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Green Furniture: Terra Grass Chair and Grass Ottoman

How’s this for a unique outdoor chair? It’s called the Terra Grass Chair. It comes in a kit– sorta like Chia Pet furniture.
You start with this cardboard frame.

Add soil and grass seeds. Water and wait til you get your “green” outdoor chairs.

Get your terra grass chairs here . Hmm… guess you better […]

Graffiti Advertising Using Lasers

Here’s a new method of advertising sure to get folks’ attention. Created by Graffiti Research Lab, this high tech tagging can be used to make political statements, create art or advertise condos. The art group is based in New York City but has branches in Vienna, Amsterdam and Mexico.

Courtesy of Graffiti Research […]

Lomme Bed: Does The Future Make You Sleepy?

The Lomme is a futuristic looking egg shaped bed.  It uses colored light and sound (iPod), as well as massage, to whisk you away to a restful sleep.    It even has a light therapy alarm clock.  The glass reinforced polymer shell blocks electromagnetic waves and radiation (but doesn’t it get in through the sides?)
Price […]

Space Saver Bed Drops from the Ceiling

Bed Up is a creative space saver for your bed. Just push a button and it drops down from the ceiling. This kind of cool is not cheap. About $4,300. I’ll have to sleep on it.

You can stop the elevator bed at any level.

h/t Fun Forever.

Apartment in a Box: Casulo

Casulo goes from this:

To this:

Can you believe Casulo (Portuguese for cocoon) transforms into an armoire, desk with drawers, desk chair, 2 more seats, six shelf bookcase, bed and mattress? It takes less than 10 minutes and requires no tools!
Here’s how it happens:

Casulo should be very popular with students, frequent movers and folks living in […]

Inflatable Architecture

Inflatable architecture is an interesting concept. Where needs are temporary, architecture should accommodate them. Kunst Werke (Berlin) housed an art exhibit and needed additional access. Swiss firm Instant Architecture created a temporary entrance, with stairs and balcony, that was extremely durable. After the structure was no longer needed, it was easily removed. […]

Convertible Home Furnishings

Never sit on a wet bench again. Just roll it to a dry spot.
h/t Sawse.Here’s a combination table and…..

Kitchen sink and stove top.

This sofa

turns into…

a bunk bed (via)

  Seimen refrigerator turns into a big freezer and vice versa.
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Inflatable Outdoor Home Theater

Watch the Super Bowl or any big game or movie on this inflatable outdoor home theater screen. It only costs $184.00 at Wal-Mart. (does not include projector or speakers).

Here are the vital statistics:

Here is another model that retails for $999. It is only 8′ x 7′ but includes speakers.

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Greensulate Uses Mushrooms to Grow Home Insulation

  Mushrooms make Greensulate
The home insulation of the future may be grown in a Petri dish.  Mushrooms are being used to create a new type of insulation to replace traditional polystyrene and fiberglass insulation. The product is called Greensulate. It was developed by a couple of 20 year old college students, Eben Bayer […]

NEV: Neighborhood Electric Vehicle

H3 by GM
The Neighborhood Electric Car (NEV) may be coming to your town soon.  These low speed electric cars (25-35 mph) are super energy efficient and practical for small towns and planned communities where the posted speed limits are 35-45 mph.  They are permitted in 40 states.  Planned communities like Celebration, Florida have NEV […]