An espresso machine is a challenging object to design, on the one hand you have to innovate and appeal to the eye, and on the other hand it has to be pragmatic and intuitive to use as is the original design of an espresso machine.
Designer: Adam Zerbib
As flexible displays come to market, designers are asked how they can design products that utilize the technology while remaining meaningful. Yun Liang’s scroll cellphone takes its inspiration from how traditional Chinese paintings are unfurled.
Designer: Yun Liang
Yotel, the revolutionary new hotel concept that is redefining the global hotel industry, is today launching with 46 stylish cabins at Gatwick Airport – South Terminal, with other city and airport locations to follow. Inspired by first-class airline cabins, Yotel is the first hotel to be located inside a UK airport terminal. YO! Founder Simon Woodroffe conceived the innovative Yotel cabins to provide a flexible and convenient ‘first class’ hotel experience at affordable prices.
Designer: Priestman Goode [ Product Page ]
Far far away in a land where home seems distant and the drive feels long is a place we call the office. The standard 9-5 job seems to be disappearing fast and many people are finding themselves eating lunch and dinner in office. It’s not exactly a healthy practice since desks are usually infested with more bacteria than the kitchen. So designers Simon Kingston and James Rennick decided to make that their challenge when German kitchen and appliance manufacturer Miele asked them to come up with an idea for the kitchen of the future.
Designer: Simon Kingston & James Rennick [ Via: Core 77 ]
Jewelry is never really meant to function in any purposeful way. People wear them to adorn and decorate. The perfume ring by Johanna Jansson flips that around and gives function to what otherwise would just be a bobble on our fingers.
Designer: Johanna Jansson
Actually it’s a Bugimen, designed by Ehsan Moghaddampour for a future where driving is totally computer controlled leaving you as a bored passenger. Fortunately the Bugimen is designed for hot off roading so just sit back and enjoy the bumpy ride.
Designer: Ehsan Moghaddampour
Lets preface by saying DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. Truth be told, as designers I’m sure we’ve done something similar. I remember burning foam just to watch it melt and sizzle into some unrecognizable blob. Tom Price’s Meltdown Chair takes it a step further.
Designer: Tom Price
This phone concept by Karsten Willmann has all the basics of “phone concepts 101″ down. You’ve got the high contrast OLED display. You’ve got the really thin form factor. And then there’s the number key pad and soft keys sitting nearly flush with the surface. But what’s really interesting is the bulge protruding from its center-back, hiding a camera and flashlight.
Designer: Karsten Willmann
Hey, remember the last time you went hiking and thought to yourself, “darn I wish I brought a sandwich, and some salad, maybe some juice too”? We’re relegated to only carrying nothing more than a protein bar and water. Now if you had the picnic-for-one, you could bring a whole meal as a little snack or reward to enjoy the view atop the summit.
Designer: Roger Kellenberger
It seems in regard to electronic design, touchscreens are in and anything tactile is out. Tao Ma sees it the other way around. The Quartz Tele concept uses large quartz crystals for each numeric number on a dial pad. Below each crystal is an embedded LED. Pressing each crystal illuminates it like a transformer’s energon cube.
Designer: Tao Ma
Designer Hoon Roh (love the name) is one of those interesting designers that look to nature for inspiration in regard to design and function. One oft studied organism is the bee, moreover their unique honeycomb hives. Thru millions of years of evolution, nature has perfected a design language for the bee, creating chambers that provide optimum support while staying frugal on building material.
Designer: Hoon Roh
I once worked with a photographer that thoroughly believed everyone would look better if they carried around their own lighting. I’ve also worked with a scientist who believed men and women would have an easier time understanding each other if they could communicated thru flashes of light.
They would both approve of the Sumi lamp, a lamp for every moment.
Designer: Ben Collette
We’re excited about the opening of this project for many reasons: it’s summer, and the combination of sea, sand and stunning architecture pleases us greatly; and we’ve long championed designer-architect Thomas Heatherwick , whose studio is behind the East Beach Café.
Architect: Thomas Heatherwick [ Product Page ]
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