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Skateboard Furnishings Add a Sporty Edge to Any Home

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST

skate-home

Skateboarders tend to be very dedicated to their sport, with parts of the skating lifestyle pervading every part of their lives. A company called Skate-Home makes furniture and home accessories from repurposed skateboard decks.

skate-home bookends

skateboard deck clock

The company offers a wide variety of home accessories that you would probably never imagine could be built from skateboards. Particularly impressive are the Tail & Nose Stop bookends, two ends of a skateboard with wheels (stationary, we presume) that hold up your books in skater style.

skate-home chair and stool

Furniture made from skateboard decks is surprisingly modern and stylish. Simple stools and padded chairs would be at home even in a non-sports-related decor – they’re sophisticated with clean and contemporary lines.

skateboard coat racks

Coat racks made of skateboard decks and wheels are an unexpected addition to the skateboard-loving home. Other offerings from Skate-Home include varying sizes of shelves, wall lighting, mirrors, and all kinds of other surprisingly sophisticated home objects.

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Water-Repelling Shirt Fabric Laughs in The Face of Moisture

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 02:00 PM PST

moisture repellent shirt

Have you ever had to throw away a piece of clothing that you loved because of a stubborn stain that just wouldn’t come out, no matter how hard you tried? Believe it or not, throwing away clothing and making new clothing is a huge environmental burden. Young entrepreneur Aamir Patel is set to change the world with an invention that will keep your clothes clean and dry at all times.

water repelling shirt

The Silic Shirt is made of a hydrophobic material that was inspired by the recently-released superhydrophobic spray-on coating NeverWet. He tried it out on a shirt and eventually started to feel dizzy and ill, so he decided to create his own version. The Silic Shirt has silica bonded right into the fabric so that it looks and feels just like any other T-shirt.

hydrophobic shirt

Unlike other coatings which wash off in the laundry, the Silic shirt can be washed up to 80 times without diminishing its water-repelling properties. But since it repels moisture, sweat, and spills, it needs to be washed far less frequently than other shirts. Even wearing it to the gym won’t cause it to become stinky and dirty like other shirts because it’s anti-microbial as well as moisture repellent.

Patel went to Kickstarter to fund his project and sailed way past his initial $20,000 USD goal in less than a day. Each shirt is $48, but when you consider that you can once again wear white while eating spaghetti it seems completely worth the price tag.