12.22.10
Chris Burns

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Furniture
Living

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Poetry in Surface

Poetry in Surface

Love for a design for such a specific purpose, that’s what I’ve got here. Designer Bradley L. Bowers found himself intrigued by the idea of a desk/surface as an artifact that engages and enlivens its environment. Should all desks and tables and such seek to activate the space they sit in? That’s a big question. What Bowers decided to do here is create a desk that’d alter the space it’s in: perception, interaction, and interpretation. This is a desk for writing haiku.

0 Designer: Bradley L. Bowers

12.21.10
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Cameras
Outdoor
Product Design
Technology

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Want to Share a Pinhole Picture?

Want to Share a Pinhole Picture?

Flutter In Pinhole is a zero-fuss cardboard pinhole camera. It works like a Polaroid camera e.g. instant pictures. The idea behind the project is radically different from its kitsch appeal. It’s aimed at the traveler who’d like to stay in touch via postcards. The photographs are captured into a pre-drawn frame, which you can then add a message to and post.

0 Designers: Yoo Geun-hyuk & Yoon Bo-jung

12.21.10
Radhika Seth

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Product Design

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Measuring Accurately Even in Darkness

Measuring Accurately Even in Darkness

Now this is clever. The Reading Ruler is a tape measurer with a digital display and reads out the units of measurement. It even works in the dark. For the life of me I can’t imagine why we would need to measure anything in the dark unless it’s in the dungeons of Malfoy Mansion, but then we would just summon Doby for help no?

0 Designers: Ho Sung-woon & Woo Moo-bum

12.21.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Garden
Product Design

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Reforest the Planet

Reforest the Planet

The WaterDisxx makes it possible to plant seeds almost anywhere. It provides the seed with everything it needs to grow, and makes reforrestation of desert areas possible in a economical way. It’s designed to be easy to manufacture, transport and installed. The advertising on the product is a good way to fund it and makes it possible for companies to show environmental effort. It’s based on the work of groasis, the international initiative to re-green the planet.

0 Designer: Roel Verhagen Kaptein

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12.21.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Lifestyle
Outdoor
Product Design

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Starry Playground

Starry Playground

This unique piece aptly called the Playground is designed for star gazers – children who have an affinity with the sky. The geodesic domes and the whole facade are covered in star shaped cutouts. Day or night, the cutouts illuminate from the sun and moon to create a glowing, surreal atmosphere. Nice idea. Hey, I’m a big kid and I’d love to play in it.

0 Designer: Sungkuk Park

12.21.10
Chris Burns

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Living

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Heatmats for Sidewalks

Heatmats for Sidewalks

Let me tell you before I even begin to describe this design that it’s brilliant. There are such things as heated roads (ones that stay warm enough that a certain amount of snow will never even survive its fall), and there are such things as shovels and snowblowers for sidewalks. Why not heaters for sidewalks instead? Do it! Fantastic!

0 Designers: HeatTrak

12.21.10
Chris Burns

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Living

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Traditional Korean Switches

Traditional Korean Switches

Whenever a bit of tiny design draws inspiration from gigantic architecture, it almost never goes wrong – and almost certainly goes so very right. This is an example that’s completely lovely. A light switch that draws inspiration from traditional Korean architecture (and clothing!) These switches (for electricity) are capable of not only switching the lights on and off, they can deliver detailed info about the energy usage of the room they’re installed in via free web or smartphone applications.

0 Designers: Frostdale Co., Ltd.

12.21.10
Chris Burns

Categories:
Automotive
Motorcycle

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Electric Motorbikes as Tires

Electric Motorbikes as Tires

Behold an electric motor vehicle who indeed does fit the mold of “more than meets the eye.” This is no robot though, it’s a compact urban city car, but what’s more is that its rear wheels transform into bikes. Each of these bikes have only a single tire, functioning on the same system as the Segway! The car with the bikes still integrated has a light weight structure, 2 parallel side panels and a bunch of cross panels making the car like a feather yet totally tough.

0 Designer: Bobin Kil

12.20.10
Radhika Seth

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YD Store

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YD Store Gift Certificates Gives The Power Of Choice

YD Store Gift Certificates Gives The Power Of Choice

Christmas Shopping is never really done until the n’th minute and this is where the YD Store Gift Certificate comes to your aid. It ships in 5 minutes flat, and is received within the same amount of timeframe. It gives the receiver the power to choose from a range of designer goods that are unique and special. Tis’ the season of joy!

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12.20.10
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Automotive
Green
Product Design

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The Cycle Generation

The Cycle Generation

The Encycle concept isn’t the first bicycle dynamo we’ve seen but it’s the only one we know of that connects to a smartphone. Every rotation gets accounted for and an inbuilt tilt sensor detects the road’s slope and sets the resistance level of the generator accordingly, maximizing efficiency. Needless to say the juice is used for topping up your smartphone & devices. A supporting Encycle app will help chart your course and function as a speedometer etc. What fun!

0 Designer: HyunHee Yoon

12.20.10
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Cellphones
Product Design
Technology

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Phone Loves to Tan

Phone Loves to Tan

The first thing you notice about the Double phone are the solar cells across its facade. The second thing you notice is the 360º hinge.  Pretty cool looking concept with the added benefit of never running out of power as long as the sun is up. Spec wise, the 3.2 inch LCD screen, touch interface and transparent panel for notifications is more than enough to keep up with the big boys in the market.

0 Designer: ZTE Corporation

12.20.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Furniture
Product Design

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My What Lovely Curves You Have

My What Lovely Curves You Have

I f*#&k*ng love this chair! The combination of ash and beech is artfully molded and sanded together to form an incredibly modern and organic piece. Are you kidding me? Look at it. Stare at it. If you don’t think this is gorgeous, something is seriously wrong with you. It’s so distinct. The whole look could be extrapolated into tables, shelves, maybe even a credenza. DO WANT!

0 Designer: Ji-youn Kim

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12.20.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Outdoor
Product Design

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IIDA Entry Makes Fresh Water

IIDA Entry Makes Fresh Water

C-Water is one of those concepts that’s too good of an idea not to share. An entry in the Incheon International Design Awards, C-Water boasts water purification possibilities using a simple distillation technique. The power source? The sun. The slim, yet stackable object can float on any calm water surface. Fresh water gets collected in a separate reservoir and the whole thing is compact enough to go portable. Looks like Designboom is spreading the word too.

0 Designer: Chao Gao

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