L'umo è spolpato a scheletro in un mondo, che ruota attorno alla morte, travestito da fine ottocento.
Traditional coffins normally have a typical rectangular box-like form with six sides that taper near the shoulders. The European casket or coffin come in various shapes and sizes. Japanese coffins have essentially been barrel-shaped. These days, a lot of designer coffins are being made which are innovative and reflect a part of today. Here are certain stylish coffins that depart the dead in style.
1. Creative coffins
Eco-friendly is the way to go - whether you are alive or dead. Creative Coffins has come out with coffins that are made out of 60 percent recycled wood pulp and paper. These coffins come in a variety of designs which can also be customized. This is a great way to save on wood and still serve the purpose!
2. Guitarcoffin
The guitar shaped coffin was specially made for a music lover by Vic Fearn and Company, from the United Kingdom. This company specializes in making bizarre coffins. A coffin that suits your personality or achievements in life, is something that makes you want to plan your funeral well before time!
3. ARKA Ecopod
The ecopod is a biodegradable coffin made out of organic materials that is handmade by using a very labor-intensive method of using 100 percent recycled paper and then hardening it in a natural way. This is later covered in a paper, made out of 100 percent mulberry bark that is naturally dyed for the different ecopod colors. This eco-friendly coffin is a great way to save the world from deforestation that is happening at an alarming rate, and provide a natural form of burial to the deceased.
4. Soul Ash Solace
This coffin called Soul Ash Solace is a creation by Maximal Design of Belgium. This simple and classic coffin design is made out of papier-mâché, wood and corrugated cardboard, making it completely biodegradable. This coffin would prove to be budget-friendly. On top of the coffin is placed a stainless steel urn that personalizes the coffin.
5. Hand-Carved Nokia Coffin
According to the Ga tradition, you are supposed to be buried in a casket that depicts your livelihood or how you lived during your lifetime. Samuel, the designer of these innovative coffins, was initially working as an apprentice to a coffin maker in order to earn money for paying his tuition fees. However, later, he was given an opportunity by eShopAfrica for making coffins and the Nokia coffin is an example of his high quality craftsmanship.
6. iPhone Geek Coffins
Creative Coffins, is engaged in the designing and manufacture of custom-made coffins. The iPhone coffin is one of their creations. They have solutions to whatever the requirement may be and can create almost any kind of design from dignified to humorous - they can do it all.
7. Alarm Coffin
The Alarm coffin is a very novel design that assists a dead person (who happens to be alive) to ring the alarm for help. This is a brilliant idea design by the Russian designer Vitaly Malyukov, who has provided a solution for some rare cases, in which live people were declared dead. In such instances, the so-called 'dead' victim can raise an alarm by pushing the button and get out of the coffin!
8. Uono Cocoon Coffin
The Uono Cocoon Coffin is a stylish casket that is priced at a whopping $ 3,500. This glossy coffin can be yours in any fourteen colors, and you can even request for your own color by using the Haute Couture service of the company. This biodegradable coffin is made out of jute and is coated with a varnish that is water-based.
9. Life Art Coffins
The Life Art Coffins are an elegant way to be buried. Life Art is an Australian company that makes personalized and customized coffins that have a laminated finishing with digital imagery on it. These coffins are eco friendly.
10. Ghanaians coffins
The Ghanians are known for burying the deceased according to their traditions that require them to be placed in coffins that represent what the deceased did for a living or achieved in his/her lifetime. However, if the deceased had a desire that was not fulfilled, then that thought is reflected in the coffin so that it could be fulfilled in life after death. The Ghanaians spend lavishly in getting the coffins crafted to perfection, which is usually the work of skilled artisans there. This is truly a befitting way to say goodbye to people you most loved when they were alive.
Gone are the days when watches were used just to tell time, nowadays they have become a very hep fashion accessory. Today's incredible watch designs are a combination of technology, show and imagination, turning these timepieces into the most striking creations that has changed the perception of checking time altogether. We can watch videos on our watches, store data, use it as a phone andmuch more. Here are some of the most incredible watch designs that you would love.
1. Seiko Bluetooth Watch
Seiko Japan revealed this greater than normal size watch thatcan hook up with your phone through Bluetooth. It communicates with your cellphone and vibrates when you get a call on your cell. The huge screen of the watch shows an envelope when you get a message. Seiko started to ship this watch from the year 2007.
2. Storm Circuit Watch
The Storm Circuit Watch employs a pair of stacked LEDs to show the current time. The bars on the left side show the hour while as the bars on the right side are divided into two sections- one displaying the minutes in tens and the other displaying individual minutes. Storm presents different accent colors of the crystal including red, black, mirrored, blue and brown. It comes in a case made of stainless steel and has a matching metal band.
3. Abacus Hands Free Ball Watch
The Abacus watch tells the time by using the ball and the magnet. The small ball inside the watch is not fixed and moves freely as you hang down your arm freely. It only goes to the correct time position when you hold the watch flat to check the time. As it consists of a single sphere, it can only the hour and you have to make a rough estimate of the minutes past the hour.
4. Devon Tread 1 watch
This is a very cool watch. It has a roll of shifting parts and it seems that this watch gets its name from the fact that the numbers are written on moving belts similar to a treadmill. These belts are woven with each other and the time is displayed in boxes printed on the watch crystals. Every band has its own motorand is made from bulletproof polycarbonate.
5. Luna Crystal Watch
This watch is created by designer John Pszeniczny. It is made with crystals, Garnet and stainlesssteel. This watch seems like a crystal ball as the touching of two contact points seems like the time is flashing and floating magically inside the crystal. The Luna watch is a perfect blend of function and aesthetics.
6. Liquid Time
This is a truly amazing watch by designer Andy Kurovets. The liquid time watch is really elegant, neat and awesome. It consists of two LED screens and shows the time in a different way, and is quite interesting aswell.
7. ZeroPointZero Watch
Time on this watch is displayed by telescopic minute hand that operates through the middle of three revolving hour satellites. The time is displayed across an easy-to-read dial. It is a very comfortable and wearable sized watch. It also comes withan innovative system of winding using mini turbines.
8. Watch Dinosaur poo and cane toads strap
This watch is wholly made and assembled by master watchmakers in Switzerland. This self-winding mechanical watch movement's balance moves back and forth at 28,800 vibrations per hour. This watch has incredible accuracy and its movement is fitted with square-shaped gears.
9. Watch made from Moon Dust
This great watch is created by designer Romain Jerome and contains the DNA of MoonDust. This amazing watch is made from moon dust, bits of spacesuits and parts of the Apollo 11 rocket. This is one of a kind watch and gives a tough competition to its rivals.
10. Jurassic Tourbillon watch
The Jurassic Tourbillon Watch contains small fragments of original fossilized bones of a dinosaur that date back to approximately 130 million years. This masterpiece is created by LouisMoinet. While most of the fossils are preserved in the museums, he has very innovatively used dinosaur fossils for some unique admirer. This is a hand-wound watch that features an 18k case made of white gold and 56 superior quality Wesselton VVS baguette diamonds on the bezel. This watch is resistant to water till 30m and it also has original galuchat with 18k gold folding clasp
Creativity and aesthetics are hallmarks of modern day architecture. Another spectacle achieved in this century is the rotating constructions that move around giving a complete view of the sites outside. Many buildings, especially towering skyscrapers are being designed to spin around. Such a panoramic view can also be enjoyed from individual houses that swivel around. There is even a lighthouse and wind tower in the list that can accomplish this feat. A hotel in Europe is also being constructed with the ability to spin around giving guests a chance of get different views from the room. Let's take a look at a few such dynamic architectural wonders.
1. Michael Jantzen's Revolving R-House
Constructed from Accoya, a new variety of sustainable and high performance wood, this vacation home can be assembled on site. On the exterior are rotating walls that shelter from wind and the sun while the central room is encased by four screens which can have multiple arrangements. It uses eco friendly technology like wind turbines, rainwater harvesting and photovoltaic cells, etc.
2. Environmentally Friendly Rotating House
Designed to rotate around the central axis, this creation of Rolf Disch is powered by solar energy. The front of this house has a triple-glazed glass while the back is insulated to keep the interiors cool during warm climate conditions.
3. Rotating Tower Planned For Dubai
Penthouses that turn around is an amusing mechanism that is under construction at the Jumeirah Village in Dubai. The 15 story tower will have the top 5 floors spinning around at a speed preset by the residents. At the summit of the tower is a villa that will rotate and also accommodate parking space for three vehicles and a car lift.
4. Spinning Lighthouses
The brainchild of Don Dunick in New Zealand, it took about 18 years to develop this idea and come up with a working plan. Now, he has even taken up contracts for similar such projects in North America. A crane mounted on a pedestal rotates the construction all the way round to 360 degrees.
5. Revolving House
A beautiful building with an aesthetic construction is designed to circle around. All the floors of this building will spin around. The building has a magnificent white hue and a posh modern construction.
6. Rotating Wind Power Tower
Reaching for the sky, this towering grandeur structure in Dubai built by the eminent Italian-Israeli architect David Fisher will swivel gloriously. It has self sufficient energy producing mechanism powered by sun and wind.
7. The Rotating Dubai Tower
Yet another project by the inventive and farsighted David Fisher, this is the first building that will stay in motion. The building is about 1,380 feet tall and will accommodate around 80 floors. There will be apartments as well as villas inside the building with parking space inside them.
8. Rotating skyscraper in Moscow
Another such rotating skyscraper is being built by David Fisher in Moscow. This structure will be a gigantic 1312 feet in height and accommodate around 70 floors. An extremely elite structure, there will be very few similar structures the world over. It will cost around 400 million dollars to construct the building.
9. Dubai Time Residence Rotating Tower
Another building that will rotate a full 360 degrees is under construction in Dubai. Powered by solar energy, the building also has huge sized motors that will enable it to turn around a whole 360 degrees over a course of seven days.
10. Solta Island Resort First Rotating Hotel
With so many residential building incorporating a revolving design, hotels couldn't be left far behind. This structure in Europe will give all its rooms a chance to have a view of the breathtaking Adriatic Sea. It will complete around 1.3 revolutions in a day ensuring that every room gets alternate view of the sea, countryside and fish farm each day. The building will not be very massive; it has three stories and is about 60 meters in diameter
