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StairCase

The StairCase is an ingeniously designed shelving unit that combines a bookshelf with a pull out stair system in the bottom three shelves. It is designed by Danny Kuo and is currently in the working prototype stage. The shelving system is fairly high and the top shelves are accessible by using the bottom shelves as steps for access to the higher shelves. I love this concept and find it very practical. It’s perfect for a small space.

Images courtesy of unclutterer.com

Check out these Bluw classics in all their movie glory - this really is their 1 minute of fame. All of these are still available from the Bluw website!

Video Courtesy of Bluw

Even George Lucas has to put up with bad design now again. Not his own mind you, but the endless list of products desgined by fans and professionals hooping to be granted a license. Here at Bluw we also have a list of designs that didn’t quite make the cut and I’ll try and post a few of those in the next week or so.

If you want to see more check them out here

Link and image courtesy of ActionFigureInsider

For that real urban combat look why not go commando this weekend with the Beerdolier!

Link and image courtesy from Beerdolier

The BBC Three series is becoming a bit of a class act. There are loads of similar clips on You Tube but this one has a particular “design gone wrong” feel to it.

Another one can be found here - a new take on the stereotypical irrate PC abuser.

Video and link courtesy of The Wrong Door and Gizmodo.

The most amazing thing about this achitectural moving image monstrosity is it is zero energy! The integration of the solor panels into the structure mean that it is powered by the energy is collects during the day.

Video and link courtesy of Greenpix and Gizmodo.

Amazing new concept for taking 3D photographs using a standard camera and a very clever bit of software. Effect is amazing - would love to see how well this can produce a human face in 3D. A little more than just texture but the theory is the same.

video and link courtesy of New Scientist

Anyone who’s been plugged into the intertubes in the past few years will probably have seen the google offices already. The photos are of the zurich office, surely the most non-productive workplace on earth. they’ve got slides, ballpools, countless pool tables, relaxation pods, a fireman’s pole… all to please people who are already getting paid an obscene amount of money just to turn up and work for one the most powerful companies on earth.

http://deputy-dog.com/2008/04/16/10-annoyingly-brilliant-office-interiors/

Dinner In The Sky is for people who expect more from their restaurants than four concrete walls and a solid floor. Instead, diners perch around a massive table, which is suspended from a crane high up in the air.

It sounds completely insane, but as the most unusual - and entirely legal - way of getting high over dinner, it is the new must-do experience for the super-rich and adventure-hungry who yearn for something a little more extreme at mealtimes.

Although based in Belgium, the “restaurant” can be driven to any destination in the world.

There have already been dining events in Paris and Brussels, while New York and Niagara Falls are on the agenda.

What’s more, for a mere £10,000, they’ll drive it over to Britain for you to host your own sky-high dinner party.

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