Dune House

Modern designers and architects offer a huge number of such projects. But this house was built forty years ago. At that time, it was a very original project.

The history of Dune House starts in 1964, when Florida was covered by the Dora hurricane​. After the hurricane, on the coast appeared real dunes. In the process of rebuilding the devastated areas, architect William Morgan came up with the idea to build houses not on the hills, but inside them.

Glass Sculptures by Simone Crestani

Simone Crestani is an Italian designer, artist and sculptor who works with glass. Simone was a student of a glassblower at the age of fifteen.

Over time, as his teacher Massimo Lunardon says, the student surpassed the master. The main topic of Crestani’s works is wildlife and natural beauty

Richard Branson opens Mahali Mzuri luxury safari camp in Kenya

Mahali Mzuri is Sir Richard Branson’s 12-tented luxury safari camp in the Kenyan Bush. At Mahali Mzuri you’ll have a front row seat, not just to the migration, but also to the abundant game you can see all year round. If you want to splurge on your travels this is the place to do it.. with this beautiful surroundings.

Starting from $640 per person, per night it’s quite expansive, but includes game drives..!!

 

More info via mahali-mzuri website | h/t designboom

Arts on Banana

Elisaroche started doodling on bananas with a biro while bored at my desk job. It felt great.
This gallery is the result of top tier job procrastination.

More info: Instagram

Speakeasy in Shanghai Hidden Behind This Old Coke Machine

In Shanghai you can find a sandwich shop called The Press. At first glance this  looks like a cool but nondescript sandwich shop with an old Coca-Cola machine in the corner… But that Coca-Cola machine leads you too a hidden world..

Through a tunnel visitors will step into an environment of extreme contrast with the sandwich shop up front. Welcome to Flask; a dimly lit, contemporary take on the classic speakeasy.

 

Image credits & design by Alberto Caiola