Anytime I can get one of the best lyrics from the B52’s into a blog post, I’m there. I’m not just pulling this out of thin air tho. This multimedia device is called the Lobster and if you squint really hard, the segmented pieces sorta look like a lobster’s tail.
Designer: Danilo Mangini
EU VEGN DAVO PIGNA is Rhaeto-Romanic and can be translated literally as “I am going behind the stove.” This expression is used when parting and means, “I am going home now.” The stove is an analogy for warmth and coziness. That’s the idea behind this bench/chaise lounge.
Designer: Annina Gaehwiler & Tina Stiger
No it’s not some diabolical machine aimed at enslaving the human race. It’s a chair, and a very comfy, cushy one too. The Trapped Chair keeps you locked down until it decides when to let you go. Until then, you’ll just have to given in and relax. Remember kids, resistance is futile. Just think of it as a really creepy hug from that kid everyone at school laughs at, but he means no harm.
Designer: Bas Kools
BIO was first introduced in 2005 as a futuristic vision by the Swedish design studio Form Us With Love. The intention is to create unique products with focus on sustainability and environment in manufacturing, packaging, transportation, storing and assembly. We have been informed that it is now AVALIABLE!
Designer: Form Us With Love
This is for all those people that never give you the exact time when you ask them. Face it, most of us do it. When we look at an analog clock, we don’t think 6:22, we think 6:20. Rounding off seems to be the fastest way to read time sans a digital watch.
The whole idea of notebook docks was interesting 10+ years ago when we had to be frugal with our I/O ports and live with subpar LCD screens. Now that notebooks have pretty much caught up with desktops, do we really need another docking solution? According to designer Yong-Seong Kim, we do.
So you get a couple of interlocking pieces that stiffen at the pull of a wire cable. By manipulating the tension, you can make all kinds of crazy shapes strong enough to act as shelving, seating, or flooring. It’s a little blah looking but crafty people might enjoy decorating each slat, maybe to form a mural or to create random flowing patterns depending on the final form.
Designer: Reed Crawford
The Flux e-desk is a personal desk/chair unit designed primarily for use with a laptop computer. It incorporates power cable management through the flush faced storage bay which is revealed by applying light pressure with the palm of the hand.
Designer: Shane Crozier
Newborns and infants spend almost all their time in the arms of their loving parents. The Daddy & Baby clothing set generates thermochromic patterns when body heat is applied. The special pigment was designed by Matsui Shikiso Chemical of Japan and is a great way to show one love to your baby, or just to relieve those days of Hypercolor t-shirts, YEA!
A cellphone with a touchpad used to write. The idea is to create a phone without all the bells and whistles for people who just want a basic phone to make calls and send text messages. Using hand writing recognition software, the touchpad translate your finger strokes into letters.
Other than being a concept already a reality with PDA phones, this concept seems about 5+ years behind.
Floating shelves are all the rage now but lets take them a step further by making them adjustable. The Rolling Shelf has one end made from individual pieces of wood held together by fabric. This new flexible hinge allows you to really create some unique shelving options that are aesthetically interesting.
Designer: Catherine Greene
The tetron shelf is a modular storage unit that can be shipped flat and easily assembled without tools. As a versatile solution to media management tetron can accommodate dvds, cds and other small items. When mounted to a wall the unit can function alone or in a number of graphic configurations. The shelf may also be used independently of a wall while still retaining its practicality.
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We here at Yanko have seen tons of concepts that attempt to bridge the idea of sharing not only content, but screen real estate with other similar devices. Unfortunately most of those concepts fall flat because they don’t seem to understand the need for a minimalistic approach in order for it to work. The Brix is one of the few that does it right.
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