Three Point Focus
Try changing a flat tire in the dead of the night, on a road that has no streetlights. Too farfetched? No stuff like this happens;…
2009
Spicy Hot Book
Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Anthony Bourdain; all my favorite men will agree with me when I say that it’s the spices that you add to…
Making Pee Drinkable
You aren’t dreaming! And this isn’t Waterworld! You know what I’m talking about, Kevin Costner. This is a device for emergency areas / unclean-water areas…
Zipper That Got Me All Entangled
Thanks to all for appreciating the Yi Earphone, but I must say that some of the responses that I have been getting are pretty overwhelming….
Cutting Board Woes
A surefire way of sanitizing your kitchen cutting board is to add chlorine to the rinsing water every once in a while; sadly who’s got…
It’s Raining Pictures From My Shower
When you see a sleek little projector like this Photo Shower, you expect it to be packed with tech-specs and groundbreaking features; but NO! No,…
Summer Time Calls For Picnics And Coolers
Pretty soon we will have summer shining upon us and it will be time to pack up the sandwiches and cakes, get out the wicker…
Recycling Typography
It is set upon me to congratulate the simplest and most why-didn’t-I-do-that designs, I think. Here’s one of them. It’s brilliant. These folks decided it…
Tokyo Fiber 2009 SENSEWARE PART 1
Tokyo Fiber SENSEWARE was started as a project to show the merits of Japan’s fibers. SENSEWARE refers to materials or mediums that arouse a creative…
Flashback Fridays: Panasonic Toot-a-Loop Radio
Part-radio and part-fashion accessory, the Toot-A-Loop was wearable technology. Worn around the wrist like a bracelet, or carried like a purse, the Toot-A-Loop was shaped…
Interview Me: Nick Trincia
As part of an ongoing series of quickstyle interviews with some of today’s most talented designers, I thought it prudent by kicking things off with…
Imagine an Illuminated Forest
Scared of the dark? You could carry a flashlight but why not something a little cuter? The Light Tree is a small night-light. Sure it…
Would a Woodchuck Chuck a Bike Made of Wood?
Wood frame bikes have long given way to aluminum and space age materials but designer Arndt Menke thinks we were too hasty in giving up…
How to GO GREEN With A Shower, Wand, Shoe, Dish and Bamboo
Recently Sony encouraged some ID students from China to think GREEN and come up with eco-friendly products that can be incorporated into everyday life. The…
A Hip Lab Assistant
Like all other centrifuges, laboratory centrifuges work by the sedimentation principle, where the centripetal acceleration is used to separate substances of greater and lesser density….
Rendezvous At The Meeting Point
Clandestine meeting points are a thing of the past. As we get progressive our mindsets have changed and the secret romantic rendezvous points are being…