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Bringing the tropical rain-forest to the UK, Proctor and Matthews Architects has come up with a biodome called “Heart of Africa” that will replicate rain-forest habitats of the African Congo.

England’s weather is about as far from tropical as possible — except within the bubble of this amazing “Heart of Africa” biodome coming soon to Chester zoo. The 112-foot-high zoological attraction will simulate the rainforest habitats of the African Congo.

The biodome will cover 172,000 square feet and will be home to a number of animals, including a band of gorillas, a troop of chimpanzees, okapi ( giraffe-like creatures), birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates. A water ride will show off animal enclosures, and a jungle canopy will flourish above visitors’ heads.

When it is opened in 2014, the biodome is expected to be Europe’s biggest conservation and animal attraction. We can only hope that the attraction inspires environmental action among visitors!

Inside the biodome

Rainforest inside the biodome

The biodome from above

Apple Pie decal: This vinyl decal is perfect for your MacBook or MacBook Pro 13″ – 17″. The decal can also be applied to your rear car window or any smooth surface.

Sticker Graphic Art decal: The sticker is made by special material(Avery MPI) and you can clean it easily from your Mac.

Chinese Shadow Play Sticker decal: Shadow play or shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque, often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images. It is popular in various cultures.

Iron Man decal: Iron Man is lighting the Apple.With the high quality printing, our creative sticker will make your MacBook be unique.

Snow White decal: Snow White is holding the Apple! With the high quality printing, our creative sticker will make your MacBook the new home to her.

Bart Nirvana decal: Bart Nirvana is looking the Apple! With the high quality printing, our creative sticker will make your MacBook different.

Street Fighter decal: Made from high quality vinyl.

ET decal: This new ET decal measures 6.2”x5.125”, and is die-cut on gloss black vinyl.

Wack A Mole decal: This is a durable high grade gloss finish vinyl. Decals are self adhesive making them easy to apply and remove, leaving no residue behind. This material is specifically made for this application and will last a very long time outdoors.

Mac Evolution White decal: White vinyl stickers.Fits all Mac Book models.Available in black as well, simply write “black” on the massage to seller box.

Twilight decal: This is a digitally printed and cut vinyl decal, which fits nicely on a 13″ or 15″ MACbook (or 12″ or 14″ Powerbook) to make it look like the hands are holding the Apple logo apple.

Featured Items

Smile Cup: A great way to start your day is with a smile; or another interesting way is you can have a cup of coffee in the ‘Smile Cup’. And they look sweet too. What more can one ask for having a great start, than a smile.

Drop Cup: Coffee cup inspired by water drop by Apostol Tnokovski.

In Between Cup: Drinking, cooking, eating, using the same cup.

Mannheim Cup: Mannheim is a coffee cup whose handle has been inspired by the perfection of the welding you would usually see in Germany.

Ergonomic Coffee Cup : This coffee cup is designed with a slightly curved thin wall at the top to conform to your lips.

The Ultimate Coffee Cup: It has an attractive shape and is interesting from any angle. One can hold the handle and body in many ways, and is more comfortable than the traditional cups.

Mummymug: This cup minimizes the risk of spilling hot beverages ensuring better safety for children.

Stefan Lindfors’s Cup: An interesting design by designer Stefan Lindfors.

Camera Zoom Lens Cup: A brilliant concept design, though not a real cup.

Cadarache Cup: This unique cup set design imitates the shape of a power plant

3 Cups in One:  It’s comfortable in the hand and amusing to the eye.

Cortado Cup: 2/3 coffee + 1/3 milk coffee cup design by Pilotto Ignacio.

Tea Bag Cup: With this one the one can tidily put the bag under the cup.

Veil Coffee Cup: Veil coffee set is creation of Hugo Danti.

Coffee Bean Cup: This cup is decorated with coffee beans.

Ti cup: This designer cup and saucer pair puts a stylish spin on coffee and tea with its interesting and unconventional forms.

Zipper Cup: The zipper cup does not function like an actual zipper, the zipper design is incorporated into another commonly used household product such as a cup.

Teeth Cup: Each of these cups are individually hand made by skilled ceramic artists to ensure that every set of teeth is straight and clean with the brightest smile.

Customizing mugs is certainly a work of art.

This saucer, cup and spoon at MOMA is a collection of surrealist artist Meret Oppenheim’s sculptures. Included is Object, a saucer, cup and spoon covered in the hair of a Chinese gazelle. An unreal piece of art from the surrealist movement.

The Breathing Chair is a project by Tatung University Department of Industrial Design graduate, Yu-Ying Wu. She continued Taiwan’s tradition of design excellence, winning a red dot design award for her “breathing” chair. The unique chair is inspired by plant cells. When a person sits on it, the chair collapses into a familiar shape, but when at rest, it resembles a block of airy tofu. A curious. playful design that is a great conversation starter.Wu claims that its innovative design allows the chair to adjust to the user’s weight and posture. Wu said that the chair is made of high-density foam plastic that is 100 percent environmentally-friendly.

London-based designer Vladimir Rachev has created a range of cutlery called Soil, inspired by gardening tools. He reckons that soon we will be unable to associate our food with the earth. By creating cutlery inspired by gardening tools, designer wants to remind us of the origins of our food.

It’s hard to bleieve, but this is a table. The title is “Paint or Die But Love Me”. This amazing art concept of Bloody Table is by John Nouanesing.

Completely portable, the stainless steel Vidro fireplace table requires only gelled ethanol fuel to burn a smokeless flame in your home. This is completely portable. This require no chimney, vent or flue. They burn gelled ethanol fuel with 100% heat efficiency and do not create an “after fire” drain of heat up a chimney.

Knoop is Dutch for “knot”, but it’s also a new line of tables by designer Josh Urso. He combines his signature resin impregnation process with hundreds of feet of military-grade rope in this new design.

It’s a coffee table that has hundreds of LEDs in the top surface that respond to motion above the table. Interactive LED Coffee Table, which not only has the multiple pin-points of light that I so enjoy but makes them flock around your fingers as you wipe up spilt drinks.

This cocktail table, part of the Puzzle Collection is a great example of how puzzles interact with furniture and design in general. Produced by Patou Design, this seemingly ordinary table can twist and turn in order to fit your needs of space.

Very modern and cool, the Loto coffee table from Italian company Com.p.ar is a real space saver, ideal for compact city homes and urban lofts where spare room is hard to come by. It blends fashion and function, designed with a fixed or opening tabletop with storage concealed beneath that allows you to keep even the smallest spaces trim and tidy.

The “Stink Tree” coffee table by Dylan Gold is a beautifully crafted furnishing inspired by the silhouette of the Tree-of-heaven, also known as ailanthus, Chinese sumac, stinking shumac or simply, the “Stink Tree.

Make brushing more fun for your kids and you, encourage them to put the cap back on the toothpaste tube when they’re done with these cool new Toothpaste Heads. These caps do exactly what it looks like: replace the existing cap that comes with the tube of toothpaste.  In turn you get a little puking animal.  I think the little dog barfing toothpaste is just plain cute.