It's A Sculpture. It's Art. No, It's A Radiator.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaFrzy53o_hUA6-I-pNuwKT3FZzyxk95-at-b7_EM1JuhdRwjA6AomO3fmGCEtSLuKb6X_mAVfolejCIIt-jPVgUe8ZnA-01pCdHWuHe8C-oKBQS3xPlASEA6UbQUVcM3rveknwzO2LLz/s1600-h/Vision.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222524474036243762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaFrzy53o_hUA6-I-pNuwKT3FZzyxk95-at-b7_EM1JuhdRwjA6AomO3fmGCEtSLuKb6X_mAVfolejCIIt-jPVgUe8ZnA-01pCdHWuHe8C-oKBQS3xPlASEA6UbQUVcM3rveknwzO2LLz/s400/Vision.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 502px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8twYFq55fjtpqoW2MDGnYm2BPn0x8rPLzcC2dqgQSGZfy8xdq-posZQHbC1ss_OmOiizFMG2bZ5s_qL3Dhn33TYQvXGZRAD7tDSLdmyPq-YJPPWNQeZnx5GDA3d2jThd7Sjzfq2Zkg8po/s1600-h/195.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029399420806851042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8twYFq55fjtpqoW2MDGnYm2BPn0x8rPLzcC2dqgQSGZfy8xdq-posZQHbC1ss_OmOiizFMG2bZ5s_qL3Dhn33TYQvXGZRAD7tDSLdmyPq-YJPPWNQeZnx5GDA3d2jThd7Sjzfq2Zkg8po/s400/195.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 502px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvi6xlP83ZM__gREpZh1U0A4dYqfIykKf1rGu1AYRinrmGqWWZOjZj7JLXflKAMYYWGoZWb0OQODue_CJLlIM0rmEG3UIxcZvgnvaJpZ6q6vVYA9qmj7k_cKSyPkKyID_WU2kenF6VJsoj/s1600-h/ciussaib.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029398140906596818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvi6xlP83ZM__gREpZh1U0A4dYqfIykKf1rGu1AYRinrmGqWWZOjZj7JLXflKAMYYWGoZWb0OQODue_CJLlIM0rmEG3UIxcZvgnvaJpZ6q6vVYA9qmj7k_cKSyPkKyID_WU2kenF6VJsoj/s400/ciussaib.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 434px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC37LYx4Np8aONdTFmJ5DPpmcAMxMCfOP_-8EJY7_t9mxvr-mP24CxZ8iZbt2bMCJA-Y6ZN-lOEpZgJWHZfpU6ya-Tr3FrxKZeQ0HwOTgyC_xJztOoJfqsUH7xUrLgoFhrLKqaYdXrApJ/s1600-h/radiatordroog2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029393867414137266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC37LYx4Np8aONdTFmJ5DPpmcAMxMCfOP_-8EJY7_t9mxvr-mP24CxZ8iZbt2bMCJA-Y6ZN-lOEpZgJWHZfpU6ya-Tr3FrxKZeQ0HwOTgyC_xJztOoJfqsUH7xUrLgoFhrLKqaYdXrApJ/s400/radiatordroog2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 394px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIFqstD8TS8lWw45pqA-8hPqagsxM3MpA7Yu5P4_97pF_duSI-3JvuoT3llVaAu1aXg-VCNF6I_Z1k0ZtDJMWo6JgQrCzByNQKTNasEgpcwco59uID_zxKbSCemiS7M0eD5saOvn8-U2Y/s1600-h/random1l.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029397677050128834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIFqstD8TS8lWw45pqA-8hPqagsxM3MpA7Yu5P4_97pF_duSI-3JvuoT3llVaAu1aXg-VCNF6I_Z1k0ZtDJMWo6JgQrCzByNQKTNasEgpcwco59uID_zxKbSCemiS7M0eD5saOvn8-U2Y/s400/random1l.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 392px;" /></a><br /><p>Maybe it's because I'm a native Californian, but I've never really given radiators a lot of thought. That is not until I started coming across some of these in my dutiful quest for what's hip. Did you all know that so many unusual radiators were out there?<br /><br />The following images are just a few of radiators on the market available for purchase. These aren't protoypes, these are the real deal. Some are so amazingly beautiful, you'd want them even in the warmest of climates.<br /><br />Like say, California.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ykEQKffRpS0QF9K7t_vVl40OQw8jHChyWBtvS_PjonfcaCsulK0-3xPEYTq1qQ-sGhKFpiZRkywCoQ2gM6LLAgWxOXisQZBOVBPdUAarheX3mlBEQx4Xev6QdyYAn8BL9nyRRLei9F6U/s1600-h/modernradiators.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029393493751982498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ykEQKffRpS0QF9K7t_vVl40OQw8jHChyWBtvS_PjonfcaCsulK0-3xPEYTq1qQ-sGhKFpiZRkywCoQ2gM6LLAgWxOXisQZBOVBPdUAarheX3mlBEQx4Xev6QdyYAn8BL9nyRRLei9F6U/s400/modernradiators.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 444px;" /></a><br /><i>click on above image to enlarge</i><br /><br />you can find radiators like these and many more at the following sites:<br /><a href="http://www.aestus-radiators.com/">http://www.aestus-radiators.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.madeadhoc.com/">http://www.madeadhoc.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.elegantradiators.co.uk/">http://www.elegantradiators.co.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.inspiredheating.co.uk/">http://www.inspiredheating.co.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.radiatingstyle.com/">http://www.radiatingstyle.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.theradiatorworks.co.uk/">http://www.theradiatorworks.co.uk</a><br /><br />Since this post, I have written 2 more and larger posts on radiators. Check them out!</p><p><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/07/cool-designs-to-keep-you-warm-heated.html">Cool Designs To Keep you Warm</a></p><p><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/11/caleidos-newest-rockin-wall-radiators.html">Caleido's Newest Rockin' Radiators</a><br /></p><p><br /></p>

It's A Sculpture. It's Art. No, It's A Radiator.

Maybe it's because I'm a native Californian, but I've never really given radiators a lot of thought. That is not until I started...

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Today's Best Product Design Pick: Ceramic Cone Speakers

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><div class="tn_post"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"><a href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/751F6919/Ceramic-Cone-Speakers-by?u=laurasweet&p=/item/751F6919/2114F7F9/Ceramic-Cone-Speakers-by&t=blog" title="Ceramic Cone Speakers by Broberg & Ridderstråle"><img alt="Ceramic Cone Speakers by Broberg & Ridderstråle" src="http://www.thisnext.com/media/blogit/02EC372B.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-width: 1px; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; width: 527px; height: 543px;" /></a></div><p>These cone shaped speakers with ceramic housing won the best product design award from Wallpaper magazine for 2006.<br /><br />Based on the fact that they project upward when lying in the corner of a room and this is optimal from an acoustic standpoint.<br /><br />Which is what you buy speakers for, right? </p></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.brda.se/">Broberg & Ridderstrale</a>

Today's Best Product Design Pick: Ceramic Cone Speakers

These cone shaped speakers with ceramic housing won the best product design award from Wallpaper magazine for 2006. Based on the fact that t...

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