Yanko DesignSearch results for '"Sungwoo Park"' (page 1 of 2) http://www.yankodesign.com Modern Industrial Design News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:44:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Feel The Music http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/17/feel-the-music/ http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/17/feel-the-music/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:46:08 +0000 Long Tran http://www.yankodesign.com/?p=17931 A common misconception about the hearing impaired is their inability to experience the joy of music. They may not hear and process sound audibly but they certainly can feel it. In fact, studies have shown the sense of touch is heightened allowing them to perceive music in a totally different way. SOUNZZZ is a visual, audio, tactile MP3 player designed for the hearing impaired but universal enough for all to enjoy.

Sound is translated into a series of vibrations. One hugs the device to feel the music and it even plays an equalized light show along with the sound. A very unique device I would love to see on store shelves.

Designer: Sungwoo Park

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10) Siafu PC by Jonathan Lucas

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Lucas’s design gives the blind a fair chance to explore the world of computers in a limitless way. A conceptual material called magneclay or magnetized liquid possessing limitless morphing capabilities forms the base of this design.

9) B-Touch mobile phone Zhenwei You

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B-Touch is an iPhone kinda phone with a Braille interface, voice systems and programs to function as regular phone, navi-system, book reader and object recognizer.

8 ) Bright-F by Lifeng Yu

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The Bright-F detects the brightness, saturation, and hue of colored fabrics, thereby allowing a blind person to literally pick his choice of color. It relays the color information via a voice feedback.

7) Braille Label Maker by Soonkyu Jang, Jieun Seo & Seung-un Kim

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The Braille Label Maker spins out Braille labels so that one can stick it to the relevant items in a grocery store. A very practical solution to an everyday problem. It can be used for labeling many other items as well.

6) The Visual Assistance Card by Kyle Lechtenberg

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A brilliant concept that helps keep confidential information confidential! Like when you use a debit card, you need to punch in some secret numbers, but for the blind folks this could be a problem. The Visual Assistance Card lays on top of the debit/credit card reader and through the use of Braille imprinted on the card, the user is able to keep their personal information private thus increasing their independence while shopping in any store.

5) Braille Interpreter by Hyung Jin Lim

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It’s always assumed that if a person is blind, he will know how to read Braille. The truth of the matter is, there could be some sight-impaired persons who don’t know Braille. This Braille Interpreter is for such folks.

4) Braille E-Book by Seon-Keun Park, Byung-Min Woo, Sun-Hye Woo & Jin-Sun Park

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EAP is a technology that can dynamically change the surface pattern by way of an electromagnetic signal – simulating Braille text. Thus developing a Braille E-Book doesn’t seem a tall order. Not only will it be easy to carry, but also cut down on the thick Braille Books.

3) Voice Stick by Sungwoo Park

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Voice Stick is an advance optical character recognition scanner designed to scan books and read to you in a pleasant voice. It converts texts in books, newspapers, contracts, mail, business cards, etc., into voice information.

2) Swatch Sens by Arnaud Lapierre

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Swatch Sens is a ceramic ring clock with the 12 hour point marked with Braille. It has two rings, one for the time and the other to set an alarm. The design is simple and easy to understand, and can be really useful.

1) Rubik Cube For Blind by Zhiliang Chen

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This specialized Rubik Cube has six different basic materials: Metal, wood, textile, rubber, plastic and stone. Different textures make it easy for the Blind to comprehend and play a joyful game!

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10) The Canon Snap by David Münscher

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A single button interface and small enough to fit like a ring, this camera is for those whimsical sorts who upload every moment of their lives on social sites. Almost like a finger’s point of view!

9) Flying Stick Camera by Tsunho Wang

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Using kinetic energy to power it, the Flying Stick is like those fascinating straw helicopters we used to get at the beach. Rub it between your palms and whoosh it away! I’m sure it will capture your bald plate perfectly!

8 ) Triops Digital Camera by Franziska Faoro

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Don’t want a chopper camera, no worries play catch with it. Three protected fisheye lenses capture the moments of joy in a panoramic way, every time you throw these beauties.

7) Samsung SS700 by Jin Woo Han

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Wow, imagine a camera that doubles up as a display. Imagine the amount of money you will save on those digital photo frames! Wow!

6) Touch Sight by Chueh Lee, Liqing Zou, Ning Xu, Saiyou Ma, Dan Hu, Fengshun Jiang & Zhenhui Sun

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A digital camera for the visually impaired sounds like an oxymoron to me! Jokes aside, the Touch Sight has a lightweight, flexible Braille display sheet which displays a 3D image by embossing the surface. Neat, very neat!

5) Fun Camera by Jian Guan

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Adding the fun element to the art of photography, this camera will give us a fisheye distortion view of the pics that we take. You can even click funny pic of yourself thanks to its magnifying glass iteration.

4) Skyros by Siddharth Kambe & Dipti Hanako Kambe

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From the heavens above…or more closer, say 120 feet and then all the way back to its base; Skyros captures images at regular intervals and brings them back for you. Almost like hooking a cam to a boomerang, only this one flies up further and is safer.

3) eXtreme Compact Digicam by Camillo Vanacore

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An all-weather, all-terrain coolpix camera, answer to my prayers?

2) Panoramic Digital Camera by Hye-Jeong Yang

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Ok, so we recounted cameras that fly, soar and even one which we can throw. So let’s do a different motion, how about one that spins and captures all that it sees on the trip?

1) USB Digital Camera by Sungwoo Park

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This no-fuss-pot is my kinda camera, click it…load it and view it. Simple as that!

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10) Crevasse Prep Sink by Anne Kitzmiller

A classy kitchen sink with an integrated garbage disposal is like HEAVEN! Sophisticated and uber-chic, this sink-disposal system was designed with the collaborative efforts of Kohler. The sink uses Active Touch technology to function; the rinse cycle is indicated by a constant blue glow and the synchronized garbage disposal cycle is indicated by a flashing blue glow.

9) Table of Trash by Marie-Louise Gustafsson

How about sweeping the trash off the table and straight into the bin?

8 ) BIN Concept by Faris Elmasu

An 18 liter trash can that incorporates a motorized sweeper into its system, convenient! The sweeper tucks into the front of the trash can when not in use, thereby charging as well. Looks neat functions well, what more can you expect out of a garbage bin!

7) Trash Bin by Denis Oh

Forget the hazards of a tapering mouth for a bin, these Bongsudae (Korean smoke alarm towers) inspired beauties deserve a place on the pedestal and not some dusty corner of a room.

6) Flexibin by Li Jianye

Not much on the design aspect but the Flexibin scores high on application. Invert a discarded grocery bag around it and the bin is ready to be used!

5) Minus by Cem Tutuncuoglu

I still have to figure out why I would need to freeze my garbage, but for Cem’s sake I’m willing to try.

4) Armstrong Bin by Sukwon Park & Sungwoo Park

Let’s kill the garbage even if its dead! Stomp it, and stomp it good.

3) Barcode Trashcan by Woo Seok Park

This one is a really amazing concept that allows you to be eco-conscious to the T. In case you don’t know which recycle bin your waste item goes to, just swipe its barcode across the scanner and the correct bin opens up. Cool cool style!

2) GreenHouse Effect by Orcadesign

From the collection of 10 items in it’s the list, the integrated dustbin concept is by far the best. A trapdoor design conceals the bin till you don’t require it. Moreover the clever idea of using discarded plastic bags to hold the trash is super!

1) Condom Ashtray by Jiang Qian

Clever, cheeky, whatever, this is the temptress of them all…..need I say more?

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Check out this thing here. It’s a thermal binder. You know what that’s all about? It basically makes quick “perfect bind” books with a slip of paper with glue on it to hold a stack of paper together. With this particular machine you’ve got the green, got the green.

Designer: Sungwoo Park

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Kidding! The title is actually very clever with the concept. It’s Armstrong like Neil Armstrong, aka the first man to stomp on the moon. The Armstrong dust bin aims to be the first cleverly named step in reducing the space taken by the garbage we just do not stop making!

Stomp it. Stomp it and KILL it.

Designers: Hyunsoo Kim, Young min Yoon, Seunghee Son, Sukwon Park & Sungwoo Park

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The parts used to make this contraption are intuitive: metal plates, plastic to hold the batteries in place, margarine container for the base, but here’s the important part; the circuit ingredients:

Parts you will need:
1 meter of white and 1 meter of black wirewrap wire 30 or 28 gauge
1 x Ferrite bead digikey part number 240-2145-ND
40 x High power LED
1x 1K resistor
1x 2N3904 or 2N2222 NPN transistor

These are put together to make what’s called a Joule Thief. This is a fun and amazing little amalgamation that makes use of left-over juice in batteries that you’d otherwise throw away because they’ve got little-to-seemingly-no power left. They almost always have a bit of juice that you can access using the right formula. Hood a thief up to an LED light, and WHAMO! You’ve got a nice little environment helper.

Check below and at at Demers’ Instructables entry for further details and instructions. Watch the movie for words from Demers himself.

The most important part of this story is, of course, that he was inspired by a Yanko entry. Yanko! Yes, Yanko, bringing the conceptual industrial design world together, one post at a time.

Thank you very much Jerom Demers! Well played!

Designer: Jerome Demers

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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

50) “DesCom” by Sung-kyu Nam. Permalink Hits: 26524. Comments: 52

49) iStick by Alexei Mikhailov. Permalink Hits: 27034. Comments: 63

48) Collapsible Surfboard by Nicholas Notara. Permalink Hits: 28269. Comments: 84

47) “Ceramix For Mix” by Florian Dussopt. Permalink Hits: 28380. Comments: 32

46) Metamophing Computer Interface by Jonathan Lucas. Permalink Hits: 28584. Comments: 40

45) E-Paper Slap Bracelets by Chocolate Agency. Permalink Hits: 29458. Comments: 46

44) The Shooter Fire Extinguisher by Junyi Heo. Pemalink Hits: 29489. Comments: 44

43 ) Forest Fire “Clear Cut” Robot by Daniel Shankland II. Permalink Hits: 29509. Comments: 38

42) Pocket Light by Hyun Jin Yoon. Permalink Hits: 29564. Comments: 75

41) SMS & Email Pen by Reuben Png. Permalink Hits: 30277. Comments: 71

40) Making Your Own Clock by Bomi Kim. Permalink Hits: 30794. Comments: 72

39) The Edge Phone by Chris Owens. Permalink Hits: 31255. Comments: 72

38) BMW Gina. Permalink Hits: 31657. Comments: 67

37) Febot Recharges Batteries by Ji-yun Kim. Permalink Hits: 31805. Comments: 67

36) High Tech Napkins by Avery Holleman. Permalink Hits: 31918. Comments: 52

35) The Ripple Faucet by Smith Newnam. Permalink Hits: 33107. Comments: 59

34) “F1/Carbon GMT” Watch by John Pszeniczny. Permalink Hits: 34266. Comments: 37

33) Nokia Liquid Phone by Rune Larsen. Permalink Hits: 34881. Comments: 39

32) Follicle Reference Hats by Nagi Noda . Permalink Hits: 35251. Comments: 23

31) The Future of Books by Kyle Bean. Permalink Hits: 35621. Comments: 41

30) TeaCube Makes Steeping Easy by Jieun Yang. Permalink Hits: 36400. Comments: 49

29) Speed Bumps That Flatten for Slow Speeds by Jae-Yun Kim. Pemalink Hits: 36981. Comments: 62

28) The Yuno PC by Jason Farsai. Permalink Hits: 37217. Comments: 94

27) The Most ATTRACTIVE Curtains Ever Made by Florian Krautli. Permalink Hits: 37282. Comments: 32

26) Mooon+ Phone by Sunman Kwon. Permalink Hits: 37933. Comments: 78

25) PSP 2 Tai Chiem. Permalink Hits: 38124. Comments: 73

24) iBangle by Gopinath Prasana. Permalink Hits: 39144. Comments: 94

23) Window To The World by Mac Funamizu. Permalink Hits: 39436. Comments: 82

22) Zenvo ST1. Permalink Hits: 40155. Comments: 24

21) Urban Security Suit by Tim Smit. Permalink Hits: 40173. Comments: 64

20) Blow-up Mouse by Bongkun Shin. Permalink Hits: 43596. Comments: 121

19) Laptop/Desktop Hybrid by Won-Seok Lee. Permalink Hits: 43811. Comments: 93

18) MacGyver Tries iPod Speakers by Dmitry Zagga. Permalink Hits: 46196. Comments: 56

17) P-Per Mobile Phone by Chocolate Agency. Permalink Hits: 47605. Comments: 46

16) Saverclip by Tsunho Wang. Permalink Hits: 47971. Comments: 78

15) No-key Keyboard by Kong Fanwen. Permalink Hits: 52217. Comments: 139

14) Flying Stick Camera by Tsunho Wang. Pemalink Hits: 53300. Comments: 80

13) Grass Balls by Yuli Sung. Permalink Hits: 57277. Comments: 51

12) RGB Glasses by Luís Porém. Permalink Hits: 58508. Comments: 46

11) Pea Speaker System by Lu Le. Permalink Hits: 66600. Comments: 64

10) Plants Tell You What They Want by Junyi Heo. Permalink Hits: 67025. Comments: 131

9) Puffy Bookmark by Jung-Hyun Lee. Permalink Hits: 71945. Comments: 53

8 ) Curved iMac by Nuno Teixeira. Permalink Hits: 81496. Comments: 113

7) Bedroom in a Box by Marcel Krings. Permalink Hits: 99566. Comments: 48

6) USB Digital Camera by Sungwoo Park. Permalink Hits: 103933. Comments: 122

5) Beauty & the Geek Jeans by Erik De Nijs. Permalink Hits: 117595. Comments: 163

4) Compose Music All High Tech by Ouyang Xi. Permalink Hits: 119951. Comments: 51

3) Virtual Wall by Hanyoung Lee. Permalink Hits: 120799. Comments: 164

2) The Dry Side by Sungwoo Park. Permalink Hits: 123821. Comments: 85

1) Nike Hindsight Gives You Unparalleled Vision by Billy May. Permalink Hits: 219023. Comments: 82

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10) Cardboard Comfort by SNURK Studio Permalink Hits: 11663

9) Enegy Seed by Sungwoo Park & Sunhee Kim. Permalink Hits: 16313

8 ) iBangle by Gopinath Prasana. Permalink Hits: 21873

7) Pocket Light by Hyun Jin Yoon & Eun Hak Lee. Hits: 22337

6) Sound Garden by JVC. Permalink Hits: 23145

5) Top 10 of Green Design. Permalink Hits: 23539

4) Nokia Liquid Phone by Runa Larsen. Permalink Hits: 26666

3) PSP 2 by Tai Chiem. Permalink Hits: 29960

2) Nike Hindsight by Billy May. Permalink Hits: 32967

1) RGB Glasses by Luís Porém. Permalink Hits: 43395

Do you have or know of a design that’s stunning enough to be featured on Yanko Design? Send it in to publication@yankodesign.com and see if yours makes it to the BEST!

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The idea is to encourage people to throw their batteries away into the Energy Seed. There’s a slot for nearly every size battery. The unit combines any left over juice from all the batteries to power a super efficient LED ring.

Of course once the bins are full, we’re left with the same original problem. Somebody has to collect all those spent batteries and recycle them. 

Designer: Sungwoo Park & Sunhee Kim

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