Not happy with your MacBook speakers? Sound a little flat don’t they? The Bassjump is a USB powered subwoofer that turns your MacBook into a sweet sound system. It looks like an aluminum Mac mini which perfectly compliments the new unibody aluminum MacBooks. Hit the jump for my review.
Designer: Twelve South [ Buy it here ]
Hold on to your head because you’re mind is about to be blown away by this concept called C.S.V. (Cyborg Sensation Vehicle). Inspired by the Mercedes F400 concept, this off-road capable 2-seater is targeted to young adventurous professionals in 2040.
Designer: Derek Chik Kin Ng
Zero has an enormous amount of value when you are calculating and even on your ruler. The specialized Zero Point Ruler places “0” plum in the center of the stick so that it’s easy to measure out or draw lines. Traditionally rulers or scales start off with “0” flushed to the left; this ruler has it placed in the center as a matter of convenience. Wonder if it will make any difference to your measuring skills! BTW, there is a solar panel running along one length of the scale, and no specific reason mentioned. Anyone willing to venture a guess?
Designers: Various
Sometimes designers submit ideas that aren’t revolutionary but when they include descriptions that read like personal vendettas, I pay attention. This BRD concept is a single seater, totally driver-centric for Formula One like driving.
“…for the racing enthusiast who wants to have the ultimate driving experience without all the extra room and the annoying girlfriend…”
Designer: Beau Reid
Pearl is an elegant concept for a bathroom that befits a spiritual experience, when you use it. It reflects calmness and peace with the choice of materials & colors used in its construction. Akin to the pearl in an oyster, you’re supposed to feel the same sense of serenity within its stone and gray interiors. The washbasins, bidet, toilet table etc. take cue from Japanese gardens and the round window is a stark Enso Buddhist reminder. Essentially if you follow the noble intentions of the bathroom, porn mags and bathroom sex fly out the window!
Designer: Rustam Isanchurin
That’s right, this table was, unbeknownst to them, designed by a bunch of five-year-olds. Designer Quentin de Coster had a team of five year olds and thought “what better way to design something that young children can relate to than to have the children design it themselves?” And thus he spake to the kids: “draw me some tables and some doggahs.” And they did, and it was good.
Designer: Quentin de Coster
Or at least, I’d like to think ol’ Paul would approve. I was just up at his home town in Bemidji this weekend! He was a tall lumberjack man with a taste for good wood. Ya know why he’d approve of this concept called “Timber?” Because it’s made of ten easy-to-assemble pieces that break down for easy transport. You know what that means? Easy bulk! And what’d Paul approve of most? The name, of course: “TIMBER!”
Designer: Julian Kyhl
It’s such a touristy thing to hang your camera around your neck, it’s a dead giveaway! Being sleek and discreet about you is more of the trend and HAN.DI Camera fits the bill. It’s the sort that fits snugly around the palm of your hand or around the wrist like a bracelet; plus it gives you the independence of taking your own pics via the detachable remote control. Two expanding joints allow its size to be adjusted, making it suitable for all shapes and sizes….of hands!
Designer: Zo Woo Geun
Welcome to the “Nest Light.” That’s nest, like the one the bird makes with the twigs and the whatnot, not to follow and not to nesty nasty. The Nest Light is a lovely lamp that’s sure to make your house into a home. Not only will it make you feel like a warm mother hen because of its soft glow, the light inside works like an egg: removable and transportable.
Designer: Li-Xuan Sun
Totally Unique & Awesome, that’s how I like to describe Rocking On The Beach. Be it you actually grooving on the sandscape or rocking yourself to La La Land in this glorious chair! This is one of the things you really got to see to believe so I recommend you hit the jump and catch the two videos that brilliantly showcase the breeze, the sound of waves and the sandy beach via clinging pipes of a rocking chair! Main material used: ABS, plywood & sand
Designers: Joon&Jung Designteller
Taking our obsession for home videos and technology, designer Kim Hyun Joong has come up with an idea that explores the possibilities of instant gratification that Polaroid picutes gave us. The Movie Polaroid Camera prints movies on a flexible display that hopes to use Touch grapheme* technology to its advantage. The concept is a combination of analogue Polaroid film and digital touch technology and contains a built-in movie printer, which immediately “prints” the footage after the user has filmed it.
Designer: Kim Hyun Joong
Hey how’s it hangin? So well? Excellent! How are you doing on lamps today? Could use a few more? I’ve got one for you right here. A weird one! It’s called the “Riga” lamp and designer Markus Maurer made it just weird enough for your wild industrial design sensibilities. The Riga asks Maurer and its entire audience: how does one make balance perfectly visible?
In lamp form.
Designer: Markus Maurer
A chandelier from the outer reaches of space and inspiration. A dance, a movement, and a powerful expression. For the designer, a very special moment captured, a very strong emotion turned into sculpture and hung from the ceiling. Made of brass and tied together with screws. White outside of pieces for a grayscale effect, inside reflections of shiny fabulous brasses for shadowplay inside the piece itself and inside the room it blesses itself with.
Designer: Johanna Körberg
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