Trends in design

Atrium Filled with Sharks at Miami Science Museum

Grimshaw Architects have designed the new $275 million Miami Science Museum. The most striking aspect of the design is the 600,000 gallon aquarium, under which visitors will mingle and dine and sit in awe of the awesomeness. In addition to the aquarium, the museum will include state-of-the-art green building techniques, a full-dome 3D planetarium with several exhibition wings, additional learning centers, cafes, and gardens.

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Reality glasses from Google

Project Glass: One day…

Google recently unveiled its “Project Glass,” augmented reality glasses that will be able to display chats, maps and more.

Speaking to someone who has used the glasses said, “They let technology get out of your way. If I want to take a picture I don’t have to reach into my pocket and take out my phone; I just press a button at the top of the glasses and that’s it.”

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Color-Changing Interior Designs

Want to change the look of your wall without having to do a thing? This heat-reactive paint has a number of amazing applications, but one of the most impressive is the color-changing shown step-by-step here.
As the temperature rises within a room the flowers on the branches slowly bloom, breathing additional life and colour into a given space. As night falls and cooler temperatures prevail, the colourful flower print slowly fades back to a mellow green.

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The world’s largest multitouch LCD wall

MultiTouch Ltd has assembled the world’s largest multitouch LCD wall. The entire wall is covered by 14 Full HD LCD units (46 inch each) that are connected together to form a one huge multitouch display. There are over 29
megapixels in the created single display system.

The multitouch wall recognizes and tracks each user’s set of hands individually, allowing more than 10 people to access the system simultaneously.

On the display, there are hundreds of movable objects created by complex applications. These applications were created by using MultiTouch Cornerstone SDK. Three computers provided the processing power for graphics
rendering, touch tracking and sound tasks.

Refresh your Indoor Design with Cozy Reading Corner

If you are looking for some of the best ideas how to design your reading corner, here thay are! This cozy design made by Fabio Galeazzo, as part of a colorful “Urban Cabin” in Sao Paoplo, Brazil, the project is unconventional and adds a great aesthetic effect. In the photos below, the contrast between the black round bookcase and the surrounding colors contributes to a playful, happy atmosphere.

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Glass Balcony Pools at Aquaria Grande Residential Tower in Mumbai, India

How do you like the idea of transforming standard balconies into swimming pools? The beautiful Aquaria Grande residential towers, currently undergoing construction, will be equipped with one of the most stunning architectural feats when the project is completed. The residential location consists of two 37 story towers located in Mumbai, India. The Aquaria Grande Tower was designed by Wadhwa Group, and will feature several different amenities including a car park, fully equipped clubhouse, and a sustainable podium garden.

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Eclectic home office and Round Bookcase

Created by Travis Price Architects, this interesting space arrangement was created for Wade Davis. He needed a space that would encompass his interests. Being an anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer, Wade Davis’ Writing Studio had to convey a feeling of enthusiasm and knowledge, so Travis Price Architects imagined a cave-inspired design that would capture natural light and bring it inside.By building a dome above Dave’s workspace, the architect designed an unusual space that would display the most used books, which enables the client to interact with his them in an inspiring setting.

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Kitchen in a capsule

“It’s an example of thinking outside the box” – kitchen made by group of italian designers called Drag design Studio. The kitchen can be opened and closed at the touch of a button. The split-sphere base includes a cooktop, a sink and an extendable steel dining table.

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Transparent Smart Digital Window Introduced by Samsung

Window its not only a piece of glass any more. Have look at this new type of digital window presented by Samsung at the CES trade show in Las Vegas. The window is made out of a transparent screen and has many features like checking the weather, watching TV, watching movies and browsing the internet…

When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids

This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids. The obliteration room – the popular interactive children’s project developed by Yayoi Kusama for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. Japanese artist Artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting furniture and household decoration a brilliant white. Over the course of two weeks, the museum’s smallest visitors were given thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space, turning the house into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color.

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