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Wright Feldhusen Architects designed the Yallingup Residence in Western Australia. Project description The site is a rural location with spectacular valley views to the east. The house is a holiday residence for the client and their extended adult family, and their children. The client is involved in steel fabrication, and therefore steel structure was part of the construction basis. The main living area is a large glassed pavilion that sits over a massive stone bedroom suit which is nestled into the hill. This provides perfect sound and privacy separation from the activities above. The main bedroom suite is a wing that penetrates and pokes through this pavilion. This is a continuation of the garage and laundry areas which creates a western courtyard. The entry is at the intersection of these elements. The transparency of the main living area is critical to swallowing the view. The steel roof structure ensured the roof floats over with butt jointed glass. The main ext

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Vector Watch boasts industrial styling with chunky edges. Designed by Peter Fletcher , this concept watch is the new variation of previous watch that he designed called Supernova. For this watch, Fletcher has integrated an LCD display framed by a castellated bezel that separates the watch face into 4 hour zones. The center area becomes the mode indicators. Time is displayed in 15-minute increment, arranged in groups of four where the hour is positioned as an analogue clock face. When at 12 o’clock position, there’s a group of 15 single minutes (+ 3 x 15 minute blocks). These blocks are framed and divided by the castellated bezel. The center area is prepared to display different modes this watch has to offer, such as am/pm, alarms, chine, date, etc. It’s a bit confusing, yes, we admit, it’s not as easy as other watches to read, but hey, it does look pretty cool. Designer : Peter Fletcher for Tokyoflash The technical and industrial style appearance would likely attract guys, fro

Starbucks senior designer David Daniels has sent us photos of their recently completed contemporary designed location in Downtown Disney, Orlando, Florida. From Starbucks It begins with a blank piece of white paper. When Starbucks senior designer David Daniels is challenged with creating a new store, he starts sketching chairs or a table setting and thinks about all the meaningful moments that will happen in the space. “My imagination runs wild, and as I draw I think about how somebody might meet the girl of their dreams there. All sorts of things could happen there, if only the walls could speak,” said Daniels, as he looked at the original drawings for Starbucks new store in Downtown Disney West Side at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. The nearly 4,000 square foot store is a new page in the collaboration between two iconic brands. In March of this year, Starbucks and Disney teamed up to open the first company-operated Starbucks location at D