The world can be a crowded and bleak place. Thankfully, Escapod are hip to that fact and have been manufacturing all kinds of garden rooms and offices designed for aesthetic pleasure. They have be limited in initial design options but still offer plenty of bang for your city-phobic buck.
These garden rooms and offices are easy to install and full-featured, as you can see from the photo above. They offer full appliance hookup capabilities and the kind of eco-friendly chutzpah that is usually limited for full homes. The exteriors have been given a coating of Silicosan Flex, which is a special treatment meant to endure the harshest of weather conditions, which means lower costs of maintenance.
Check out the Escapod website to peruse and figure out the best way for you to avoid that dreaded hustle and bustle. Country folk are so underrated, you know?
Once upon a time a company called Elipson produced a pair of highly sought after speakers called the BS50 Chambord speakers. Well, time continued it’s sad little dance as it always does and said speakers were discontinued. Flash forward several years and the company has brought them back, just in time for the holiday season.
These are dome speakers and domes are 50 cm in width, and are open to reflectors of sound emancipating from the audio device below. The set allows for rearrangement of the top pieces so you can control how you like music to sound. They weigh about 30 kiles each and it must be noted they look and sound absolutely fantastic. We are talking the highest of the hi-def here.
Delivery of these speakers commences in October, straight from the factory to your home. Each set will cost just $5875. Not bad, right?
The only problem with Apple gear is that it’s sometimes hard to find non-Apple made peripherals that maximize the potential of your devices. Well, when it comes to sound, consider that a problem of the past. JVC has worked up quite the solution indeed.
These audio docking stations are perfect for any laptops, desktops, iPads, iPhones or any other iOS devices you have laying around. They don’t support the Newton though, sorry. Seriously though they are both handy and dandy.T he central unit consists of the docking slot with 2 adjoining speakers, which allows said connections. There are multiple slots though, so get ready for having more than one gadget usable at once. This is a novel, and rare, concept.
As expected, these are not for the faint of heart. These JVC docking stations cost around $369.
We all know Swarovsky is attempting to cover every inch of this planet we call Earth. The assimilation continues with this beautiful and useful sky trolley by Skypak. Just look at this thing. You know you want it.
The company has produced some fancy airplane trolleys in the past, with a gold-plated unit standing atop the pack. This new item, as stated, contains tons and tons of Swarovsky crystals. 82,000 of them to be exact. You heard that right. 82,000 Swarovsky crystals. The trolley is designed by Baz Pringle, a London based designer, who now works as a Senior Art Director in Orange County.
It’s not only a trolley that features several cabinets for whatever you want to place inside of them. Skypak’s new baby also includes a built-in mini-refrigerator. Keep the hot side hot and the cool side side. Just like a McDLT. How much will all of those crystals set you back? About $41,000. Not bad, right?
True audiophiles are always looking for the latest, greatest thing, the new invention that will finally make music sound “real.” Well, look no further than concrete. Wait, concrete?!
Yes, concrete. Israeli designer Shmuel Linski has fashioned this pair of concrete speakers, which take audiophile-dom to a whole new level. Concrete has never been known for it’s aural properties, but the designer has fixed this problem by making sure the driver and port are linked together. The whole thing is not lined with any sound absorbent material, being as how the concrete is enough. The end of result? A surprisingly fine sounding pair of speakers that is sure to be a hot topic of conversation at your next dinner party.
The price hasn’t been announced yet. Rest assured, though, if they are half as expensive as they are heavy then your bank account is in for a treat. They weigh 56kg a pair.
Steinway may be best known for their magnificent pianos and other instruments, that doesn’t mean the company doesn’t make a mean speaker set. Their new S-Series speakers are quite astounding, offering up a new dimension of sound.
Wait, what’s that? A new dimension? Surely the sound doesn’t travel from an parallel universe right? Ok, you got me there. They are compact and quite nice, though. The two varieties in the S-series include the S-15 & S-210. The S-15 is a two-way speaker with a frequency response between 120 Hz – 22 kHz and peak power capacity of 600 W of sound along with a single channel amplifier needed for optimum effects. Due to its compact size of 10.2 inches in length, 7.8 inches in width and a depth of 3.1 inches, it can be placed perfectly well on a bookshelf, fixed on the wall or even made to stand on the floor with appropriate support. On the other hand, the S-210 is a one-way boundary woofer with a frequency response of 25-500 Hz and has the peak power capacity of 800 W of sound.
The pricing ranges between around $22,000 and $45,000 depending on what version you want and what knickknacks you want applied to the final purchase. Just imagine these bad boys sitting atop your bookshelf, filling your entire home with sweet, wondrous music. Ah, the plentiful bounties of hearth and home.
Sure, having your own private waterfall is absolutely exorbitant. You know what is even more exorbitant? Having one made from your personalized DNA. Sounds like science fiction, right? Well, it’s here and it’s now.
A company known as DNA 11 has been prepping their one-of-a-kind DNA Waterfall collection. The units are made from the customer’s unique DNA strand. Just image staring into that waterfall and knowing, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that it comes from your everloving DNA. Pretty good feeling.
How does it work? When you place an order, the company sends you a kit that has you extracting a touch of DNA. Then you choose colors, size and general aesthetics. The rest is done by the science wizards at DNA 11. They look pretty cool, right? The price varies depending on the choices you make but expect to pay a pretty penny. DNA don’t come cheap.
You love lounging, right? Of course you do! To that end, design duo Bonetti/Kozerski has pulled the curtains from its innovative LL2 lounger unit.
This classy leather chaise lounge is perfect for, well, lounging around. But thats not all its good for. The LL2 features a built-in sound system for when you want a soundtrack to accompany that lounge session. It is blue-tooth enabled so you can stream music from your laptop, iPad, TV or wherever.
The aesthetics are no slouch, either. The designers drew inspiration from the legendary 1966 Lamborghini Miura, and it shows. Look at how pretty that is. The pricing has not been announced yet but you can head on over to their website and drop a pre-order in.
Classic Aga stored-heat stoves were invented in the 1920s and quickly were replaced by everything new under the sun: Microwaves, convection ovens, crock pots, you name it. Well, they are back to once again claim their kitchen throne.
The new AGA Total Control shares cast iron looks with its spiritual brethren, but that is about where the similarities end. It includes a touchscreen panel, for one. Each hot plate can also act independently of one another. Also, this new AGA heats up in about eight minutes. Old school units took hours to heat through. Who has the time for that?
All of this retro-futurism doesn’t come cheap, however. The AGA Total Control oven will set you back around $15,000.
Swarovski crystals continue their world takeover. First it was iPads and video game consoles. Then it was shirts, HDTVs and whatever else you could throw a crystal at. Now, unsurprisingly, they have plastered their crystaly goodness on to power tools. Tim Allen will be proud.
This Bosch IXO cordless screwdriver is just like similar models, except it comes equipped with rows of delicious Swarovski crystals. Does anything else need to be said?
Ok, maybe. Only 2000 of these bad boys will be made, and they are selling at around $470 each. The units come with approximately 470 of the wondrous crystals. Wait, that comes out to a dollar a crystal. Cool!
