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| Floating Sauna to Give Stressed Seattleites Double Relaxation Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST Enjoying the steam of a sauna and spending a day out on the water in a boat are two of life’s simple pleasures. Architecture group goCstudio has combined the two into one fantastically relaxing floating sauna that will soon set sail on Seattle’s Lake Washington. The floating sauna will be located out on the lake and visitors will reach it by kayak. The small platform is kept afloat by more than two dozen 55-gallon flotation barrels that are held together by an aluminum frame. A wooden deck provides a place to catch some sun or to just watch the surroundings and enjoy the beautiful lake. A ladder leads up to a platform atop the sauna enclosure, offering a place from which to dive into the water if you need to cool off after a hot sauna session. The sauna enclosure itself is 8 feet X 8 feet and has a tiered seating setup to fit several people. A wood-burning stove fuels the steam that fills the Alaskan Yellow Pine enclosure. The team hopes to raise enough money to make the concept a reality via a Kickstarter campaign – and we can’t wait to set sail to the Good Ship Relaxation. Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
| Crazy Kinetic Sideways-Opening Door is Unlike any Other Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:00 PM PST What would happen if an artist decided to redesign all of the mundane things we practically ignore every day? We imagine it would be something like this door. The Evolution Door, designed by artist Klemens Torggler, takes that whole slab-of-wood-with-hinges model and rethinks it entirely. The door consists of two squares, each able to fold diagonally and attached to each other with a spinning hinge at one corner. The corner diagonal to that one on each piece is attached to the door frame with another spinning hinge, allowing the door to rotate in the middle to open and then close. You might expect the door to be kind of dangerous, but Torggler explains that it has soft edges to avoid the eventual finger-pinching…or at least make it a little less painful. While it definitely couldn’t be used as an exterior door, the Evolution Door does look like an interesting conversation piece. It would be at home in the middle of a contemporary interior and, if the video of the door in action is any indication, it would provide endless hours of entertainment by simply opening and closing over and over. Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
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