ICONICSTAND, This is Not Shop Class
In Seoul Korea a small studio called O’LIVEFACTORY is carving out a niche in the market. The brain child, one Kenny Cho, who nearly gave…
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Domino Clock
Award-winning product development consultancy Carbon Design Group repurposes an icon with the introduction of the Domino Clock™. The Domino Clock™ takes a simple, iconic object…
It’s Time for a Braille Smartphone
Voim (seeing in Korean) is a smartphone concept for the blind that includes functions to make communication easier. It features route navigation, word recognition and…
Once Upon an UnTime
Telling time requires a very basic and ubiquitous skill but what if the whole concept were completely redesigned? UnTime explores hours and minutes as two…
No Fruit Allowed
Welcome to a portable cooking experience like you’ve, perhaps maybe, never seen before. This is “Roll-Up”, an induction cooktop which separates induction coils and electronic…
House by House, Piece by Piece
Welcome to SmartHouse! This is a completely modular system for putting together your brand new house, all of it made with pure, sweet, German craftsmanship…
Brightness in Woodness
Made in an effort to resurrect the essence of the night markets designer Lee Leong Chye knew as a child. Specifically Chye hoped to find…
A Fair Warning
Signal Lock is an LED warning light that fits within the frame of a bicycle and comes in real handy when you’re stuck in the…
Grasp and Water, Your New ZEN Players
We are so fixated with the “i” prefix that we rarely see anything beyond the Apple realm. Its designers like Li Qing who dares us…
Stealthy Faucets
It’s not every day you see bathroom fittings inspired by stealth aircraft but hey, why not? The sharp angles compliment the fluidity of water. The…
Play Inside the Sun to Learn About Fusion
SOL – an interactive spatial installation staging the origin of solar energy. In an immersive environment the principles of nuclear fusion can be experienced in a…
Big Sweater, Small Sweater
Let me be the one to let you in on this magically amazing idea for clothing tags. What Yong Jin Kim’s idea consists of is…
For Turtle Carrying
If you’re the sort of person who works with and in the sea, you’re probably aware of sea turtles. If you are aware of sea…
Hearing Spaces
Presenting the ICC Kids Program 2010 “What Sounds Do We Hear?”, held at the NTT Intercommunication Center [ICC]. It’s a space that focuses on sounds…
This phone mount sucks…
Literally! Sticko uses the power of suction cups to help you stay connected wherever you go. Primarily designed for hands-free phone use in the car,…
To Eat Off A Smile
Inspired by virtual imagery and digital computer graphics, specifically the popular “emoticons”, PATTERNED SMILE introduces two new faces designed exclusively for this urban, contemporary tableware…