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aQuatica Faucet For Your Kitchen

Warren — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:41:31 +0000

The faucet in your kitchen can make a big difference; it can draw the attention of your guest, put a little spark in your kitchen or completely drowns the beauty of the kitchen. The aQuatica Faucet designed by Rury Vizcarra can contribute to any of these depending on the design/theme of your kitchen. The aQuatica Faucet has been inspired by sea creatures.
[Yanko Design]

Ekokook – Possibly The Most Creative Kitchen Design Ever

Warren — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:20:17 +0000

This is no ordinary kitchen system, with this kitchen system you don’t have to worry about your waste staying in your garbage until it smells around the kitchen. This Okokook kitchen system makes use of all your waste, that’s right, all of it: it re-use your solid waste, liquid waste, and even your organic waste.

For the solid waste (have no smell) such as: glass; paper; plastic; metal and miscellaneous, each of these are placed in their own bin and smashed down to minimal size. All of these items activated by hand: a steel ball, like the ball in a pinball machine, to break glass, an endless screw like a nut-cracker to compress cans and water bottles, and a manual shredder-crusher to shred paper before turning it into briquettes.

For liquid waste, a double sink is use for retention then a second sink collects water that has been filtered of any grease scum into two pitchers that can then be used on household plants. All of this can be lifted out and cleaned (which it should be regularly) to keep up hygiene.

The process the organic waste goes through is probably the most disgusting. It uses real earthworms to break down organic wastes such as peels, scrapings, left-overs, etc. The container with the worms is a drum that rotates a notch a day. The waste inside shifts gradually and after three months maturing are considered lumbri compost. Liquid effluent drains into two pitchers, and diluted one part effluent to ten parts water, this junk becomes perfect food for indoor and outdoor plants.

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Wish You Had A Waterfall Sink In Your Kitchen?

Warren — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:48:46 +0000

Yeah I know it might sound strange but think about how unique and luxurious your kitchen would look! Even though it’s just a design (for now) I think it would spice up the kitchen a little more and people would probably hand-wash the dishes more often. Just a though.

Anyway, there are some things that are unique about this sink (other than “it’s a waterfall”),like the Sink Plate Washbasin Unit and waterfall style faucet that is elegantly fitted onto the top panel. There are some things that might be troublesome, for instance, the sink plate is a steel grid. I have one suggestion; be careful with your jewelery and foreign objects.

Designer: Maria Ovchinnikova [Source]

Take a Shower In An Egg, Literally

Warren — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:26:20 +0000

They say the proteins in an egg can do god for your skin, but would you take a bath in one? I certainly would and if you would too there is an egg-shaped shaped Cocoon Shower Stall coming to us. It literally cocoons you once you shut all the glass slides. It have all he standard features of a shower: shower, bathtub, jacuzzi & mood lighting. It features a rain-showerhead in the center of the ceiling, but the jacuzzi will be just fine.

Designer: Arina Komarova