DIY has gone digital with smartphone and android apps giving would-be renovators a helping hand on everything from colour matching to measurements to sourcing a tradie. Haven takes a look at ten of the most useful design and renovation apps to make your load a little lighter.
Delight the Star Wars tragic in your galaxy with toast from the Death Star toaster. If the iconic Death Star casing isn’t geek bait enough, the fact that the toast is branded with an image of a TIE Fighter is a guaranteed deal clincher. Still in production, you can preorder this intergalactic gadget for a September delivery.
Your morning cup of tea need never be a dull occasion with this little fella peering back at you. Swedish ceramicist Eleonor Bostrom hand makes her doggie teacups, making each one unique.
Once, building or renovating was about creating a dream home. Now it is just as important to create a ‘green’ home. With a bit of thought and planning your house can be kinder to both the environment and your hip pocket.
Fed up with bike bells that couldn’t be heard above the cacophony of traffic noise, two San Francisco cycling enthusiast engineers designed a new generation bell that emits a ring so powerful and enduring that it even cuts through earphones. This is practicality re-imagined in an elegant way.
Many Australians are embracing the convenience of apartment living and learning to lead a more compact life. No lawns to mow and less cleaning chalk up ticks, but what about coping with a small kitchen?
Got a summer wedding on the horizon and racking your brain for a unique gift? This name engraved chopping (or cheese?) board is sure to win the clever present prize.
Take your little one on a marvellous, magical adventure with a book personalised with his or her name. Brilliantly written and beautifully illustrated, every name creates a unique story. The adventure follows a child who loses their name, and has them tracking down the missing letters – along the way meeting lots of weird, wise and wonderful characters who help in the search. For example, if the child’s name is Emily, she would meet a forgetful elephant, a vain mermaid, a cold-averse inuit, a misunderstood lion and genial yeti. Each character gives the first letter of their name, and by the end hey presto – her name is found! You can also add a personal dedication which will be printed on the inside cover.
Melbourne boys Denver Cramer and Liely Faulkner married their passion for whisky with their designer nous to reinvent the whisky glass. The hand-blown design aims to heighten taste and smell – the wide base maximises the surface area of the pour, this funnels the aromas up through the tapered body to reveal the whisky’s full complexities.
