06.20.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Lifestyle
Product Design
Recreation
Transportation

9 Comments

Leave Your Car at Home

Leave Your Car at Home

CoCy, the brainchild of Robert Nightingale & Adrian Weidmann, is an ingenious smart-service concept that aims to provide users with free transportation & local, ethical, & sustainable businesses with a creative platform to advertise. The lightweight cycles incorporate a gang of innovative features that make locating, reserving, & operating the bike a super easy process for locals & visitors alike. A great system that also has potential to create revenue for both local organizations & international charities.

0 Designers: Robert Nightingale & Adrian Weidmann

06.17.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Product Design
Recreation
Technology

17 Comments

Expanding Recreational Diving

Expanding Recreational Diving

This underwater system by designer Emil Orman aims to make scuba diving a safe & tangible reality for those who suffer from paraplegia. The concept was developed by working hand-in-hand with disabled divers, conducting full-scale diving exhibitions, & carrying out mock-up tests. Buoyancy and body trim can be adjusted via the chest mounted control to assist the user into a horizontal, vertical, or angular position, increasing the freedom of movement & enhancing the overall experience.

0 Designer: Emil Orman

06.09.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Luxury
Recreation
Transportation

15 Comments

More Speed, More Fun

More Speed, More Fun

For the ultra-rich, available hobbies are as limitless as their bank accounts. Designer Timon Sager envisions the future elite class shedding their riding boots and leaving the exotic car garaged for something even more exhilarating: a purely recreational private jet. The AvA 02 Serafim has a fighter jet aesthetic with a more customized look. Shown here in red, it’s a natural choice for adrenaline junkies.

0 Designer: Timon Sager

06.08.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Product Design
Recreation

8 Comments

Interactive Sound Sculpture

Interactive Sound Sculpture

Who doesn’t remember makeshift telephones made of wire and cans? The Invoxicated interactive play sculpture is a bit like that, but a bit more complex, a lot cooler looking, and it actually works! Children can explore the playful qualities of sound by talking into one end of the sculpture to produce sound for the listener on the other end. By bending parts of the sculpture and pressing its various buttons, a multitude of sound effects can be achieved in real time.

0 Designer: Karl-Johan Ekeroth

06.07.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Luxury
Product Design
Recreation
Transportation
Travel

3 Comments

Explorer Yacht

Explorer Yacht

The Open Water 60 M combines the amenities of a luxury yacht & the storage capabilities of a long-distance cruiser into one superyacht with an explorer-ship aesthetic. The exterior is straightforward & follows a modern expression of form, an upcoming trend in yacht design. In the cabin, modern interior design, traditional elements, & surfaces of wood, stone, & metal fuse to create a strong contrast in texture & color while floor-to-ceiling windows emphasize the open living arrangement.

0 Designer: Motion Code: Blue

06.02.11
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Product Design
Recreation

9 Comments

Sizzling Hot in a Ski Helmet!

Sizzling Hot in a Ski Helmet!

Integral Studio Vinaccia had two issues to address when designing a Ski Helmet for the IDI brand: 1 – Feeling of heat and sweating; 2 – Ski Goggles that didn’t look so dorky and typical. To solve the problem they did a combination of retro and futuristic design with a wire mesh shell and integrated lens system. The result was the Zero5!

0 Designer: Integral Studio Vinaccia for IDI (Innovazione Design Italia)

05.24.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Gadgets
Product Design
Recreation

9 Comments

Simple Safety for Mountain Climbers

Simple Safety for Mountain Climbers

Designer Malcolm Russell’s innate affinity for rock climbing is the source of inspiration for his latest design, Salus, a mountaineering safety tool that makes for quick and concise correspondence between climbing partners. The lightweight device latches onto the user’s harness and uses simple colored lights as basic commands, providing a safe and easy way to communicate invaluable information like danger warnings or a notification of a successful climb.

0 Designer: Malcolm Russell

05.24.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Outdoor
Product Design
Recreation
Transportation

12 Comments

Sport Bike Expands Mobility

Sport Bike Expands Mobility

The WISB handbike is a result of the combined advantages of adaptive bikes and recumbent bikes that expands the limits of users with restricted or no leg-function. One part agile wheelchair and one part sport bike, the WISB gives users the option to toggle between “high mode” for indoor use and comfortable city driving, or “low mode” for cross-country trips and long distance riding. Controllable power settings and improved aerodynamics make this handbike perfect for both indoor or outdoor use.

0 Designer: Bär Claudia

05.02.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Product Design
Recreation

8 Comments

The Ecotoy

The Ecotoy

The AEMU Ecotoy reimagines the portable gaming system as an eco-friendly, educational, and psychologically developmental tool that encourages the child to rely on renewable energy to power the unit. The AEMU can accumulate electricity through it’s included solar panels, a wind turbine driven generator, or even by simply rolling it down the sidewalk. The gaming interface utilizes evolving personalized profiles suited to the individual child to promote not only fun electronic gaming, but an environmentally educational experience.

0 Designer: Albert Llort

04.18.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Product Design
Recreation

26 Comments

Infinite Combo Longboard

Infinite Combo Longboard

The Downhill Machine isn’t your conventional longboard. With the adjustability of a race car packed into a skate, the DM was made for speed. Each of the deck-mounted aerospace grade aluminum trucks can be fine-tuned independently so adjusting the width, angle, wheelbase, ground clearance, lift, and downforce are all possible without the need for multiple decks, trucks, and risers of conventional skates. Whether the user chooses to ride a drop deck, top mount, drop trough, or evo setup,  one thing is sure- they’ll be riding a mean downhill machine.

0 Designer: Nuno Pereira for Powa

04.07.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Outdoor
Product Design
Recreation

26 Comments

Backpack Creates Renewable Energy

Backpack Creates Renewable Energy

Unlike my camping buddies who will poke fun at me for this, I will always bring along every electronic device that I can fit in my pack. Gotta have the phone, the camera, and I’ve even been known to sneak a laptop on occasion. Problem is, the batteries are dead within the day and I inevitably regret the extra weight. The Alppac is for anyone like me. It uses a suspended load mechanism to produce an electrical charge when the user is walking. Plug in your phone, iPad, or any other electronic device and get a renewable, clean charge between stops.

0 Designer: Joel Lim YM

03.28.11
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Product Design
Recreation

6 Comments

Hey Smarty Pants!

Hey Smarty Pants!

Are you clever enough for the Smart Cube? What you need to do is change the position of square elements in such a way that all lines on the 53 elements form one continuous line, on all six sides of the cube. Easier than the Rubik’s cube? I’m not so sure, but it sounds like a good challenge. As Manole puts it, a smart toy for smart people!

0 Designer: Manole Diana

03.28.11
Troy Turner

Categories:
Fitness
Product Design
Recreation

13 Comments

Bike Racks Done Right

Bike Racks Done Right

Leave it to an Oregonian designer to come up with such a great bike-rack design.  The Yakima Super Joe Pro and King Joe Pro by James Owen are this years top-of-the-line racks.  High-clearance design met with ultra soft cushioning ensure your car is never comes in contact with your bikes. These racks are highly adaptable thanks to Yakima’s QuickTrigger Hub system- trust me, attachment easy as pie.

0 Designer: James Owen

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