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Designer Fire Extinguishers

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It’s a smart idea to keep a fire extinguisher in/near your kitchen (and a certificate of occupancy requirement in some areas) but who says it has to be just a boring red one? You’re unique and there’s no reason for something so prominently displayed in your home to have to look like an industrial piece of equipment. Step up your design game and get a fancy Designer Fire Extinguisher.

These Belgium made fire extinguishers offer 10 different styles of your choice to suit the room you plan on placing it in. Made of steel and brass, they are built to strict CE safety standards. Measures 3.25″ by 11″ tall. If you buy one the only thing that will be on fire is your amazing design sense.

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The fire-fighting fortress!

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Cleverly named after the Rook (Castle) in Chess, the Rook Home Fire Safety system dedicates itself to protecting the house from any fire hazard.

The Rook is made of four components, named after parts of a castle too. Just the way a kingdom works in synergy to keep itself protected from attacks, the four components of the Rook stay interconnected and work together to alert the user against fire, and help him/her fight a fire hazard. The Castle and the Watchtower detect CO levels and signs of smoke. When a threat is assessed, the Keep (kept at the bedside) sends out alerts. The Moat is a powder based fire-extinguisher, helping fight the fire threat.

Not only is the Rook Home Fire Safety system well articulated and named, it has a homogeneous design language too. All the four components have a soft yet reassuring design language. While the Castle, Watchtower, and Keep are white, allowing them to blend in with the decor, the Moat is a bright red, characteristic of a Fire Extinguisher, allowing it to be seen even in thick smoke. What do you think?

Designer: Martyn Billings

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The doorknob that cries “Fire!”

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I just had to leave this design for the end of the week. The Bleep is unsuspecting, apparently mundane, but incredible to the extent that it may save lives one day. Ever thought a door handle could prevent death?! Think again! Imagine there’s a fire in the next room. There’s smoke everywhere, so you really couldn’t tell which room was the source. You’re trying to escape and you accidentally open the door into a room that’s absolutely covered in flames. First of all, you’d burn your hand off the red-hot doorknob. The Bleep is pretty simple, but highly effective. It has a hole running from one side of the door to another, with a whistle in the middle. If the room across was ever on fire, the lack of oxygen would cause air from one room to travel through the doorknob to the other room, through the whistle, therefore making a piercing shrill noise. Now you know which door leads to impending doom, and which one leads to safety. Absolutely amazing!

The awesomeness of the Bleep doorknob earned it the Red Dot Design Award in 2015.

Designers: Wang Jun-Yi, Tu Chun-Yi, Yang Ding-Zan & Ju Shiuan-Kai.

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Chick-a-Dee Bird Shaped Smoke Detector

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Most smoke detectors are your standard round shape. But does something that’s such a prominent fixture in your home really have to be so boring? No. The Chick-a-Dee Smoke Detector designed by Louise van der Veld is a smoke detector shaped like a bird on a perch. Like a coal miner’s canary, this bird does a “chick-a-dee-dee” call at the first sign of trouble before emitting a louder more sustained 85db sound if smoke is detected.
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The bird measures 7″ x 7″ x 4.75″ and is available in either black or white for $79. It comes perched on a branch which serves as a mount or you can affix it to the ceiling directly.

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