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Touchscreen Sliding Tap is a Space-Age Bathroom Fixture

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT

reece slide tap futuristic faucet

Bathroom fixtures are getting more and more sophisticated as technology allows for new and different integrated functions. The Reece Slide Tap, designed by Zeyu Zeng, is a high-tech take on one of the most important parts of the bathroom: the faucet.

futuristic slide tap concept

The tap looks – and works – a bit like a slide-open cell phone. To turn it on, all you have to do is slid the top part toward you. This is especially helpful when your hands are dirty and you just need to rinse them off in a hurry. Simply slide the faucet closed when you are done.

sliding touchscreen bathroom tap

The Slide Tap also allows you to customize your water temperature via the touchscreen on top. You can eliminate waste by pre-setting your temperature so that it is perfect as soon as it comes out of the tap. The Reece Slide Tap was named as a finalist in the 2013 Bathroom Innovation Award competition. It remains a concept for now, but if it is ever produced it would be the perfect finishing touch for any space-age bathroom.

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Transforming Loft is Big (Organized) Living in Tiny Quarters

Posted: 19 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT

living room dining room kitchen

New York-based architectural firm Studio Garneau believes that your home should work for you, not against you. They think that an apartment should adapt to fit the needs of the owners, not the other way around. To embody this philosophy, they created Transformer: an apartment that changes shape and configuration to meet the needs and wants of its occupants.

sliding wall open and closed

The multi-functional loft space opens and closes based on where the occupants need to be and what they need to do. The living room is separated from the bedroom by a large sliding wall; when the wall is “closed,” or closing the space between the living room and bedroom, built-in wooden bookshelves are revealed. They are hidden when the wall is slid “open” again, creating a clean, minimalist appearance.

transformer apartment bedroom

The bedroom itself contains a Murphy bed, or a bed that lifts up and disappears into the wall when not in use. With the bed up and off of the floor, the resident has a comfortable spot in which to practice yoga. Hiding the bed in this way also keeps the space looking tidy and uncluttered.

library kitchen dining room

sliding door projector screen

There is a theme of layers throughout the apartment. Layers of seen and unseen objects, layers of rich oiled wood and clean white surfaces, layers of personal and public areas. Bespoke furniture with hidden storage and ingenious little space-saving touches tie the home together and allow for optimum space utilization. Even the sliding wall doesn’t stop at serving one or two purposes – it also acts as a large projector screen when in the closed position.

floor plan transformer apartment

bathroom transformer apartment

The overall footprint of the apartment is tiny, but it contains everything needed to live comfortably – and even stylishly. The Transformer apartment proves that it’s not the size of the living space – it’s what you do with it that counts.