Modern Home Decoration

Dezeen Screen: our latest movie on Dezeen Screen was made by Gwenael Lewis for Canadian lighting brand Bocci and features this colourful chandelier by Omer Arbel. Watch the movie »

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Voice interface has been on the market for some time, but probably never on such a large scale as announced by Microsoft on Monday during its E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference in Los Angeles. Improvements soon to be brought to Xbox Live include much more live TV and full YouTube access, all easily voice searched via Kinect and the Bing search engine. There’s also something for mixed martial arts fans.

According to Microsoft, Bing offers the best solution for searching for anything that Xbox Live service can offer, and searching soon will be as easy as saying the name of the required content.

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There are enough shade loving perennials to grow that even the most avid of gardeners will never be able to collect them all. I’m working on it. (grin)

Here are a few articles that will get you started. Click here “Shade Gardens” to find even more articles than are listed below.

Here’s a few articles you might find useful if you are interested in shade loving perennials.

Note that this one on perennial geraniums describes a plant that will grow in part shade or sun rather than deep shade. I really like perennial geraniums so I’ve included them here.

The queen of the shade garden is of course the Hosta plant. Read more…

While advocates proclaim the superior immersive qualities of 3D, the current crop of 3D TVs can actually have the opposite effect on many people by giving the impression of peering into a box filled with tiny – albeit 3D – people. Design and advertising firm NAU proposes a different solution with its latest concept dubbed the Immersive Cocoon that looks to provide the sense of immersion without the 3D.

We’ve seen a number of devices that attempt to immerse a user in a virtual space using wearable displays, such as the Vuzix’s iWear VR920 video visor and the VirtuSphere, which also offer the option of 3D. Read more…

Dezeen Screen: over on Dezeen Screen we’ve just published another beautiful video by Gwenael Lewis for Canadian lighting company Bocci. This one features the 28 Series chandelier being installed at Spazio Rosanna Orlandi in Milan earlier this month, during the city’s international furniture fair. Watch the movie