Archive for August, 2009
A Cool Caravan?
Posted by Jeff Awesome in General Design on August 14th, 2009
Caravans have never really had a good image, the thoughts of old people and plates smashing every time you go around a corner put most people off.
Until now that is!
A company called Mehrzeller have completely re-invented the design of the caravan with amazing new mobile homes that have people rethinking there stance on taking a holiday without the luxury of a hotel. The interior and built in furniture used are stunning to look at and so well planned out it looks positively cavernous inside.
I would happily spend a week away in that! Although I think my car would struggle to tow it though, probably have to get van hire and get a bit more power under my right foot before I could get anywhere 
Houseboats
Posted by Jeff Awesome in General Design on August 13th, 2009
Now I have seen a lot of houseboats and the like on the canals around Devon and have always been quite fascinated with them as a place to permanently live. But what could you build if you had more room than a canal? How about something like this!
Look at the sofas in it! Although I would probably want a set of curtains or blinds for privacy!
Obviously it would need its own power source, so you could have roof mounted solar panels or even a paddle wheel set up! That way you could be an environmentally friendly house owner, like I was talking about in my previous post about Global Warming.
This whole design came from some German dudes over on SchwimmHausBoot. I dont speak any German so I have no idea what they are on about but my god can they make an awesome boat!
Climate Change
Posted by Jeff Awesome in Interior Design on August 12th, 2009
Global Warming and Climate Change are constantly in the media these days, therefore ethical interior design has become a big thing. I was reading an article on The Times website that made an interesting point about this asking ‘what really is ethical these days?’ Every shop and there dog says they are ‘ethical’ but, really how can we know, the word gets bandied about so much that its starting to lose any real meaning.
I guess it depends on your own personal view of it, you could be ethical by only using brands that claim to be good, but if they are making the product in say, America and the shop you buy it from is in the UK surely that’s a lot of travel pollution that product has already created, which will lead to more global warming than a product made and sold locally.
The big companies, that are supposedly ethical, do put a lot of money and research into the whole climate change debacle so maybe it is good to support them. Who knows! all I do know is that the next time I’m looking for a new set of sheets for the bed or a set of curtains I will spend ages shopping around trying to decide how not to kill the environment that day.
Or maybe i’ll just give the money to charity and redesign what I already have. That would be ethical!