The European Commission has put into effect a June 2009 agreement stating that major cellphone manufacturers should standardize their charging/data connection ports to the popular microUSB format. CEN-CENELEC and ETSI provided the standards by which these 14 companies will abide by to make cell phone recharging and data transfer easy — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Audemars Piquet is celebrating its 135th Anniversary this year and in line with this celebration, Audemars Piquet has launched the limited edition Royal Oak Offshore Jarno Trulli. This watch, a limited edition run of only 500 pieces, will initially be available from the Audemars Piguet Boutique in Ginza, Japan followed by a international release at the end of the year.
The watch, reference 26202AU.OO.D002CA.01, will be powered by AP calibre 3126/3840, an automatic 13 ¼ ligne movement. The movement has 59 jewels and is made up of 365 parts. It offers a power reserve of 60 hours and beats at 3 Hz or 21,600 vibrations per hour — via Horology Crazy
Octopus and Clear Hand Blown Sherlock Glass Tobacco Pipe. The Octopus is made from solid Ruby Red and lampwork on the tobacco pipe. Mouth piece is made from the same color. Carb is on the left side hidden in the Octopus tentacle. The Octopus head is the finger rest. We use a lot of the expensive color but it shows in the final product — via Etsy
The site is a dense residential area which done land readjustment. This sit is surrounded with houses, so we can’t see any good sight if we made windows anywhere. However, we must secure the privacy, carry the sunlight and the wind. We hope a sunny and open house — via ArchDaily
A zombie satellite
that spent months sending out signals while it was adrift in orbit has sprung back to life, resetting itself after its unexplained breakdown in space earlier this year — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Anti-whaling activists say they have intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean before it has had a chance to kill any whales — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Yesterday’s steel bars are todays bamboo poles. Blinds and shades may add privacy, but do little to secure a property. A clever, cheap and green solution, this undulating sheet of bamboo does double-duty work (or triple, if you count the impressive aesthetic effect!).
ROEWU did not get lucky – they got smart: find something easy-growing that shoots up fast, buy what is for sale on the cheap, and make it work wonders, rather than bending a design to your whims at high material costs — via Dornob
The apartment is located in the city centre of Valencia on the first floor of a five-storey building.
This project remodels two apartments that have been joined together, radically altering the former layout. The proposal clearly differentiates day and night areas, both of them articulated around a spacious corridor which allows a clear flow from one room to another, and provides the whole space with an overall homogeneous concept — via ArchDaily
Two dogs have been found hanged from an English village bridge in what the RSPCA has described as a barbaric act of cruelty — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Japanese architect Kimihiko Okada has designed the Toda House in Hiroshima, Japan — via CONTEMPORIST
Check out this video of a tour through Taliesin West, FLW’s desert masterpiece and architectural campus for apprentices. Located in the Sonoran desert of Scottsdale, Arizona, the project sits in perfect harmony with its surroundings with regards to scale, materiality, and aesthetics. Dating back to the 1930s, Taliesin has been a place of learning, and currently, the building serves as the main campus of the FLW School of Architecture and is home to the FLW Foundation — via ArchDaily
A modern and minimalistic building that completely eliminates the accepted barrier between the inside and the outside and hides, within its restrained spaces, a dramatic atmosphere and wide open spaces — via ArchDaily
If you have ever worked in a wood shop, you may have noticed the coiled shavings end up everywhere – a single day of cutting or carving can create massive piles. And what happens to these remains? Well, a sleek and shiny staircase is probably the last place you would expect them to end up.
Italian stair designers at Bonansea specialize in central-stringer curved staircases, stock or custom-fit to client needs. This piece goes a bit beyond their typical set of luxury steps. The idea behind it? Something better suited to a converted loft than cold hard steel – and that makes use of a readily-available scrap material any custom manufacturer is sure to have on hand — via Dornob
A casual summer boathouse-cum-holiday home was designed by MOS Architects with an internal dock to bring the family boat right into its own floating garage
under the house — via Home Design Find
The young German watch brand will soon start selling its new Bombfrog BT25 Tactic diving watch illuminated by long-lasting tritium tubes — via World Watch Review
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