A satisfyingly substantial yet graceful curve of heavy lead crystal, Clarissa Bernings lens bowl is the essence of simple, functional beauty. Like the shifting patterns of milk in water, the fixed form of the crystal seems to dissolve upon examination. The character of the material and the techniques employed ensure that each of Bernings pieces is a unique variant of the prototype.
Designer: Claryssa Berning
Kosher salt– an additive-free salt with a flaky texture and a clean flavor– is typically kept in a large open vessel next to the cooktop, known as a salt cellar. A cook dips their fingers into the salt cellar and pinches a portion for use. This direct interaction with the salt is the impetus for the design of Pinch.
Designer: Craighton Berman
The Mele Cultivate System uses hydroponics to provide the freshest fruit and vegetables daily. Once a Mele pod is bought and plugged into the system the plant inside can be left to grow. When the plant is ready for harvest, compost the used complastic pod and replace with another of your choice.
Designer: Eoin McNally & Ian Walton
Redesign of a digital camera with respect to ergonomics and interface. This design fits vertical in your hand (like a cellphone) and features an LCD projector that can present taken pictures or connect to other media devices to display photos or video.
Designer: Matthew Swinton
At the Maison et Objet furniture fair this year in Paris there was a show entitled Eco Design. Sixteen designers submitted pieces of furniture that ‘respected the environment’ providing beyond doubt that design can have an impact on us, without impacting on the world around us.
Designer: Philippe Riehling
Today the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) in the presence of the International Olympic Committee, unveiled the Lenovo-designed Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch and announced Lenovo’s role as a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Torch Relay.
Designer: Lenovo [ Via: Electro Plankton ]
By taking advantage of the chacacteristics of the felt, I have designed these simple products. You can combine each piece of the felt and make your own designs. It is so versatile that you can use them for partitions, coasters, and other decorative purposes.
Designer: Takehiro Ando
Whenever the weather change the landscape transforms, the light becomes different and the whole atmosphere changes. All materials seem to alter. In my project I explore the possibilities for hidden design appearing as the environment changes. I applied techniques to enduring and solid materials as glass and concrete, so that natural processes like differences in temperature causing condense reveal patterns on windows.
Designer: Frederik Molenschot & Susanne Happle [ Via: Not Cot ]
Portsmouth Football club and Sellar Properties have today unveiled ambitious plans for a 600m development in Portsmouth.
Designed by Olympic stadium architects Herzog & de Meuron, a new football stadium will seat 36,000 people. The Waterfront Quarter scheme will also include more than 1m sq ft of residential on a 13-acre reclaimed land site adjacent to the city’s dockyards, as well as a 1.5 acre public space.
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Walden. Or, Life in the woods’ is the name of a story from the American writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, written in the mid 19th century, which describes his life and his relationship with nature. The concept of simple life influenced the garden-project from Nils Holger Moormann, which invites one to live outdoors.
Designer: Nils Holger Moormann
We have entered the 21st century entering a dawn of being constantly connected and always on. We are now more efficient within our work and leisure but not within our use of power and energy. The EnergyTree will change the perception and view of how power is being used, implementing a complete system looking at device consumption, home consumption and long term sustainability.
Designer: Ben Arent
This project aims to design a better and more natural way of being woken than the alarm clock, which is a very violent and intrusive method that disrupts sleep patterns and can induce a ‘fight or flight’ reaction. The ‘glo pillow’ uses an integrated fabric interface for setting the alarm. The time is displayed on the surface of the pillow using an LED grid inside the pillow.
Designer: Eoin McNally & Ian Walton
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Topoware is a tableware collection that questions the landscape of dining. Taking inspiration from the recent popularity of geography as a media of communication (with Google maps ) and more specifically with topographic maps, which define heights of a landscape two dimensionally, Topoware in turn, “outlines” the dining experience.
Designer: Alexandra Deschamps & Karola Torkos
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