10) Kitchen Drawer by Nojae Park

Compact and all-inclusive with a fridge; I can see this kind of kitchens being sold in the future, touted as height of modularity! There are four main parts to this set: a stainless plate for warming up food, an electric stove for cooking, a dish drawer for storage, and a mini-fridge.

9) Aion by Antoin Lebrun

You have to hand it out to designers for trying to incorporate the “Green” element into their designs. For instance, this kitchen features specialized plants that were developed by the aerospace industry for their filtering and cleaning properties. If it has to be Green, then it may as well be the Aion.

8 ) Transportable Kitchenette by Aurelien Banerjee & Olivier Picard

This kitchenette was designer for outdoor usage by charitable organizations who do a lot of field works and require nourishing their charges. A simple electric socket is all this needs to get it going.

7) Mood Kitchen by Scavolini

Who doesn’t like a chic sophisticated kitchen, with oodles of space and charm!

6) Lift Modular Kitchen by Michel Cornu

Lift is a kitchen concept that has truly captured the essence of the word modular. It’s tough to explain this in words, which is why I am showing you all the images for it here. It’s a kitchen with several modules mounted on the wall, and can slide up and down, as per usage.

5) L’Evoluzione by Giancarlo Vegni for Effeti

Another chic kitchen with the essentials neatly tucked into drawers and special nooks. Something that we always dream of having, but alas, always out of reach.

4) All In One Kitchen by Sebastien Poupeau

The mother-of-all Single platform kitchens! One slab and that’s it….you don’t need anything else to call it your cooking space. It houses a main work top, which is height-adjustable, food cutting area, digital screen, dining table, induction hobs and an oven, a sink and its drying rack, dishwasher with two separated racks! What more could you want.

3) Outpost Kitchen by Simon Kingston & James Rennick

Sized as filing cabinet with extendable surfaces, this is the ultimate in modular kitchen. It may lack in glam-quotient; but for all practical purposes, this is a fully functional cook-spot that can operate anywhere…office, home, backyard….anywhere!

2) Grandma’s Kitchen by Melanie Olle & Ilja Oelschlägel

A series of latches and slides helps you to transform this wall unit from a kitchen to a dining table and back. An interesting way of going from cook-mode to dining-mode in a jiffy.

1) Multifunctional Kitchen by Wiwat Pitakpongsanit

Another single-slab module kitchen, but the difference is that you can customize it as per your needs. This versatile space can be reconfigured; depending upon what you want where. Totally Awesome!

10) Birch-wood Coffee Set by Andrea Branzi

Kicking off this countdown is an elegant silver and birch-wood coffee set designed by Andrea Branzi. Made from silver dipped in acid to get the rustic look, the set is quite a collector’s item.

9) Muji Non-directional Coffee Maker by Kazushige Miyake

I don’t get what a “Non-directional Coffee Maker” is, but I’m willing to hear your opinion on it.

8 ) Kahva by Lina Fischer

Technically Kavha is the Kashmiri way of preparing tea, with saffron and cardamom; so it quite surprises me that a coffee maker has been christened thus. Any ways the Kahva is a beautiful way to brew your coffee.

7) The Barista by Patrik Pettersson

Perfect solution for multiple coffee addicts in an office, this machine dispenses many cups of coffee at one go.

6) Coffee Maker by Tom Metcalfe

This one’s for the serious brewers who go to any lengths for their cuppa java! I love the video in this post, do re-visit and check it out.

5) Cocoon by Jan König

Made of twin-spherical bowls, in the Cacoon, the water is heated via induction in the outer sphere and a pump in the handhold transports the warm water to the filter and finally the ready coffee drips into the inner sphere. The resulting cavity (where the water was before) between the both spheres, now serves as a natural insulator and keeps the coffee warm.

4) Nespresso by Jeremy Myrier

A service tray that doubles up as coffee warmers! I can pictures us warming our hands over it!

3) Enjoy It While Flying by Balazs Millete & Telekes Tamas

Enjoy It While Flying is a concept brewer of Nespresso that is to be enjoyed abord your private aircraft, as you jetset from one glam destination to another. Strictly for those with the moola; Plebs please endure the airline trash you get.

2) Pearl by Andreas Diefenbach

This Ceramic Coffee machine is refined with a gilded touch, and is quite an exquisite creation.

1) Untitled by Brice Genre Hanika Perez

Thanks to its thermo-sensitivity, artistic patterns appear on the surface of this coffee machine when hot water runs through it. Almost like have an art piece hanging up on the wall.

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10) Elio – Linear Scale Watch by Pierre Haulot & William Boullier

Elio Linea is a very contemporary design that uses linear scale (like a computer downloading gauge) to tell the time.

9) eCO2 Watch by James Kershaw & Chad Garn

Portraying itself as a Carbon Dioxide Scrubber, the eCO2 is one of the green concepts that wants to look as stylish as ever! The sporty look hides vents to take in the bad bad CO2 and expels O2.

8 ) Timeflex – Stick On Watch by Igor Solovyov & Maria Solovyova

Totally fictional, but still an awesome deal, imagine a stick on disposable watch, the kinds that you slap onto the back of your palm during your Yoga classes and then discard! Brilliant idea but too farfetched!

7) Spinning Time Concept Watch by Glen Adkins

An oxymoron for a watch, the Spinning Time Concept doesn’t give you the time accurately. Instead the hours and the minutes get rounded off to nearest tenths. Cool for tardy people like me!

6) Swatch Air Tube Watch by Laurence Dawes

Sleek and living up to Swatch’s reputation of style, this Air Tube Watch concept is futuristic all the way. Based on air tube you find in most bicycle pumps, it juxtaposes two existing products in a contemporary fashion.

5) i/o Concept Watch For Women by Robin Lapo Bigio & Olivero Zanon

Retarding the notion that hi-tech watches are for men, this awesome looking i/o Concept is an uber-cool fashion accessory for us ladies. Bangle, bracelet watch!

4) Nixon Watch by Lysandre Follet

Can’t hang up the games? No worries when you have concepts like the Nixon to incorporate quick games of Tetris and Pong Forever.

3) F1/Carbon GMT by John Pszeniczny

Priceless Gem! Inspired by the F1 race car world and constructed of carbon fiber, Swarovski crystal, rubber and metal, this timepiece has 18 identical rubies and tells the time in everyone of the 18 cities on the 2008 F1 circuit. With a built in lap timer function and a stopwatch, time will seem to stand still as it races by at relative speed…which is 42.

2) M60M Watch by Roger Kellenberger

A watch with no face! Amusing and very interesting! M60M features rotating disc instead of traditional hands to show the time.

1) Luna Watch by John Pszeniczny

Another gem by John Pszeniczny, this crystal, stainless steel and Spessartite Garnet creation re-defines classy looks in watches. To tell time, just touch the two contact points and time seems to magically float inside the crystal.

10) Siafu PC by Jonathan Lucas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

10) Swiss Peace Knife by Qian Jiang, Yiying Wu & Carolina Flores

What’s Special: A pocket tool that holds a pill box, bandages, disinfectant spray and whistle.

9) Unified Sprinkler And Light by Duck Image Studio

What’s Special: A water sprinkler system that includes an LED light system to illuminate the room during emergencies.

8 ) H2O by Leonardo Manavella

What’s Special: Almost always water is in of short supply during the salvaging operations and at the disaster site. H2O is a specialized container that turns urine into drinkable water. Before you go ewww…consider this…dying parched or drinking re-cycled pee?

7) Disposable Pre-Paid Phone by IDEA

What’s Special: This disposable phone can be worn like a bracelet and has very basic features. It’s meant for quick calls for help and supports pre-paid services.

6) Ocean Rescue by Seol-Hee Sohn, Seung-Hyun Yoon & Cheol-Yeon Cho

What’s Special: The Ocean Rescue distills the salty sea water into pure drinking water, it provides location information of the ship-wrecked victims by emitting light at night and colorful smoke during the day.

5) Recover Shelter by Matthew Malone, Amanda Goldberg, Jennifer Metcalf and Grant Meacham

What’s Special: Designed for disaster relief, the Recover Shelter can house a family of four for a month. It can be set up by one person in minutes, collapsed into either of two configurations for transportation (horse-shoe shape or flat), and is made of 100% polypropylene. Another big plus is that the ridges can collect drinking water when it rains.

4) The Wizard by HJC Design

What’s Special: The Wizard is a safety-harness that can help people get off buildings during an emergency. It uses webbing woven from liquid polyester capable of withstanding forces in excess of 2 tonnes. Engineering plastics based on semi-crystalline polyamides were specified for the case and internal drum, encasing a cassette spring recoil system capable of deploying a 50-250m Kevlar lanyard.

3) Emergency Stool by d e Sellers

What’s Special: Wall mounted and unassuming, this flat-pack Baltic Birch plywood opens up to form an Emergency Stool to help you climb out of sticky situations.

2) The Shooter Fire Extinguisher by Eunjung Kim, Yangwoo Kim & Junyi Heo

What’s Special: This Shooter is a light weight gun loaded with CO2 cartridges. A laser guidance system helps you take aim and an alarm button to let the rest of the gang know your position.

1) Pullight Dynamo by Sebastien Sauvage

What’s Special: This flashlight is powered by stored kinetic energy built up from pulling a string. The dynamo can charge devices like a mobile phone or iPod, making it the perfect handy device during an emergency situation!

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10) Volitan by Designnobis Studio

With a name that means “flying fish”, this futuristic boat boasts of solid sails and harnesses wind power and solar energy to function. The flapping-of-wings like design does have its purposes, they add stability to the structure in high-winds and host the solar panels as well.

9) Origami Boat by Matteo Signorini

Become an origami master in boats; only don’t use paper, but this corrugated plastic surf-bard-like-structure instead. Folding up neatly for easy transportation, this one’s good for that solitude, soul-searching expeditions.

8 ) Urban Skiff by Thomas Giger, Anita Meyer, Florian Ueker, Femke Morf & Thomas Etter

A duffle bag that holds a sail and everything else to assemble a full-fledge dinghy! How convenient and jiffy can it get!

7) Corvette Stingray Inspired Boat Design by Bo Zolland

Automotive magic? Only this one doesn’t have the wheels but speeds on water instead.

6) Loup de Mer House Boats by Espen E. Erikstad

Incidentally, this one’s designed for the student community of Oslo. I think it’s rather extravagant from the crummy dorms they are used to living in.

5) Tu Fin by I.Kiryakov, S.Ballmeier, K.Eichelberg & M.Dressler

Play Jesus and cross the sea; big bonus…stay fit in the process with a full-body-workout “Nordic Walking Style”. That’s the Tu Fin for you.

4) SENTORI 58R by Christian Gumpold & Christopher Gloning

A yacht that reflects luxury and style; but unfortunately is still a concept! SENTORI 58R is an ambitious project taken up by 2 postgraduates who promised to build a prototype by Feb 2009. Since we haven’t heard a word on the project, I’m assuming it’s still in process. The specs projected sound too good to be true, so I’m hoping they pull this off.

3) Oculus by E. Kevin Schopfer

This is the kind of yacht you would love spending your summer vacations on. Quoting a famous tagline from an advert; “Neighbor’s envy; Owner’s pride!”

2) Kite Sailing Kitano Yacht by Stefani Krucke

This concept boat has a green lining to it by including kite sailing technology to the automation. Compared to a normal sail the kite has less surface area but still generates enough force so that even a gentle breeze lifts the hull to a planing speed. Equipped with a hydraulically operated centerboard, even sailing in shallow water and littorals are possible without risk. Radically different from the usual concepts that we see.

1) Infanitas by E. Kevin Schopfer

Kudos is in order for Schöpfer Yachts; their Infinitas re-defines luxury travel on seas. Inspired by Infinity, the symbol is abstractly expressed within the yacht’s elevation. It can accommodate 12 guests and crew and has all the requisites to appease Mr. Moneybags; helipad and swimming pool included!

10) MacBook Touch by Tommaso Gecchelin

Highlights: flexibility in form-factor via iSpine technology, flexible OLED screen, and Magic Dock that externalize ports to keep the appearance clean.

9) HP LiM (Less is More) Concept by Jeffrey S. Engelhardt

Highlights: use of Bamboo fabric across the aluminum frame of the PC, 19″ transparent touch OLED screen along with a wireless keyboard, virtual trackpad.

8 ) Evolve Modular CPU by Vas Obeyesekere of Point Innovation

Highlights: transforms between mobile and home computing configurations and can expand or contract its module based components to meet any user’s needs.

7) Mac Folder by Tryi Yeh

Highlights: a re-worked User Interface that resembles the iPod Touch or iPhones’, super-slim multi-touch screen.

6) Dual Screen Computer by Yong-Seong Kim

Highlights: a large slot behind the LCD display that can accommodate the notebook thus allowing you to use it as a desktop, notebook’s screen transforms into a second display in portrait mode.

5) Canvas by Kyle Cherry

Highlights: designed for those in the creative arts fields, offers a wide are for workspace.

4) The Napkin PC by Avery Holleman

Highlights: Uses e-ink and RF technology, designed for group collaborations, has pens like modules that transmit info to the base station PC, processed info is displayed on the napkin which is actually e-ink paper.

3) Book Laptop by Kyle Bean

Highlights: it showcases the trend that we have become so dependent on technology and the virtual world, that we have forgotten about the REAL one that we live in.

2) B-membrane by Won-Seok Lee

Highlights: built-in projector that removes the need for a separate monitor, a membrane keyboard that appears when needed, integrated optical drive, projector can beam ambient lights.

1) Sony Vaio Zoom Notebook Concept by Eno Setiawan

Highlights: thin glass form factor, touchscreen holographic technology, screen is completely transparent and the keyboard goes opaque when switched off.

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