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You know, that is a really nice garage door. But there’s no driveway leading to it! -via the Presurfer
Image: Normal Jean [Flickr] – via EPBOT
Musician, artist, Jean of all trades and – obviously – Doctor Who fan, Normal Jean transformed her front door into a TARDIS.
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When you’ve got a deity as powerful as the Lord Shani, who needs locks? (I mean, according to Wikipedia, when Shani opened his eyes as a baby for the very first time, the sun went into an eclipse.)
That’s what the management of the United Commercial Bank in Shani Shinganapur, Maharashtra, India, thought when they opened the first lockless bank:
"We took note of the general belief and faith of the people. Ever since the most revered temple came into existence several years ago, the village has not witnessed a single crime. In fact, all houses in the entire village have no doors. We took the risk and started the lockless bank a week ago," a senior bank official said. [...]
Gadakh explained that, by and large, it is believed that because of Lord Shani’s power, the village has not witnessed a single theft or robbery in the recent past. "People here fear that if there is a theft or robbery, then the culprit and their family have to bear the wrath of Lord Shani," he said.
Meanwhile, the cops aren’t too happy:
… unhappy local cops said the branch has been started in violation of norms prescribed by the Centre. "In view of increasing bank robberies, the Centre has made it mandatory for all banks to provide state-of-the-art security. If a bank opens a lockless branch, it amounts to a breach of conditions. We will take it up with the DGP and RBI," a senior police official said.
In this clever stop motion animation, a collaboration by SAM3 and LIMOW, the doors and portals of Grottaglie, Italy and Barcelona, Spain are the true stars! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via Christ Tyrell’s Blog
This door by the architectural firm Matharaoo Associates is designed to resemble a sine wave. Now in the home of a diamond merchant in Surat, India, the door measures 5.2m high and 1.7m wide and is made from 40 blocks of teak. Thanks to 160 pulleys and 80 ball bearings, it pushes open easily, despite its weight. More pictures at the link.
Link via Fast Company | Photo: Dinesh Mehta
It always bugs me when I see someone press on the glass portion of a door to open it (this is probably due to years in a job that required my cleaning such doors), so this footage from sometime in the 20th century is like justice. via YepYep
What do you think is behind the door? A black hole? The realm before heavens in Mortal Kombat?
Our friend Fernando took this picture in London, his hometown.
All I’m saying is, if you don’t want people wandering into a void, and getting themselves hurt, you should probably use a sturdier door.
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Tool use in apes is not unheard of, but this gibbon has taken it to a whole new level by enhancing her singing with the sound of an enclosure door slamming:
Each time her song reached its natural climax, the gibbon slammed shut the door of her enclosure, using the loud noise it made to accentuate her call.
The gibbon used the door to create a single beat rather than a rhythm.
But her behaviour is yet another example of how smaller ape species are also capable of novel tool use, says the primatologist who witnessed it.
Link – via monkeydaynews
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UK design group Slam has the solution to what can only be called the Goldilocks problem of doors: a door that is not too small and not too big. Behold the ThreeStyle, the world’s first 3-in-1 door.
Link – via Interior design room
Based on the short story The Open Window by Saki (H. H. Munro). A twelve minute film that I think some of you will enjoy. A young nervous man from the city goes to the country to rest but finds things aren’t what they appear to be…
Everyone loves a good secret passageway. The idea alone sparks curiosity and makes the brain buzz with thoughts of mystery and adventure.
Normally these hidden doors are relegated to ancient sites and historic buildings, but what if you could put one in your very own home?
Whether you have secrets to hide or just want to confuse guests, The Hidden Door Company specializes in creating practical secret doorways for the home.
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