Behold the Koncur Stix. As if snowboarders didn’t have enough to carry, here’s yet one more item but it may be well worth it. The Koncur Stix is a telescopic pole that gives you precise readings about the condition of the snow, temperature, and includes a compass, altitude reader, and an emergency whistle.

Designer: Expansion Design

Caterpillar stretcher unit provides ergonomic and time saving transportation. 80% of patients being moved to the hospital by ambulance are not acute cases. They are conscious and aware of what is happening. However carrying a stretcher downstairs, with a 100-kilo person is not a pleasant experience for a patient or the paramedics.

Designer: Morten Wagener

The Flo backpack is a modular, ergonomic, and performance strength bag perfect for city trips to all day hikes. The rigid thermofoam bags come in three flavors; the urban day pack, the weekender, and the 5-day trekker - that quickly snap into the universal Flo frame. Made of lightweight molded plastic, the frame features large air channels to maintain breathability and a flexible core for unrestricted mobility.

Designer: Ivan Huber

This workstation lets people works outdoors. It belongs in urban, public spaces and can serve as an accessible alternative to stuffy or claustrophobic offices. The Workstation can be set up on a university campus, in the backyard between apartment buildings, or in modern office landscapes. The Seats have circular segments, allowing people to sit next to or across from each other.

Designer: Mathias Schnyder

Emergency shelter during disaster that provides physical & psychological needs. The concept behind “sphere” not only considers taking shelter from extreme weather conditions but also reestablishing the feeling of security and companionship without losing ones privacy. The center of “sphere” is constructed as a social place, which consists of single families and inhabitants.

Designer: Felix Stark

The Landmark bus shelter is the central component of a product family that has been developed as a uniform design concept for the city furnishing of Hamburg in order to convey a harmonious overall image of the urban area. Modern elements and clear lines enable a universal use of this bus shelter.

Designer: Hadi Teherani [ Manufacturer: Wall AG ]

The Axess is one board with a split personality. It can transform into a snowboard or moutainboard which is sorta like a skateboard on steroids. Of course switching from one to the other requires some fiddling around with screws and such. Too bad there isn’t a button I can press to make it transform. Yea I know, too many episodes of Inspector Gadget.

Designer: Pascal Prat

Who says coffins have to be grand and morbid? The Kista Coffin takes a whimsical approach to something that most people don’t realize is a huge industry. The lid is accented with little yellow hearts but wait, this isn’t a coffin for people. It’s a coffin for your feathered ones - you know the ones that squawk at 6 AM every morning.

Designer: Asa-Karin Karlen & Anna-Ella Ahnlund

Egg: the name conjures up images of birth and nature. A nature observed through the eyes of a designer, Nanna Ditzel, who was particularly gifted in interpreting its inspirational values.

Egg is now 50 years old and its reassuring and soft swing still charms those who look for relaxation and cocooning, pleasures to savour during a brief pause or a long break.

Designer: Nanna Ditzel [ Manufacturer: Bonacina Pierantonio ]

These glasses have the flute and stem but are missing the stand. That’s because you’re supposed to stick them in the stand when not in use. The sand you ask? Yes, they were designed for hot Swedish summers at the beach.

Designer: Sebastian Kjersen & KayJay Design