Welcome to Playlist-46 which sounds of a slow moving winter to a beautiful fall. In this months installment we have new music by Local Natives, Hunter Hunted, Touchy Mob and more... Also Albert Ryan has provided me with a link to his music where you can download a Free copy of his album "Pocket Full of Lint", but as always support your artist. So share and enjoy!

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These beautiful and creative lamps were designed by Roxy Russell but they don't go at a cheap price. These Jellyfish Lamps ($425) are made out of translucent Mylar and will fill your entire room with glowing light and the calming feeling of the ocean. So if you're looking to soothe the mood in your home then I would advise getting one these Jellyfish Lamps.



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As the title suggested The Postal Service will be reuniting and it feels so good. The electro-emo feel of Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello are celebrating "Such Great Heights", the Garden State adoration, and more with live dates and a reissue of Give Up, which includes the original 10 track album as well as 15 bonus tracks. No dates have been announce yet but you can check their website for further details.

The reissue doesn't come out until April 9th so you have a little bit of waiting to do. So here is to a great start for 2013.



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We children of the 90's remember pogs, troll dolls and pump-up shoes and more...  So does Internet Explorer and Microsoft wanted to remind you of that with a new campain titled "The Browser You Loved to Hate". It focuses on children who grew up in the 1990's and what it had to offer back then. Check out the video below:

Object/Interface has created a Plantable Light Fixture called Babylon made by Ryan Taylor a multidisciplinary designer located in Toronto. The fixture is made of aluminum with a powder coated finish. Set as an organic centre piece or a working herb garden over the kitchen counter. No matter where its situated - Babylon will become your very own hanging garden. These are limited editions so to find pricing you will have to contact him.

ASUS has unveiled the WL-330NUL pocket router at CES 2013. It is seen as the world's smallest wireess router, which is powered by a USB port or by plugging directly into a power socket. The device creates a secure hotspot for sharing of a wired or wi-fi connection with multiple devices. It looks to have a release date of February 14th but currently the price is unknown. All Asus let us know was that the device supported 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity, supports various security protocols, and was designed to connect to computers via a USB connection. Asus also noted that the device is capable of receiving Wi-Fi and sharing wireless hotspots with other users via the integrated Ethernet port. You can read more about it on the CES press release.

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Hiroshi Nakamura and NAP Japanese agency signed the proposed individual home in Hiroshima. In the heart of the city, built right between high buildings, Optical Glass House would open on a street side garden protected from the everyday bustle on the street by a screen made of 6000 blocks of optical glass.

Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP give a little detail about the house:

Optical Glass Front:

A panel of some 6.000 pure-glass blocks (50mm x 235mm x 50mm) was employed. The pure-glass blocks, With Their wide mass-per-unit area, Effectively shut out sound and enable the establishment of an open, Clearly articulated That allowed on the garden city scenery. To Realize Such a facade, glass casting was employed to Produce glass of extremely high transparency from borosilicate raw material for the optical glass. The casting process was exceedingly difficulty, for it required slow cooling to remove Both residual stress from within the glass, and high dimensional accuracy. Even then, however, the glass micro-level Retained Surface asperities, we aim Actively Welcomed this effect, for it Would Produce unexpected optical illusions in the interior space.

Waterfall:

So wide was the 8.6mx 8.6m façade Could not stand it if indépendamment Constructed by laying rows of glass blocks a mere 50mm deep. We therefore punctured the glass blocks with holes and strung 'em on 75 stainless steel bolts suspended from the beam above the façade. Such a structure vulnerable to lateral Would Be stress, however, so along with the glass blocks, we aussi strung on stainless steel flat bars (40mm x 4mm) at 10 centimeter intervals. The flat bar is seated Within The 50mm-thick glass block to render it invisible, and Malthus has uniform sealing gasket entre le 6mm glass blocks was Achieved.  The result?  -a transparent facade When seen from the garden Either or the street. The façade Appears like a waterfall flowing downward, scattering light and filling the air with freshness.

You can find out more about this house on Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP website.



Photographs:  Nacasa & Partners

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How would you like to have a different way of securing your bike then carrying around multiple locks?  How about the concept design of this Saddle Lock.

Per the designers, "Saddle Lock provides a way to quickly lock the rear wheel without the need for additional locking accessories. The seat post swings down around the main frame when a button is pushed. The saddle features a cut-away shape that allows it to sit over the rear wheel. A combination lock allows the release of a special alloy rotating lock that extends from one end of the saddle to the other, securing its connection to the wheel."

Saddle Lock is a 2012 red dot award: design concept winner and was designed by Lee Sang Hwa, Kim Jin Ho & Yeo Min Gu.



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So what is Plair you ask? PLAiR apps let you play photos & videos from your laptop, phone, and tablet on your big screen TV using the PLAiR device ($99). PLAiR works with all TVs that have a HDMI port and receives video over WiFi from custom apps for Android, iOS, OS X and Windows. It only takes three simple steps and you will be beaming shows from a multitude of different devices in no time.  The only downfall that I have noticed so far is that Hulu and Netflix's are not yet supported with this device but I'm sure it is only a matter of time before it becomes available.  Check out the video on there site to learn more