Designed by Li Qiong, Qin Duyin, and Peng Junjie, “Home of the Firefly†is a lamp for outdoor use that brings new meaning to the relationship between humans and nature. Created as an habitat for fireflies, the lamp use the insect´s natural bioluminescence as an intelligent and eco-friendly alternative to traditional lighting.
Solaris is a pure blessing for claustrophobic souls who would bargain anything for fresh open air. The magic sun shade fitted with solar panels harnesses the sun’s energy to keep your entire gadgetry juiced to the full anywhere anytime. The designer has planned the shade mindful of a highly connected information age that thrives on free internet services.
So all you need would be an energy point, wireless connection and of course the sun shade so that you can function leisurely from even outside the office premises. What amuses one most is the fact that you can do away with all the long traveling distances besides contributing to a greener planet with fewer CO2 emissions and fuel consumption.
A design contribution toward sustainable and a more socially inclusive city landscape, the tastefully designed Solaris has been chosen as one of the finalists in the International Design Competition “Feel the Planet Earth.â€
Via The Design Blog
Tana Water Bars are advanced water appliances, using a sophisticated filtration system and digital controls. Subtly refined over two generations, the crisp design evokes the silhouette of a vase-a vessel of pure water with understated advanced technology nested within. Tana´s water appliances e a break-out success, effectively changing the culture of water consumption.
The Tree Hotel, located at Harrads Sweden, is a place inspired by the documentary film “Trädälskaren†(Treelover) by Jonas Selberg Augustsen and by the idea of creating a comfortable, well designed hotel which allows visitors to live in harmony with nature amongst the trees .
The concept “live in a tree house†has been handed over to a select group of established modern designers and architects. The result is a hotel with a unique collection of rooms, all different, where you can enjoy a comfortable, and truly memorable experience up in the trees.
Rooms available are the “Mirrorcube†by Tham & VidegÃ¥rd Architects, “The Cabin†by Cyrén & Cyrén, “The Nest†by Inredningsgruppen, “UFO†by Inredningsgruppen / Bertil Harström, “A room with a view” by Marge Architects and “Blue Cone†by Sandell Sandberg.
Seed is a household centrifugal pump concept by designer Aleksander Mukomelov that can effectively water the orchards, gardens and lawns by taking water from lakes, rivers, ponds as well as from water storage reservoirs, wells and chinks in order to reduce the constant human attendance and controlling the watering procedure.
The main objective of Seed is to solve the everyday problems associated with watering and providing ultimate freedom to the owner by featuring a full function remote control on the panel that can adjust different parameters of the pump such as turning on and off, shutdown countdown, setting up the amount of flowed water, schedule how many times and when it should start working automatically, and many more. The recycled plastic made case has not only given it an organic look, but also includes electronic control function to minimize the use of electricity, and in other terms water too.
The Grass Lamp by designer Marko Vuckovic is an innovative concept that has been designed to enhance the décor of a home interior with natural elements, aiming to bring warmth and uniqueness in the user’s homes. The concept incorporates a part of nature right inside the house designed to be placed on the wall to represent a modern and eco-friendly aesthetic of the home interior. Aside from helping the grass to be grown on the lamp, it discretely lightens the room which lets the user to directly connect with nature. Thin and light PVC plastic has been used to make the lamp with reserved inside space for the soil, and also features water container and areas to be lightened with great functionality.
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