A Thread for Fine Design
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Such fine work.
This is by David Fletcher http://www.dbfletcher.com/
He has designed a few tables like this, mostly I believe for Yachts.
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modular briks
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Take my money already as this I want!
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This project surely deserves a place in this thread - Picture updates on pages 1, 5, 7, 11 and the final product on page 17. I challenge you to make it all the way through without wincing.
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OMG! That's all I can say!
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In a sense this is out of the box for this Thread, or is it?
Japanese researchers say they've developed a way to decode your sleeping brain's activity using an MRI machine in real time - or in other words, "watch" your dreams. http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/04/scientists-learn-to-see-your-dreams-with-mri-scans.html
If this same technology can be applied to your memory, it could mean a the largest single change in the justice system since DNA.
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I thought this new concept is very clever!
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More of a great idea than fine design if you live with limited space.
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Here's a slightly more refined production concept based on the same idea:
www.yankodesign.com/2012/11/19/herbed-windows/
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Plug It On The Window - Yanko Design
The Window Socket offers a neat way to harness solar energy and use it as a plug socket. So far we have seen solutions that act as a solar battery backup, but none as a direct plug-in. Simple in design, the plug just attaches to any window and does its job intuitively. Designers: Kyuho Song
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News (www.yankodesign.com)
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Sorry for my laxness on the Thread. Just a time of a lot of output.
But I came across this. At first I thought it was just sculptures, and liked it any way. But it's relationship to the landscape had me thinking of a good friends thoughts on prairies versus mountains. He would say." I'm not fond of the mountains, everything is already done. But if you put a shape on the prairie, its effect is profound"
http://www.patkau.ca/
Patkau Architects designed and built the Winnipeg Skating Shelters in response to a competition, and to Canada’s impossible cold, but also to an unprecedented setting generated by the anomaly whereby a river that flows through the city of Winnipeg froze when the water level rose much higher than normal, producing an 'entropic' landscape (as Robert Smithson might put it), or a new form of urban wilderness. Faced with this situation – and with the task of installing shelters for chilly skaters
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Some cool ideas.
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Astley Castle wins Riba Stirling Prize for architecture
Regards,
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The URB-E comes in two versions, Commuter (three wheeler) and GP (two wheeler). Its an Indegogo project and I was quite taken with the concept and the design. It ticks all the right boxes for those wishing to get by in cities without a car.
.The guys behind the URB-E have put in place a clever sales package. They have two purchase options, a hand-crafted in the USA version at $1,599 and a Chinese manufactured URB-E at $799.
The US version will be serial numbered in order of purchase, and will be specially badged with a plaque saying "This frame was handcrafted in Pasadena, CA by Brent Foes"
Its good to see manufacture staying in the USA and I think this is a very good way of adding extra value to the product that will definitely appeal to patriots.
The link for further details is here, http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/urb-e-the-world-s-most-compact-e-vehicle
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It would be a shame not to see this interesting thread continuing, so I'll kick it off again with the revived Jaguar Mark II. I remember the first Mark II I saw back in the early 60s! From any angle it looks so well balanced and proportioned.
Updated Jaguar Mark 2 puts new spin on a classic
http://www.gizmag.com/jaguar-mark-2-update/33582/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers%26amp;utm_campaign=9d1d7cc0ab-UA-2235360-4%26amp;utm_medium=email%26amp;utm_term=0_65b67362bd-9d1d7cc0ab-76676071 -
'The Duke Engine is an Advanced Internal Combustion Engine'
Very balanced engine! http://www.dukeengines.com/
Good artical by Loz Blain, here, http://www.gizmag.com/duke-engines-axial/33631/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers%26amp;utm_campaign=7b7ef0c546-UA-2235360-4%26amp;utm_medium=email%26amp;utm_term=0_65b67362bd-7b7ef0c546-76676071
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