RKS, the world-renowned innovation, strategy and design consultant and Water Advocacy KOR Water have joined together to create a groundbreaking strategy for saving water and the planet. To succeed on this issue, an innovative program of four new KOR ONE colors, ocean blue, sunrise orange, saw-grass green and orchid pink, ha been announced that empowers consumers to develop their health as well as the health of the world. The mission of KOR is to protect and celebrate water and this program will surely bring more awareness to matters that have deep impact on the planet’s future of water. All these gleaming colors are made of completely BPA-free copolyester and comprise one-handed opening mechanism, a non-losable cap and KOR Stone inside lid.
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Life is a journey. If you want to get to know about a traveling person you have to pay attention to his or her luggage. Suitcase is not just a box but a company which reflects the owner’s lifestyle and makes the journey better. What makes a suitcase different from a boring box style?
JIBO is a project in cooperation with Samsonite which is a suitcase which focuses on Storages, Mobility, and Emotion Attachment. The Inner Box can be used as a divider in the suitcase or double protector of your expensive articles. It can also be taken out and attached to the frame to expand the space. JIBO has retractable wheels and slide bars for snowy surface, soft surface and stairs. Casedress is the clothes of your JIBO, which is available in different material such as knitted fabric, leather and colors. Before the journey, choose a clothes for yourself and don’t forget chose one for JIBO to make a perfect match.
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National Wildflower Center organized a competition of designing an innovative, architecturally outstanding educational, conference and seed production compound in Knowsley and Ian Simpson Architects with Hoare Lea Engineers and Adams Kara Taylor Engineers has been declared as winners. Their powerful Fibonacci made spiral solution comprises a remarkable wild flower head focusing the conference center and a memorable and distinctive architectural statement ingeniously combined the design mathematical and organic themes. This compact building is adjacent to the North West border and extends a rounded sweep to the garden of wildflower which welcomes the visitors by its intimate internal and external ante spaces.
This innovative concept of Ian Simpson Architects will become a groundbreaking “green” exemplar, a favorite conference and visitor’s destination and an inspiring resource of mathematics education. The Fibonacci spirals will allow placing seeds on the seed head, leaves on a stem and petals on a flower as well as will help people to understand the relationships between nature and mathematics. The structure of entering the flower head will be an encouraging experience over the countries by showing how architects, artists and engineers have used the numerical sequences and simple angles found in wildflowers. This design is now being considered as an excellent addition to the National Wildflower Center.
Designer : Ian Simpson Architects, Adams Kara Taylor Engineers, and Hoare Lea Engineers via [Bustler]
An ogre definitely isn’t a great living thing, rather the appearance of an ogre makes us hate it but, when it is about Shrek, the total hatred theme disappears immediately. This is because this peach loving weird character is very much popular with us and consequently he deserves a special gadget that makes him more extraordinary. Sang Hoon Lee, a South Korean designer, has designed a concept Shrek MP3 player with a couple of chic headphones which will surely come to the focus with its release. The ease of finding a place of the headphone on the player reflects the approach that Shrek portends.
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Paris-based architects Beckmann-N’Thépé Architects have announced to build a new Korkeassari Zoo at Helsinki in association with the TN+ landscape designers. The architects envisaged an intelligent rehabilitation of Korkeassari’s zoological island from the movement in the various biozones to the build a modern entrance structure. According to the architects, the key focused area is its architectural interventions to make it a mysterious and wild place for the future city. The entrance assembling the set of utilities that are vital to run the zoo was one of the main focuses like the visual identity, risk of shapelessness and pierced with cavities.
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