Elite Choice » Relaxation http://elitechoice.org Best of the Breed: Luxury, Gadgets, Technology, Internet, Fashion, Estate & Auctions... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:21:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Hitoma Portable Tea Room from Japan Brand Pop Up Shop http://elitechoice.org/2009/05/28/porsche-p8499-a-rich-pair-of-sunglasses-in-gold/ http://elitechoice.org/2009/05/28/porsche-p8499-a-rich-pair-of-sunglasses-in-gold/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 03:16:14 +0000 Robert http://elitechoice.org/?p=15593 hitoma-11 Hitoma Portable Tea Room from Japan Brand Pop Up Shop

In this fast moving world, everybody needs a break to pamper oneself once in a while. One thing that attracts me the most at the moment is Hitoma. It is a gigantic portable tea room and it has the ability to transform any ordinary room into the perfect tea or meditation retreat. We often neglect to focus on medication as we are too occupied with our daily routines.

Hitoma is originally dispatched from the Japan Brand Pop Up Shop and is currently available at NYC’s Felissimo till 30 May 2009. Besides the latest fashion accessories, kitchen props and home decor, which come straight from Japan, Hitoma is the centre of attraction. Hitoma literally signifies a room that is used to promote a time and place for relaxation. It is built using Kishu timber. It is a high quality cedar from the city of Gobo.

It is known for its extraordinary grain patterns and long life span. The sliding doors are covered in bamboo paper display calligraphy. The floor is covered by tatami mats. This tea room is developed by the Gobo Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It is retailed for $18,000. This is not a bad deal considering the serene features it has.

Via: CoolHunting\Hitoma

]]> http://elitechoice.org/2009/05/28/porsche-p8499-a-rich-pair-of-sunglasses-in-gold/feed/ 0 Float at Home in a Cloud with Cloud Sofa http://elitechoice.org/2009/04/15/float-at-home-in-a-cloud-with-cloud-sofa/ http://elitechoice.org/2009/04/15/float-at-home-in-a-cloud-with-cloud-sofa/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:38:21 +0000 Radhika http://elitechoice.org/?p=14135 cloud-sofa Float at Home in a Cloud with Cloud SofaDid you ever think you could float on a sofa, in the confines of your own home? It is actually true! You can float on a sofa and feel light! It’s not a scene out of some science fiction or kiddie fantasy film that you would have watched eons ago, but Cloud Sofa, as it is named, is billed to be a design masterpiece.
The piece of furniture is built of ultra comfort and relaxation and is designed to be a magnetically levitating or ascending sofa whose base, a separate piece, generates magnetic force and offers it to the sofa that can thereby be enabled, to float. It has no steel cables to support it.
So if you want to just crash on to it, relax or take a quick nap on, this is the thing for you. The price could be as high as its cloudy heights though. This design concept however received a special mention at the RELAX furniture Design contest held by Yanko Design. So if you want that de-stress session you’ve been longing for badly, get yourself the cloud home.
Via: BoingBoing, KooTouch

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