Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (President: Michijiro Kikawa) has been awarded prestigious 2008 Good Design Awards by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO), for 6 of its products. The award-winning products are 3 models of Zero Tail Swing hydraulic excavator from the “ZAXIS US-3″ series, and 3 models of mini wheel loader from the “ZW” series. The high-profile and highly-coveted Good Design Awards are judged...
A simple yet elegantly designed piece of furniture, this sturdy TV stand fits beautifully in almost any living room or study, while the shelf and cabinet area easily hold and hide every television accessory. Some assembly required. May require additional freight. View product detail on Amazon.Com

The architect Gene Kaufman Associates Working together with the interior designer Paul Vega designed this The Duane Street Hotel Located in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. With the concept just like living at home rather that hotel, this Duane Street Hotel has only 45 rooms completed with custom designed contemporary furniture, slate bathrooms and 32? Plasma TV’s. via

The RIDGID® Press Snap(TM) soil pipe cutter expands the capabilities of RIDGID standard press tools by providing a fast and easy way to cut cast iron soil pipe. The Press Snap cutter eliminates the need for manual ratcheting when it is connected to a RIDGID press tool. To make a cut, the Press Snap cutter is attached to the press tool, the Press Snap chain wraps around the pipe, and the user presses the trigger to make the cut. There is no need to...
FREE SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM AND ALL MY LEMONADE STANDS ITEMS! This petite Girl’s Hot Pink Dot Ottoman features a hot pink dot fabric covering the entire ottoman. Ruffled skirt gives the ottoman a classic look. Matching ottoman (sold separately) is available. Ships in 4 weeks.

The M-TUBE is an LED light system designed as a construction set: The flexible light guide can be combined with LEDs in different colors and intensities. In this way it is possible to realize soft ambience illumination as well as illumination and lighting with strong brightness. The light is fed into the light guide from the sides. Inside the light guide it is evenly emitted along the imprinted white reflector line. As a result the M-TUBE is the first...
A 7,000 nsf undergraduate science laboratory renovation located on the Technological Institute Building D-Wing second floor on the Evanston Campus of Northwestern University. Lab was designed as a collaborative teaching space for majors and non-majors and to support an updated organic chemistry curricula based on the principles of green chemistry.
The AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) is accepting online submissions for the 2007 COTE Top Ten Green Projects awards program. The deadline has been extended from January 17 to January 31, 2007. Since 1996, this juried recognition program has celebrated the best in sustainable design. This unusual set of requirements is part of the program’s recognition of the importance of qualitative and quantitative elements of sustainable design. These...
It’s a funny thing about jigsaws; most of us tend to reach for another tool in its stead, having had less-than-great experiences with the little beasts. But here comes Bosch’s 1590, and it elevates the outcast jigsaw to the most-wanted list. The first thing we liked about this saw is its heft; it’s beefy, solid and made with that famous Swiss quality. You wrap your hand around the soft, substantial grip, squeeze the ample trigger and the soft-start...

It’s name is Reflex, designed by G&B Concept, and is the newest doors collection that Ghizzi & Benatti introduced on 2009. Reflex panels are faced with extra glossy glass, one of the most fashionable surface of contemporary interior-design. The side edges (right and left) are made of solid wood, flush with glass, and the special design of handle-side edge allow to fit every kind of handle, just like a normal wooden-panel door. Reflex...