i escape

If I move to Tokyo, I’m definitely getting one of these little sets, even though I doubt I’ll be having guests and I’ll probably eat every day at ramen stands. Moving on from my sad fantasy, the Offi Paket is a nicely-designed little modular system that folds and unfolds to accommodate up to four people at a little dining table, yet takes up no more space than… a little dining table. The chairs (stools with duck-butts, really) fold up and go right under there. Tiny genius!

Unfortunately, they know it’s awesome, so they’re charging $500 for the table and $250 per pair of chairs. I think I’ll wait for the Ikea knockoff.

[crunchgear]

Ilkka Halso’s photographic series, titled “The Museum of Nature”, imagines the natural environment of the future.

This collection of images capture a series of man-made structures that enclose nature, protecting it like a relic of the past.

[toxel]

Once you get frustrated, you’ll definitely wanna shout out with your loudest voice, to release all your angers. But we’re ladies and gentlemen, and it isn’t suitable to shout with your loudest voice at any public place.
Finding an appropriate space for you to shout at your loudest voice is nearly impossible for city dwellers. But, it’s simply no good that you swallow your angers. You must shout it out. Here comes the shouting vase, which is a pretty unique Japanese gadget that is specially designed to let you shout at one open end. What its does is to turn your loudest and most urgent frustrations into mere whispers.
The gadget is a plastic jug, designed to fit over the contours of your mouth and absorb your screams and shouts, as if it stores your angers in the vase, and releases a softer version of them, which then come through the tiny hole at the base. It’s kind of effective to make your angers vanish.

[techchee]

E-light Indoor/Outdoor Entertainment Light to add tune and soft illumination to alfresco meals. The light clamp is cordless onto an umbrella rod and has a standard earphone jack for use with iPods, stereos, or other type of media players.

Its features like that 6 high-output LED lights cast a soft glow across the table; charging stand converts the E-light to a music-playing desk lamp as it charges; Umbrella light fits umbrella poles up to 2inch in diameter; Outdoor light’s acoustically balanced stereo speakers produce the kind of high-quality sound you would expect from indoor-only systems; 4 AA NiMH rechargeable batteries included, Runs for up to six hours with both lights and sound at normal volume, or 12 hours with either lights or sound.

There not include iPhone holder & a Frontgate exclusive.

Indoor/Outdoor entertainment E-light [techtrivia]