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Fireplace named world's most beautiful object
Boing Boing — ... in Italy. Pulchra calls itself "the first beauty contest devoted exclusively to objects." Other candidates included a Philips TV, a Sony Ericsson phone, and a diamond. World's most beautiful object... officially ...

It's Literally Official: The Gyrofocus Fireplace Is The World's Most Beautiful Object [Design]
Gizmodo — ... simple in appearance and "rotates 360° so it can be easily directed to face different parts of the room." It also proves that sometimes there's beauty in the older designs because it was created by Dominique Imbert all the way back in 1968 and beat out "objects ranging from a television designed by Philips, a Sony Ericsson mobile phone, creations by Philippe Starck, and a Leo Cut diamond." Tough competition, but I'm kinda glad that the classy, plain Jane won. Maybe a sink next time? [World Architecture News via ...

The Gyrofocus Fireplace Is The World's Most Beautiful Object (Officially) [Design]
Gizmodo — ... simple in appearance and "rotates 360° so it can be easily directed to face different parts of the room." It also proves that sometimes there's beauty in the older designs because it was created by Dominique Imbert all the way back in 1968 and beat out "objects ranging from a television designed by Philips, a Sony Ericsson mobile phone, creations by Philippe Starck, and a Leo Cut diamond." Tough competition, but I'm kinda glad that the classy, plain Jane won. Maybe a sink next time? [World Architecture News via ...