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- The Nail Within!
- Bright Lights and TRON Time
- Tunneling Toward Comfort
- A New Way to Stand Your Pans
| 8,820 Relaxing Sharp Points, Yantra Mat Review Posted: 21 Oct 2010 04:05 AM PDT  When a colleague and a yogi friend of ours told us about an acupressure mat that could release physical tension and improve mental well being- we had to try it. The Yantra Mat has its roots in traditional Chinese medicine. Blunt nail beds were used to increase blood flow and purify the body of toxins. Fortunately the Yantra Mat is much less archaic and far more portable. Home acupressure, here we come. Hit the jump for our review. The Yantra Mat is a cushioned mat, slightly smaller than a yoga mat. The surface is covered with ABS plastic discs with sharp points combining to give you 8,820 points of contact. I’ll admit at first I was very weary. They’re not sharp enough to break skin but on initial inspection, my finger registered pain. But how could this be? It’s supposed to be relaxing and rejuvenating. Taking deep breaths, I followed the instructions and gingerly laid down on the mat. Yes it’s uncomfortable but then something strange happens. Your back starts to feel warm. The discomfort is displaced with an odd sensation, like all the muscles in the back gave way. You can literally feel the tension release and you sort of sink deeper into the mat. At this point, you decide what’s most comfortable. Stay on as long as you please. Some may even fall asleep, although I was never quite that comfortable. With regular use, I’ve found the mat to be indispensable. I used to subscribe to hand held massagers but the Yantra Mat is so much easier to use. There’s certainly a feeling of serenity and although I can’t vouch for the medical soundness of acupressure, I can say without a doubt, it’s enabled me to shed the day’s stresses away. It’s given me daily piece of mind and that’s priceless. I highly recommend this. Try it out. They come in different sizes and colors. If you find it too hard to lay on at first, spread a sheet over it. Build up to the point where you can lay on it bare for 15 minutes. It’ll change your body and may even change your life. Designer: Yantra Mat (Buy it here)
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| Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:20 AM PDT  Serve snacks in a small dish and hide waste in the collection dish underneath. It's perfect for olives, shelled nuts, and endamame beans. It can also be used as two separate dishes. Ooh – dishwasher safe and available in three color combinations: white and green, full green, full white. Designer: Joseph Joseph
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| Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:19 AM PDT  Fossa is a sofa, lounger, and corner sectional. It’s whatever you want it to be because almost all of the cushions can be rearranged, inserted, or removed. Freely create new forms for relaxing, reading, napping, or other nefarious activities. Are we now democratizing furniture? Designer: Aurélien Barbry for COR
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| Herman Miller Live Unframed Recap Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:40 AM PDT  We’re a bunch of lucky ducks. On October 14th, we attended the Herman Miller Live Unframed event where the famous company along with designer Yves Behar celebrated their latest creation, the SAYL chair. Uniquely capturing the majestic and functional qualities of modern suspension bridges, the SAYL represents some very innovative design and construction techniques. But this friends, was a party. The Herman Miller Los Angeles office is gorgeous. Although my eyes were transfixed on the numerous SAYL chairs, my camera lens kept wandering around the building, straight into people’s offices. Color me jealous! Designers: Yves Behar, Herman Miller ---------- |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:22 AM PDT  There are plenty of seating options out there, but currently the most unique one has to be this Rubber Stool. It's crafted from recycled rubber and comes in flat knock-down state. To assemble, you simply need to twist and turn the sinewy legs, and lock them into place. Soon you have a comfy seat to park your tushy on! Must confess, that it looks pretty artistic, even in its flat-open avatar, good enough to be hung on the wall as some kitsch artwork! Material: Recycled rubber Designer: Satoshi Itasaka
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| Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:00 AM PDT  I see carpenters fumble for the nails in their span or gripping a mouthful quite hazardously. The Nail Hammer is an easy solution, where the handle holds a silicon case full of nails and is easily accessible. I guess this means one less nail swallowed, one finger less hurt and a nail hammered right on its head! Designers: Jinsoo Cho & Ahjin Choi
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| Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:03 AM PDT  How do you read time… if you’re INSIDE a computer?! This is a question we’ll all have to ask when we’re at that new TRON movie whenever it decides it’s ready to come out. I’m anticipating the pants off it, and so is designer Scott Galloway, who today presents to the world this TRON-inspired watch called the “Seven-R-Zero-N” aka 7R0N. This watch is rare in that it lends attention to not only the face, but to the strap as well. Lights all the way up and down and an interesting yet simple to read face. Sounds like a winner to me! Plus I imagine the folks at Disney will have no problem selling as much swag as they can once the film hits. They’ve already got action figures! Fun story: I was just in the store the other day in the toy aisles and some tiny kids came up to the action figures and said “What’s this? Trone? Tron? I don’t know. Looks like Power Rangers.” True story. Looks like the only people that’ll be buying those are the crazies who saw the first movie in the theater (was I even alive then?) Designer: Scott Galloway
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| Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:03 AM PDT  Behold a whole new way of thinking about furniture. These bits are called “Tunnels” and they’re designed by a really radical designer by the name of Noga Berman. Each of these lovelies (a stool and a bedlike apparatus in this post,) lets you slip in and out of hiding spaces as easily as you were able as a tiny child. In fact, one of the major inspirations for this collection for designer Noga Berman was observing children playing that classic game: hide and seek! Here you observe two lovely bits of furniture with the same sort of intention: to hide! In the stool you’re only going to be able to hide your books, your head, or your bunny rabbit. In the bed though, wow! You can hide so much more than that. it’s so big you could hide some activities in there! Both of these objects are created using a technology involving bending metal tubes and wood etching. Elastic bands are then wrapped around these materials and closed with velcro. A refreshing approach toward creating furniture that’s very obviously had some sweat and heart put into it. Designer: Noga Berman
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| Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:02 AM PDT  I’m always thinking of new ways to stand my pans. That’s why I love it whenever I get to write about a new pan stand. This particular pan stand comes from designer Damian Evans who has done this lovely design for the folks over at Hahn Cookwear. This stand, says Evans, was designed as a modern alternative to the traditional pan stand, and it uses a chromed steel frame with colored plastic arms to do its everloving pan holding job. The plastic arms are available in blue, cream, or black. I personally go for the brightest color I can in basically any situation, so probably I’d have to snap up the blue. You? Designer: Damian Evans
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