A Fly On The Wall That Can Save Your Life. Lento, The Award-Winning Smoke Detector From Jalo.

Lento is an unexpectedly whimsical but safe and effective photoelectric smoke alarm designed by Finnish designer Paola Suhonen for Jalo Helsinki.



Lento will not only enhance the safety of your home, but you will also add a touch of originality. Forget the boring and unattractive smoke alarms on the market – with Lento an essential everyday object such as a smoke alarm will become an original piece of design for decorating your home and keeping it safe. Installing Lento will take only a few seconds thanks to its 3M tape and there will be no need for screws or a power drill.



The whole surface of the smoke alarm acts as a test button, so there are no tiny push buttons, but the whole external casing acts as a press switch for silencing false alarms and testing the performance. Lento has been developed and manufactured according to the requirements and standards for smoke alarms. Lento is lightweight and has a 5 year battery life time.




Available in pink, green, grey, white or black, Lento was awarded the Red Dot Design Award 2011.




Manufacturer: Jalo Helsinki
Design: Paola Suhonen

Accessories: 5 years
Warranty: 5 year battery life time
Size: Length 188 mm, width 184 mm, height 50 mm, weight 200 g
Colors: Green, Pink, White, Grey and Black
Notes: Operational temperature 0-45C, humidity 0-90%

You Can Buy it here

KUPU - Photoelectric Smoke Alarm, Design by Harri Koskinen
If you'd prefer a smoke alarm that is not quite as whimsical, Jalo Helsinki also manufactures the KUPU, another Red Dot Design Winner that is a square photoelectric smoke alarm available in multiple colors:


You can also purchase the KUPU here

Extinguishers You Can Get Fired Up About. SAFE-T Designer Fire Extinguishers In Leather, Flags, Colors and More.

Since you should have a fire extinguisher in your home (and if you don't - shame on you!), why not make it an interesting one? I've already introduced you to both the Fire Design Collection and Pinqy and now, Tusch und Egon offers Safe-T brand fire extinguishing devices in a variety of stylish colors and designs. Leather wrapped with debossed Safe-T shield, shiny or matte colors, Flags, even ones with vintage looking wine labels.

Black Leather:

Green Leather:

Red Leather:

Matte Black:

Shiny Gold:

Shiny Copper:

Mint:

Orange:

White:
 
Bordeaux:

Wine Bottle, Black or Red:


American Flag:

British Flag:

Swiss Flag:



Measuring 9 cm in diameter and 29 cm in height, they weigh 2 kg and are technically manufactured according to BS EN, 3-8 requirements. Optional metal wall brackets are available. Get a few... one for the home, the office, even the car.

Price: $126 USD or £76.00 GBP - and yes, they ship worldwide. Buy them here




Tusch und Egon Ltd.
2 Chadwell Street
London EC1R 1UX
Great Britain

City On Fire. The Nerone Wall-Mounted Bioethanol Fireplace.

The new Nerone wall-mounted fireplace designed by James Di Marco for Caleido is a bioethanol* fireplace set within a graphic skyline made of epoxy resin coated carbon steel. looking like a city ablaze, it combines warmth with art and is definitely a conversation piece, on or off.

Olivier Kosta-Théfaine (Stak) Fires Up Some Cool Ceiling Art

Artist Olivier Kosta-Théfaine (aka Olivier Stak) of France has an unusual way to add decor to the ceiling. And all it takes is a lighter, a ladder and a load of talent.




The following images of Olivier's burnt ceiling art are from various gallery installations as well as private homes:








About the artist (his bio from his site):
Born in 1972, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine lives and works in Paris, France. In each of his interventions, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine plays with the codes and clichés of popular culture. He uses the languages and codes of the city and its suburbs, changing or modifying their original meaning so it can be understood by a broader public. His reflection is essentially based in rehabilitating the, often deconsidered, elements that belong to the city. His fascination for the suburbs has switched to a passion that is essential to his everyday work. The city is his muse, the drive for his artistic inspiration. He tries to decipher a discredited world through simple and ironic little mechanisms which he then transposes into galleries. By introducing the language of popular culture into the white cube, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine uses the suburb’s many clichés, plays with the truth and distorts the elements of pop culture. Olivier Kosta-Théfaine makes fun of himself ... While others wear a tie and work on improving their table manners, he’s proud of being “38% chav” and claims it loud and clear. His work is more ironic than fundamentally serious. He asserts his pride of belonging to the concrete universe of suburbs, on the edge between glam and pop.

See his website and more work of his here.

Below is a video of an interview with the artist filmed at the Alice Gallery, Brussels.



You can read an interview with the artist and see some of his earlier works here.

In Case Of Fire, Break Tradition: Fierce Fire Extinguishers