Holograms Can Be Fun
Hologram technology may still be in a full bloom, but that doesn’t stop some designers from conceiving fun ideas to play around with. Like a…
August, 2009
Carved From A Block of Chrome
Here are two products destined for production. The Chiseled and U-Turn faucet concepts come to us by way of Design Jordan. I love the contrast…
Recipes On Time
Julia Childs called me up in my dreams and told me the Kitchen Timer is totally approved. It’s a timing device that works with specially…
Woven Bench
Something about woven furniture tickles me, in a good way. The Cheig Bench is gorgeous. I love the modern form with the heavily pronounced curves….
Inverse Proportion For Texting
The choice so far in cell phones has been large screens and tiny keypads or tiny screens and large keypads. Finding both large-large on the…
Universal Design for Hammer
Not much of a carpenter, but sometimes we do get stuck in a situation where we need to tackle the nail, the bang, our fingers…
Solar Filtering, It Works!
As proven by my 4th grade science project, adequate sun exposure will in fact, disinfect standing water. Now give me money. UV filtration isn’t new….
Clothes Hanger Meant To Be Messy
I’m guilty of it, haphazardly slinging my clothes, new and worn, all over the place. Why not at least go for the semblance of organization…
Share TV, It’s Good For You
This must be a sign, the end to human intelligence – the day when we create TVs to further enable our couch potato ways. The…
Phone That Shames The Weather Bureau
I don’t know about your city, but the weather bureau of my hometown is often sniggered at, for their in-accurate predictions. When they say it…
Cooker Gets Smarter
The family structure is undergoing a massive reconstruction, and the Smart Sun Solar Cooker addresses this need by being suitable for 1-2 persons. It features…
Sunny Song Is Green
What’s Hot: Eco-friendly tag, meaning Solar Power; Bluetooth, A2DP/AVRCP, latest NXT panel technology, two kinds of styles: one for desks and the other for mobile…
Tabbed Bathroom Options
Hooray! The tabbing of folders -and the entire organized world- has come nearly full circle! First they put tabs on folders, then they put tabs…
Shooting Film
Just the other day I was thinking about how amazing it would be to be able to hold a camera with one hand and “shoot…
Brush Patterns
Miranda is a surface tile with hairs that can be manipulated to create different shades in the surface. These shades can be used as a medium for…
Monitors Your Health, Draws Blood
The < yu: > enables real time biometric feedback – the kind of information that could revolutionize medical diagnosis. It’s a soft bracelet mesh that…