Marmalade Cat Furniture

Design Public added the Marmalade brand of pet products to their catalogue, and APNY has posted the details here.

We have a small cardboard scratcher for our two boys. It lasted 2-3 months before the horizontal connections were scratched out and we had to turn it over. A scratcher this big should last much longer.

Buran vs Space Shuttle

While the US Space Shuttle with its boosters and external fuel tank is the launch vehicle, the Soviet Buran is just "payload" aboard the Energia rocket. The Energia was designed to be used with the Buran, or with other payloads inside its nose-cone or attached to its' side: A more versatile design.

Buran is equipped with ejection seats for all occupants. It has two engines, enabling it to fly to a landing spot. And it has a more protective heat shield than the US Space Shuttle...

Buran had automatic landing capability and landed itself in its' only flight in 1988.

The Buran-Energia project was created at the beginning of the seventies and canceled in 1993 for lack of funds.

All things considered, I think Buran was the better idea.

Images from Dark Roasted Blend
Categories:Science

Football So Cool

"To promote the new football game FIFA Street 3, EA Games just released this cool new viral. It shows some high quality extreme football from Mexico. They sure used some 3D add-ons, but that doesn't make it less interesting. Anyhow, it's made by W+K Amsterdam and launched across Europe." -AdverBlog

Thanks NOTCOT
Categories:Movies

Antonov-An225 with Buran

Stunning photos of the worlds' largest aeroplane and the Buran space shuttle together.




More info on the An225 here.

Images from Dark Roasted Blend
Categories:Science

Canadian National Railway Austin Mini

Utility trucks are modified to run on rails for railway maintenance work. The Canadian National Railway modified this (1970?) Austin Mini to transport workers.

Thanks Dark Roasted Blend
Categories:Cars

Railbikes

In some parts of the world, rail freight is losing business to road freight. So here's one good use for the abandoned rail tracks:




Practical cyclists will appreciate the gentle grades and lack of automobile traffic.

Category:Sports

The Bibliochase

I know that the "bookchair" has been around for a while, but this is the first time I've seen so many different images of it.




Thanks NoBodyandCo
Categories:Furniture

People in Order

"Shows us where we came from and where we are all going"
-From the comments on YouTube

Thanks How it Happened
Categories:Movies

Daniel Rohr's Clamp Furniture

"The basic component of the rack, with the integrated screw clamps being the main element, and using old and new shelves, made out of diverse materials and size, form the variable rack unit." -daniel-rohr.de




I've seen clamps attached to lengths of pipe so that carpenters can sandwich large items.


Might it be possible to use the same conduit, with multiple clamps, to make bookshelves? I think it would be possible and simpler than the method employed here by Daniel Rohr.

Thanks 2modern
Categories:Design

DWR Annual

DWR call their Catalogue the "Annual Book". It's a 228 page listing of their entire collection. Free now.


And while you're at their site, follow and vote in the Champagne Chair Contest: miniature chairs made from champagne corks.


Categories:Design Furniture