FACT: Designed for a club owner a while ago, the “45 Audio Station” by Chicago-based designer Christian Castro is a DJ table with an integrated vinyl case to rock the dance floor. The name “45″ has a dual meaning derived from the 45 record speed and the design’s resemblance to a handgun. The audio station is made of epoxy, concrete and steel, materials dictated by the design and a turntable’s operational requirement of no movement or vibration. The vertical element of the design is cast concrete connected to the horizontal element, which is made of molded foam. Both the vertical and horizontal elements are coated in glossy resin. The horizontal element is ridged and light, while the vertical element is heavy and immobile. The entire unit is bolted through the club floor.
FACT: If your short game stinks like many recreational golfers out there, the Argon Laser Putter could shave strokes off your game. If not, you’ll still look cool on the links. Complete with not one, not two, not three, well okay three lasers is enough to center and stroke your puts with ease. $69.
FACT: Think of a really cool DJ name quick, and get a few practice sessions on the ones and twos before you have any house-guests. If that doesn’t interest you, just plug in 2 iPods and let the mixer do its thing and collect all the accolades at the end of the night. $120.
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FACT: SV 9 COMPETIZIONE BASED ON C6 CORVETTE
FACT: Supra unveiled two new colorways of the popular TK Society today, in honor of the upcoming 2009 X-Games. Seeing the Neon Pink/Green accents against the black uppers provides a jaw dropping experience similar to that spawned by the extreme action sports they commemorate. No word on any release dates, but you can be sure you’ll see them on Terry Kennedy’s feet during the games.
FACT: In the Netherlands, it gets floody all the time, given that the country is like 80% below sea level (ok, 27%) and there are 3500 polders there (polder = land reclaimed from water through water control technologies known as “damming up” and “diking out”). ”God created the world, but the Dutch created Holland,” according to a famous saying by Wikipedia.
But check it – now an architect there has learned to live with the water, by floating his building on top of it. The Citadel, a luxury apartment complex designed by the firm Waterstudio, will be less lake-front than lake-top. Images of something that has never been done before, after the jump. Here’s how it works:
"The project will be built on a polder, a recessed area below sea level where flood waters settle from heavy rains. There are almost 3500 polders in the Netherlands, and almost all of them are continually pumped dry to keep flood waters from destroying nearby homes and buildings. The New Water Project will purposely allow the polder to flood with water and all the buildings will be perfectly suited to float on top of the rising and falling water."
