Cat House Designed by the Office of Frank Lloyd Wright

Have a look at this amazing cat house found on a pages of Moderncat.net, our favourite resource for all things cats+design. Here's what they say:

It’s a vintage cat house designed by the office of none other than Frank Lloyd Wright. This piece was designed for the daughter of Gerald Tonkens, for whom Frank Lloyd Wright designed a residence in Amberley Village, Ohio in 1955.
The original drawing of the cat house, ‘Felis Catus’, was completed by Thomas Olson, the site supervisor for the project. Apparently, Mr. Wright described the design to Mr. Olson over the phone, which is why the design is credited to the Office of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Right, here we go!

A new product named "DOJO" has finally landed on the surface of this planet. There was no fuss, no flowers or TV crews, no fireworks and interviews. It just happened. On a bright sunny day all pieces of seemingly impossible puzzle came together and materialized into one single object. It happened so naturally that nobody was really surprised or shocked, we all knew that "DOJO" was there all the way along. All we had to do is to think about it for a year or so and then cut some ply and felt with some tools and that's it. As simple as that...
So here's a first glance at "DOJO", an ultimate tool for cats with veeeery itchy claws and their designer conscious owners. 

Work in progress!

Work in progress at Cats & Pods headquarters. We are busy producing parts for the new design codenamed "DOJO", a very modern looking scratch post able to withstand attack of a hundred cats with very itchy claws and that sits comfortably in any interior. It is built like a tank and at the same time looks delicate, there's not much else to say about it. Details will follow...

Visit to the Purr Cat Cafe in Bangkok.

This month we had a pleasure to visit a Purr Cat Cafe in Bangkok, a relatively new phenomena in the West but nothing new in Asian countries who are blessed with a wide range of such establishments. You can sit and relax (after leaving your shoes outside and donning a pair of cat-friendly slippers), have a breakfast or just read your "Bangkok Post" and enjoy a company of super-friendly felines who dominate and rule the space. I hear critics saying, it's not hygienic, it smells or cruel to poor animals, but I can confirm I have seen none of that. Place is clean, cats are healthy, smells are the ones coming from your fresh coffee and people behave, as it is not your average "greasy spoon caf" but something on a different scale.

Note that the cafe is very popular among locals and almost always full so don't be surprised if you have to wait to be seated.

Sometimes I wish I was a cat...

 

Purr Cat Cafe
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 11:00 - 22:00 and Saturday and Sunday 11:00 - 23:00
Address: Soi Sukhumvit 53 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, Thailand 10110
Tel: +66 2 108 3604
 

There are rumors that something similar will be in operation in the city of London, difference is, all cats will be "sourced" from local rescue centres and shelters, which is undoubtedly British. We love charitable work, especially when it evolves around animals.