Light Emitting Doors for Your Home by Marisa Richter Turn Utility into Design.

Doors & Style is a young label from Cologne headed up by designer Marisa Richter. They focus on designing unique stylistic doors as their work. Rather than looking at a door as something to open or close, they look at 'connecting' two rooms as their focus.

With minimal modifications of a typical door, Doors & Style adds new functionality to the ordinary door and transforms it from a piece of utility to a piece of design.

The Full-size Scape Door:




Full-size Scape Door connects two rooms without limiting the actual function. Depending on the time of day the door senses whether a light source has, or has not, been turned on in another room.The monotony of an ordinary door is replaced by the incisions in the customized door. You can admittedly not recognize what is concealed behind the door, but the imaginative images trigger positive emotions for that which lies behind. The door is made of solid wood in RAL 9016 with cut out decorative images and double-sided laminated foils. It is suitable for an interior space and available as flush edge or with an angular frame. On request they can also deliver the door frame.



At the moment two different designs are available (Birdie's and Forest) but they are also able to manufacture your own design or integrate your corporate logo. Depending on the number of units and after clarification of all details, delivery time is between six and eight weeks. They reserve the right to make technical modifications, namely alterations, to the design template.

Fittings (exclusive door handle) are supplied and incorporated in the price.

The Down-Scape Door:




If light falls onto the Scape Door from behind a totally unique interplay of light and shadow appears on the floor. With a small alteration the ordinary door acquires a greater prominence. It is more than an opener: a piece of jewelry as well as a source of light.




The filigreed door slot creates better ventilation and can be used as a substitute for doors that have a ventilation grille – for example bathrooms – or for 'Passive' houses. The down Scape Door is available in RAL 9016 colours and special colours are available on request.

With this door you create a landscape in a dark room. It's an interior wooden door with a chipboard core and is available as a door with flushed edge or with an angular frame.



At present there are two different designs available (Landscape and Skyscape) but they are also able to manufacture your design or to incorporate a logo. Depending on the number of units and after clarification of all details, delivery time is between six and eight weeks. They reserve the right to make technical modifications, namely alterations, to the design template. Fittings are supplied and incorporated in the price. They can also deliver the door frame on request.

“There are many things in our daily life we never think about. But in some special moments we recognize things which are around us.”- Maris Richter



Doors & Style
Creative Director Marisa Richter
+49 173 521 42 96
+49 180 355 185 07 49

info@doorsandstyle.com
www.doorsandstyle.com

Five Fabulous Finds For Friday from Fish Bowls to Flash Drives to Fire Lamps.

From flash drives to fishbowls, here are five new items on the market that are guaranteed to bring some cheer into your life.

The Fishscape fish bowl:


By Aruliden for Gaia and Gino.
Made of hand-blown glass and manufactured by Gaia & Gino in Turkey.
$140
buy it here at Conran
or here at Unica Home

Avanti Kids Chair:



A beautiful walnut wood chair from Data Modern Furniture made to children's proportions and comes with some fun cushioning - genuine Schylling sock monkeys.
Designed for kids up to 45 lbs.
$300
buy it here


Fire Kit Lamp:


Made for Skitsch by 5.5 Designers
buy it here

Tampon Flash Drive


A flash drive shaped like a feminine hygiene product. made of PVC material by Meninos, it's not yet ready for mass production, but will be soon.

Cheer The Beard:



Fitted corduroy and felt New Era cap with detachable felt beard.
Designed by Jeremy Fish for superFishal
Buy it here

Funky Find Of The Week: Venini Tits Lights

Illuminated boobs? That's right, just the thing for your bare walls. Hand blown Venini glass Tits lights designed by studio job are actual functioning wall sconces with a milkwhite/pink finish.


dimensions: 10.3" x prof. 12" x 10.4"h

price: $1,540.00

Purchase the Venini Tits Lights by Studio Job here.

If you prefer an illuminated body part that's not quite so R-Rated, check out the eyeball lamps also made of hand-blown Venini glass here.

Transform a Room Into a Hideout with Hand-Painted Wooden Camo Blinds.

Functional and fun for your Man Cave, a kid's room or office, Army Blinds of the UK hand-paints wooden venetian blinds in your choice of three camouflage patterns - or bespoke colourways - using Dulux Trade paints. The blinds are available in a variety of sizes.

Beige/cream/brown (Caramel Blush 6/Caramel Blush 2/Bitter Chocolate 2):


Dark Pink/light pink/very light pink (Flamingo Fun 1/Flamingo Fun 3/Flamingo Fun 6):


Green/pale green/brown/black (Woodland Fern 2/Celtic Forest 2/Bitter Chocolate 2/Night Jewels 1):


You can also customize them further by choosing your own three colours from a 'Dulux' colour chart or browse the colour palette here

Army Blinds

Cutest Smoke Detector Ever. The Chick-A-Dee Chirps You To Safety.

Smoke alarms, which are traditionally functional rather than decorative, are a vital tool to help protect your home and your loved ones. That's why the Dutch Association of Insurers held a competition to design fire prevention solutions, with entries from students taking various design courses in the Netherlands.



The Chick-a-Dee® by Louise van der Veld was the winning entry. The Chick-a-Dee is a well-designed smoke alarm in the shape of a bird.





The bird is perched on a branch, which also serves as a mounting system. The Chick-a-Dee ® comes in 5 color variations and can easily be fitted to the ceiling.




The Chick-a-Dee design is based on the clip-on birds one often sees as decorations on Christmas trees. The designer chose this shape because birds have always been known for their warning calls. It is a well-known fact that that birds warn each other of danger by calling loudly. In the previous century, miners used to take canaries in small cages with them into the mine, because these birds are sensitive to poisonous gases such as carbon monoxide. These gases are both colourless and odourless and can hardly be sensed by man. As soon as the canaries showed even the slightest sign of distress (by no longer singing and chirping) it was a clear signal to evacuate the mine as quickly as possible. The bird's presence gave the miners both a secure and pleasant feeling.




The Chick-a-Dee ® takes its name and appearance from the American Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla). This name is a tribute to its warning call, the phonetic Chickadee sound. At the smallest threat, the bird calls chick-a-dee-dee, and in more serious circumstances, the call becomes a loud dee-dee-dee sound. As soon as smoke is detected a 85 db alarm signal is activated. The alarm signals that the battery is dead by playing by playing the alarm signal. Under normal conditions, a control light flashes once a minute. The Chick-a-Dee can be tested by pressing the test button. The batteries are easy to replace.



The Chick-a-Dee smoke detector was specially designed for the Baby and Kids market. The Chick-a-Dee smoke detector is equipped with a 1.5 year battery lifetime and a three-year warranty. Dimensions: length 17 cm, width 17 cm, height 12 cm


images and product description courtesy of Chick-A-Dee and The Initiator and Company

Buy it here

Or buy it directly from Chick-a-Dee in various colors here.