If you have a lot of books and not enough space, then a
book staircase would be a good alternative. This flat occupies part of the shared top floor of an existing Victorian mansion block. The designer proposed to extend the flat into the unused loft space above, creating a new bedroom level and increasing the floor space.
They also created the secret staircase, hidden from the main reception room to access the new bedroom lit by the roof light. They built the library staircase in the stairs for the owner who had to many books and no space for them. With the skylight above it illuminates the staircase, it becomes a perfect place to stop and browse or have a nice read.
Source: FFFOUND!
The Flow looks at the supervening layers of reality that we can observe, from quarks to nucleons to atoms and beyond. The deeper we go into the foundations of reality the more it loses its form, eventually becoming a pure mathematical conception. Layer upon layer the flow builds new codes that create new codes, each version computing a new, more complex state based on the previous one. This short 20 second video by
MRK is not based on actual scientific data, but are visual representations of scientific theory. It gives you a look into a mathematical concept of what these layers may look like. If you want to read more about this project, they have a in-depth breakdown on
Behance.
If you found this video interesting, then you might be interested in these posters that were designed for this project as well. You can purchase these prints or others on
MRK's inPrint store.
Cellist and composer
Peter Gregson collaborate with designer
Dean McNamee to create a beautiful music and light performance for
The Hospital Club in London. The stage presence in this video is simple and clean with a bunch of IKEA lamps running through some software that triggers the lamps when the cellist plays. This collaboration and performance was designed to incubate and develop young creative talent, to getting their imaginations flowing.
On another note though, doesn't Peter Gregson, in the low light kind of look like
Matt Damon. If your also wonder what his instrument is, it's an electric cello. It's kind of hard to see in the low light but it's a pretty sweet instrument.
Videography by Bruce Atherton/Jana Chiellino.
I have seen some pretty tacky solar portable chargers, but this one is sleek and sophisticated. The
Dunhill Solar Charge ($TBA) is a beautiful designed solar charger that rotates into an aerospace-grade aluminum body when not in use, it can provide up to 30 hours of charge for any cellphone or mp3 player via USB. It can even recharge itself by using the built-in solar panel or via a computer USB. It even comes with a stylish chassis leather carrying case so you don't lose or scratch up your new toy. Hopefully, this solar charger is price accordingly, cause if it is I will be sure to pick one up
This was so interesting to me this morning that it could go without being posted. These plush toys over at
Smallable are an exclusive collaboration with
My Name Is Simone, aka French designer,
Caroline Castagna-Suarez of Hipster Plush dolls of Patrice and Beatrice as well as Super Zero, Suzanne, Simon, Daisy and Jean-Louis. Sometimes growing up stink and the designer feels that dolls are fun at any age. These dolls I'm sure will be a big hit with all those trendy hipsters out there. I know that I wouldn't mind picking one up. I would probably get Simone since he is a ginger and has a sweet stache. Plus,
green is not a creative color!
I'm not going to lie this is a freaking weird video. It was created by
This Is It Collective, which is a site of illustrators, animators, artists and designers based in London. Their latest creation
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is one part children's programming while the other is just plan dark and creepy. I got to give it to them though, the song is kinda of catchy, but regardless their choice of characters was pretty interesting. Check out the video below and check out more of their
work.
Source: It's Nice That