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Storytime Sanctuary: Nautilus Bookshelf Wraps Readers

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST

A series of curved shelving units, the Nautilus by Alicia Bastian is made mainly for kids but might make adults a bit jealous as well.

Featured in the Northern Michigan University's debut exhibit at the Salone Satellite, its simple lines and white-and-wood look are made to be adapted to homes, libraries or children’s play spaces.

Conceptually, the upward curve suggests growth through learning, but also physically puts books of various reading levels at, quite literally, different levels, giving access for different age groups.

While its default arrangement is a partial circle, it can also be turned to form a wall rather than an enclosure.

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Surreal Chandelier Creates Indoor Clouds, Sunrises & More

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Some of us go to great lengths to forget how drab it is outside our home on a rainy day, but for those who want to celebrate the sunless sky, this device brings the weather to you.

Of course, it works for daylight-lovers as well, in its way, changing color over the course of our daily solar cycle to the transitions from reddish sunrise to purple sunsets. "Nebula 12 can, like a natural cloud, change in colour and brightness and thus can be used as a variable source of light for romantic evening meals, when doing homework, when reading or just chatting.”

Tapped into the outside world via wifi, The Nebula 12 remixes liquid nitrogen and hot water, then uses suction to keep it in place. And for those who wish to mix things up a bit, it can be manually controlled as well, or tied into the news (good for sun, bad for clouds) and so forth, too.

“In the standard mode, Nebula 12 predicts the weather for the next 48 hours. A threatening low-pressure area is announced by a red cloud, and sunshine is shown in yellow. At the same time, the user can adjust the settings and define the source of information themselves. And the best is: regardless of how dark the cloud is, Nebula 12 never brings any rain. At least, not within one’s own four walls."