Dornob | Design Ideas Daily

Scenic 3D Curtains: Kitschy Way to Brighten Your Windows?

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT

[ Filed under Fixtures & in the Doors & Windows category ]

The effect might be depressing were it devoid of a real view out your window, but layering something on an already-interesting setting? There might be something to this otherwise-kitsch yet still-clever idea.

Studio Eric Klarenbeek: "For an apartment at the seaside of Knokke, Belgium, we were asked to design curtains for the living and bedrooms. The living room has a view of the sea, and for this we created 3 layers of curtains, working as a 3D panorama, every layer having different boats in depth.”

“The backside view of he apartment is poor due to the facing housing block. Therefore we created two layers of curtains. One thick light absorbing curtain, with the dutch dunes, and one layer with plants and animals.”

One could wish, though, that they had figured out a better way to capture these, as the photos hint at but barely do justice to the concept as executed.

Keep Going - Check out this Great Related Dornob Article:

Blind Windows? Faux City Views on Fabric Window Shades

New Noise-Quenching Curtains Absorb Sound, Let in Light

[ Filed under Fixtures & in the Doors & Windows category ]

[ Dornob | Archives | Categories | Privacy | TOS ]

Custom Vertical Gardens Instantly Green Up Any Interior

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 04:00 PM PDT

[ Filed under Surfaces & Walls & in the Fixtures category ]

A houseplant or two can really liven up a home, but Swedish company Greenworks strives to go several steps further. Their specialty is creating customized indoor green walls for homes and offices.

Greenworks’ walls – and their smaller living green decorations – not only spruce up the normally cold, lifeless walls of buildings; they also bring a number of other benefits to their surroundings.

The living plants cleanse the air you breathe, dampen sounds, and humidify the environment in which they live.

The unique plant features can be purchased outright, or they can be rented and the company will provide maintenance and care of the support structures and the plants.

In addition to the living, breathing plants, some of the green walls also feature lighting elements to highlight the natural beauty of the greenery.

Imagine how amazing it would be to walk in to work from a rough commute to be suddenly surrounded by plants…or to come home after a long day to be greeted by your own personal indoor garden.