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“Small rooms and dwellings set the mind on the right path, large ones cause it to go astray.”

That's a quote from Leonardo DaVinci, and something I heard in this video about the smallest legal apartment in San Francisco: 160sf. About the size of our Airstream! Patrick Kennedy is a housing developer who likes to build small. His vision is to build the housing equivalent of the Smart…

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A Couple of Cool Finds

I found this today while looking around: The Cityboy Picnic Grill by designer Klaus Aalto for Finnish manufacturer Selki-Asema. It's designed for urban use (hence, the name), but I think it would be sweet as a little glamping grill. It's small (7.1 inches wide, 7.1 inches deep, and 8.7 inches…

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Recording Studio in a Boat

Yesterday morning we heard Thomas Dolby's keynote at Design West (the tech conference we're at in San Jose this week). He talked about the history of his interest in electronic music, he showed his process for recording (and demonstrated live, several times…a mini concert!) and showed tons of photos, including…

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Be the Envy of Your Next Rally with the 1959 Midjit Kitchen

Who needs a toaster oven when you could have one of these? Toaster, broiler, coffee maker, boiler, and oven all in one. Steel housing with aluminum accessories/parts. One wooden handled pot holds a coffee strainer for percolating your morning coffee while you cook up your favorite soup in the other…

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Silver and Blue (and Sun!!)

What a gorgeous day today! We went for a nice long walk and all the blooms and sprouts were sprouting…totally felt like spring (even though just two nights before, our neighbor's tent collapsed and BROKE underneath all the SNOW!) (Posted by Laura)

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