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This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen a convertible piece of furniture (remember the Land Peel?) Anyway, designer Matali Crasset’s “Sweet Talk and Dream” is more straightforward and conventional, though.…
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April 20th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua
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When I think of hammocks, I’m reminded of the cool, summer afternoons I spent just lazing away in my backyard. When I think of sleeping bags, I remember the few but memorable camping trips I went to with my dad, uncle, and some naughty cousins. Now put the two together…
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March 28th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua
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I was staring outside my window, being bored and all kinds of lazy, when I noticed a soon-to-be-mama bird in the middle of building her nest. There was just something about how carefully she aligned the bits of leaves and twigs that got me thinking about what it might feel…
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March 9th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua
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You know that suffocating feeling you get sometimes when you’re in a crowded room? It’s a perfectly normal thing. I mean, even the most outgoing of people want some alone time every now and then.…
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February 23rd, 2012 by: Hazel Chua
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Let’s merge the alarm clock and a Roomba so we can have one less gadget to clutter the home. That’s Seoul-based designer Jeongmi Lee’s thinking here. He designed a domestic robot that yanks your blanket off the bed in the morning to wake you.…
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January 5th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn
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A lot of people are addicted to social networking these days. They log on to their Facebook profiles on their office computers, go home and network some more on their laptops, and check their profiles one last time before going to bed on their tablets or smartphones.…
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December 31st, 2011 by: Hazel Chua
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We recently featured a pair of cushioned earphones that you can use while lying in bed. Here’s another alternative for those of you who like to doze off while listening to music, audiobooks, or anything but their partner’s snoring (or voice). Called SleepPhones, they’re fleece headbands with removable earphones inside…
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November 24th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias
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In a lot of countries, particularly in Asia, people sleep on futons or mats laid down on the floor instead of on beds. It’s not because of a lack of funds or because they have an aversion to beds; it’s just part of their culture and how they’ve been raised…
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November 10th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua
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This Nintendo NES bed is pretty awesome. In this case NES might stand for Nintendo Entertainment Sleep or Not Ever Sleeping, because it’s so cool. Sadly the reset button doesn’t make the bed for you and the power button doesn’t make the bed shake.…
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September 20th, 2011 by: Conner Flynn
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What can you buy with $60,000 dollars? A whole lot, obviously. For a lot of folks, that’s a year’s worth of salary, or more. With $60,000, you can put your kids through school, pay your rent, buy a car, go on a vacation, or get a whole new wardrobe and…
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August 31st, 2011 by: Hazel Chua