A Seat For All Seasons
Whether on a hot sunny day or a bone chilling evening, the Janus Transforming Chair is a seat for all seasons. By folding over boards,…
January, 2008
“CUBE” is the Winner
3XN Architects won the international architectural competition for the New Headquarters for Deutsche Bahn in Berlin . The location of the “CUBE” is in one…
Want to step outside for a smoke?
Well, it seems pretty much that anywhere in the world, smoking is now banned from inside bars, restaurants and most clubs. Which all in all…
Bello Touchscreen PMP
The holy grail of touch interface design seems to be marrying the simplicity of hand gestures with deep navigation. This is Bello’s speciality. Designer Ryan…
A New Scoop on Measuring Cups
Measuring cup designs have changed throughout the years from the old metal design style to a more modern design. However, the newer designs have always…
Say Goodbye to Messy Cables
Having the latest in technology is great-every gadget you can think of all the better. Yet with those tech pieces comes a wired mess. Studio…
Smarter Clothing Care Labels
Coming from a fashion design background, I find it surprising 70% of people don’t read the care labels and when they do, it’s usually too…
Styrofoam Sofa
Designer Kwangho Lee thought it would be clever to take old sheets of styrofoam and mold them into furniture. Now before birds, polar bears, rabbits,…
Is all industrial design software the same?
Mike Hudspeth from Machine Design talks about what to look for in ID software. Today there are many. Besides Alias ($25,000), good packages include Rhino…
Need More Cabinet Space
I don’t know about you, but I am tired of looking in my cabinets at all the different size and shapes of plates and bowls…
It’s a PC, No It’s a Lamp. Wait, It’s Kinda Both
Turning Lamp is a PC mounted on a lamp base. It uses tactile interfaces people are familiar with when turning lamps on so a pull…
Plants Fall Over When Thirsty
Just like people, plants fall over when they begin to die from thirst but unlike people, plants can’t verbally communicate when they need watering. That’s…
Can You Hook Me Up with One of Those?
Here is a new design, that we haven’t seen a lot of lately. I personally do not own a coat hanger, because the past designs…
Scrunch, Flip, Flip, Tumble
No, I am not talking about a new dance that is the latest craze, but about a new eco-friendly bag designed by Hetal Jariwala and…
High Tech Napkins
We saw several napkin idea concepts last year but this is the first to utilize e-ink and RF technology. The Napkin PC is designed for…
Easy Writing For The Disabled
You may not put much thought into it but it takes a symphony of small muscles in your hand to operate a pen/pencil. For some…