Book Case Genetics
Returning lumberjack slash designer Joel Escalona has a bookcase for us all that gets back to basics in a real metaphorical way. Or is it…
July, 2009
Pure Safe Water In The Tropics
AquaIris Portable Water Purifier is meant for folks in the tropical regions and is packaged as a really sexy looking bottle. The reusable removable filter…
Gimme Shelter
The Mongolian steppe is no place to linger but thousands of people still lead nomadic lifestyles in this harsh environment. Today’s nomads can travel farther…
Demolition Robot
Did you watch the Seattle Kingdome demolition in 2000? That stadium was brought down by implosion techniques; however it’s not necessary to resort to kabooms…
Computerized Clay?
What if a material could be manipulated both digitally and physically through a seamless two-directional interaction? As a designer you know that there are limitations…
Motion Sensitive Remote Control
When the Nintendo Wii came along, the world changed. The world of video games, the world of remote controls, that particular world. We got up,…
A Very Relaxed Radio
You will never find a more chilled out radio than this. “Radio Valerie.” No buttons, no switches. At least none that are immediately apparent. Reveal…
More Than Words
Is your phone a camera or the camera your digital player as well? Confused? You ought to be! As newer generations in gadgets and devices…
Ten Creative Camera Concepts
The camera is one gadget that gets me jittery. We have come a long way from the pin hole to the digitalized era; but the…
Tenting Up A Kayak
Next trip to the lake, don’t carry a tent to pitch, instead hire out an ingenious Kahuna. This is an open top outrigger kayak that…
Enhance Your Food Sense
I have heard of this restaurant where they serve food in total darkness. The reason behind it is that, when we block our visual perception…
What Breaks in Two Then Becomes Two
What happens to your plate when you drop it on the ground? It breaks! -what about plastic? -QUIET YOU! — Alexander Hulme has got the…
Electric Wheel on a Stick
It is an electrically powered wheel on a stick. That’s what it is. It’s called the “speedBat.” But it is so much more. You ever…
Nooka Grows a Nose and a Waist
I’m sure you being such design-oriented and informed folks know all about the watchmaking group that goes by the name Nooka. We’ve done a post…
Foldable Sneakers
About 15 years ago, a fashion designer exhibited a line of clothes that folded into books. It was a new paradigm for dressing. I can’t…
Is BMW Pixie A Fairy?
Monster, speedster, trailblazer, mean-machine; these are the general adjectives that accompany an automotive post on YD. Rarely do we get treated to a feminist outlook…