Remember that swedish home we featured a couple of days back at HD? It seems there is plenty more from where that came from. Minhembio is a Swedish forum where lots of tech savvy design enthusiasts post their living room setups. Most of them are loaded with audio video entertainment units and they give us . . .
Tag: hi-tech
A Fabulous, Techy Swedish Home
The Swedish are becoming commonly known for their heavenly ultra-modern design style. (Just picture IKEA with a personalized touch and slightly edgy twist- everyone’s doing it!) Shown below are those brilliant white walls, grounding hardwood floors, simple furniture and practical accessories that typically define the unfussy Swedish lifestyle. But in this tech savvy home, the . . .
10 Rooms That Are Designed Around Televisions
A lot of people predicted in the late 90s that televisions would be completely outdated and replaced by personal computers within a decade. Well, this is the year 2010 and we can still say it hasn’t happened yet. Sure, televisions of today are quite different from what we had back then. During those days, interactive . . .
Another Star Wars Fan Home
Star Wars fever has caught up with millions of people and it is still spreading. But what is amazing is the impact it has on certain people. For some people, being a true fan does mean living in an environment that is created around their passion. Agreed we have featured other Star Wars fans’ homes . . .
Futuristic Interiors of a Bank in Madrid, Spain
YDreams is a company focusing on developing full scale interactive environments combining technology,design and augmented reality. We came across their work recently and have really been impressed with the way they tackled their latest challenge which was to develop a visitor’s center for the Spanish bank Ciudad Grupo Santander. The brief given to them was . . .
Ways to Make Electrical Wirings Less Messy and More Classy
Wires lying around the house are a very common sight. As much they are difficult to hide they are equally inevitable to do without. Are you looking for some wire-handling solutions? Here are some that might just come handy. How about this slimmed down plug which was a show stealer at one of the college . . .
5 Spectacular 3D Building Projections
Okay, here is some variety. 3D building projections are essentially ‘light plays’ on buildings that often digitally recreate their architectural features and use them to fantastic effect to woo an audience. They can be a powerful and a visually stunning way to send a message and it is being increasingly used these days. So if . . .
Amazing 3D Immersion Technology!
It seems like some of the futuristic movie environments, that we showed you yesterday might become reality sooner than we thought. Check out EON Reality‘s immersive 3D visualization technology(video shown below) that is used by architecture firm WATG to provide clients a walkthrough experience like no other. Stereoscopic images are projected onto 3 white walls . . .
Design of Techno Environments in Movies
Okay, this post is going to be a bit different from what we usually cover at Home-Designing. But have you ever wondered who designs those futuristic looking techno environments that you see in sci-fi flicks like Minority Report, Star Trek and the like? Answer: Companies like OOOii. This Hollywood based company focuses on creating interactive . . .
Tomorrow’s Homes
We have always been curious about the future. This perpetual curiousity about seeing tomorrow’s world has driven people and companies to develop montages that depict how they visualize the future. Microsoft is one such company that has boldly come forward with their vision. Take a look at this video where they show you a contemporary . . .