tableware for KLM

Filed under: Compliments & Accessories — Sahar @ 2:00 pm

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will begin serving meals on a new service for World Business Class passengers effective 27 March 2011. Leading Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has created porcelain, glassware, cutlery, linen and a tray.

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10 Nov ’10

‘ Food’ Landscapes by Carl Warner | Photography

Filed under: Art & Photography — Tags: , , , , — Sahar @ 4:00 pm

When you first check out these images, you think they are just the ordinary photos of food markets or landscape sceneries, look closed and you will realize that every element in the photo is made of a food item. These are real photos made with food, or as Carl Warner likes to call them ‘Foodscapes’. The links were sent to me by a lovely reader NS, thank you.

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The Paul Smith Mini Road Trip

Filed under: Cars,Exhibitions & Events,Fashion — Tags: — Sahar @ 12:00 pm

mini-at-greene-street-blog-62150The Paul Smith Multi-stripe Mini started with  its first tour of the United States on September 25th 2010.

Starting at the Paul Smith Las Vegas shop in Crystals City Center, travelling over to The Melrose Shop in Los Angeles and finally ending in Greene Street, New York.

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Gaucho Opens in Beirut | Restaurants

Filed under: Restaurants — Sahar @ 6:00 am

“Situated in close proximity to the Four Seasons and next to the famous Phoenicia hotel, Gaucho Beirut offers an opulent restaurant for up to 120 guests, terrace lounge and an exclusive private dining room, perfect for entertaining up to 12 guests, for an intimate dinner, business meeting or one of their wine or food master classes. With valet parking and within a short walk from the famous boardwalk ‘corniche’ and the vibrant Beirut Central District, Gaucho Beirut is the hotspot for business or pleasure.

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9 Nov ’10

Amazing Concept for the Olympic Tower of 2016

Filed under: Architecture — Tags: , — Sahar @ 10:00 pm

“This vertical structure will be placed in Cotonduba Island. It will be both an observation Tower, and a welcome sign for the visitors arriving by air and by Sea at Rio de Janeiro, where the Olympic Games 2016 will take place.”

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Mobile Phones by Famous Designers

iida and Alessi are collaborating to release distinctive phones designed with three world renowned designers, namely, Marcel Wanders, Patricia Urquiola, and Stefano Giovannoni. The idea behind this project was to ‘help you feel wonder each time you use a mobile phone, to enable you to anticipate unprecedented ways of communicating, to give you the power to realize a lifestyle of freedom, liberated from preconceived notions, finding ways to embody the freshest ideas and never failing to stimulate your sensibility—this is the essence of iida’s mission.’ The project was revealed during DESIGNTIDE 2010, Tokyo held from October 30,2010 till November 3, 2010.

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