Yanko Design Goes Retro Future
After World War II General Motors let their designers pretty much go hog wild with automotive concepts. They featured these futuristic designs in a series…
July, 2008
Save the Studs
No we are not talking about saving horny horses or Richard Gere circa 1980. “Cleatskins” are basically Crocs with a friggin’ purpose other than to…
Wheel of Fortune Telling
Straight off the desk of George W. Bush comes the “decision maker”. Great for deciding foreign policy blunders, words other than “recession” to use while…
The Nature of Caravaning
I hate caravans. In all seriousness, the only good caravan is one that’s on fire. I hate driving behind them, I hate seeing pictures of…
Smells Like Teen Spirit
What better way to realize if a song stinks than sniffing out the proof with this MP3/aroma therapy entertainment pod that not only plays sweet…
A Fem-bot that Reads Ancient Novels “…smashing baby!”
Whether its Princess Amidala-bot or a Murasaki-bot, depending on what you are into, this is one of the coolest useless robot functions ever. Like me,…
Mirror Polished Sorapot, Because We Like Reflections
You may have seen the Sorapot mentioned in other publications some time ago. Its architectural shape and simple functionality brings tea’s quiet beauty into sharp…
Herb & Spice With Dish Drying Too
Water is resource that needs to be conserved and recycled. Thus far, dish drying racks have been wasteful devices since perfectly good water drains into…
Flooring Follows The Flow
Dimension is a proposal for a flooring system whose graphic pattern is generated from the surrounding space and how people move through it. Using the…
Junkyard Jewelry
Have you ever been to a junkyard? Looked out at the massive amounts of smashed up, metal frames of what used to be automobiles? When…
Jerk It To Get The Juice
The Shake MP3 player by Kenneth Tay makes use of kinetic energy to keep the batteries charges, similar to modern timepieces. With the hold button…
The Perfect Cereal Bowl. Maybe.
No one likes mushy cornflakes for breakfast. With this bowl, simply allow your milk to soak your cereal for the requisite time and then pull…
A Modern Chopstick for the Less Coordinated
I love Sushi! I love Oriental food! So what if people laugh at me while I pretend to know how to use my chopsticks while…
That Ain’t no Lazy Susan
FAK3, which is pronounced “FAKE”, a well known design firm in Asia, are well known for their edgier and fresh designs. In a recent home…
Don’t Panic! But always have a towel
Those of you familiar with Douglas Adams will always heed his immortal warning. I suppose designer Ran Shnaper (not a Hitchiker’s character) understood these words…
A round of paper cuts on the house…
It’s Monday and what better time to argue about “what is design and what isn’t” than today? Let me give you all some good ammunition…