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The QUERTY Sofa – a design prototype by Zo_Loft has panels controlled by tiny motors that fold the sofa down into a flat bed so you can truly *drumroll* fall asleep at the keyboard *badum tish*.
The Donky Bike by Ben Wilson.
A steel beam running through the middle of the frame means it can carry heavy loads
It’s no BMW Cruise. Still..
Designs of the Year 2013 (The Guardian)
(Hat tip: Sido)
Behold BMW’s new e-bike: the Cruise (top speed 25km/h, weight 24kg, range 85km).
The bike has a 250W electric motor powered by a lithium ion battery under the bottom bracket. There’s also an onboard computer and a choice of cycling ‘modes’ including ‘eco’, ‘tour’, ‘sport’ and (ahem) ‘speed/turbo’.
No word on price or release date as yet, but the first 1000 units will be sold only in Germany.
The bike’s non-electric 2009 predecessor is currently on special offer at €700.
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Spotted in Rome on Saturday. Flag – check, St Patrick, harp, Guinness, cliffs etc. – check.
Eh, Bobby Sands – check..
Stay classy Italy.
A frankly brilliant proposal to turn the (abandoned since 1983) Battersea Power Station in London into a museum surrounded by an epic rollercoaster track.
Of the design concept, which won top prize in the ArchTriumph Museum of Architecture competition, Parisian architectural firm Atellier Zundel Cristea sez:
Our project puts the power station on centre stage, the structure itself enhancing the site through its impressive scale, its architecture, and its unique brick material. Our created pathway links together a number of spaces for discovery: the square in front of the museum, clearings, footpaths outside and above and inside, footpaths traversing courtyards and exhibition rooms. The angles and perspectives created by the rail’s pathway, through the movement within and outside of the structure, place visitors in a position where they can perceive simultaneously the container and its contents, the work and nature.
An avant garde line of jackets by London College of Fashion student Chan Si Leong, who sez:
A small mens collection which makes use of series of hand movement especially hug to express how the (dis) connection between people to people and the loneliness by my experience. Some keywords have become the main points of my collection. “Hugs”, “Communication”, “Interesting”, “Fun”, “flourishing”, “a bit implication of sex”, “comfort”, “to be protected”, “to be surrounded”, ‘to cherish” “warmth”, “memory”, “happiness”, “childhood”, “lifetime”, ”Let go”, etc.
Oh yeah, sure, scoff all you like.
Deep down, you know you’re already wearing the pink one.
(Pix: Sara Pista)
Bunch of5s is a single-serving website wherein the image of Queen Elizabeth II on the Australian five-dollar note is lovingly ‘re-faced’.
At a cost of five dollars each time, presumably.
Designer Alex Cornell’s helpful infographic – details of which you’ll be putting into practice sometime soon. He sez:
One of the most complex social situations you will encounter is the 45 seconds that elapse while deciding where to sit for dinner at a restaurant. Your choice should appear natural, unbiased and haphazard if executed properly. Timing is everything. These 45 seconds determine how enjoyable your next 2 hours will be. Once the pieces start to fall into place and people take their seats, your choices narrow. People sit, seemingly at random, and if you don’t take the appropriate measures, you’re inevitably stuck at the least interesting end of the table.