Imagine a pen that mends your clothing by printing fabric! The ripped portion gets a brand new printed patch of the same fabric and a quick-fix repair. I HATE stitching and always shy away from mending torn clothes and this Fabric Pen is the perfect answer! Simply because it is a sewing kit in your pocket and doesn’t require any effort of sewing on your part.
Designer: Ingrida Kazėnaitė
Based on the versatility of the Nunchucks, we have here a namesake set of speakers that are fashioned as cylindrical sets that work with your iPhone, iPad and other gadgets. Crafted from silicone, they connect via Bluetooth and can provide enhanced woofer performance. They also double up as a stand for your device. The silicone cord allows you to hang the speakers anywhere – even around your neck! So go crazy with the way you carry them!
Designers: Zheng Yu, Guo Feng, Hu Zhichao, Kong Hongqiang, Wang Bo and Wu Tian
MoovBox is a portable synthesizer that aims to revolutionize music listening by introducing an active approach to mixing audio while on the move. Like the iconic Moog, the MoovBox makes it easy to modify notes- simply adjust any combination of the 7 knobs by rolling or sliding. Better yet, users can compose or add layers of their favorite string, wind or percussion instrument by using natural gestures. Need some guitar? Use your fingers to play like a fret board! Horns? Key and blow like a trumpet!
Designers: Roberto Maurizio Paura, Francesco Mammetti, & Gilles Traditi
Attracto is an air cleaner that uses electrostatic attraction to trap the dust on its surface and then clean it. The reason why TV screens, PCs and electronic devices accumulate so much of dust is because they generate an electrostatic field, which attracts the dust. The Attracto is designed as a glass circular device that is powered by induction. It features two rotating blades that clean the glass once the dust is trapped
Designer: Mike Simonelli
The Conveyor Chopping Board is an all-in-one self-cleaning board and scale. The main idea behind this design is to overcome the hygiene and sanitation aspects of a conventional chopping board. We all know that wooden ones are the best, but maintaining their sterility is a big problem.
Designer: Ki Young Han
The Stimulated Kinetic Branch is a modular air purifier that is functional art as well. Love it for its modularity and sustainable focus. The installation works well both indoors and outdoors, you can connect branches together and help create a better environment. This is how it works: the branches detect vibrations from wind and harness the energy from there. The installation is capable of sifting out dust particles through the heavy-duty air filter. The touch-sensitive sensors activate in a jiffy to cleanse the environment.
Designer: Sujinda Tubtim
With the high quality of pixels offered by Smartphones, our dependency on them to capture life’s precious moments has increased. Social Media has taken over where we display these precious moments, how ironic! Oh, well if we have to have an intervention, then the CuPhoto – Digital Photo Cup is the best way to resolve the photo-displaying issue. Way cooler than a digital photo frame!
Designer: Li Min Quan
If you’ve flown with luggage then you’re familiar with the fear of your bags being too heavy when they weigh them at the kiosk. There’s no quicker way to start a sour day of traveling than with a hefty overweight-luggage fee! Finally, this clever design takes the stress out of over-packing. Integrated directly onto the luggage, the handle doubles as a scale so the user can make sure they’re not exceeding the weight limit. Simple… and genius!
Designer: Selma Durand
The Dual-Mode Headphone is a Bluetooth headset that can be used in two ways: as an embedded speaker and as earbuds. The design for embedded speakers stems from the need of folks who are outdoorsy and who like to listen to music while doing their things. For example, when you cycle, jog or hike headphones shut out external sounds and can be dangerous.
Designers: Yeom Ilsoo, Choi Eunji & Lee Nari for LG Electronics Inc.
FoodPlus is a smart refrigerator with sensors fitted into the door handle. The sensors sync with a Smartphone App and help you know the freshness of your food. The fridge is smart enough to keep an update on what is stocked in it. Read on to know how it works…
Designer: Yun-Chen Tsai
Up until now, soft release camera buttons were either concave or convex, depending on the manufacturer. For the first time, Komaru offers a dual contour button, convex on the outside and concave in the center. This ergonomic solution is inspired by the keys on a flute, both domed and hollowed to provide a better fit to the musician’s and now the photographer’s fingertip. In this way Komaru instinctively and immediately centers the finger, and therefore the release pressure.
Designer: Patrick Borie-Duclaud
Nope, the entire bunch is a multimedia device that can scan codes to play videos, or show off pictures and create an interactive way of reading analog books in our digital world! The speakers of the system are visible at the bottom and function by revolving the cup. The cup holds the pens on the desk and recharges the multimedia pen via induction.
Designers: Miriam Schmitt, Christopher Prenzel & Julian Schwarze
The Urban Sense is more like a pair of binoculars that reveal magical information about the sight that you are viewing. Designed as an interactive tourist guide, the device is a real winner in my eyes. Now only if it can add a camera function!
Designer: Koen Beljaars
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