The Narcissus Desk by Sebastian Errazuriz

Designer Sebastian Errazuriz continues his reign of creating unforgettable functional pieces that double as sculptures which also make you think. The latest is The Narcissus Desk, a desk that will let you gaze at your reflection all day long. The desk’s inspiration came from a Caravaggio painting of Narcissus that Errazuriz remembers seeing with his father, an art teacher, as a child on a trip to Italy. The painting made him think about the idea that someone could stare at their reflection but not necessarily be aware that they were looking at themselves. In today’s times, with everyone’s obsession with selfies and being “our own perfectly edited online self”, we tend to forget about the real person that exists outside the screen. The desk offers the user a moment of reflection, where we spend most of our days and tend to make the most important decisions in our lives. Errazuriz found a broken French desk from around 1880 and completely restored it. He then cut a semi-circle out that lets the user fit inside the desk. The top is now a mirror letting you take a moment to reflect on yourself and your life, and perhaps the occasional good hair day.

Marble and Stone Sculptures by Matthew Simmonds

Matthew Simmonds is a sculptor and artist from Englang. From his early childhood, he was fascinated by stone buildings, an affection that flows into his artworks, where stone architecture is used as a central theme. Particularly the medieval architecture, with its striving to get to a new sophistication of space, comes alive in the marble. Simmonds makes a play of architecture and ornamentation on a small scale, but the spaces created give the same feeling as in the buildings themselves; a place to rest, a place to travel with the eye and maybe find a moment of tranquillity. The marble is opened up, and inside is a space within a building that only exists in the viewer’s mind. What you sense is the significance of space. “To create a sculpture that catches the light and structure of a building and lets the eye wander, to feel that here my eye could live, here a part of me could stay, is a great achievement. The sculptures give the viewer a different perspective on space. They look different from every viewpoint. You long to be in them, and they seem almost more meaningful for that.”

Best WordPress Themes with In-Built Theme Builder

WordPress is one of the most popular and powerful website platforms. It’s pretty easy to install and use and there are tons of stunning WP themes available in the market. And now WordPress became even easier with new in-plugin allowing to customize your WordPress theme without any technical skills. There are many such plugins created by different web developers but all of them allow to modify initial theme with the help of WYSIWYG styled editing interfaces. All you need to do is to download WordPress theme and customize it by your need. Customizing is a really easy task. Just select the content element you want to edit (text box, image, video, etc) and place it where you want it to appear on the page. That’s all! Also such plugins allow to change the whole look of the your website with color picker tool, preset layouts and even ready-made database of free to use fonts and images. So now WordPress theme is something similar to online website builder with drag and drop editor. Sounds interesting? Then check the following collection of creative, interesting and colorful WordPress themes with in-built theme builder plugin.

The Barisieur - Morning Coffee Maker

The Barisieur by Joshua Renouf is an alarm clock that will wake you up with a bespoke cup of coffee right when you need it most. It challenges all 5 senses, easing the user into the day with the subtle movement of stainless steel ball bearings that boil water via induction heating, accompanied by the smell of freshly brewed coffee or tea. Nightly prep encourages a “ritual” before bed, signaling the body & mind that it’s time to unwind and that there’s something to look forward to in the morning! Better yet, it makes for a stunningly beautiful bedside piece.

Weave House by A-Cero

A-Cero have recently completed Weave House, located on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. “This house has been designed the distinctive style of the studio managed by Joaquín Torres and Rafael Llamazares architects, according to the design the evolution recent years with more sinuous and organic lines, this single-family house project is located in an exclusive residential area of the Spanish coast. The property of 1000 sqm is divided into three floors. The basement with the garage, service areas and facilities, the ground floor with the public areas and the first floor where we find the most private rooms such as bedrooms. The whole interior also designed by A-Cero has great light with large windows and is connected to the outside with different terraces and porches. There is also a pool on the walkable roof of this house. The design proposed by A-Cero gives strength and subtlety to the whole building. The four facades are different but they follow the same patterns in terms of design. The materials chosen in this case are black glass and white DuPont Corian. Both materials stand out for their high quality and durability and especially in the case of Corian, adapting perfectly to this particular design. The large plot of this project is located in an elevated position and overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The detailed landscaping was also designed by A-Cero in relation with the project.”

Beautiful Crete Photos

Crete Island is an integral part of Greece, European and World History. It’s a cradle of our civilization, as well as simple stunningly beautiful place to visit. Ancient ruins and old harbors and fortresses, hidden beaches, great lakes and magnificent mountains, and of course traditional Greek hospitality. It’s all about Crete! And in this collection we will show you some really beautiful photos of Crete and hope you will like them. Tell us what’s your favorite one!