08.31.12
Troy Turner

Categories:
Accessories & Fashion
Product Design
Watches

4 Comments

Redline

Redline

The trend of automotive-inspired watches has existed for a while, but the Redline concept by Kornwit D is one of my all-time favorites. It’s immediately obvious that the face and bezel are directly inspired by the car tachometer, but the blue, yellow and red color scheme do more than remind us of revving engines. Its aesthetic has a sort of Mondrian neoplastic feel that cleverly draws awareness to each passing hour with intensifying color.

0 Designer: Kornwit Damrongwisetpanit

08.31.12
Troy Turner

Categories:
Furniture
Product Design

3 Comments

Tree and Table Unite

Tree and Table Unite

The Graft table is a sleek and simple design with a unique construction that is both functional and beautiful. Each of the four legs divaricate (branch out) from under the surface of the table from four points, creating a connection that is both strikingly similar to tree branches and structurally stabilizing.

0 Designer: Anil Ercan

08.31.12
Troy Turner

Categories:
Cellphones
Product Design

4 Comments

Wake Up Softly

Wake Up Softly

Scroll through the alarm sounds on your phone & chances are you won’t find a single one that isn’t just a tad bit annoying. Not the most pleasant way to wake up! The Good Up amplifier aims to make the harsh sound a little softer so the user wakes up comfortably rather than abruptly. Simply place the phone in the polyethylene low density cone & it will muffle out high pitched sounds, emitting only the lower tones. No batteries required & no energy consumed. It’s kinda big, but whatever gets the job done right?!

0 Designer: Dario Martone

08.30.12
Troy Turner

Categories:
Automotive

16 Comments

Gull-winged Bird of Prey

Gull-winged Bird of Prey

This modern day re-interpretation of the 300SL grand tourer convertible is a return to the speedy, striking Mercedes-Benz of yesteryear. Sharing the same design DNA as its predecessor, the modern vision maintains the characteristic gullwing doors, elongated nose, low roof, wide stance and polished… well… everything… for visual drama only a Merc can pull off!

0 Designer: Slimane Toubal

08.30.12
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Product Design

54 Comments

Any Kinda Tape

Any Kinda Tape

The Hole Measuring Tape is pretty innovative with many facets to it. It allows you to draw straight lines and circles with precision. Although not clarifies, I am assuming the tape is retractable and offers measures in more than one measuring system. Simple and functional, I’m sure you designers will love it!

0 Designer: Sunghoon Jung

08.30.12
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Cellphones
Product Design
Technology

9 Comments

BlackBerry Peer

BlackBerry Peer

The BlackBerry Peer is a phone intended for children. More like a lifestyle accessory, considering these young consumers are initiated to the gadget world from the word go. It features a smart camera and myPeer app that comes in handy when traveling and taking photos. It even doubles up as a GPS locator, allowing parents to keep a tab on their kids in crowded tourist spots. The Peer records videos, takes pictures and allows image editing in realtime using add-on effects.

0 Designer: Felix Lorsignol

08.30.12
Troy Turner

Categories:
Medical
Product Design

8 Comments

Autonomous Life Vest

Autonomous Life Vest

The Revival Vest is a self-inflating life jacket that uses Footfalls and Heartbeats smart fabric technology to monitor respiration and physiological changes such as drowning. The fabric detects changes in circumference and stretch around the chest while the diver suppresses breathing. If the wearer blacks out, the body becomes limp and life vest is triggered to inflate and raise the body to the surface for rescue.

0 Designer: James McNab

08.30.12
Troy Turner

Categories:
Music
Product Design

3 Comments

Fool-proof Violin

Fool-proof Violin

Half the work in learning to play the violin is maintaining the correct posture while keeping a stable grip on the right finger positions. The WAVE electric violin uses a combination of tactile, braille-like indicators to train accurate finger positioning and a built-in accelerometer to ensure the musician is in proper form. If the violin senses the player is in the wrong position it will automatically shut off, forcing the musician to readjust. Be a virtuoso in half the time!

0 Designer: Jaewon Hwang

08.29.12
Long Tran

Categories:
Interview

1 Comment

Commissioning Work: Micklish Part 3

Commissioning Work: Micklish Part 3

After what worked out to be a little over a month, the Belomo sideboard was ready for delivery. Last time I saw it was a week prior when all the components were made and legs welded. Waiting those nail biting 7 days was nerve racking. I have the nails to prove it. What if I don’t like it? What if it doesn’t look right in my space? Why the hell am I so pessimistic? Curtis has given me no indication that he was anything less than stellar throughout this entire process. My phone rang… delivery. Hit the jump!

0 Designer: Micklish

08.29.12
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Gadgets
Product Design
Technology

15 Comments

Gum Power

Gum Power

Poor Singapore, chewing gum is banned in that country so I suppose they may never get to experience the Chewing Gum Battery Concept! It is a simple and innovative idea where paper battery is kept charged at a solar empowered dispensing station, and can be easily used for gadgets whose battery dies out unexpectedly. I suppose it is intended for tourist places or maybe college campus, but it sure is a neat way to get instant power.

0 Designer: Ping-Yi Lin

08.29.12
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Product Design

59 Comments

Making ‘Make Do and Mend’ Fashionable

Making ‘Make Do and Mend’ Fashionable

I have my moments of fighting the needle and thread, trying to mend some ripped clothes, but they always seem to get the better of me. Simply put, I HATE mending clothes and much rather replace them with new than pick an odd stitch. I know its wasteful, but unless someone makes it easy for me…simple as the Alto Sewing Machine, I ain’t fixing another ripped stitch!

0 Designer: Sarah Dickins

08.29.12
Troy Turner

Categories:
Furniture
Product Design
Seating

2 Comments

This Stool Rocks

This Stool Rocks

I’m loving the latest design from Snapp: the Orbit stool. The captivating design taps into our natural tendency to move and shift. Taking inspiration from the spinning top, it features a slightly pointed cork base so you can rotate on its spinning axis and wiggle all you want. For light reading, the tapered drum cushion also has a slim cavity on the side for storing magazines or books. Do want!

0 Designer: Snapp

08.29.12
Troy Turner

Categories:
Accessories & Fashion
Product Design

3 Comments

Way Sexier than a Hearing Aid

Way Sexier than a Hearing Aid

In an extraordinary fusing of textiles and robotics, the Flutter functional garment was design to aid individuals with hearing impairments “feel” the sounds of the world around them. Within the cotton and polyester dress lies an inner framework of microphones and vibrating leaflets that detect the direction of sound. Leaflets nearest the sound are triggered to flutter in that direction, giving the wearer an alternative sensory awareness of their surroundings.

0 Designer: Halley Profita

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