Instagram’s 800m-plus users feature plenty of people to love from the interior world. From professionals and amateurs at home and much further afield, here’s Carol O’Callaghan’s pick of who to follow. As a latecomer to Instagram and its 800m users, it took news of the astonishing 11m ‘likes’ on Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement photo to spur me on … Read more
Industrial design student Tobias Trübenbacher has used pig bladders and cow intestines to create furniture, in a bid to discover the “inner values” of animal offal. Trübenbacher began his Inner Values project after discovering less than half of an animal is processed and sold, while the rest is thrown away. In creating his chairs, the student … Read more
The vigilance of police sniffer dogs has landed a Canberra man in jail for nearly seven years, after they led their handlers to a large haul of drugs and money hidden under the man’s oven. Nathan James Davidson pleaded guilty to five charges in the ACT Supreme Court, including possessing methamphetamines, MDMA, heroin and cocaine. … Read more
A May 5articlein the Watertown Daily Times offers ten tips to saving money on the purchase of a new appliance. San Fernando Valley based DG Appliance Service says that it definitely makes sense to shop around for the best possible deal on a new appliance. However, the repair shop adds, once a customer has bought it, … Read more
In this article, I interview two distinguished professors and practitioners of mathematical finance, David H. Bailey, Ph.D. of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (retired) and the University of California at Davis, and Marcos Lopez de Prado, Ph.D., of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Chief Executive Officer of True Positive Technologies. In a series of recent blog … Read more
Maredu Ramu on his landscapes and why his art works don’t tell a story The last time we met Maredu Ramu a few years ago, the youngster was fresh from college and bursting with emotions. While a meditative Buddha that occupied his colourscape, the artist’s journey had just begun and he was yet to find … Read more
Eyeing a pie: Flipkart may face stiff competition from the likes of Amazon and Pepperfry. | Photo Credit: tonioyumui ‘FurniSure certification will assure buyers of ‘quality and durability’ Flipkart said it has introduced ‘FurniSure,’ a certification that assures customers ‘quality and durability’ of furniture available on the e-tailer’s website. It added that this was a … Read more
Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 1 hour ago Leave a comment Foster+Partners has launched a collection of solid wood furniture that is designed to be passed down through generations. The OVO range, which is being shown at Clerkenwell Design Week between 22 and 24 May, has been designed to be durable so that the pieces can be used for many years. Made in collaboration with furniture manufacturer Benchmark, the … Read more
Paul Kelley’s Magnetic Copper Cube series that won the Jonathan Hindle Prize for Excellence Every year, the Design Guild Marks (now in its 10th edition) celebrate the excellent craft, creativity and ingeniousness which lie at the heart of the British furniture industry. This year’s awards honour 12 designs representing both the domestic and contract furniture market, and both new … Read more
Cookers, stand-alone hobs and toasters are the domestic appliances most likely to start fires in Cambridgeshire, according to new figures released by the Home Office. They show that 665 house fires were started by a household appliance in the area covered by Cambridge Fire and Rescue Service between April 2012 and March last year. Almost … Read more