Bean Rockers from Knoend Win 2009 iF Product Design Award

Seating Furniture collection Bean Rockers from Knoend, a San Francisco based product design and production company, won in 2009 iF product design award for line of seating. This atrractive chair design are low rocking seats designed with consideration for health, posture, and breathing. Designed so beautiful and simple but with a clean aesthetic and ergonomic design. Aimed to encourage shifting of posture and position in order to alleviate the stress... 

Self-climbing technology and large slabtables minimise crane times

The South-East Asian city-state of Singapore – an internationally renowned financial centre and, with its very busy port, one of the largest and most modern freight handling centres in the world – is now also striving to become a top tourist destination. With its ambitious Marina Bay Sands™ project, the U.S.-based Las Vegas Sands Corporation, is currently developing a gigantic complex complete with convention facilities, casino, theatres, museum... 

Armstrong Migrations BioBased Tile

The Migrations line of bio-based composition tile from Armstrong was introduced at the 2007 Greenbuild Conference in Chicago for the 2008 market year. It’s made with BioStride, a corn-based polyester binder, instead of PVC.

AV system by Gibson Music

In the dentist’s chair, patients can choose music from a central library and watch soothing images from a video feed on screens or personal goggles. Gibson also installed the projection equipment that allows the reception to be used for lectures. London-based Gibson installed an advanced audiovisual system at Senova, integrating TV, data, lighting and music servers.Website: www.gibson-music.com

A Green Addition for Home in Madison

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Casa Mirindaba by Marcio Kogan

Brazilian architectural contemporary modern residence design has been done designed by Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan. This architect designed the Casa Mirindaba Located in São Paulo, Brazil. The design is reflecting the architect’s trademark providing the elegant and airy concrete box forms, lined with stone and Brazilian timber, playing with light, and blur the lines between in and outdoors. So beautiful with modern aesthetic touch in both... 

Red Ribbon in Tanghe River Park

As the award winning of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Red Ribbon designed sitting In Qinhuangdao, China the Tanghe River Park features a new installation of a red steel bench that runs for half a kilometer through the park. This absolutely stunning work also chosen by readers of Conde Nast Traveller magazine as one of the seven new wonders of the architecture world. via

Spritzfil-cem® Chopped Strands Benefit from Owens Corning Alkali Resistant Technology to Bring Higher Performance and Productivity to Concrete Tunnel-Lining

concrete reinforcement development aided by Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), AR Spritzfil-cem®, is prominently featured in the company’s presentation at the SAIE 2008 International Building Exhibition which opened today at Bologna. AR Spritzfil-cem®, an alkali resistant (AR) glass fiber, is designed to bring all-round higher performance to the reinforcement of sprayed concrete in tunnel lining applications. AR Spritzfil-cem® chopped strands were conceived... 

The Sweet Seating Collection from Spell

Just like sitting in candy and chocolate not only comfortable but also give a sweet and fun feeling to everyone who sit in this seating collection that has been designed by Dutch designers Sander van der Haar and Jaromir Maas. This collaboration of creative designers have created the Sweet seating collection for the Dutch manufacturer Spell. The collection consists of stools, a hocker, and sofa made from beech wood and coated foam rubber. Such a unique... 

Eastern Light Capital Announces Third Quarter Earnings

Eastern Light Capital, Incorporated. a specialty lender organized as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), announced net income of $5,244 ($0.01 basic and diluted per share) for the three months ended September 30, 2008, as compared to net loss of $764,368 (($2.01) basic and diluted) for the like period in 2007. ELC also reported net income of $16,610 ($0.04 basic and diluted per share) for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as...