Vitra Unveils Its Stunning New Museum Designed by Herzog & deMeuron

BY CLIFF KUANGMon Feb 22, 2010
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The German furniture-maker maker adds another jewel to its starchitect-studded corporate campus.

The Vitra campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, is already a mecca for contemporary architecture, featuring a design museum by Frank Gehry, a conference center by Tadao Ando, and another building on the way by SANAA. And they've just finished what might be the greatest of them of them all: a new building, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, to showcase the company's home-furniture collection.

Great Ideas: Sustainable Dance Floor

The Sustainable Dance Floor generates energy as you bust a move by translating the vertical movement into electricity.

Design Ideas: Hiding your television

Great post on www.apartmenttherapy.com

The Power Of Distraction, Part II: Hiding TVs In Plain View

While I love watching movies, I will never love the look of a TV, but I love the idea of a bulky media cabinet even less...so what's a flick-obsessed aesthete to do? Well,Kyle's post on her TV curtain got me thinking about subtler ways to distract the eye from these mammoth eyesores. Here are some tips.

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Eco Kitchen of the Future

Great article found on Inhabit.com.

Faltazi Envisions the Eco Kitchen of the Future

by Lea Bogdan, 02/10/10

This green Ekokook kitchen by Faltazi design is one of the most well-researched culinary concepts we have seen. Ekokook proposes that in the future, the general public will strive to become self-sufficient in their homes, and they will do so through conservation and reuse. Eco enthusiasts will drool over the abundance of green features and efficient functionality, and the hearts of design aficionados will beat a bit faster when they see the clean lines, polished renderings, and ultra-cool process video.