Hunn Wai (1980, London) has just graduated from the IM Masters programme* of the renowned Design Academy Eindhoven, under the direction of DROOG Design co-founder Gijs Bakker.
Hailing from the island city-state of Singapore, a melting pot for the colours and flavours of diverse cultures, his design philosophy is drawn towards the processes and results of collisions, combinations and fusions of materials, meanings and forms.
After taking sculpture at ‘O’ levels, self-teaching himself graphic design (inspired by the likes of David Carson and Joshua Davis), completing a Bachelors in Industrial Design (with Honours), studying and interning (for Studio Oooms & Maarten Baas) in the Netherlands was the perfect next step and keystone in his creative-evolution.
Armed with the knowledge of contemporary design and manufacturing methods as well as an appreciation and the application of hands-on craft-like experimentation, Wai hopes to communicate his views in refreshing and surprising ways.
Now let his Happy Mirror start your day with a smile, his sunlight-activated shady umbrella give you comforting repose, and family of chairs fulfill the functional and the emotional.
Hunn Wai designed Tre di Una (“Three from One”). A family of chairs created from the components of a generic wooden one by using the characteristics of plastic clay. The rigidity of an iconic chair is broken down by this process to result in unique and playful pieces with new identities and functions; suggesting possibilities and new aesthetics.
Hunn Wai
Tre di Una by Hunn Wai
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Beautiful Bathrooms
Teak bath
The Teak bath is hand made using traditional methods in the Highlands of Scotland by a boat builder. Each bath is individually made.
Original French double ended Copper bath
with large roll; polished and lacquered interior and exterior, Circa 1880.
Empire on Fleur de Lis feet
Reproduction of a late 19th century French double ended bath individually cast from recycled brake discs. It is ideal for smaller bathrooms. The photograph shows the bath with polished and lacquered exterior on Fleur de Lis feet.
Paris bath with feet
The Paris bath is a faithful reproduction of an early twentieth century French fireclay bath made from Vitrite™, a stone and mineral composite that is as close to the look and feeling of the original, without the weight. It is available with or without feet, and can come in any colour to match other sanitary ware.
Check it out at: The Water Monopoly
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1000 Islands - Pictorial
The Thousand Islands are a chain of islands that straddle the U.S.-Canada border int he Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. The islands stretch for about 50 mi (80 km) downstream from Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario. The U.S. islands are in the state of New York. The islands, which number 1,865 in all, range size from over 100 km2 to smaller islands occupied by single residence, to even smaller uninhabited outcroppings of rocks that are home to migratory waterfowl. The number of islands was determined using the criteria that any island must be above water level for 365 days per year, bigger than one square foot(roughly 900 cm2), and support at least one tree or shrub. The area is very popular among vacationers, campers, and boaters, and is often referred to as the "fresh water boating capital of the world"
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Another Pale Blue Dot
BONOBO
Savage-Rumbaugh asks whether uniquely human traits, and other animals' behaviors, are hardwired by species. Then she rolls a video that makes you think: maybe not. The bonobo apes she works with understand spoken English. One follows her instructions to take a cigarette lighter from her pocket and use it to start a fire. Bonobos are shown making tools, drawing symbols to communicate, and playing Pac-Man -- all tasks learned just by watching. Maybe it's not always biology that causes a species to act as it does, she suggests. Maybe it's cultural exposure to how things are done.
Another Pale Blue Dot
How the world is changing
While the effect of human activity on the global climate is hotly debated, physical signs of environmental change are all around us.
Some scientists say an increase in the rate of melting of the world's glaciers is evidence of global warming.
Argentina's Upsala Glacier was once the biggest in South America, but it is now disappearing at a rate of 200 metres per year.
Other scientists say its reduction is due to complicated shifts in glacial dynamics and local geology.
Glacial change
American photographer Gary Braasch has been documenting images of environmental change since 1999.
The image on the left is from an 1859 etching of the Rhone glacier in Valais, Switzerland, and shows ice filling the valley.
In 2001, the glacier had shrunk by some 2.5km, and its 'snout' had shifted about 450 metres higher up. 
Rising tides
Some scientists predict that a warmer climate will trigger more violent storms, which will cause increased rates of coastal erosion.
This is a section of shoreline at Cape Hatteras in North Carolina in the USA, pictured in 1999 and 2004. The southern United States and Caribbean region were battered by a series of powerful hurricanes last year.
Rising sea levels are also expected to speed up coastal erosion. 
No snow
As the climate warms up, mountainous regions may experience lower levels of snowfall.
This image shows Mount Hood in Oregon at the same time in late summer in 1985 and 2002. 
BBC NEWS | In pictures: How the world is changing
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la purificadora hotel in Mexico City
la purificadora: For Whom the Bells Toll in Puebla!
In the breathtaking and bejeweled colonial Puebla City of Angels La Purificadora is the most recent hotel to open from Grupo habita which brought you CONDESAdf in Mexico City and Hotel Básico in Playa del Carmen. The unpronounceable word in Spanish La Purificadora (“the cleanser/purifier”) describes the original DNA of the industrial building from 1884 that houses this singular hotel. La Purificadora hotel in Puebla is housed an ice factory where the water was bottled and purified for the production of ice, hence the water and the water theme found throughout the hotel (like in its 3rd floor pool and lobby water mirror surrounding the Chef’s table). During the extensive remodellation process, the archeologist on site unearthed several original pieces from the building including bottles and other pieces of glass which have been used in part of the process and incorporated into La Purificadora’s overall visuak design. La Purificadora hotel in Puebla original factory’s name was: “Casa Latisnere”, founded by the French origin businessmen J.E. Latisnere (and the remodelled building entrance still boasts the original signing). Afterwards it was operated by the García Cano family under the name “La Superior”.
Located in the oldest part of the unesco World Heritage site and next door to the Church of St. Francis (Iglesia de San Francisco) La Purificadora hotel in Puebla is right across a shopping center, and next door to the City Convention Center. La Purificadora hotel in Puebla neighbors a sculpture garden and is only walking distance from Puebla Contemporary Art Gallery and has wonderful views of the city from it’s third floor rooftop terrace. Puebla is the most European of all Mexican colonial cities with its mix of architecture in Renaissance, Baroque and indigenous styles.
Renowned Mexican Architect Ricardo Legorreta, famous for his use of bright colors, natural light and monumental spaces undertook this project as a unique challenge since La Purificadora hotel in Puebla is completely monochromatic. The only colors are black and white sprinkled with ‘bishop’ purple. Materials used throughout the building are archeological stone (from the original construction), old wood (recycled for the vaulted ceilings), onyx (indigenous from Tecalli, very nearby Puebla) and a especially fabricated floor tile (reminiscent of talavera ceramic) in 13 bedrooms. Legorreta, one of Mexico’s most renowned architects, is well known for his extraordinary ability to understand the chosen environment and blend it with indigenous Mexican architectural traditions like the impressive stairway that bisects the mail lobby. His intense use of light, open spaces, and water, united with his consideration for Mexican culture, simplicity, and a modern sense of design are all elements that have won him extensive and international recognition all of which will soar in this new example: La Purificadora hotel in Puebla. The American Institute of Architects (aia) which bestow the Gold Medal Award upon leading architects “whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture” presented in 2000 this distinction, representing 1 of only 57 leading architects who have been selected to receive this singular honour.
Ricardo Legorreta’s 45-year long architectural career has been predominantly centered in Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Some of his projects include: the Monterrey Central Library in Monterrey, Mexico, the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, California and the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua. Also designed by Legorreta is the Fashion & Textile Museum in London www.ftmlondon.org in 81 Bermondsey St.
Beside impressive architectural apointments La Purificadora, a hotel in Puebla showcases the culinary tradition of the city reinterpreted by Enrique Olvera, Chef of world renowned Pujol now collaborating as Consultant of Food & Beverage of Grupo habita.
LEGORRETA + LEGORRETA
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Encalmo light
Encalmo is the Italian term for when two different glass bubbles are fused into one single volume. The exquisitely beautiful Encalmo Stamen exudes this sensual marriage of two distinct but complementary colors in a modern squarish form.
Designer
Jeremy Pyles
Dimensions
9.5″W X 8″H
Notes
120 Voltage, dimmer recommended
Black ceiling canopy included
Supplied with tubular 120v bulb, 30 watts
Encalmo-Stamen: Niche Modern
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What is the Tower Tube?
REDEFINING THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LANDSCAPE
Ericsson has redefined the telecommunications landscape with its cutting-edge Tower Tube. The breakthrough design employs innovative architecture and construction techniques that improve energy efficiency and reduce operator costs, while offering an aesthetically pleasing design.
The Ericsson Tower Tube is an innovative construction that houses base stations and antennas, fully encapsulating them in an aesthetic, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly tower. It employs cutting-edge design and building materials, and can be built in a variety of shapes and sizes, with customized finishes that make it a natural fit for any landscape.
The Tower Tube replaces conventional telecommunication sites with a sleek, architecturally designed, aesthetically pleasing tower. It can be regarded as a feature of any landscape.
It employs modular concrete construction that allows the structure to be deployed quickly and easily. The tower can be erected in a variety of heights, shapes and styles. The exterior’s color, pattern and finish can also be adapted to help it fit into rural or urban settings, and win public acceptance for a new site.
The tower is a self-contained site. It safely houses all equipment within its slim design (about 5m in diameter), reducing the need for more land.
The tower’s concrete exterior protects equipment effectively from the elements and provides a stable internal environment. Indoor equipment can be used and antennas are protected by a radome, or weatherproof enclosure. The robust concrete membrane provides additional protection from vandalism and lightning.
Radio base stations (RBS) are enclosed within the tower. They are initially installed at the bottom of the tower and then raised to the top by an elevator. By positioning a RBS at height, there is very low feeder loss, which allows improved network coverage and capacity.
What is the Tower Tube?
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MOSQUITO kiss
"The chair Mosquito is the result of a thought about the furniture humanism and autonomy. .. A first step towards the ’no furniture’. The answer takes the form of a living being; an independent, obvious chair which gladly lends itself to play the role of a comfortable seat. The chair Mosquito is made from a waisted wood leaf. It can be piled up in two ways, pragmatic or graphic. Material: white and black painted in gloss multiplex or finishing with whitened oak."
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the toilette’s dream
In a bedroom toilette area memories of Baroque and Byzantine styles and Hollywood film cuttings blend together in a combination of imaginary and historical elements, as though in a dream. In reading the volumes and surfaces, one sees emphasised symbols of all things Mediterranean resulting from contaminations which have been passed from the Phoenicians to the Greeks and Arabs, right down to the Spanish and French. At long last, a project that reflects our latitude, bringing the bathroom setting within our boundaries, highlighting everything from the splendours of Roman tradition to the turbidity of the toilette of a French boudoir.
Date :: February 2006
Theme :: Bathroom Program furniture
Event :: Luxury Palace _ fuori salone zona Tortona 07
Description :: Bathroom program furniture, Basins, Taps, mirrors, furniture, accessory
Suggestions :: Dream_ decor _ vertical _ sacred _ monumental _ ritual _roman’s spa _ trasversal _ mediterraneum
Materials/technology :: Basins in tecnoril or in white or gold ceramics, Taps in gold or silver stainless steel, mirrors in stainless steel or in glass, furniture finished in white or black tecnoril laser impressed.
Producer :: Cima Arredobagno
Design :: Nucleo _ P. Robino+S. Fersini
Graphic :: Nucleo _ C. Cacchioli
Luxury Palace is a research of the new luxury. Today the new luxury is that which excites us and gives us pleasure. The new luxury is the extraordinary experience connected to the possibility of feeling a unique and subjective pleasure through products that guarantee a quality experience but are not necessarily rare or expensive. It is the pursuit of a new happiness, where body, transgression and dreams have an important role. The etymology of the word Luxury (from which lust is a derivative) introduces is to the concept of going further, of going beyond a limit. We believe that beauty should not be the privilege of a few but rather the patrimony of many and that the quality of life is a right. So it follows that a business positioned on the peak of the pyramid has also to set in its objectives the democratization of Luxury. The new luxury is looking for a quality you can feel with the touch of a hand, authentic, because it is stems from product and process quality. It has to guarantee excellence and transparency. A series of products, designed expressly by Nucleo to be displayed within the LUXURY PALACE stand, to be created from the expertise of the sector’s leader companies, like the Dream collection produced by Cima Arredobagno and the launch of Preciouss Milano, a new brand of luxury chocolates
Date :: April 2007
Theme :: Luxury Palace
Evento correlato :: Fuorisalone del mobile Milano 2007
Description :: Luxury Palace is a research of the new luxury
Producer :: Dream by Cima arredobagno + Preciouss Milano
Thanks to :: Gessi + Strass by Swarovski Crystal + Bisazza
Design :: Nucleo _ P. Robino + C.Cacchioli + S. Fersini + A. C. Occleppo + D.Ragazzo
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hansandfranz
Troja is made up of two telescoped arches allowing themselves to continuously adjust and in doing so creating different reflective moods of light in the room. No wiring can be seen because the transmission of electricity is held in the casing of the lamp.
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Luxury design
Velvet
A bewitched velvet ribbon creates a magic sofa. "Velvet" is a spiral shaped sofa upholstered in a sensual and luxurious smooth velvet. Its wooden frame is covered with a thin layer of polyurethane.
"Velvet" is the last work by Sand & Birch Luxury Design.
Designers: Andrea Fino and Samanta Snidaro
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a romantic "design" proposal
A wedding proposal, built around an elaborate gallery opening. For more on the story go here: the things we think but do not say :: Sara and I just got engaged! :: August :: 2007
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Universal Toilet
The Universal Toilet is a flexible toilet design useable by both individuals with disabilities and the general population that removes the social stigma of handicapped facilities. For users with disabilities, even a dedicated handicapped toilet requires maneuvering, especially when in a wheelchair. With the Universal Toilet users don't need to turn or twist but can simply slide forward off the wheelchair directly onto the toilet. There is even a chest board to lean against for added stability and comfort. Handles on the chest board can also be of use when standing or transferring between the wheelchair. For other users, the chest board becomes a backboard to lean against. The Universal Toilet is also very space efficient, requiring only a quarter of the space of existing handicapped toilets. And since the toilet's sleek, curving forms are like nothing seen before, users with disabilities need no longer feel self-conscious.
"The designers of the Universal Toilet understand the value of flexibility, offering a solution that users can adapt based on their abilities and preferences. Freedom of choice wins again!"
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Great Natural Wonders of the World
bbc
57 min 58 sec - Jun 17, 2007
Great Natural Wonders of the World is a wonderful journey across the seven continents in search of the most impressive and inspiring natural wonders of our planet.
BBC Great Natural Wonders of the World
the colours of Loulou de la Falaise
Article from This is Glamorous
Jewellery designer Loulou de la Falaise's paris home began, 30 years ago, as an empty white space. Today, it's, in her own words, "like a gypsy as it has a lot of colour and generosity. I want it to make people feel happy and surprised but at the same time it needs to be beautiful."
And it is.
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Girl on Bike
Post taken from This is Glamorous
The Startorialist is shooting New York Fashion Week and I was completely taken with his photo of this fiery-haired fashionista.
The Sartorialist
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