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Remarkable River Rock Home on an Ultra-Small Foundation

Posted: 14 May 2013 10:00 AM PDT

It looks like something straight out of a Photoshop contest – an impossibly small-footprint residence on a tiny jagged rock jutting out from the middle of a river, yet it is entirely real.

This house has survived its its precarious semi-cantilevered position for nearly half a century, withstanding the weather of the Drina River in Serbia and attracting attention from locals and tourists alike.

What started as a resting place for tired swimmers evolved into a whole (albeit small) home – to get materials or people to it, the easiest route is simply to come in upriver rather than fighting the running water. Story via MyModernMet and Inthralled - images by Irene Becker, bojan gajic, Vlado Marinkovic, bojan gajic and Uros Petrovic.

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Destined to Be Dated: Cute QWERTY Futon Made for Geeks

Posted: 13 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT

The QWERTY keyboard has proved remarkably resilient from one device to the next, and perhaps it will be persist for some time yet, but someday this design will look definitively like a piece of the past.

Still, in the meantime, ZO_loft‘s creation is a quintessentially Italian blend of present styles and sleek minimalism, using a palette of silver, white and black that would be suitable to conferences and offices.

For those who find themselves passing out at their desk, you can also lay out this futon into bed form and take a nap right on a giant-sized version of your keyboard. From its creators: “Turning the archetypal image of a keyboard, into a sofa bed, QWERTY is proposed to hold you on its soft "keys" on evenings while working in the office or at home on a rainy afternoons spentwatching the home video, bringing a pinch of irony in our daily life.”

“Anyway QWERTY is much more than a sofa bed. Thanks to micro electric motors controlled by a remote control, every single key/cushion is adjustable in height to give total freedom to the full available surface. In this way, the furniture becomes a playful carpet, a comfortable support but an unconventional surface.”

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