“Observing the food and therefore changing the notion of food preservation, we could find the answer to current situations such as the overuse of energy and food wastage. My design is a tool to implement that knowledge in a tangible way and slowly it changes the bigger picture of society. I believe that once people are given a tool that triggers their minds and requires a mental effort to use it, new traditions and new rituals can be introduced into our culture.”
The search giant is known for its playful, unconventional workspaces—perhaps intended to offset its fairly Vader-esque public image, and certainly, to sweeten the deal for young, in-demand engineers who may be juggling other offers. In Pittsburgh, Googlers enjoy an industrial theme and slides. In Zurich, it’s birch trees and meeting cocoons. Meanwhile, in London, Google has two established offices—one is industrial chic, the other, a space-age white box. Now, a third office—a “Super HQ”—has opened on the eighth floor of Central Saint Giles, the Renzo Piano-designed tower in Covent Garden.Source: Fastcodesign.com
The Casulo is the brainchild of German designers Marcel Krings and Sebastian Mühlhäuser. The design duo came published the idea in 2007 in their dissertation at the Köln International School of Design in Cologne. Calling it ‘a new concept for mobile living,’ they named their design Casulo, the Portuguese word for ‘cocoon.’ The Casulo contains everything needed for a bedroom: the bed, a desk, shelves an armoire, and several units of storage. It was designed with the goal easing the more frustrating phases of moving - time, transport and reassembling furniture.
