The Plain and Organized Day Pack

Not every bag should be fancy. In fact, most of us just want something simple. Case in point, reader Torsten Dillenburg’s bag.

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Zen House is a home for three Buddhists organised around a light-filled atrium



Vietnamese studio HA has completed a monastery-inspired home for a Buddhist family, featuring concrete-brick walls that are animated by patterns of light and shadow (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Twin Lake – California – USA (by Diana Robinson) 

Twin Lake – California – USA (by Diana Robinson

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North Rim Grand Canyon by arleneanddave by arleneanddave

Chocolate Box / Yoon Space


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© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun
  • Architects: Yoon Space
  • Location: Gakbuk-myeon, Cheongdo-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
  • Architect In Charge: Yoon Seok-min
  • Area: 90.0 sqm
  • Photographs: Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun


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© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun


© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun


© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun

  • Design Team: Rita-kim / SP R&D. Park Jung-su
  • Construction: SP R&D. Park Jung-su

© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun

© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun

From the architect. The people who first the chocolate box may think it as a showroom or gallery, but the chocolate box is a work created for the studio of a writer Jeong Gil-Young. The studio expressed the writer’s and Yoon Space’s individuality through emptiness is part and the use of bold colors in part to make his work look better according to nature of the studio.


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© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun

It’s space was also made with special materials. You can probably tell that the floor is an ordinary urethane floor and the wall was made from common wood veneer and bricks. Those materials are very common. Not entertaining in style or with nothing special Such conditions were given to us. In these conditions. the space to give a special sense was made by using the bold colours on the floor and giving variety to the bricklaying method. The commonly used and ordinary materials were applied to the unfamiliar appearances and shapes for creating the challenging and differentiated space. Many people think the lighting is also very unique. but it is made of the ordinary fluorescent lamps.


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© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun

1F Plan

1F Plan

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© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun

The familiar and customary ways were just changed. Consequently. every effort has been made to express the unfamiliar appearances with these familiar material properties. I wanted to make new paradigm and sense through ‘defamilarization’ of our familiar things. But that does not mean what I have done is great. At the moment when giving variety to the height and arrangement even of the ordinary fluorescent lamps. it creates new design. With the concept of twist’ only, it breaks stereotypes and seems to be special. Colouring on the floor is in the same vein. Everything is sometimes very ordinary and sometimes very special.


© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun

© Indiphos. Song Gi-myoun

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Tower of London, Englandphoto via geesher

Tower of London, England

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Wat Sri Chum by bamGraphy by bamGraphy

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The Difference Between Crimini and Portobello Mushrooms

Even if two ingredients seem similar, you shouldn’t always swap them out, but if you know the difference you can better decide which one to use. For example, crimini and portobello mushrooms are two ingredients that seem similar, and in fact, the main difference is age.

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Here Are Some Easy Jobs To Get You Started With Working On Cars

If you’d like to learn to fix cars, you probably don’t want to start out by rebuilding an engine or replacing a clutch in a transmission, much like you wouldn’t start elementary school math learning Laplace Transforms. Better to start off with something a little less intimidating.

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Remains of the Day: YouTube Adds Support for Live 360-Degree Videos

I’m fascinated by the possibilities of YouTube’s new 360-degree live videos. Consider popping on a virtual reality headset and being instantly transported to an event while you sit at home in your pajamas. I will never leave my apartment again! Which isn’t much of a change, admittedly.

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