The Intellect Classroom Furniture by KI

November 1st, 2011 No comments

It doesnt take a rocket scientist to see, at a glance, how smart it was for KI to design the Intellect chairs and desks. Prepared to take on any educational setting by meeting modular demands, the modern educational chairs, desks, and combinations of the Intellect roster are also aesthetically sleek and well-refined.

Not to be confused with the Intellect Wave collection, the Intellect chair uses a cantilever leg base to balance the weight of the students with a sharp design that can be stacked. In up to six chairs, the colorful Intellect Chairs are a great match for the Intellect adjustable desks that focus on the comfort and design-pleasing look of its form.

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Good Call: Why Sony’s Ericsson, Smartphone Moves Are…Smart

October 27th, 2011 No comments

Earlier today Ericsson announced that “Sony will acquire Ericsson’s 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson,” turning the phone maker into a wholly owned subsidiary for the cool price of €1.05 billion, around $1.47 billion. The buyout ends a 10-year partnership that’s been more or less successful, and it lets Ericsson concentrate on its core infrastructure business while Sony charges ahead in its game against the iPhone. T

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Tree calculators show how much energy the leafy wonders can save you

October 18th, 2011 No comments

What do trees have to do with energy? Trees and other plants are energy.

They are the ultimate collectors of solar energy, using the energy of the sun to produce food through photosynthesis. Plants jump-start the entire food chain with this energy, synthesizing carbon-based food by taking carbon dioxide and water and that energy from the sun and producing carbohydrates for their own metabolism. In turn, this food feeds animals such as us, or animals that eat animals that ultimately ate plants.

Second, trees are leafy friends that pay us back by conserving energy in our homes.

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Novembre’s Chair for Driade

October 11th, 2011 No comments

New in 2011, the Nemo Chair designed by Fabio Novembre for Italian furniture company Driade, takes its name from various sources: the little fish hero in the Pixar movie, the Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and an ancient Greek tale. Designer Novembre explains the classical source: “Going further in time, in a classical era around the 800 B.C, Nemo should have been the name chosen by Odisseo to deceive Polifemo the cyclops of the Homer epic poem. Ulisse, used to disguise, declares that his name is Nemo, no-one, in order to escape from certain death: the destruction of the personality under the survival instinct.” Thus, the theme of the mask is the inspirational thrust behind Nemo.

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Hot Property: Her basic instinct? Sell

September 24th, 2011 No comments

Actress Sharon Stone has listed her Beverly Hills area compound for sale at $8,995,000.

The walled and gated Mediterranean estate sits at the end of a private road on five acres with pathways, bridges, waterfalls, fruit trees, a meditation garden, a swimming pool and a tennis court with viewing pavilion.

The main house, built in 1991, includes a paneled library with a fireplace and an oversized living room with a wet bar. The master suite has a fireplace, dual bathrooms, dual dressing rooms and a terrace. The guest house contains a media room, a gym and two bedrooms, for a total of seven bedrooms and 71/2 bathrooms.

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