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		<title>Palmyra House</title>
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Palmyra House outside of Mumbai on the Arabian Sea, designed by the Architect Bijoy Jain. The Palmyra House makes you feel as if you live on a palm tree..
The Palmyra House based on a 3000 square feet area, consists of two wooden louvered structure. A courtyard and a tiny pool that allows you to swim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnetic Floating Bed</title>
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Inspired by the built environment that surrounds him, Ruijssenaars saw that gravity was the fundamental factor that binds all architectural and design decisions here on Earth. As he points out, &#8220;No matter what country you live in or what culture raised you, gravity binds all urbanism, architecture and design decisions.&#8221;
Challenged to step away from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/magnetic-floating-bed/</link>
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		<title>NapShell Bed, Sleep In A Cocoon</title>
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The design of shape and style was developed on the basis of human movement. During the development of our Napshell we conducted extensive studies of the human body and ergonomics. Grounded on the results of these examinations we were able to create a shaped mattress that is comfortable for a wide range of persons, regardless [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/napshell-bed-sleep-in-a-cocoon/</link>
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		<title>Molecular Bed</title>
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Animi Causa is an Israeli design manufacturer based in Tel Aviv. They produce a number of modern furniture pieces that includes the &#8216;feel&#8217; seating system. The piece is made from interconnected softballs that can be arranged in a variety of different seating and lying positions. They also produce the chocolate coasters, but don&#8217;t worry they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/molecular-bed/</link>
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		<title>Fantasy Coach</title>
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Wave your magic wand and this carriage may appear to make your little princess&#8217; dreams come true. This fanciful coach bed is the most extraordinary children&#8217;s bed we&#8217;ve ever seen. Handcrafted in England of wood and fiberglass, the oval shaped interior measures just over 6 ft. in diameter. Construction and delivery time on this piece [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/fantasy-coach/</link>
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		<title>SAKA 2010 by Juan Pablo Crovari</title>
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This design took several years process. I participated in the final fase, by 3D modeling, checking and changing some CNC pieces, changing geometry, and checking wheel travel and interferences.  Juan Pablo Crovari
Via: coroflot.com
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Visitors arrivin...Scorpion Supercar

If you had one o...Kansai International Airport

To build an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/saka-2010-by-juan-pablo-crovari/</link>
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		<title>40 in 4 chair, 1963</title>
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Comfortable and compact, David Rowland&#8217;s 40 in 4 chair was designed with such close engineering tolerances that, as its name implies, forty could be stacked in a four-foot-high space (at a 45-degree angle on a special trolley). Conceived to provide flexible seating for public spaces and compact storage, the slender, lightweight, wire-rod chair won a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/40-in-4-chair-1963/</link>
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		<title>Oil and vinegar bottles, 1960</title>
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Saburo Funakoshi was one of the first professional designers to enter the Japanese tablewares industry after the war, joining the Hoya glass company in 1957. These sleek architectural oil and vinegar bottles, which Funakoshi derived from a set of crystal sake containers he designed in 1958, elevated Hoya to the first rank of modern utilitarian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/oil-and-vinegar-bottles-1960/</link>
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		<title>Interplay fabric, 1960</title>
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One of the century&#8217;s most innovative fabric designers, jack Lenor Larsen came to international prominence in the 1960s for the  technical and formal ingenuity of his designs. For the United States pavilion at the XIII Triennale in Milan in 1964, Larsen created a light quiet interior of white synthetic fabrics, including an undulating canopy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/interplay-fabric-1960/</link>
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		<title>Apple’s the Mac Book Air</title>
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This advertisement made for Apple’s the Mac Book Air is really subtle. The slogan says “Paper thin”. If you look closely at the side of the notebook you see some blood, making people believe the user had a papercut. I have doubts this is an official campaign by Apple.
http://creativecriminals.com/print/macbook-air-paper-thin/
Magnetic Floating Bed
Inspired by the bu...Molecular Bed
Animi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/apple%e2%80%99s-the-mac-book-air/</link>
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		<title>Time Table</title>
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With the Time Table in your living room never again will you have to squint at the cable box, or wander over to the microwave to see what time it is. It uses a thin electro-luminescent film to turn the entire top surface of the table into a subtle and tasteful digital clock.
The table also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/time-table/</link>
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		<title>Pay it Back kitchen island</title>
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A model of how nature and consumption are connected, the Pay it Back kitchen island is a sink, table and composting area. As the green box fills up, hte compost is used along with waste water from the sink to feed a climbing plant on the side of the unit. The life of the plant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/pay-it-back-kitchen-island/</link>
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		<title>Meadow, Town, Flower Hearts</title>
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Formed by the merging of two companies in 1938, German brand HABA describes itself as &#8216;a wood manufacturing company known for our high-quality baby and children&#8217;s toys&#8217;. More than that, HABA offers a vast selection of furniture, toys, games and decorative objects that range from the fanciful to the fundamental. 
A number of HABA products [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/meadow-town-flower-hearts/</link>
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		<title>Selectric typewriter, 1961</title>
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Following the example set by Olivetti in Italy and using the design talents of Eliot Noyes, the IBM Corporation developed one of the first integrated corporate design programs in America. Noyes brought an intelligence to the company&#8217;s design image that reinforced and promoted the quality of its products.
Through his own work and that of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/selectric-typewriter-1961/</link>
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		<title>Fungus Chair</title>
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The Fungus Chair is an organic architectural object. It is neither public furniture nor sculpture, but occupies a place between. The chair represents a basic organic form that can be repeated endlessly, creating infinite combinations. Together, these chairs can be scattered across urban public space like mushrooms made of modern materials.
The Fungus Chair plays the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/fungus-chair/</link>
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		<title>iZi Sleep</title>
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Norwegian company HTS BeSafe, the only Scandinavian manufacturer of car seats, reportedly spent three years and around two million euros developing the iZi Sleep, which they now claim &#8217;should be the safest on the market&#8217;. Having spent forty or so years testing car seats, they feel qualified to make the claim. 
Outside of the car [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/izi-sleep/</link>
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		<title>Euro Turn</title>
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The Aprica Euro Turn design was inspired by research that suggests that allowing babies to lie flat enhances their breathing and circulation, and offers better protection from stop-and-start movement in the car, in addition to helping prevent traumatic impact during an accident. This is not a lightweight, all-purpose carrier: the Euro Turn is especially concerned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/euro-turn/</link>
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		<title>Nimbl carbon-fiber wheelchair</title>
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People have to do costly home renovations to make a safe and easy passage for the wheelchair users within the home, smacking the budget of the home. Designed specifically for domestic/indoor use, the “Nimbl” by designer Lawrence Kwok is a unique wheelchair that gives increased access without sacrificing mobility within the home. Featuring a carbon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/nimbl-carbon-fiber-wheelchair/</link>
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		<title>Arco floor lamp, 1962</title>
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Designed in response to a particular lighting problem how to illuminate a dining table without relying on a permanently placed fixture suspended from the ceiling — Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni&#8217;s Arco lamp has been frequently misunderstood as an exercise in pure form. The lamp has been shown as a sleek silvery arc thrust into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/arco-floor-lamp-1962/</link>
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		<title>Petra Toddler Bed</title>
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This toddler bed is a fine piece of woodworking. Like much of Argington&#8217;s catalogue, its elegant simplicity is reminiscent of Arts and Crafts design, with subtle details and flourishes that add character to the piece. This bed is intended for use from 18 months. Being low to the ground (20 cm/8 in.), and with detachable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designandculture.com/petra-toddler-bed/</link>
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