Picking fruit from a tree could be a metaphor for recharging and reusing. This hollow steel tree is exactly that. It charges three pear-shaped lights that can be picked off for use. They’ll stay illuminated for an hour and when you’re out of “juice”, just put them back on the tree.
Designer: Nick Foley
The innovative puzzle dinner tray is intended to make children become aware of a correct table setting as early as possible – a simple and amusing way for children to learn. The tray includes a large and a small knife, fork and spoon, as well as a plate and tumbler. The tray is made of melamine and stands firm on non-slip feet.
Designer: Leon Ranmeier [ Manufacturer: RoyalVKB ]
When furniture is fused with high tech kit the results are often about as comfortable and stylish as sandpaper g-string. But the new Speaker Chair by designer Pinju Chen defies the norm with its charmingly curvaceous lines and comfy interior cushion, which sent us from nought to napping in only a few seconds… until we were suddenly awoken by some beefy rock riffs.
Designer: Pinju Chen
A magazine rack designed to purposely look disheveled and disorganized. Each rack can be rearranged to create all kinds of chaos tho I have a feeling, as anal as I am, I’d probably just line them all up in a neat way. Ugh, that so defeats the purpose.
Designer: Evan Gurgui
Not by itself of course. You have to do it yourself but what’s interesting here is that it can be used as a chair or chaise lounge. The design is a bit weird with that heeled foot. They should have taken it a step further and lined the interior frame with rawhide and wood to triple as a cat nook.
Designer: Boris Novachi Bojic
Imagine a yoga mat you unfurl from a metal tube that’s actually a stereo. It can take in memory cards or play content off an MP3 player. The real tech candy here is the mat which is made of an electronic paper screen. The idea is you can attend yoga classes from anywhere since streaming video plays right on the mat.
Designer: Hui-Zong Chen
A porcelain vase for collecting food wastes for composting and recycling. It’s a vessel that propagates proper waste collection. It can be used upright as a vase, flat to receive trimmings from a cutting board, or on its side during meals as a reinterpretation of the Victorian “bone dish”.
Designer: Chris Kirby
When we go out and buy that big piece of furniture, we usually know exactly what it’s for. However, what if that piece of furniture could be reinterpreted differently by people. Take for instance this design by Yoon-Zee Kim. To one person it may simple be funky shelving. To another, it’s seating and a desk. Take a look around at your stuff. Do you see other uses for them?
Designer: Yoon-Zee Kim
UNI is a compartmentalized computer concept by where most of the important media and computational functions have been broken up into modules. You only buy what modules you need thus allowing for expansion.
Designer: Richard Choi
Sounds horrible doesn’t it? Why would anyone want a backbreaking chair? Actually it’s called the Bench-Lighting Break (play on words) and tho it looks uncomfortable, at the very least its Star Trek archetype will appeal to some people.
Designer: Diana Valencia
Aww isn’t that precious? It’s called the Dog Pad, a nice cushy place to lay on and tho the paw shaped pads look uncomfortable, I’m sure ole’ pupster will love it. My dog looks like a contortionist at times and I get the feeling he doesn’t like a flat cushion. He purposely nudges and moves the covers around to form peaks and valleys before he can sleep. Hey, if your dog doesn’t like the Dog Pad, at least it can pass as decorum.
Designer: Sebastien Maleville
A sushi plate that incorporates a central area for soy sauce and a large area for presentation. The secondary “moat” around soy basin would be used for ginger, and the raised hard edge slopes inward in order to assure user’s experience does not end up off the plate. As well, the solid base houses up to two sets of chopsticks.
Designer: Fletcher Eshbaugh
We all know freezing is a great way to preserve food before we cook it, but what about food we’ve already prepared. At most they only last a few days in the fridge before spoiling and freezing is usually not an option since flavor and nutrients degrade that way. The Air Storage keeps cooked food at a constant 60ºC via thermal energy.
Designer: Hyun-Sung Jang
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