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People Pod: Whimsical Home Office Puts Work in Your Yard

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:00 AM PDT

[ Filed under Offices & Studies & in the Interiors category ]

More and more of us are telecommuting for work, either full-time or just part of the workweek. Home offices are notoriously distracting – particularly if you have family or roommates home all day – and this is precisely why Archipod developed their garden office pods.

The office pods look a bit like giant acorns or the seed pods of some giant exotic flower. Round, covered in shingles and adorned with porthole windows and top-hinged gull wing doors, the pods are the sort of whimsical structures you might expect fairytale woodland animals to live in.

Each pod is equipped with electrical hookups, a semicircular interior desk, concealed lighting and an integrated heater. Although it seems the perfect place to put one’s office, the little backyard pods can also be used as dance or yoga studios, libraries, play rooms, music rooms or any number of other functions.

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Dynamic Chandelier Rises and Sets to Mimic Natural Sunlight

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:00 PM PDT

[ Filed under Lamps & Lights & in the Furnishings category ]

Lighting in a home may create different types of effects depending on its placement or its brightness, but one fixture rarely has the flexibility of this chandelier. Called “The Rhythm of Light,” the piece is equal parts art and functional home object. According to http://susannedegraef.nl/index.php?module=project&project[action]=showItem&project[itemID]=25&, the artist behind the project, the chandelier is meant to mimic the natural rising and setting of our natural light source, the sun.

The layers of the lamp move up or down depending on the user’s mood, altering the light just as the sun’s light changes throughout the day. Editing the amount of light diffusion allows the chandelier to provide a dynamic room interior that static, unchanging light can never accomplish.