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Google’s Swiss HQ Blends A Lot Of Fun With Some Function

12:40PM Rosa Golijan | I couldn’t be more envious of Google engineers working out of Switzerland. Despite the tacky wallpaper in its library, the new EMEA Engineering Hub is the most fun-looking office environment I’ve seen in a while. More »
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Soft Tofu Chair Moulds To Your Softer Tofu Tush

9:20AM Mark Wilson | I’ve never been all that enthusiastic about eating tofu. But sitting on a gigantic piece of the stuff sounds just delicious. More »
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Burning Cities Firescreens Make Horrible Tragedies Downright Cosy

8:00AM Sean Fallon | It’s been a long time since fire ravaged London and Rome in 1666 and 64 AD respectively — which must be why we can feel OK about making cool firescreens today based on these tragic incidents. More »
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Clamp-On Table Legs Turn Trash Into Fancy Trash

8:00AM Mark Wilson | Sometimes it takes money to look like you’ve pulled all of your furniture out of the dump. These brilliant but expensive clamp-on table legs are no exception. More »
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DNA-Inspired Closet Is As Space-Efficient As It Is Twisted

10:40AM Rosa Golijan | Irina Alexandru’s design is more of a coat hanger than a closet, but it’s intended to allow for the maximum amount of clothing hangers in the smallest amount of space. I just plain like the curvy double helix design. [Core77]
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What’s On Your Mind?

8:40AM Jesus Diaz | What’s on my mind? I would love to work at Facebook, in their new Palo Alto headquarters, that’s what. They are located in a former laboratory, built in the 1960s. The interior looks just as pretty as the exterior. Have a look. More »
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Vauni Cupola Fireplace Mounts Like A Flat-Screen TV

12:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Vauni’s bioethanol ventless fireplace, the Cupola, may not have the warmth or cosiness of a traditional wood-burner, but it does have practicality and cold Scandinavian style. Plus, the thing mounts right on your wall. More »
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Lamp Mummified By Power Cord

1:50AM Mark Wilson | If Tutankhamun died today, no one would wrap the Pharaoh in cloth — that stuff is useless when one’s body rises again in the afterlife. What any guy always needs on hand is a long, radioactive orange extension cord. More »
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FlowerEYE Pot Examines The Lightning Bolts Under The Soil

4:00AM Mark Wilson | The FlowerEYE pot tracks soil humidity, light levels and ambient temperature, all while displaying a plant’s root system like an episode of Storm Stories. If only this ultimate flowerpot technology actually existed, our perennials would rise again. [HomeTone via Unplggd]
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Easel Turns Trashy TV Into High Art

1:30AM Mark Wilson | You have horrible taste in television. It’s OK, we’re not judging. Everyone has horrible taste in television—it’s a prerequisite to hitting the power button. But there’s a cure. No, don’t you dare read. Just buy a $US1000 TV easel. More »