Rocking or Rolling, Gloria Lavi's Bassinets Are Beautiful For Baby.

Hand made in Germany, the Cruiser and the Dreamer bassinets designed by Gloria Lavi represent a synthesis of organic design and excellent craftsmanship.



The Lavi Cruiser
The Lavi Cruiser has a shell made of solid 3D molded beech wood and an oiled undercarriage of solid light oak. It has extra quiet locking brakes, is super simple to put together using only four screws, and comes with a special mattress from Austria.







• 100% excellent craftsmanship "Made in Germany"
• Organic design with reserve growth for large babies: extra legroom at the foot, more security at the head end
• Large windows create soothing eye contact with parents
• 4 extra quiet Flüsterrollen with locking brakes for delicate floors
• Complies with DIN EN 1130-1 and DIN EN 71-3
• Can be used until the child can raise self-employed (about 8 months)
• Quick and easy to install with just 4 screws
• Träumeland "Sleep Fresh" special mattress from Austria
• Mattress made of fine 35mm cold foam with vertical ventilation ducts
• Removable mattress cover made from 40% cotton, 27% polyester and 33% polyamide with 100% polyamide (Wash Fleece corresponds to Oeko-Tex Standard 100, at 60 ° washable)

1.790,00 €, buy it here

The Lavi Dreamer
The Lavi Dreamer has a shell made of solid 3D molded beech wood, a solid brushed stainless steel stand and has hand-sewn real saddle leather on the steel rocking legs. It comes partially assembled and also includes the Träumeland "Sleep Fresh" special mattress from Austria.







• Lovingly crafted "Made in Germany"
• Gechütztes design with "reserve growth" for longer usability
• Complies with DIN EN 1130-1 and DIN EN 71-3
• Large windows for soothing visual reference to the parents
• Extra legroom on foot, more security at the head end
• Includes 2 swing stopper for the sleep phase
• Can be used independently can raise the child until (6-8 months)
• Supplied partly assembled incl Träumeland "Sleep Fresh" special mattress

Materials:
• Shell made of solid 3D shape wood
• Stand Solid stainless steel brushed
• rockers hand-sewn with real saddle leather
• mattress from 35mm cold foam with vertical ventilation ducts
• Removable mattress cover made from 40% cotton, 27% polyester and 33% polyamide with 100% polyamide Wash Fleece corresponds to Oeko-Tex Standard 100, at 60 ° washable

1.790,00 €, buy it here

Visit Gloria Lavi for other fine baby furniture.

Get Amped, The Marshall Fridge Is Here. And Yep, It Goes To Eleven.

Here's a fridge music lovers can get amped about. Made to look like an authentic Marshall Amp, this rockin' mini refrigerator uses actual Marshall Amp parts including logos, fret cloth, and a brass-finished faceplate. It has a freezer, brass rivets, white piping, bears Jim Marshall's signature and control knobs that actually go up to 11 (If you don't know that reference, shame on you!)


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Even the box is cool:


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$399, two year warranty
Buy it here

Solar Powered Soft Rockers (Video & Gallery) By MIT Professor & Students

Professor of the Practice of Architecture, Sheila Kennedy, and a group of Design, Architecture and Engineering students from MIT have designed solar-energy storing modern wood rockers on which you can lounge and chat or charge. Smartphones, cell phones, mp3 devices, laptops and other gadgets can be connected via USB. What's more, the soft rockers are designed with a solar powered ambient light that gives them a soft glow in the dark.











above: Image by SOFT ROCKER TEAM: Sheila KENNEDY, MIT Professor of the Practice of Architecture; James BAYLESS, KVA UC Intern; Kaitlyn BOGENSCHUTZ, KVA UC Intern; Wardad INAM, MIT PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering; Jungmin NAM, GSD March I 2009, KVA Designer; Shevy ROCKCASTLE, MIT Smarchs 2011; Phil SEATON, MIT March 2012; Matt TRIMBLE, MIT March 2009, RADLAB; Adnon ZOLIJ, MIT BS 2010, Electrical Engineering

Soft Rockers description and video from MIT:
Recharge yourself and your electronics while relaxing with friends outdoors in Killian Court. The MIT SOFT Rockers are smart, clean energy charging stations disguised as outdoor rocking lounge furniture. Unlike conventional ‘hard’ urban infrastructure, The SOFT Rocker leverages its environment in a dynamic manner by using the human power of balance to create an interactive 1.5 axis 35 watt solar tracking system. Soft power electronics designed for this project charge the 12 ampere-hour battery and store solar energy harvested during the day. Put your body weight in play with an interactive, real time energy harvesting feedback loop that senses how you orient the rocker to the sun. Charge or run any USB device from speakers to cell phones and bring your friends to enjoy cool lighting loops at night for social gatherings.



The leaf-like loop form of the SOFT Rockers explores how standard softwood panels can be mass-customized to adapt to the latitude and sun angle of any site using parametric design software and automated fabrication with a lightweight Kuka robotic arm. The SOFT Rocker combines hi-tech and low-tech design strategies: it produces electricity but engages the body and works like furniture “by hand”; it mixes sun tracking and social dynamics; it is a site specific object and a flexible form family of ‘soft’ wood construction. The SOFT Rocker blurs distinctions between pleasure and work and recasts power generation as an integrated and distributed public activity rather than a centralized, singular off-site project of ‘engineering’.  

SOFT ROCKER TEAM: Sheila KENNEDY, MIT Professor of the Practice of Architecture James BAYLESS, UC MArch 2014, KVA Intern Kaitlyn BOGENSCHUTZ, UC BS Arch 2013, KVA Intern Wardah Inam, MIT PhD Candidate 2015, Electrical Engineering Jungmin NAM, GSD MArch 2009, KVA Designer Shevy ROCKCASTLE, MIT SMarchS 2011 Phil SEATON, MIT MArch 2012 Matt TRIMBLE, MIT MArch 2008, RADLAB Adnon ZOLIJ, MIT BS 2010, Electrical Engineer Vicor, Inc. MIT gives special thanks to: • Vicor, Inc. Applications Engineering provided power electronics support. Picor, a subsidiary, provided Cool-O-Ring controllers for battery/load interfacing. • Global Solar, Inc. Technology Development Team provided advance samples of Gen II flexible photovoltaics. • LightTape, Inc. Assisted with manufacture of custom electroluminescent lighting materials • Peter Murray at Fine Finish, Inc., in Waltham, MA.  

images and info courtesy of Arts at MIT

Chairs That Rock. Literally. And Figuratively.

Rocking chairs are no longer for little old knitting grannies or new nursing mommies, but instead a slew of nicely designed, unusual rocking chairs (or rockers, as they are commonly referred to) have hit the market. here are just a few.

Beautifully designed chairs that rock. Big chairs, little chairs, outdoor chairs, indoor chairs. Chairs For Mommies. Chairs For Daddies. Even chairs for Baby. They all rock. Literally and figuratively. Just click on each image above for more info and a link to purchase.

The list has grown! See more of my Chairs That Rock. No, Really.... Rocking Chairs. list at ThisNext.