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Beautiful Solar Storage Barn Built From Raw Materials

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Who says materials have to be scraped, buffed, and varnished to be beautiful? Recently, we spotted a beautiful storage barn that proves raw materials can make a breathtaking exterior.

Living on wheels Japanese style

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How about carrying your home wherever you go

Air 1 Aquarium by Amaury Poudray

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French designer Amaury Poudray has designed a glass, zeppelin-shaped aquarium supported by a steel frame.

Battery Collector

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As almost every battery looks the same, it’s often difficult to figure out the discharged batteries from the usable ones.

fantastic norway architects: walking berlin

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'walking berlin' - houses socializing with the locals image courtesy fantastic norway 'walking berlin' by fantastic norway was an event created as part of the dmy berlin design festival 09.

Virtually Waterless Washing Machine Cuts Water Use by 90%

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Xeros Ltd. is on the verge of saving us a LOT of water. Their new washing system (prototype stage) uses nylon beads to tumble wash clothes with 90% less water than conventional washers. The machine also uses significantly less detergent and eliminates the need for tumble drying.

Weaver’s Nest by Animal Farm

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Cape Town designers Animal Farm have produced an “organic lounger” made from woven branches that hangs in a tree and is reached by a rope ladder.

Paracite keeps personal commutation on the right ‘Track’

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How often do you miss the train to your office locale in finding a parking space for your vehicle on the railway station?

www.thedesignblog.org/entry/paracite-keeps-pe

Novel inspiration: Pennies on the floor!

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Rarely, we come up with home decor ideas at hometone but some innovative, novel ideas leave no room to be left unmentioned. Here’s an exemplar! Penny tiles for your floors. Yes, literally, someone came up with this innovative idea of covering the floor with pennies.

www.hometone.org/entry/novel-inspiration-penn

Bughouse Scratch DJ coffee table doesn’t play

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Ok, now some innovatively cool furniture to gel well with your geeky den! The Scratch DJ coffee table by Bughouse as the name says is a cool DJ table that coerces you to swap it with your conventional table sitting in your living room.

www.hometone.org/entry/bughouse-scratch-dj-co

Modularly elegant Miele cooker hood

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Miele, legendary for the awe-inspiring products to compliment home decor of all times is here once again with the all new cooker hood that disappears stylishly when not in use.

www.hometone.org/entry/modularly-elegant-miel

DIY - jar lights

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I have obviously DIY projects on the brain! It's 2am in France and I'm still up, blogging about some jars...err hello!!Well, I couldn't help sharing this lovely idea....

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Chain Link Metamorphosis: Demakersvan’s Lace Fence

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Everyone has at least one childhood story that features a chain link fence. These tales usually involve appendages getting stuck in the diamond-shaped holes, followed by various injuries, the most common of which seems to be a broken leg. Sound familiar?

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Bottleclip by Matthias Ries

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Bottleclip is a simple clip for common plastic water bottles, it snaps on to any standard bicycle frame and replaces the bottle's cap, simply turn the bottle in the threaded holder and the bottle stays in place. More after the jump.

XLXS’s GrowShelter: Where Humans, Plants and Animals Co-Exist

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Julia Molloy and Taka Sarui of Brooklyn design collaborative XLXS created the GrowShelter, a highly unique living environment where humans, plants and animals may co-exist.

Invisibility Cloaks May Shield Buildings From Earthquakes

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We all know that invisibility cloaks can protect Harry Potter from Filch and his cat Mrs. Norris, but now physicists in France and the UK say they may be used to hide buildings from the devastating effects of earthquakes as well. Sound like fiction? It’s not!

‘Landscape Apertura’ Treehouse Frames Nature Exquisitely

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Robert McLaughlin’s ‘Landscape Apertura‘ treehouse near Kansas City, offers calculated views into nature via six strategically placed, vibrant green frames.

Top Ten Modern Beach Houses

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Looking out the window onto a gray rainy day and dreaming of these modern getaways - they're the top ten coolest beach houses. Each one features a modern layout, plenty of windows and is sitting on an ocean.

purecontemporary.blogs.com

Wajima Collection by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and Japan Brand

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The Wajima collection is the fruit of a new collaboration between designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and Japan Brand. A series of accessories for the home that incorporate traditional Japanese lacquer techniques and finishes.

The Girasole Lighting Collection by Matteo Cibic

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Matteo Cibic has designed the Girasole lighting collection for the Italian manufacturer Enled. The Girasole series expresses the research and philosophy that Enled brand has followed in the potentials of lighting with LED.

Combed slides to form a wheelchair for the challenged

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Moving from bed to wheelchair, and vice versa, on their own often become difficult for physically challenged, making them dependent on others for their basic needs.

www.thedesignblog.org/entry/combed-slides-to-