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Alfred I. Dupont’s 1910 Delaware Residence Emerges from a $39 Million Restoration

(Slide Show) An Asian Aesthetic Defines a High-Rise Apartment in Downtown San Francisco

Wax candles went retro when Edison invented the light bulb, but don’t “bee” sad. We can still spark things up with some creative variations on the original long-lasting light source. These baker’s dozen of cool candles prove it doesn’t cost a fortune to buy a little flame.

Even though it is considered dangerous, there are many people who dream of a house in the middle of nature. Casa No Gere comes from architects Graça Correia and Roberto Ragazzi and is located in an unconventional environment. Deep in Portugal’s national park is where the owners wished to live and their request was honored [...]

We found these interesting looking chairs and we though something like this would be nice to have around in a large room for a home theater system. Elegant and functional, it could go well in a private home as well as in an office. We did some research and discovered that Kube comes from [...]

Traditional 3D visualization tools are limited to 2D display technology (computer monitors for instance). Zebra’s holographic images are unlike anything you have ever seen. The image literally “floats” in the air. You will be tempted to reach into the image with the expectation that you will touch the object being presented. You can move around [...]