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Piet Portable Fireplace Looks Like Something NASA Made

Sean Fallon — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Astronauts making s’mores in a fireplace on the ISS? Not likely, but if NASA ever did develop a portable fireplace it might look something like the Piet.

The Piet features a ceramic shell, brass reflector plates on the interior and a layer of rock wool fire insulation in between. It also burns ethanol instead of wood, so there is no smoke or soot — meaning that the open flame can be “safely” lit in the home. Of course, it doesn’t look like it would take much for your drunken arse to knock over when you have a belly full of egg nog and s’mores over the holidays. [cavalliusdesign via MoCoLoco and Coroflot]

Torn Disguised Lighting Looks Like Slits into Parallel LED Universe

Gizmodo US Edition — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:18:00 +0000

Designer Billy May has come up with his Torn Lighting concept as a discreet way of adding some light to your apartment. The installations conceal LED lights, and look like you’ve got some kind of weird space-time holes torn into your walls and leaking light into your room. Pretty neat, and a nice way of getting mood light from LEDs without the risk of you being dazzled by their exposed faces. Now if only there was a way to animate the walls to get a proper rippling effect… [Yanko Designs]

Mobile Light is Solar Powered, Won’t Increase Your Sex Appeal

Haroon Malik — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:00:00 +0000

The Kyouei Design house has come up with the fantastically titled, Mobile Light, which incorporates a small solar panel bed at one end and a light at the other. Activation is automatically instigated once the ambient light levels fall below a certain threshold, which ensures the stored energy is put to good use quickly. Sure, it may not output enough of the bright stuff for you to make it down the stairs safely, read a book in bed or take a piss without dribbling all about the floor / toilet rim, but that’s what the main lights are for.

The Mobile Light says you are sophisticated, environmentally conscious, as well as being hot on interior design. The only reason you would want to portray these qualities is because your over styled bachelor pad has seen more lonely nights than you care to remember, and you’re hoping a hottie will say, “Gosh, you’re stylish, want to have sex?” It’s not gonna happen. [Kyouei Design]