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Rooms spiral up from a garden courtyard to a rooftop terrace at this family house in Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture by Tokyo studio Keiko Maita Architect Office. (more...)

I’d love a boot room. It would be so useful. No more traipsing mud in from the garden across my kitchen floor, or wondering where to put my dirty shoes, or where to dry my sopping wet coat and umbrella. There are some good ideas in this boot room. By placing the boot rack close [...]

There are many types of interruptions that will affect your focus, where internal and external interruptions are considered as leading. External is obvious, internal interruptions are where you either get distracted by random thoughts, or where you decide to check your email etc. for “just a second”. You need to cut out both!Some people think that being distracted is not that much bother, they like to give attention to their family etc. as they work and don’t think it causes much harm… Well it causes more harm than you can imagine! It is not just the interruption time that you lose, it is the focus. Focus is precious and most people have a hard time with it, so when you are focusing then you don’t want that to be broken as it will take you much longer to get back to that state afterwards, to get your head “back in gear” as it were. Let’s look at external distractions first as they are easier to deal with, so first off… Phone calls, a huge time waster, remember you DO NOT have any obligation to pick that phone up. Yes it could be an emergency, but it could also be a sales call, you don’t know, have voicemail on andlisten to the messages AFTER you finish the task you are working on. If you are working at home and your partner picks the phone up while you are working then make sure they know to say you are not in and take a message, no matter what the other person on the phone says. Also avoid phone calls wherever possible, they WASTE time, sure some people say that sending emails wastes time as you can communicate quicker on a phone, but it forces people to get to the point. I remember a time a former client was bugging me to talk to them on the phone about a project, we had almost all the details down but he just wanted to tell me some things over the phone to make sure it was right. I grudgingly gave him my phone number, then the 2 minute call he promised turned into a 30 minute phone call, was it necessary? Absolutely not, he could just as easily have typed out a short email to tell me what he took 30 minutesd and asked me to phone him. Author Bio : This article is exclusively written for designsmag.com. Charles West is a professional content writer and blogger since last 2 years. I have writing expertise in technology and certification topics specially. I love to share that recently I passed my 642-274 exam from SAS institute and 642-618 exam from VMware. Thanks for reading. Recommended LinksDesign Your B-Card For Successful BusinessA professional B-card must be design to drag the new customer s attention towards our products an...Technology has provided the web designing facilityIt was a time in old ages when people had no idea about the progress of the world which had to be...Graphic designing – A great example of progress in technologyPeople were really in big problems about how to change the mode of their lives but thankfully, te...45 Inspiring Image and Multimedia GalleryThere are so many options and technologies available, not only to developers and designers but al...10 Best Magento Themes For Ecommerce WebsitesMost of the e Commerce businesses in these days are built on a single platform with which the gro...50 Beautifully Designed E-commerce WebsitesE-commerce websites are all over the internet and you can say today its the world of E-Commerce. ...Zemanta Related posts: Technology has provided the web designing facility Graphic designing – A great example of progress in technology How Client can affect the Graphic designing tips

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Heavenly Body artwork of tattoo design seems like looking into another world – an enormous amount of endless beauty, of distant horizons and designs filled with light and mystical figures that play,... This is a content summary only. Click on Title for more!

The smaller the car, the harder it is to get in and out of… right? Wrong! Product Tank’s latest design delivers the ease of loading up a large SUV in a super-compact city car that even the big boys will appreciate. To help facilitate spaciousness, the interior focuses on the thinness of each element. Everything from the seats to the steering wheel is just a fraction of the sizes you find in other cars! Hit the vid to see all the features! Designer: Product Tank - Yanko Design Timeless Designs - Explore wonderful concepts from around the world! Shop CKIE - We are more than just concepts. See what's hot at the CKIE store by Yanko Design! (Mini Without the Hassle was originally posted on Yanko Design) Related posts:No Hassle Tea Tumbler Don’t Die Mac Mini Don’t Die! Boomtune Mini by hfo

Designed for the modern bookworm, the Booklet merges the functionalities of both an e-reader and smartphone into a single device that essentially makes it possible to take calls in between lines! Whether you’re diving into emails, documents, or your favorite book, reading is made easier on the larger screen with bold text that won’t tire your eyes. What it lacks in apps it makes up for in simplicity, ease-of-use, and a friendly, flexible aesthetic. Designer: Fabrice Dubuy - Yanko Design Timeless Designs - Explore wonderful concepts from around the world! Shop CKIE - We are more than just concepts. See what's hot at the CKIE store by Yanko Design! (E-Ink Simple Smartphone was originally posted on Yanko Design) Related posts:A Simple Problem Deserves A Simple Solution 21:9 Smartphone Not Just a Smartphone

Landscape architects EMF teamed up with architecture firm Ardèvol to remove over 400 buildings from a former holiday village in north-east Spain and transform the landscape into a series of meandering pathways and coastal viewpoints (+ movie). (more...)

We developed a wayfinding which is also an identity for new health and entertainment center opened within Voskresenskoe club-hotel near Moscow. One of the tasks was not only to create comfortable navigation system, but also to position the center as an independent place that offers services also for people who live near the hotel territory in Voskresenskoe district. Thus we didn?t use the identity of the hotel. First of all we considered the existing architect project: not so big space, but long and dark corridors, which resembled labyrinth. The navigation based on bright colors that also help to orient better and creates special emotional background. Pictograms and wayfinding elements were placed right on the walls as supergraphics. The line system became an additional element of comfort. They code the functional zones of the center and lead you all the way to the target.

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