“Mingle” combines the iconic form of the martini glass and a user centric design approach. “Mingle” consists of a double-walled glass bowl that insulates a cool drink from warm fingers. The bowl can be set in the base when the drinker is not holding or drinking from it and serves as a coaster as well. Best of all, the two-piece construction allows the unit to be broken down and compactly stored.
Designer: Adran Nakagawa
Bloom is a portable light that brings the beauty of the outdoors into the home. As the flower blooms the light intensity increases. The lighting system consists of three sets of blooming lights that are battery charged allowing them to go anywhere and to be placed wherever they are needed.
Designer: Sergio Coronado
If I hang a birdfeeder, I want to see birds using it. This double sided birdfeeder designed by Sofie Collin makes both the birds and voyeuristic humans happy. On the veneered side, multiple perches allow any tiny bird to sit and snack on the hanging sack of seeds.
Designer: Sofie Collin
Cardine is a folding chair formed with only 1 sheet of plastic and two pairs of Velcro. This simple structure requires extremely few resources and energy for manufacturing so it can be an answer for the sustainable future. And the low cost to produce will make it a low price product so anybody who wants to use will be able to have it.
Designer: Sooin Kim
Patrick Jouin has designed Gilt in a series of sumptuous, historic rooms in The New York Palace Hotel. Dominated by a lilac, oyster-shaped structure and a white Corian bar, the restaurant resembles something from a futuristic film set. Awe-inspiring dishes by chef Christopher Lee are served in the theatrical interiors, which are beautifully complemented by Jouin’s custom-made furniture.
Designer: Patrick Jouin
In the last decade public education departments have increasingly made an effort to replace the notorious student diet of chips and soda. Their goal is to provide a more balanced meal with higher nutritional values. One of the toughest battles have been with soda. It is a high priority to replace this non-nutritional drink with more healthier choices such as natural fruit juices and water.
Designer: Fred Deperio
Memory Infinite has a USB male connector at one end and a female connector at the other, providing an “add up” concept for USB finger discs. By connecting one Memory Infinite with another to, you can grow the space you need. The user can choose to combine or separate Memory Infinites to share files and if you build a chain long enough, you can wear it. When plugged into a computer, the daisy chain appears as one unified USB drive.
Designer: Vicky Wei
The first foldable cantilever chair, goes from wall art to functional furniture with a flick of the wrist. With an inspiring take on the maximization of space and the transformation of an object from 2D to 3D, it epitomizes designer Dror Benshetrit’s vision: the emotion of art intertwined with simple poetics of form following function.
Designer: Dror Benshetrit
Adaptive knitwear combines simplicity, function, and aesthetic appeal into a very wearable clothing concept. Clothing in which various pieces attach/detach easily depending on the climate conditions is at the root of this concept. This set consists of a short-sleeved shrug, detachable wool or cotton sleeves and a warm collar that can also detach from the main piece.
Designer: Leah Fabish
The Vaio Zoom notebook concept takes everything we know about holographic technology and squeezes it inside a thin glass form factor. When off, the screen is completely transparent and the keyboard goes opaque. Turn it on and the touchscreen holographic festivities begin. Even the mouse buttons are holographic!
Designer: Eno Setiawan
Basic and rudimentary organic shapes, inspired from cocoons and caterpillars, are interlocked to form a circle of containers for 8 different spices. Portable, these containers can be taken with you anywhere and everywhere as part of your mobile life. It may even be worn as a necklace. Every module has a different texture for tactile recognition. Manufactured out of polyamide, using Rapid Manufacturing technology a.k.a. rapid resin prototyping.
Designer: Hakan Gencol
The ‘Solarise’ lampshade depicts a subtle image of the London skyline and mimics the effect of the sun rising. As the sky gets brighter, the skyline appears as one of the most attractive views and symbolic images of a city.
The printed thermochromic layer changes color in reaction to the temperature change of the bulb gradually over a timespan of a few minutes.
Designer: Pu Tai
The Freecom USB card is a slim, 2-mm flash memory device in credit-card format. Designed especially for business people, the flat device fits into any wallet. The USB plug is integrated into the card and folds out when the unit is operated. The USB card is available with memory storage capacities ranging from 256 MB to 4 GB and is compatible with Windows and Mac OS X.
Designer: Jurjen Rolf [ Manufacturer: Freecom ]
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