Don’t let your digital media have all the fun playing on clouds, let’s store our physical books, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, and magazines on a cloud too. I did hear this cloudshelf has nearly a 100% uptime.
If you are looking for a few pieces of very unique furniture for your pad then these LED wood furniture called the Bright Woods Collection, that has been created by Italian designer Giancarlo Zema might be worth a look.
Combining traditional wood and electronic LED lights have created a unique range of furniture that creates an amazing effect. The furniture lights are created using natural resin and the collection was designed for the Avanzini Group and were exhibited in the Milan Furniture Fair this year.
Just how much are you into your partner? If you’ve got £50,000 to spare you can order a custom made ‘InDecent Bed’ from Gallery of Wonderful. For that price you receive a custom photoshoot in Los Angeles with a top photographer (Sante D’Orazio, Guido Argentina or Warwick Saint). A photo from that shoot of you and your beloved entwined will then be airbrushed and hand-stitched onto the headboard of your new bed in a pixelated mosaic that only reveals itself when seen from a distance. The whole process takes several months.
Should you not have a picture of your own in mind you can buy the limited edition InDecent bed with a sprawled out pin-up in the headboard shown above. The bed is made in oak and finished with a high gloss paint framing the image. The padded headboard features an image taken by Sante D’Orazio. This version is limited to 25 pieces and sells for £9,000.
Italian designer Emilio Pucci has released a book together with publisher Taschen which combines the ultimate combination of photographs, drawings and items from the family archive. The Pucci Book features four hundred pages featuring hundreds of splendid photographs in a story of innovation capturing the elegance and drama of Emilio Pucci. The book illustrates how the Pucci family company grew into an empire. Only ten thousand copies of the book will be made and available exclusively through Emilio Pucci.
French crystal company Baccarat has earlier offered amazing pieces in collaboration with renowned designers, including Philippe Starck, Jaime Hayon and Marcel Wanders. Baccarat has lately collaborated with Parisian lighting artist Yann Kersalé for the Jallum lamp, which is meant to be used both indoors and outdoors. The Jallum lamp is in the form of a glow stick combining cut crystal, aluminum and LEDs. There are four cylinders arranged on a charger cradle and can be placed individually or in groups to light up your space. The cylinders have an upper cut crystal satin on top and an anodized aluminum bottom. A single charge gives the Jallum lamp eight hours of luminous life. The lamp comes in two models - the Jallum Diamond Bevels and Jallum Pontil effect bubbles. The Jallum Baccarat lamp will be available for sale in September for cool 2500 Euros (approx. US $3,250).
If you are looking for that extra punch of ambiance for your next backyard party, the Sirchester outdoor sofa from the house of Serralunga looks to be a great option. While it offers the same comfort and style you will find with a classic English Chester sofa, the thing that makes it really unique is the fact that it illuminates. The Sirchester luminous sofa comes with a padded quilted backrest and an inner drainage system keeps the seat dry in case of a shower. Available in yacht blue, white, black, hide, apple green, and fuchsia, the Sirchester sofa is one groovy decor solution to both lighting and seating. The illuminating sofa is available through Made in Design for £950 (approx. US $1,450).
Designed as a peaceful and private meditative space, the Kosha is an exciting sculptural object that is sure to interest the bibliophiles and others looking for some private moments. Designed by Claudio D’Amore, the innovative concept is kind of a protective sheath. In fact, Kosha is a Sanskrit term meaning sheath or vehicle of awareness. An outcome of a search for aesthetic purity combined with a quest for physical and spiritual comfort, the Kosha comprises 33 strips of machined wood that’s hand-assembled with a watchmaker’s precision. The 10 niches of the luxury furniture unit offer space to store your books. Featuring an ergonomic design with neat lines, Kosha embraces the body’s curves in complete harmony. The main finishes are walnut, matt varnish, birch plywood and dark matt varnish. The headrest and the seating are done in white or black leather. No word on pricing.
Designer Philippe Barsol’s home decor range is designed for the wired generation. The concepts include coffee tables with multimedia storage, so you can continue working while savoring your cup of coffee to experience a barista-like coffee break at home. The coffee table designs include @home coffee table that support a laptop and allow storage of your hand held devices in its side lockers.
All those people who express themselves in a very individual way should be drawn to these designer lamps, dubbed snowboard light. Designed by designer brothers Linus and Nicklas Linder, the snowboard light collection is created from the used snowboards to give your private place a little more personal touch along with a sports theme. So, if you are looking for the next hot decorating trend, I guess you found it.
For the coffee connoisseur who has a thing for high-end coffee machines, Kees van der Westen espresso machines will make an impressive addition. The space-age metal design of the machines with lever gear will dominate the other appliances in your kitchen, besides making you a perfect cup of latte. The latest state of the art machine into the artist’s collection is called Spirit, which has just been completed, narrowly in time for the London WBC-SCAE show June 23-25 in London.