Tuesday, 19 June 2012

It’s All About Being On Facebook


Monday morning and I’m sharp with a cup full of freshly brewed coffee, crisp toast and a farm-fresh Facebook Phone! Pardon me, but the Blue Experience is utterly fascinating and an odyssey of newly developed Facebook Apps that work beautifully on a dedicated FB phone. Love the instant Instagram button and minimal tech-specs. Enclosed in a blue saturated aluminum casing (17.5 cm x 5.5cm) and designed in as a wedge, the display is easily viewable even when the phone is flat on a table.
Boasting of a gorgeous display with its size and aspect ratio optimized for the new Facebook core app OS, the phone promises to be a social networking delight. Basically the concept is all about connecting, communicating and sharing.
Features:
  • On the top there is a message income notification element combined as a button to access your messaging center directly.
  • There is an internal speaker output and a headphone connection.
  • On the front, there is the Like-Button.
  • The ear-speaker phone and micro is at the back so you have to turn the phone to make calls.
  • At the back there is a new developed camera button with LED-flash.
  • Spotify is embedded into the system with a dedicated button on the left side.
Designer: Tolga Tuncer



Thursday, 14 June 2012

Skur! Ah Waja Ten Ma Fung Maba, Ah Wu Cwafng Peena.




This is why table manners are so important, Amy S.

Incredible: 10 New Images of Dubai Underwater Hotel Design


Looming above the surface of the sea like a spaceship, the Water Discus Underwater Hotel is a futuristic wonder that is actually set to be constructed in Dubai. The luxurious resort features a support column connecting the upper discs to additional volumes underwater, with stairs and an elevator whisking guests up and down.


Deep Ocean Technology has released images of the planned hotel, which may be reproduced elsewhere in the Middle East. The Water Discus Underwater Hotel can work as an independent structure or be joined with additional modules to create a larger complex.



Not only does the underwater section of the hotel boast glass-walled rooms, but guests can actually manipulate a special lighting system to illuminate the water outside their windows, getting a better look at the sea life that emerges at night. For those who want to venture out into the water, there’s an underwater dive center.


Within the disc that hovers above the surface of the water is a restaurant, spa, recreation area and a lobby built inside a massive swimming pool that’s accessible from the roof. The deep pool enables guests to dive down into this disc and swim around the enclosed restaurant.


And this may just be the coolest part: if there’s any danger, like a severe weather event, the underwater disc will automatically rise to the surface. The small size of each disc also makes them easy to transport if “environmental or economic conditions” make it necessary. See more images at ArchDaily.