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    12 Seats for Maximum Relaxation

    We’ve been known to post a perfect nap chair or two (or dozen) here on Design Milk so we thought we’d round up our favorites of nap’s past and add a few new spots to help you prepare for maximum ...
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    Toy House in Brazil Features Fun on Every Floor

    Pascali Semerdjian Architects designed the Toy House in São Paulo, Brazil. The 2,659-square-foot play area was built next to the owner’s home especially for entertainment — of children and adults alike. “The project was conceived as a huge play place for a growing family, designed ...
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    Ferm Living’s furniture collection includes perforated shelves and stackable chairs

    Northmodern 2016: a shelving system constructed from perforated metal sheets and a set of stackable wooden chairs feature in Ferm Living’s Spring Summer 2016 furniture collection (+ slideshow). The Danish homeware brand presented its latest collection at theNorthmodern 2016 design ...
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    Lose yourself inside the Abyss Table’s mesmerizing ocean depths

    Prepare to lose yourself inside the inky blue depths of designer Christopher Duffy’s latest creation. The UK artist recently completed the Abyss Table, a hypnotizing dining table made from layered glass and sustainably sourced wood to mimic the ocean depths. ...
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    Manipulate bad eating habits with product design

    In Portion Distortion, Dafne Ríos of Mexico-based creative agency Studio José de la O investigates how product design might impact our eating behaviour. The conceptual project imagines a series of objects designed to manipulate behaviours associated with unhealthy dietary habits ...
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    This new shower head flashes when you start using too much water

    In an effort to make it easier for people to monitor their daily water use in the shower, a French design firm has invented a new kind of shower head that flashes different coloured LED lights to let you know ...
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    The SNIFFPHONE could revolutionise early cancer detection

    The SNIFFPHONE is Israeli Professor Hossam Haick’s system for the early detection of lung cancer. By combining smartphone technology with his unique breathalyser technology, the award-winning professor has come up with an easy and accurate way to detect cancer, which ...
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    A Floating Forest For Rotterdam

    all want our cities to be greener, but it is often quite hard to grow trees in a concrete environment. So, why not turn to waterfronts or lakes to place trees? Rotterdam will get its first ‘bobbing forest’ in 2016: ...
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    Power in your palm: ‘Smart trees’ installed in Dubai to offer WiFi and phone charging at the beach

    State-of-the-art trees store energy to be discharged in the evening There are eight charging points and WiFi ranges for 100 metres The 20-feet high structures have leaves measuring 18 square metres Smart palm trees have been installed and are ready ...