I have this awesome yet odd fascination with whales. There’s a majesty about them you can’t quite touch so I live vicariously thru cetacean inspired design. The Whale Humidifier doesn’t do anything extraordinary but it’s in the shape of a whale for godsakes! That’s an automatic win in my book. The touch sensitive tail activates the device and as expected, steam comes out of the blowhole. A hoi hoi!
Designer: Arthur Xin
To celebrate the 2010 Winter Games, Ligne Roset and Livingspace collabed (not a real word but using it anyways) on the “Ottoman”. Well that’s a straight forward name. If you look real close, the two-toned 100% wool piece has contrast stitching highlighting the familiar maple leaf. Yay Canada!
Designer: Ligne Roset and Livingspace
The refined Pencil Printer part II comes with detailed explanations and a better understand of saving the environment from paper trash and permanency of Ink! In here we see how the lead shavings feed the cartridge toner and prints effortlessly on paper. Mistakes are easily erased, and once the crappy memo is done with…you can erase all the gibberish and re-use the paper. A true test of erasing skills!
Designers: Hoyoung Lee, Seunghwa Jeong & Jin-young Yoon
Most often designers produce encores, totally diminishing the meaning of exclusive and limited editions. This Table Will Self Destruct is a series of tables that are so unique and will not go into second productions. The top of the table is structured as a grid of concrete pixels, so with each new piece one pixel is removed from the design, thus following the rules of self-destruction! Mass production and handmade craftsmanship are both addressed with this design…it will be in production until the shape is no longer practical.
Designers: Donna Piacenza & Jody Work [ Buy it Here ]
The unique part of the PLAY MP3 Player is the way it works. It functions by either folding or sliding. To play the music, fold the player into half to form the icon ” ▶”. To rewind the music, slide one of pieces to make icon ” ▶▶”. To stop the music, unfold the play triangle to a square or ” ■ “. PLAY MP3 Player most definitely adds a new dimension in MP3 designs! What do you think?
Designers: Jun Pyo Kim, Keun Sol Kim, Sung Mi Kang & Joo Hee Park
The Green Cuisine takes inspiration from the Japanese Teppanyaki steakhouse style of cooking and serving. Hosts and guest get comfy in the cooking area where preparation and consumption form the part of the eco-routine. Food is cooked in appliances like the Healthy Steamer, Smart Kettle & Cups, and Cooking Modules, that work together on an interactive Kitchen Table. The integrated performance indicator monitors and displays energy consumption, giving you a fair idea of how Green you have been!
Designer: Philips Design
Ah! Only if Harry Potter could use this for Quidditch, but a rounded broom won’t help him fly higher or faster. It will merely help him catch all the cobwebs and dust from his quarters in the Gryffindor dorm. Now that the House Elves like Dobby have Hermione’s support… it’s the Eiffel Broom, as the next gift for Harry and Ron!
Designers: Min Seok Song & Jung Gi Seo
Let me explain first the title: a single-engine Cessna is a type of small airplane, while this project is called “VESNA”, and is an auto that stays flat on the ground. But it’s fantastic! The Vesna is a single-seat electric car. The body of this car is made entirely of a single piece of natural resin with built-in wiring.
How wild is that?
Designer: Kristina Magnitskaya
I don’t know anyone who intentionally LOVES doing the laundry in their life, be it for their self or for their loved ones, and goodness forbid they enjoy doing it for an employer of theirs. But there it is. Laundry. And it has to be done! The designer of the subject matter contained in this post: the “Laundring” laundry machine, has some information of rather more important than just -having to do it- concern, and thus says that’ll be taken care of by this lovely concoction!
Designer: Shang-Che Wu
What a zippy world it would be if we had designs like the Multi-Tab Power Strip fitted in our homes. This crazy thang takes aid of pictogram and energy efficient LED lights to help you keep a track of your hooked up gadgets. Unwanted tabs and sockets easily detach with a tug-up on the tab! Users can configure the power strip with as many or as few outlets required. And that’s about it…get adding and detaching, now will ya!
Designer: Soon Mo Kang
Men are greedy and want only the best, so Designer Josh gives into their whims, by designing a classy Digital Analog Watch. The watchface hosts a modern digital display but still functions like a traditional analog watch. Details like date, day of the week, AM/PM are focused to the center. The AM/PM option switches to the seconds counter and a magnetic wrist band secures the watch around the wrist. Josh is all smiles coz his design has been picked by Cadence Watch Company and will go into production soon. Bravo!
Designer: Josh Chadwick
Hello outlines! This is the hanger you’ve got to have. It’s fanciful! It’s just a riot. It plays on the chaos of clothing hanging on a chair. For really. The form this design takes is that of a clothing hanger or a human shoulder. It’s called the “Siluet.” They’re for organizing or throwing clothing about (on top.) Store your clothings up on this.
Designer: Stephanie Estoppey
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Lemme do a quiz on you, bikers. How well do you love gravity? Not? I really hate it man, it’s terrible. So here’s the thing: you’re in luck. There’s a bike right here that defies it. Like a standard rebel. It’s called “Flying Bike” and it’s quite the magnetic levitator. By using the impetus of the bicycle, power is generated and magnetism brings the back of the bike up, up, up, until the gear is literally in the center of the back wheel, unconnected by anything other than the powers of the magnet.
Designers: Hoyoung Lee, Youngwoo Park, and Jungmin Park
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