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And the Rest of Twitter's New Office

Just a moment ago, Taryn reported on her favourite element from the new Twitter Headquarters. We wanted to follow up with rest of their new office (they moved just around the corner from their old ...

Safeguard Yourself From Burns With LED Faucet

It's a given that almost everyone has scalded their hands from water that was just too hot. Wouldn't it just be easier to be able to tell the temperature of the water with a simple glance?...

Magnificent High Tech LED Tipped Plant Lamps

While there was a fad of fiber-optic lighted flowers a few years ago, they never came anything close to looking this good. These magnificent LED flower bouquet lamps will make great mood lighting for...

Aloft: The Affordable Tech Hotel

This past weekend Emily and I found ourselves traveling across I-10 eastward from LA to Phoenix (actually Mesa and Tempe to be exact) to celebrate my birthday with my best friend and to hike up to t...

Decorating with Vintage Telephones

We've praised the classic rotary phone as a technology we sort of miss for its charming mechanical qualities and classic design. Some designers share this affinity and reimagine the design for modern ...

A Selection of Technology Related Artwork from 20x200.com

A few days back the New York Times BITS blog highlighted 20x200, an online art gallery extension of a brick and mortar exhibition space in downtown New York that offers limited editions of prints an...

The Incredible IKEA LEGO Kitchen Island

When we think about LEGOs, we think about spaceships and rockets, and all those great things that we made with those lovely building bricks. But what happens if you decide to use them somewhere else, ...

Tentacle Shower Head Makes Bathroom Decor Less Boring

Love it or hate it, it doesn't matter. What's sure is that this shower head will get a reaction out of everyone. Plus, the idea of having multiple movable jets like that seems kind of logical, even if...

ShelfSpeaker Combines Furniture and Home Theater

We usually tend to separate furniture and home theater items, however that didn't stop an enterprising designer from trying to combine shelves and speakers. We know that your speakers probably have al...

Incredible Piet Indoor Stove Will Enable New Layouts

Above all, this object is really beautiful. It's hard to tell what it is, but once the clean-burning ethanol fire is lit, you get the idea. This is basically a reinvented fireplace. Since it uses etha...

8 Ingenious Ideas We're Totally Stealing
From Unplggd Tech Tours

The best part about home decor, and more specifically the display of technology in our home, is that there's no need to reinvent the wheel. There's only so many ways to contain and present certain ...

The Awesome Star Wars LEGO Chess Set

We don't know what's cooler: the fact that this is a LEGO chess set or that it's actually a Star Wars LEGO chess set. Having a chess set around is always interesting. In an age where most of us spend ...

Change Your Speaker Like Artcoustic's Crystal Line

Speakers tend to be big and black. In order to look good, you got to get creative. It's kind of amazing what some high-end speaker companies are able to do with their speakers. For example, the Artcou...

The Fully Flush Refrigerator

It's a given that all kitchens have a refrigerator. Sure, there are loads of different kinds, some of the new retro-styled fridges are pretty cool, but in the end, a fridge is just a big box to keep y...

Dhesja Frame TV Sets Decorate & Display

Dhesja partnered up with electronics manufacturer Loewe to create a LCD display that blends into wall decor by framing the the 100 Hz HDTV displays in luxurious materials like Swarovsky crystal and c...

La Boite: Incredible Arcarde Home Entertainment Unit

If you are a fan of video games and arcades, you should look no further for a home entertainment unit to house your home theater. La Boite Concept is a great way to put all of your home theater needs ...

The Babylon Hanging Fireplace Moves Around

We're starting to see a bunch of different fireplaces. Don't get us wrong, we do like the old fireplaces, but they haven't changed for about a few centuries. It's high time that they get upgraded. We'...

Space Invaders Shade is Surprisingly Cool

We're not so into over-the-top themed rooms. But if you're going to go with a kitschy gamer-inspired home, we'd rather see it done with subtle and still cool pieces like this Space Invaders lamp shade...

Inspiration: Stylish LED Lighting Underneath Furniture

There is a fine line between tacky and stylish. Some tacky ideas can yield some great results, even if they verge on being completely tacky. We have to say that usually lighting that is put underneath...

Marquee Alphabet Lights

So your kids have always wanted their name in lights? Will they settle for just their initial? We love the old-timey quality of these large (around 2' tall), metal lights reminiscent of Vaudeville...

Customizable Art Four LCD Folding Screen

One day integrated displays throughout the household won't even be a thought or luxury. More affordable display technologies like OLED tech will likely make customizable surfaces for art, computing, a...

Urban Garden Deco: A Great Way To Make Your Garden Look Unique

Have you ever wanted to get some really cool lighting for your pool and patio? Did you go to one of those gigantic hardware stores and didn't find anything that would look good? Well, you don't have t...

Using Watering Cans To Create Affordable Mood Lighting

We love mood lighting. There is nothing like placing a few mood lights around a room to revitalize it and change what it looks like. One problem that people face is the actual cost of buying and insta...

Hot or Not? Fender Strat Coffee Table

Straight from the boys themselves at Fender Custom Furniture, this solid maple coffee table is a perfect replica of a famous Fender Stratocaster electric guitar headstock. In perfect proportion, your ...

Good Questions: Which Color Task Chair in a Retro Modern Office?

Ian writes: I'm pretty stuck in between the leather fabric choices of red and brown for my Humanscale Freedom chair with headrest. My greatest fear is the red being too contemporary lookin' for the la...