Friday, February 29, 2008

AlwaysClean pacifier



As the name suggests, this pacifier remains clean as it closes before the pacifier hits the ground protecting the nipple and keeping it sanitary for your baby. For children 0 to 6 months and is available in two colours - pink and blue.

Message of love from dolphins



Children will probably see dolphins playing around, whilst adults might see something else. Interesting. This optical illusion is by Sandro Del-Prete.

'Cover Babe' Mirror

coverbabe mirror design

Cover Babe' Magazine Cover Mirror. Self-deceiving or what? heh!

Overturn Bus?

overturn bus? not quite


"Created by Ben Cohen, idea and design by Stefan Sagmeister, custom fabrication by Tom Kennedy and Haideen Anderson."

via [book of joe]

iMac design concept: iView

iMac design
Designer Nuno Teixeira believes every computer should be two faced and with more curves. this iMac iMock-up features a giant curved screen(for better orientation to the natural curvature of the human eye) and a second built in LCD screen on the back (especially useful during small group discussions). In additional, it is integrated with two webcams (front and back).

Toothpick chair

toothpick chair design

This has never ever came across by mind - how thousands of toothpicks attached together to create a piece of furniture, an art piece. Marvelous work I would say.

via [yankodesign ]

Monster.com - Guy with Big legs



Spotted this video from I Believe in Advertising. Definitely one of the best commercials we've seen.

Underwater Hotel

Istanbul’s 7-Story Underwater Hotel : Visitors to Istanbul will soon have a chance to view the most spectacular ocean views on the planet. A seven floor, seven-star hotel is being built underwater on what was formerly a tobacco factory. There will be exhibition halls, and restaurants, and all rooms will be sea facing.

Sophomore Spring Collection 2008


sophomore

Sophomore Spring Collection 2008

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Ball controlling pressure

water ball pressure design



Ripple faucet creates a new, fun way to interact with water. An array of electromagnetic sensors detects that ball’s position. Moving the ball in or out from the center controls water pressure. Moving it around controls temperature.

Red or blue to denote how hot or cold it is. The two separate channels combine the hot and cold water to get the perfect mix. Well, the water in the hot water channel isn’t actually hot until it’s ready to be mixed via flash heating.

While it's a really cool concept, but it's quite complex for usage wise and the water pressure doesn't seems to be similar to our normal tap. Still, I quite like the design. ;)

Accessories for lonely men

accessories for lonely man

We spotted this accessories for Lonely Men from Cati. The accessories comprise of 8 electronic devices meant to simulate companionship. There is the Sheet Thief which will wind up sheet cloth whilst you're asleep, and Heavy Breather which breathes hot air down the user's neck.

Well.. for those lonely men out there, you might also want to consider this too.

Socks design

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Socks collection from Finnish designers, Zukale&Huoviala.

Booster blades


To skate you push down in a cycle motion in order to gain speed. If you move your heel back, this engages a set of brake pads which helps you to brake. The overall experience of riding Booster Blades is fun and safe and is a completely different to anything within the skating sector.

In-Flight Luxury

aeroscraft

The Aeroscraft is designed and built on the basis of a new concept in flight. The idea grew with the belief that there's more comfortable way to fly than simply applying a luxury upgrade to an existing airframe.

The capabilities of the Aeroscraft lead to its unique functionality. Use the Aeroscraft as a private sky yacht, travelling beyond the coean, or as a fully functional business office and conference center

Cycool

cool workout design

The Cycool, designed by Jin Woo Han is for people who hate working out and hate sweating. It goes without saying if you work out, you’re going to sweat. As you exercise more, it will get cool. The self-generating system convert movement energy into electrical energy.

World's Largest Cylindrical Aquarium



Radisson SAS Hotel, Berlin: World's largest cylindrical aquarium with 2,500 tropical fish. The AquaDom is 25 metres high and situated in the hotel lobby.

via [ Gizmodo ]

24k Gold Plated iPod



Limited edition iPod nano 8GB by Goldgenie. This iPod collection has a black front, and a gold plated back with the "bizzare" logo. Only 500 pieces priced at about US$450 each.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

C6 Corvette





Wouldn't advise you to let your kids do that on your C6.

Strap-on-chair

chair strap design

Strap on chair, by Annika Schmidt, will only be functional when strapped onto another person. Something which we might consider when there're too many guests and too few chairs in the house.


Another piece of furniture which we found interesting is this Crab Chair, also by Annika Schmidt. It functions like my grandfather's rocking chair, except that the design has a modern touch to it. Personally, I like the 10 crab legs in this design.

Ford Human Car

Some of the world’s most talented dancers got together with Ford Canada to recreate several Ford car models using nothing but their bodies and some miscellaneous car parts. You've to watch the commercial below!

via [DoobyBrain ]

"No I Am Not On Facebook" Tees

tees


1. Sunday Lunch (Both Female & Male)
2. Facebook Light (Both Female & Male)
3. Mask (Male)
4. Wi-Fry (Male)

Nintendo DS Design Concept

nintendo DS design

I do think this is definitely much nicer than the present one. ;)

Designed by Phil Nolan

Evie lala's canvas artwork

canvas design
Original, unique Evie lala's artwork on canvas is a stunning feature for a child's bedroom wall. The artwork is provided as a rolled canvas which can be either mounted (stretched over a wooden frame) or framed.

Also take a look at Stylish baby shoes by Evie Lala.

World's most expensive toy car


Now this Hot Wheets toy car, priced at $140,000, is allegedly the world's most expensive toy car. This toy car is casted in 18k white gold, and spots more than 2,700 diamonds weighing nearly 23 carats in total. The brake lights are made of rubies.

Music in the rain umbrella

music umbrella

It’s very special feeling to listen to music on a rainy day. Rain, it makes people sentimental. Especially listening to music under an umbrella with a person you love gives us big emotion. The dome structure of umbrellas allows sound to be more concentrated, and a handle of umbrella could be a great part for controlling the music.

Sometimes people spin an umbrella unconsciously. If you spin this umbrella to left or right, the music will move forward (right turn) or reverse (left turn). Unfortunately even though it is not raining, you still can use this umbrella. You can just put it in the corner of your living room with cradle, and then also you can enjoy the music from speakers of cradle.

(top right pic: umbrella handle for controling music)

Music in the rain umbrella by sdesign unit

Growing plants on the wall

interesting design

A living digital organism growing on the walls and floors of an indoor space. The plants are not predrawn or animated, but uniquely generated by the software and the space they reside in.

A Lightweeds consists of a several hundred parts that are independently linked to the sensors outside, creating a hyper-real motion that is constantly live generated. At the start of the day they are few, but as the space is being used they pollenate from wall to wall and increase in amount. Their seeds travel along with passing people, and make new plants grow.

lightweed

When someone passes, the plants bend and show the path of human traffic.

Lightweeds is exhibited in Rotterdam, London, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing and Tokyo.

Brilliant work by Simon Heijdens. Read in details: Lightweeds.

Book clocks

book clock design A great Books Clock disguised as three books. Would fit perfectly and discreetly on any table or shelf.

sQuba - Underwater car

underwater car


For those secret agent wannabes, perhaps you can consider the sQuba.


World's Largest Basket

Longaberger is a privately-held, direct-sales marketing company specializing in baskets and traditional home accent accessories. The most prominent of the company's attractions is the corporate headquarters, where 500 people work within a seven-story building shaped like one of the company's products.

Messenger bags

bags


(top) WACKO MARIA,RUCK
(bottom) WACKO MARIA,SOLID MESSENGER


Very vintage looking. ;)

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Coca Cola bottle designs

coca cola bottles design


Nice coca cola bottle designs spotted at Comunicadores. My pick will be the last one!

If you like this post, you might also want a look at the Oval Vodka bottles we posted earlier.

Pepsi Globe


Food and beverage giant Pepsi has announced it will create America’s largest Ferris wheel in New Jersey. The 287-foot-tall “Pepsi Globe” will be incorporated into Meadowlands Xanadu, a unique sports, leisure, shopping and family entertainment destination in East Rutherford.

Pepsi will offer unique interactive experiences during the Pepsi Globe ride, which will last approximately 25 minutes for a full revolution and offer sweeping vistas of the New York skyline and the Hudson River. Groups of up to 20 visitors each will enter 26 glass-enclosed, climate controlled capsules for the ride of a lifetime.

The 287 foot (87 meter) Pepsi Globe is still somewhat of a minnow on a global scale. The Star of Nanchang in China currently holds the title at 525ft (160m) but the Singapore flyer is set to become the world’s tallest Ferris wheel at 541ft (165m) when it opens in March this year. The London eye stands at 443ft (135m).

Colour-blind artist learns to paint by hearing

Neil Harbisson

Neil Harbisson is officially the first Cyborg in Britain. The Dartington College student is completely colour-blind. Adam Montandon, a cybernetics expert, who came to give a lecture at Neil’s college created the system and is the cofounder of HMC Interactive.

It is a head-mounted digital camera that reads the colours directly in front of it. The camera is connected to a laptop computer, carried in a backpack, which slows down the frequency of light waves to the frequency of sound waves. The computer then sends the “sound” of each colour to an earpiece worn by Harbisson. Montandon expects the system eventually to be as small as an MP3 player.

“I used to paint rather literally,” he said. “I would stand in front of something and just paint what I saw immediately before me. Now I’m doing more abstracts and being much more free and liberal with my art.” The device has made a huge difference to Harbisson’s art, which is now his profession.

via [times online]

Playboy Towel

Interesting idea! :)

10,000 bananas Wall Art

banana designed wall


Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far , an interactive exhibition by Stefan Sagmeister one of today’s most innovative and influential graphic designers.

1. Self-confidence Produces Fine Results, Banana Wall, 10,000 bananas and glue.

2. Everybody Always Thinks They Are Right (Together with Monika Aichele), Six Giant Inflatable Monkeys (Two features at Deitch Projects).

3. Trying To Look Good Limits My Life, 2008, 12 color ink-jet printed on 310G/M2 Hahnemuhle smooth fine art paper.

More of his work, Assuming is Stifling, Money Does Not Make Me Happy, etc were also part of his exhibits.

Walkstation

walk station

The Walkstation is the fully integrated combination of an electric height-adjustable worksurface with an exclusively engineered, low speed commercial grade treadmill.

And it’s the first product in the entirely new FitWork™ category of products from Details designed to bring healthy habits to sedentary workers while they are actually working.

Ultimate collector's iPod case

tin

TinBot - The Ultimate Collector's iPod Case

Automatic Broom


Talk about how technology's making us lazy!

via [makezine]

Coat hanger

coat hanger design
Minimalist coat stand - PORTABITI by VANGE

Portable Paper Shredder

Ziszor! is compact for shredding of private documents anywhere, anytime.

The Thing

the thing design
THE THING is a quarterly periodical in the form of an object. Each year, four artists, writers, musicians or filmmakers are invited by the editors (Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan) to create an everyday object that somehow incorporates text. This object will be reproduced and hand wrapped by the editors and then mailed to the homes of the subscribers with the help of the United States Postal Service.

Lego Mp3 Players


Being a lego lover, this definitely made me smile!

Monday, February 25, 2008

Entertainment for patients

medivvista

MEDIVista from Lincor Solutions is an intergrated solution for delivery of digital entertainment and communication services to the patient bedside. MEDIVista has been developed with increasing demand from healthcare providers and hospital admins worldwide for entertainment & communication solutions in enhancing patience experience, rduce staff workload and deliver operational efficiencies.

MEDIVista represents a compelling business opportunity and proposition for system integrators, outsources and equipment vendors.

Read more about MEDIVistaTM's benefits and system components

Tete-a-Tete Sofa

sofa design
I love this sofa! Tete-a-Tete Sofa by Soma Sofa Urban Contemporary Furniture. Available in many colors and fabrics, leathers and Ultrasuede. Polished cast aluminum legs.

A car without windshield wipers


Italian car designer Leonardo Fioravanti (who worked for Pininfarina for a number of years) has developed car prototype without windshield wipers.

This amazing technological feat is made possible thanks to the use of 4 layers of glass modified using nanotechnology. The first layer filters the sun and repels the water. The second layer, using 'nano-dust' is able to push dirt to the side. The third layer acts as a sensor that activates the second layer when it detects dirt, while the fourth layer is a conductor of electricity to power this complex mechanism.

Airspace Tokyo

airspace tokyo

Airspace Tokyo

If you like this, you may also fancy this: Polish Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010

Magnetic Shelf

magnetic shelf design

Magnetic Shelf. Nils Holger Moormann

Digitalized your handwritten notes

digimemo

The DigiMemo A502 is a stand-alone device with storage capability that digitally captures and stores everything you write or draw with ink on ordinary paper, without the use of computer and special paper. Then you can easily view, edit, organize and share your handwritten notes in Windows.

1. Place any ordinary paper or notepad on the digital pad. Write on the paper with the digital inking pen. The digital pad digitally records anything you write in its built-in storage device or an optional CF card in real time. One page you write is stored as one digital page.

2. Connect to the PC.

3. Organize Your Notes with DigiMemo Manager software.

Adobe's Super Camera with 19 lenses

Comprised of 19 smaller lenses, it shoots the object from multiple angles simultaneously, enabling you to change the image's depth of field using Adobe software.

via [TechEBlog / Core77]

Premier adventure centre

surf pool


The vision for Silvertown Quays is to create a fully integrated vibrant mixed use quarter for this rapidly expanding area of East London. It will be a place where water and land meet resulting in an exciting variety of environments for discovery, recreation and reflection, as well as for working, shopping and living.

Two large waves 1.8m high or three smaller waves 0.9 to 1.2m high will be created each minute in the surf pool. The waves 25 metres wide at the start can break from the left, right or centre before running down the pool.

A variety of bars and restaurants will surround the surf pool including a fantastic beach bar accessed from the boardwalk with steps down on to the beach. The beach bar will be everything a Hawaiian bar should be, offering the typical surf lifestyle, tropical music and serving the best cocktails in town!

Venture Xtreme - A destination venue like no other on the planet

Bape X Nintendo DS Lite

Some of the Bape Milo characters will be appearing on the portable gaming console. There will be two versions of Bape X Nintendo DS lite- a white one and a gold one.

It will be released in Japan on 1st April.