DIY - ALTERNATIVE HOME HEATING

In his video journalist Dylan Winter shows a simple and allegedly efficient way to heat up your room. The heater is constructed using a bread loaf tin, tea lights and two flower pots. When asked about his heater, he said: “People have told me that judicious positioning of flowerpots help to make the heating more efficient. I did not believe it but it really does seem to work. You get a nice flow around the pots and it warms the room up. You’d be amazed.” Intrigued by this, another blogger decided to test this heating system and ended up far from satisfied with the result. He described his impressions and insights on his blog, including even some expert opinions on the subject. Since this alternative heater is extremely easy to construct, a little myth busting wouldn't be too much trouble. DIY!

[ Sources: thinking humanity, bargaineering ]

POLAROID INSTANT FILM / THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT

IMPOSSIBLE video shows a brilliant presentation that clarifies the chemistry of analog instant film and explains the process of developing a polaroid picture.

The Impossible Project is a group of companies that produce instant film for classic Polaroid™ cameras. Aditionally they invented the Instant Lab - a device that turns your digital photos to instant analog photos.

[ The Impossible Project, Instant Lab, The Impossible Project x Gorilla vs. Bear ]

HOUSE IN LOS MOLINOS / BIAGIONI PECORARI ARQUITECTOS

A weekend house for a family of five, 180sqm, located in Santa Fe, Argentina. With a narrow pallet of materials and colors BP architects created a beautiful house with a linear layout, designed to be executed in two stages. Spaces in the house are neutral, basic, enough. Orientation and fenestration allow the scenery to get inside. The family and the atmosphere give this house it's content and not the furniture and decorations.

[ Biagioni / Pecorari Arquitectos ]

THREE TO NOW / OLAFUR ELIASSON

// It may be said that Eliasson, like Duchamp, does not produce works of art. Rather, he organizes and transforms conditions of experience. The widely known Weather Project at the Tate Modern in London in 2003 is a primary example. Every Eliasson work entails the production of a machine that activates other machines - in particular, the sensation-producing body-machines of the viewers themselves. In the exhibition presented here are displayed 54 experiment-machines (they could also be called “perceiving machines”) that each explores an aspect of how the human body and nervous system orients itself in space and time by tapping clues implicitly or explicitly from its environment, from which it innovates its own irreducibly unique “life in space. //

[Kwinter, Sanford,Curator’s Statement for Harvard University Graduate School of Design exhibition The Divine Comedy]

UNIVERSAL TOWEL FOR YOGA, BEACH, TRAVEL, LIFE / THE NOMADIX TEAM

An eco-friendly universal towel, crafted to fit a variety of activities. It is super absorbent, quick drying, slip resistant, anti-microbial, durable, lightweight, packable, perfect size for yoga... Aside the fact so many great features are joined together in just one product, what caught my attention and remained imprinted on my memory is the motto: Own less. Do more. Not only NOMADIX created a product I would buy, they sparked a change of attitude.

[Sources: KICKSTARTER, NOMADIX]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Marian Bantjes: // The other day Doyald told me he's not interested in making things new, but in making them better. In these days of instant gradification, short attentiion spans and the eternal quest for the hot new thing, I feel we desperately need more Doyals who are willing to work and work with that focused skill and over the years make things better, better, better. // 

 [Creative Inspirations: Doyald Young, Logotype Designer]

PIRA STOOL / DANILO CALVACHE

Pira Stool is a seating unit created by Colombian-based industrial designer Danilo Calvache. Bared down to esentials, this design conveys the concept of minimalism, but simplicity is not it’s only aesthetic value. A shift in perception reveals a design that calls for action and engagement. The unit consists of only two components: a frame and a seat. Their geometry and particular way these elements are organized form an object that resembles a didactic toy. Metal frame forms a stable base for supporting the bulky wooden seat. The depth of the seat has been deliberately exaggerated and shaped to gradually narrow from top to bottom so it allows the piece to fit into the frame. Depending how you look at it, these two elements can form a stool or may become a didactic apparatus. This design shows how to get more with less.

 [ Danilo Calvache Design Studio - pira stool ]