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Black coloured plastic kitchen utensils, such as spoons and spatuals, may contain toxic flame retardants from recycled electrical products according to a new study. The same chemicals were also found in children’s toys, takeaway containers and meat packaging. The study, published in the US, screened 203 black plastic products and found black plastic contained toxic […]
While picking up the latest GoPro means you’ll get all the bells and whistles, you may want something else from your action camera. With a bit of research, you can save money or buy a specific GoPro that’s suitable for your needs. UPDATE: 10/19/2024 We’ve updated multiple sections in this buying guide. Take a look! […]
Forming complex shapes in metal sheets is still a laborious process, especially if you aren’t needing more than a couple parts so stamping doesn’t make sense. That may change with Digital Sheet Forming. While this video is basically an ad for one vendor’s approach, it gives a good set of examples of what the technique […]
sensing instrument reinterprets traditional systems Studio Heech’s modular partition system reinterprets the traditional Korean wattle and daub method for contemporary interiors. At the exhibition ‘Room, As It Is’ at Arumjigi in Seoul, Sensing Instrument explores the potential of earth as a sustainable material that does not generate industrial waste in modern architecture. While looking […]
There are dozens of amazing kitchen designs ripe for the picking, but a giant ceramic chicken is not one of them. That’s an example of tacky kitchen decoration. Most people know a cringe-worthy kitchen when they see one–shelves of beer bottles, fake fruit bowls, cheesy wine slogans–and yet people still use that decor. Some tacky […]
Georgie Marks, owner and design principal of George Marks Design, and her partner Ben Coombs ushered in the start of 2020 by locking eyes with their dream home — on New Years Day, no less. They spied the three-bedroom modernist home for sale in the window of Warlimont & Nutt in Mount Martha, quickly contacted […]
Key Takeaways There are many meme generators available on smartphone and desktop. Some may require a paid plan to remove watermarks, but you can crop these out. Many meme generators have templates for famous memes and allow you to edit them. MAKEUSEOF VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT With so many meme […]
Perhaps you noticed in the most recent Fixer Upper reveal of the Lakehouse that Joanna chose a group of birds not once but twice to add interest to the walls of the living room and bathroom. A carved wood flock of three appears in the main living room and a brass trio hangs above the […]
Here’s what we looked at this week: The effect of videoconferencing on office furniture design, as seen in Steelcase’s Ocular line of tables. The Vaaka coffee and tea scale makes me wonder: Is designing people’s experiences for mundane tasks needed, or are objects like this contrived? Hozo Design’s M-Cube 02, […]
PDR tackles Pectus Carinatum with a good-looking, comfortable device To correct a skeletal disorder in teenagers, medical device manufacturer R&D Surgical Ltd asked industrial design firm PDR to design this special brace. Two, actually: One for males and one for females. A next-generation brace for the treatment of Pectus Carinatum […]