Modern design and architecture is engrossed in using wood, glass and stone extensively to ensure that the most ambient interiors are possible and the role of wood is something that is elevated largely due to people feeling a necessity to stay close to nature. While the lavish comfort these organic materials offer is unmatched, they still have to be styled in the appropriate fashion to fit into the aesthetic scheme of things. The latest range of bathtubs from Vitra does exactly that in the form of their Vitra4life collection.
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There is nothing like a wonderful early morning shower to kick the lethargy out of your bones and to get you kick started and nothing matches the comforting and liberating feeling of warm shower after a hard day’s work. The Hansgrohe Rainbrain Smart Shower does that and a lot more as its smooth and intuitive centrally attached touchpad screen allows you to control the many refreshing shower options that the Rainbrain provides. The unique system allows you to adjust the temperature of your shower, type of stream, pressure setting and comfort features. The sizzling shower even streams your pre-set favorite music via Bluetooth from your MP3.
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If you thought you look totally awesome in your skinny hipster jeans, well you are wrong. The trend seems to be dying off and most people these days have begun to go for that eased look, which comes with jeans that are not skinny. In the Paris Men’s Week, Dior Homme, Lanvin, Hermès, Paul Smith and other big names in the men’s couture did not reveal any jeans or trousers that even bordered close to being skinny or tight.

The tight jeans, kohl fudged, spike haired look seems to be dying and a relaxed 90s look seems to be back. This could be a fallout from the recession as most guys do not care about fashion anymore now that they cannot afford much on fashion.

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MNEMOSYNE 16-gigabyte USB storage cube is not just a device that is designed to ensure certain amount of security to your data, but it also gives you a finely crafted piece of art as you set down to unlock the USB pin set right in the middle of the cube. The idea was conceptualized and then given form by Italy-based designers Toshi Satoji and Katsuya Masaki. The solid aluminum block is crafted from a single piece and you will have to unlock the path to the pin by rotation of the cut pieces.
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Modern furniture and design is all about ensuring that you derive the maximum out of the available resources and with space being a premium in the modern world, nothing seems to be a bigger hit that ergonomic furniture. Modern Space Saving Mini Kitchen from Ensci is one such cool invention which is in no way just ‘Mini’ and rather relies on its compact structure and special features to ensure that you get the max out of its mini frame.
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If you are the kind of guy who hates leather and would not use anything that is derived from animals, you really must check out these sophisticated looking bags from the house of QWSTON. They have launched a cool new office bag that is made of coated cotton and the compartments are padded with neoprene.

The compartments ca hold laptops of about 17 inches and the other pockets can hold many other things like small accessories, gadgets, money and even jewellery. I would say this bag looks totally cool with all the sleek cuts and of course, being made of cotton, it does not have blood on its stitches, so to speak. In fact, one must always encourage oneself to buy products that are not derived from animals.

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Blogging on the move is something that most of those who travel across the globe rave about, but that is often done using wireless internet connections from hotels and hotspots. Blogger Marcos Morales and his family though have an entirely different experience when it comes to blogging o the move. Designed by Waskman and Culdesac Studio for Vodafone to promote their wireless and fixed phone connections, this daft, sleek and minimalist modern home trots around on its wheels and inside its glass walls lies a cozy adobe with loads of finesse.
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There are so many minis around these days and many kits that tweak and modify them in various ways that one almost finds it scantly surprising that a new version has turned up over the weekend. But this one is pretty special considering that the Arden Mini cooper equipe will not only be a Limited edition venture, but seems to really light up your day with its authentic Mini-like features. Released specifically to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Equipe Arden’s British Touring Car Championship victory, the MINI Cooper Equipe will be personally signed by signed by founder Jochen Arden.
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A group of brilliant Masters Students from IDE, which is run jointly by Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art, have come up with phenomenal plans to build a hotel in space, which can then be fitted to the International Space Station. Indeed, this will be very cool in case the plans work successfully. The enthusiastic students have already unveiled a 12 meter-long replica of the hotel interior, besides the animated computer designs.

The students really worked hard to design the project, which could function in a zero gravity environment. The students worked with Daniele Badini, who is a renowned visiting lecturer and space architecture expert. The whole thing was a challenging task and the students really worked hard. The toilets were specially designed small in order to save space.

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Did you ever know that diamond can also be extracted literally from your deceased pet’s ashes or a lock of its hair? This is freaky and sounds very unbelievable. However, a company called DNA2Diamonds comes up with a weird way of creating this sparkling gem out of your deceased pet. This requires a long process though.

All you need to do is to submit a DNA sample of your deceased pet to the company. They will then go through a series of procedures such as; extracting carbon from the sample, adding the carbon to a real diamond seed, which is then placed to an incubator so that it grows. After going through all the necessary procedures, the stone is finally cut and is closely examined by the Gemological Institute of America before it is packaged and sent to you.

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