'Plug it in' headsets lets you share music

'Plug it in' headsets lets you share music: "Jaspreet Walia:


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Plug it in_01Plug it in headphones comes with gold plated jack plugs.


A good headset can add to the whole musical experience. But, if more than one person wishes to enjoy the same piece of music, they have to use a speaker instead with no option to connect two headsets with one player. Keeping this flaw in mind, Dorien Van Heijst has designed a unique product christened Plug it in.



It allows multiple listeners to savor same tunes emanating from a single player. These fine-looking headphones have been crafted from leather, porcelain and wood. The product has been fitted with a wire (enveloped in cotton) that has gold-plated jack plugs. These are used to attach an additional headset, which will form a musical connection.



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Plug it in_02Plug it in headphones comes with gold plated jack plugs.


Plug it in has been designed in a manner, which will not allow sound to escape out. This will make sure that others don’t get disturbed, while you listen to your favorite songs. Sharing is caring, and this product will do exactly that and form a strong bond between you and your loved ones.



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Plug it in_03Plug it in headphones comes with gold plated jack plugs.


Via: Dorien van Heijst

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Faculty Club Tilburg University / Shift Architecture Urbanism

Faculty Club Tilburg University / Shift Architecture Urbanism: "

© René de Wit

Architects: Shift Architecture Urbanism
Location: Tilburg,
Project architects: Harm Timmermans, Pieter Heymans
Collaborators: Sabine Hogenhout, Bahar Akkoclu, Tjeerd Bloothoofd
Developer: Van der Weegen Bouwontwikkeling, Tilburg
Main contractor: Van der Weegen Bouwgroep, Tilburg
Project area: 518 sqm
Project year: 2011
Photographs: René de Wit, Jos Bedaux

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Tilburg University has extended its campus with the Faculty Club, a multipurpose pavilion for the academic staff and their guests. took the initiative to reanimate the quintessential quality of the Tilburg campus: strong solitary buildings in the green. The monumental modernism of Jos Bedaux served as a frame of reference. Bedaux designed the first – still the best – buildings for the university in the sixties.

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By creating a strong formal relation between the existing university buildings and the new Faculty Club, an ensemble of omni-directional solitaires is created. This enables one to recognize the Faculty Club as part of the university, despite its peripheral forest location and exclusive program.

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The Faculty Club is designed as a carved-out-monolith, one simple box in which transparency and massiveness melt together. The central restaurant is carved out from the centre, creating a tunnel-effect in the front façade. In order to strengthen its solitaire character the building is lifted from the ground. The height difference is bridged by outside stairs and a ramp integrated within the front façade.

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Each façade has only one window. By recessing each window, outdoor spaces are created within the front and rear façades. These mark the entrance in front and form a large covered terrace in the back. The simplicity and plasticity of the three-dimensional window treatment further contributes to the building’s sculptural qualities.

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The primary program consists of a restaurant for eighty persons, a lounge and two conference rooms. The secondary program consists of a kitchen, storage space and other services. The further the functions are situated from the campus, the more intimate and informal the space becomes. The conference rooms look out over the campus, while the lounge completely relates to the forest and the garden. All main functions are physically linked by a transparent axis running the length of the building.

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Both the lounge and the restaurant are connected to the carved-out terrace situated at the rear of the building. A four-rail system of sliding windows enables one to open up two-thirds of the total eighteen meters of glass façade. This intensifies the experience of the forest without the visitor having to step outside the building envelope.

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The construction principles of the Faculty Club are deceptively simple. In order to emphasize contrasting space and mass, the structure, installations and details are integrated within walls and floors. The starting point for the engineering was the visual absence of technique. Key contractors and consultants were engaged early in the process of preliminary design, enabling the development of precise and project-specific details that consistently support the overall concept. was responsible for the design, including the execution drawings and the site supervision.

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The result is an integral, durable and engaging building. A monolith carved in such a way as to both profit and profit from the surrounding landscape while maintaining its distinct primary form. Its architecture refers to the heritage of Jos Bedaux by abstracting and updating his formal language. This makes the building into a solidary solitaire, sober and luxurious, massive and transparent, silent and outspoken.

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Museum of Troy / Yalin Architecture Design

Museum of Troy / Yalin Architecture Design: "

Omer Selcuk Baz and his team in Yalin Architectural Design has won first prize in the National Architectural Design Competition for the Museum of Troy, one of the most famous archeological sites in the world, listed as UNESCO World heritage site. With a history of 5000 years and a significance for the development of European Civilization, Troy represents artistically and historically a profound cultural influence from the time of Homer to the World War I. Additional images of the winning design and further information about the proposal after the break.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of , the organizer of the competition expropriated 10 hectors for the purpose. The museum is planned to be constructed close to the archeological site, adjacent to the village of Tevfikiye in Canakkale. It will conserve and exhibit the artifacts unearthed at the site. The museum contains conservation and restoration labs, 2000 sqms of storage, permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, activity areas, café, restaurants and retail facilities as well as access to natural environment.

The competition, which was opened in January 2011 received 132 projects submissions. Some major architectural firms from were to be found among them. The jury, composed of prominent names such as Cengiz Bektas, Han Tumertekin, Murat Tabanlioglu, Ayten Savas and Ali Ihsan Unay, convened between 27-29 May 2011 in Ankara. The results were announced on May 31st.

The approach of the winning project by Omer Selcuk Baz sets the design concept upon communicating the visitors a world beyond their perception, with roots and stories in history. The design concept gradually disconnects the visitors in part or completely at certain thresholds from the physical context to reconnect them again. The cubic form of the building is reminiscent of an excavated artifact.

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