Sometimes nails are too short and small for our fingers to hold and we end up with swollen thumbs. The Nail Cushion is a rubberized plate that holds various nail diameters to allow an easy and safe strike. By default the plate also helps drive the nail straight in. No more swollen thumbs and safe enough for Tim Allen to use.

Designer: Arthur Se

So it is quite impossible to actually place your butt into a condom, but not necessarily with the new design by Jiang Qian. His unique design is a play on the condom. Thus making this product much more interesting and allows the person wearing it to let their personality come to life.

Designer: Qian Jiang

Relive the gaming glory of your youth by immersing yourself in quick games of Tetris and Pong Forever. Sure today’s video games are a bit tricky for the rusty out dated gamer but at least with the Nixon watch, you’ll always feel right at home. My only question is who do I play Pong against? My left and right hands aren’t exactly evenly matched so it wouldn’t be a fair game.

Designer: Lysandre Follet

Out of Office, a British design firm consists of four graduates of Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. After graduating, each of the designers independently worked for other companies yet still made time to work individually on their own ideas.

Designer: OOF Studio

As electronic technology advances to the sub-micron level, it’s hard to imagine what kinds of things will exist in the future. Designer Charles Windlin believes we’ll see inanimate objects like rings take on highly compact and intelligent devices. The Digitus Ring concept holds 1,400 magnetic spheres each able to rotate in place.

Designer: Charles Windlin

Marc Kirsch’s diploma project was created in collaboration with Volkswagen design in Wolfsburg Germany. A three-seat prototype car powered by an electric engine. The project was created considering the visual and conceptional influence of internationally renowned architect Santiago Calatrava.

Designer: Marc Kirsch

A simple yet elegant analog watch, the World Muji watch has something distinctive to it. From a distance, you see a beautiful watch, but at close range, you can see how the designer has placed the dial graphics onto the glass face with such intricate detail. The font of the watch was created to resemble a ruler commonly used for technical precision.

Designer: Industrial Facility

Here we have N.O.L Design Studios. A Japanese firm consisting of 5 designers who feel that their designs might be new, but they are not that special. I guess that concept will leave the consumer to decide their design’s fate.

Designer: N.O.L

For the Master Tennis Cup this year in Shanghai, the plan is to make it the most spectacular event ever in its history. Architect Mitsuru Senda vowed to work for three consecutive years on this marvelous construction for the 2007 Master Cup.

Architect: Mitsuru Senda

Earphones can be a pain since they magically tangle no matter how neatly you pack them. This earphone concept by Jaehyung Hong keeps things tidy by running the cables thru a small plastic lanyard with integrated controls. When your earphones aren’t in use, just roll them up, pop the earbuds into the slot and you’re good to go.

Designer: Jaehyung Hong