Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

I’d like a room with a forest-facing view please

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 06:00 PM PST

Oh, the irony. We evolved and built cities, concrete jungles, civilizations, only to absolutely detest the lifestyle and want to connect with nature again!

That’s what the Treehotel in Sweden does. Located in the Lule River Valley, the Treehotel is your bird’s nest for humans. It sits at a considerable height, like a treehouse, with a stellar view of the woods and the river beyond. Relax in the fully equipped room, or step onto the rooftop deck for a truly marvelous experience, the Treehotel is bucket-list material for every wanderlust. The 78 square-foot room can accommodate two guests (early booking for next year’s Valentine?). For showers and food, you can go walking to the restaurant, sauna, bar, and lounge a stone’s throw away. Now, if only I made enough money in the concrete jungle to afford this kind of life in the real jungle!

Designers: Cyrén & Cyrén for Treehotel

Design by subtraction

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 02:30 PM PST

Designers of our favorite Home Aquaponics Tank, San Francisco based Daylight Design come to us with a rather astute observation. Anything you rest on a flat surface should have a flat surface to match right? That’s the reasoning behind a tiny yet rather pleasant design detail in the Lean Glasses.

The glasses boast of an incredibly minimal language. Fitting every part of the spectacle into the width of a slim black pipe, the Lean Glasses look uniform throughout, except for the slight truncation on the top and bottom of the frames around the lenses. The reason? To give the glasses a flat surface to coincide with the flat tabletops they rest on. That’s officially one less problem that’ll bother me now!

Designer: Daylight Design for Vistoso