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DH1 Disaster House: A home away from home for hurricane victims

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Want to take your home with you wherever you go? You need to take a look at the DH1 Disaster House built by California architect Gregg Fleishman. Made from sustainable European birch with phenolic resin finish on both sides, the 14-foot-square structure can be assembled in no time without the need of nails or fasteners. Perfect for those who live in hurricane affected areas, the floor of the Disaster house is 30 inches off the ground. But, it?s not completely waterproof, so you might need a plastic or canvas to wrap it. And yes, don?t forget to tie it to a concrete slab in all the four directions. The price tag of $22,000 for this nifty creation is certainly a lot to the hurricane victims but it might come down if they use some less exotic materials.

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Written by Trend Spotter on June 27, 2007 | No Comments

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Kohler C3 elongated toilet seat with remote control

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We have already seen a couple of tech-toilets. After Toto and Inax, it?s a company called Kohler, which is offering C3 Toilet Seat that retrofits almost any toilet. The C3 toilet seat touts bidet functionality, heated seat with three different temperature settings, a warm-air fan for partial drying, , a deodorizer to lessen unpleasant odors, and a Quiet-Close cover. Another notable inclusion is a lighted bowl that purges the need to turn on a light at night. You have the remote control to adjust the seat settings to your liking. The wands of the C3 toilet seats are constructed of anti-microbial material to guarantee absolute hygienic performance. The seat comes in two models, the $1300 C3-200 toilet seat that features a convenient remote control and an in-line heater and the $750 C3-100 toilet seat with a side control panel and a built-in tank heater to supply warm water.

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Written by Trend Spotter on June 27, 2007 | No Comments

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Six in One Casino Bar for your home!

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Wouldn’t it be great if your home had a casino? Well, this elegant piece of furniture is a Six in One Casino Bar that transforms into a casino compendium. When the kit is not in use, the neat piece reverts into a home bar, offering an ample space for bottles and glasses to be stored. Gracefully crafted a deep mahogany finish, the table coverts play blackjack, roulette, craps, baccarat and poker. The kit comes loaded with all game accessories and instructions. This chic piece of furniture or the casino compendium comes for £599.

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Lustrous Luxe rocks for the luxury homes

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This is, what I think, another unique way to add to the lavishness of your luxury home. Designed by Italian designers, these lighted rocks by Oluce will just make your lawn look like something from a distant planet. The Luxe rocks have been crafted from weather-tested polyethelene. These lighted Oluce stones glow with the abet of a screw-in fluorescent bulb. Priced at $316, they can be had by special order only and that too in ?large quantities.? What does this mean? I simply have no idea but the Luxe rocks are the ultimate thing for exterior lightscaping.

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Written by Trend Spotter on June 26, 2007 | No Comments

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The $200K Alexandria loudspeakers don’t even look like speakers

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Wilson Audio has earned itself a name as one of the top luxury speakers? manufacturers. The new Wilson Audio Alexandria Loudspeakers do deserve a place in the list of top 10 luxury speakers with its whopping price tag of $200,000 and an inimitable make. The uncanny looks of the loudspeakers somehow resembles the leg of a Transformer. The loudspeaker uses upper frequency driver modules that adjust linearly to optimize time alignment while each of the modules rotate on its polar axis to pull off optimal driver dispersion for multiple listening positions. With the manufacturers popping out luxury speakers like rabbit popping out bunnies, I think I will have to make another list of top 10 luxury speakers very soon.

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Written by Trend Spotter on June 26, 2007 | No Comments

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Corian Z Kitchen Island takes you to the 23rd century

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DuPont Corian is well known for its wide range of residential, commercial, furniture and specialty applications. Their latest offering, the Z Kitchen Island looks like something out of Star Trek and makes us feel like we are in the 23rd century. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the Z Island offers a futuristic, sensory-responsive kitchen environment. Very much like the musical cooking system, it is loaded with all high-tech accessories, including LED touch panels in the surface of table, a Mac for multimedia tasks, and three strange-looking aroma devices that turns out a range of scents. It also features a wall cladding system integrating special equipment with sophisticated sound and light diffusion capabilities. The central cooking area touts an innovative heating plate that keeps food warm for a long span of time. Pricing for the Z Kitchen Island begins somewhere over 8 grand. It?s hard for me to find the write words to appreciate the design but I must say it?s cool, literally!

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Written by Trend Spotter on June 26, 2007 | No Comments

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