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Fossa Sofa by Aurelien Barbry for COR

Copenhagen-based French designer Aurelien Barbry has designed the Fossa sofa for COR. It’s a lounger or a sofa — even a sectional, depending on how to arrange it. Fossa is flexible and functions according to the principle of change: cushion elements find a place in recesses where they are inserted, moved or removed. In doing so, another new piece of furniture is created for relaxing, reading, listening to music, alone, etc.

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Glass Lofts in Pennsylvania

The Glass Lofts by Front Studio Architects are located in Pittsburgh, PA, and are the result of a commission by the Friendship Development Associates (FDA) as a central player in its community revitalization program. The mixed-use structure consists of 39,000 square foot artist’s work spaces, 18 loft condominiums, retail and restaurant space, FDA offices and a flexible-use community space. Located at the center of the Penn Avenue Arts District, the Glass Lofts is the result of a community-driven planning process actively involving neighborhood residents, artists and business owners in the development of the project.

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Lake Forest Park Renovation

This top-to-bottom renovation of a 1950’s northwest contemporary house located on a wooded property about 25 miles north of Seattle by Finne Architects looks like heaven. Secluded on a wooden lot, the extensive use of windows reminds me of a fictional meeting between Philip Johnson and Davy Crockett.

Fabulous Kitchen Designs

We had a dinner party the other day and we found that everyone just gravitated toward the kitchen, and stayed there! If you think about it, the kitchen is probably one of the most used rooms in the house. Well, in our house anyway.

Since we're feeling lazy this week, we thought we just lift material from other sources and show you some amazing kitchen designs.  Hope you'll enjoy them!

Source:  myhomeideas.com, elledecor.com.

Designer To Watch-Stephen Gambrel

You probably have seen Stephen Gambrel's work before, as he has been featured in several magazines. We thought we'd do a quick show of his portolio--Just so you'd have some eye candy for the day...

Images from Stephen Gambrel

Fabulous American Style!

People always talk about how chic the French are and how sexy the Latinas are, but you know what, we think American style is so incredibly chic and sexy.  We invented American sportswear, which is so sexy in the most effortless way.

Take a look at the Michael Kors RTW Spring show:

Images from Style.com

Now, if we can only find an easy way to get that gap between the thighs, we'll be all set!

Beautiful and Unique Bottles

If you’re our loyal reader you should remember our post about creative bottles designs of Sparkling Wine Collections “Colier” or Balblair Scotch Whisky 1989 Special Edition. Today we want to show you wider collection of unique designs of bottles. But with one little nuance: all featured bottles belong to only luxury alcohols. Cost of each luxury bottle is from a few thousands of dollars and up to $1,000,000. Sometimes price depends from the quality of the drink and sometimes a bottles are more expencive than liquor.

Mood Swings Apartment Store in Moscow

This unusual interior was created for Mood Swings Apartment Store in Moscow with the help of Fredrick Nilsby and Cyril Duva. The concept was inspired by Alice in Wonderland. There are four spaces divided by different types of wishes a fashion-savvy woman would look for: Simple, Classic, Funny and Avantgarde. These symbols of a woman’s moods embrace the costumers from the minute they walk in.

Decorating in Neutral Colors

We love, love Reed Krakoff clothes.  Have you seen it? He does amazing American sportswear.  Classic, comfortable, and sooo classy...

What strikes us most about the below ad is how pretty the neutral room looks though. It's classic, modern and timeless.  Like a perfect black dress.

For neutral, classic furniture like this, we like Bolier upholstery. Really pricey, but they are beautiful in person.

Here are some examples:

To see more of the collection, check out Bolier's web site.

Beautiful Architectural Rings from Philippe Tournaire

Some time ago we’ve shown you ultimate collection of creative and stylish rings. There was a few rings in the form of cities and buildings among them. They were created by jeweller Philippe Tournaire but it’s only a small part of his works. Todays post we want to devote to the rings collection of this talanted jeweller. Among his art works you could find ring dedicated to New York or Moscow, with Italian patio or Chinese pagoda, with gems or only from platinum. There are a lot of variations of rings and price varies within a few thousand euros.

Designer Clock “Order in Chaos”

We’ve already shown you collection of creative clocks but this interesting clock is worthy for additional attention. It’s called “Order in Chaos” and was created by talanted designer Igor Barbashin. At first glance it is total mess and it’s even hard to find a single number. But principle of this clock is quite unique: the fragments of numbers unite in their hour and then gradually fall to pieces again. The only way to define the time is to find the least broken number. As author says “this clock is an example of a strange relationship between order and chaos.”

Living in a Mansion

Don't you love reading about how other people live? Rich people, specifically. It gives us a little escape and a little fantasy, don't you think?

If you haven't had a chance to read the NY Times today, check out this article about this couple living in a mansion in Newport. What interests us most about it was not that the house was grand, but how this couple--who seem really unpretentious--manage to live a very authentic life that reflects who they are. There's a quote in it that we love--"At some point you'll have to come to terms with who you are, however unpleasant, if you are going to be anything at all".

Not to mention the pictures are eye-candies too. To see the slide show, click here. To read the article, click here.

Source:  NY Times

Water based mobile phone called AQUA

A very futuristic and very original mobile phone was offered by South Korean designer Bon Seop Ku from Samsung company. The device is called AQUA and it looks like it really consists of water. Designer found his inspiration on a wet table, where he thoughtfully drew different figures by his finger. As a result he got a concept Samsung AQUA together with a graphical user interface and water-based display. It is assumed that the user

The Chronos Safe for Luxury Watches

Featured below safe was constructed only for watches. And this is perhaps the most security safe you ever seen. It’s called “The Chronos” and was produced by Brown Safe Manufacturing. Each safe features biometric finger print recognition, gps anti-theft systems, multi-sensor alarm with home automation incorporation, and automatic watch winders.