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World Trade Visitor Center by BKSK

The Tribute WTC Visitor Center is designed to provide visitors at New York’s Ground Zero with a space where they can gather, connect, and reflect about the events of September 11th, 2001 and February 26th, 1993. BKSK Architects worked closely with the September 11 Families Association and the graphic design firm Poulin & Morris to tell the story through first person narratives, images and selected artifacts.

Architect: BKSK

Tobias Wong Open Store For 2 Months

With just two months to go until New York’s ICFF, influential designer Tobias Wong’s plans for a guerilla store are finally being realised. Over the coming weeks, as preparations gather momentum, Tobias, who has just been named one of Forbes’ 100 top Tastemakers, and Gregory Krum, director of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum Shop, will keep us posted on the highs and lows of their exciting enterprise…

Designer: Tobias Wong

Water Re-use System by Luis Gama

The WRS basin was born to minimize the water scarcity problem that will be present to us in the near future. The observation of our “daily little tasks” made me identify small mistakes that an individual does each time, every time, in a consistent basis and that can be changed, re-educated in our life, make things work right again.

Designer: Luis Gama

Ritek Yego – USB Drive With Extra USB Ports

Ritek USB Flash Drive Hub Yego is fun, unique design includes two additional USB ports, which allows users to combine each USB drive into a USB HUB and add on more mobile devices. Users now have easy access to a virtually endless stream of data, photos, or music without having to download or continually change out devices.

Design: Ritek [ Via: Ohgizmo ]

Tubo – Tree Trunk Lit From Within by Massimo Barbierato

Tubo is a neon tube covered by a maple-wood or chestnut lampshade. It is a wooden cylinder running on a luminous segment. By lowering or heightening this cylinder, you control the amount of light emitted and its chromatic effects. You can opt for a cooler light source (by pulling the neon tube out partially), or a warmer light source (by covering it completely).

Designer: Massimo Barbierato

Construction Begins On Vision Machine by Jean Nouvel

New York, NY In 1987, maverick French architect Jean Nouvel burst onto the international scene with a new headquarters for the Arab World Institute in Paris, one of President Franois Mitterrand’s Grands Projets.

Designer: Jean Nouvel [ Product Page ] [ Via: Dezeen ]

Book Of Light by Takeshi Ishiguro

Isn’t this neat We think so and love this extremely unique concept. You’ll really surprise everyone with this beautifully innocent book. The book of lights pop up protagonist emits a tabletop warming glow. A wonderfully crafted and cleverly folded lamp springs to life from the hardy white pages of the bound book, powered by a simple low voltage adapter. Finally a coffee table book that you’ll actually open.

Designer: Takeshi Ishiguro

Botanist Table Bench Collection by Dario Antonioni & Brandon Lynne

The Botanist Series, designed by Dario Antonioni and Brandon Lynne, features seductive botanical graphics cut into sleek metal forms. The series consists of a cocktail table, nesting end table, and bench, combining the precision of minimal design with the beauty and feminine touch of nature.

Designer: Dario Antonioni & Brandon Lynne [ Via: Inhabitat ]

The Butterfly Cell Phone by Andrew Kim

The Butterfly is a social networking device designed to give the optimal experience of being connected to an educational life-style for the teenage audience. There are 3 big factors of the Butterfly that make it a unique product: the design, connectivity and interaction.

Designer: Andrew Seunghyun Kim [ Via: Gizmodo ]

Samsung SGH-E500 – Leather Incorporated Cell Phone

We’ve changed the existing plastic & metallic image of mobile phone into a warm and attractive image of it by using decent leather material. Leather fabric in-mold labeling enables us to apply a warm and glamorous touchable feeling to the mobile phone. So that it helps us achieve high fashion design.

Designer: Hyejeong Lee, Sooyoung Hwang, Sunyoung Lee & Jiyun Park

Highway – Inside Outside Chair by Form Us With Love

The steel chair Highway designed by Form Us With Love for swedish steel furniture producer Mitab is a chair designed for both inside and outside use. It comes with a detachable pressed felt padding, flat when not in use and optimal for storing. Highway is stackable and can be dismounted in two pieces; base and seating.

Designer: Form Us With Love

Milan 2007: Tom Dixon Metallic Theme Collection

British design company Tom Dixon will reveal its new lighting and furniture range in Superstudio Piu during the Milan Design Week in April 2007.

The 2007 collection is defined by a Metallic’ theme.

Designer: Tom Dixon

Xposed – Get In Touch With Your Inner Stuff Bag by Fred & Friends

Here’s a subvervise new line of bags that subtly reveals the real you, as well as your spiked collar, Jack Daniels, and snub-nose revolver. Xposed comes in three styles a handy zip-close cosmetic bag, a shoulder bag for your everyday stuff, and a grocery tote. Durable non-woven plastic fiber. Uhhh, not recommended for airline carry-on.

Designer: Fred & Friends