A New Kind of Aluminum Can
106,000 aluminum cans are discarded every 30 seconds in the United States. Efforts to recycle the mounting heaps have met with mild success so Haoshi…
2011
By the Heat of the Desert
Hot Liner is a flexible panel that is rigid enough to form a stovetop. It’s intended for the deserts of Africa where sunlight is aplenty….
Finally A Phone That has it ALL!
The concept of slender phones with large faces was tossed out of the window thanks to iPhone and brigade. We like our phones meaty with…
Wordy and Doodlely Ammo
Ortie Design is proud to introduce the first object of their poetic-offbeat catalog. Bullet is a pencil in natural beechwood, with a graphite lead HB, in…
Pen in Crack
Can you guess where the pen goes? That’s right! Right in the middle there, right in the crack. This project is known simply as “Notebook…
Many Layers of Foot
Take a look at or just think really hard about the shoes you’ve got on, if you’ve got any on. How many layers of material…
Twisted and Molded for Sitting
The following is an exercise in sculpting. A project of carbon fiber proportions, one made when the designer Allen Chester G. Zhang was experimenting with…
Bookshelf Chess
Part of the “Imprints: Designing for Memories” exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore, “VERY BIG” is a bookshelf with accompany Chinese chess pieces. The…
Solaris Watch
A concept watch for Tokyoflash, the Solaris features solar cells as an integral part of the design. It definitely has that almost “too hard to…
Signs on a Tree
Imagine using a flexible LED solar panel as traffic signal! The idea is awesome. It can be installed on any existing circular base like a…
Patch of Coffee Green
Mugs aren’t just plain ceramic objects that hold beverages. They have grown to become something meaningful with sentimental value. A whole industry thrives by selling…
Spring + Gear + Motor = Energy
It’s completely brilliant! Can you take this idea apart? This is a portable spring driven power generator design concept by designer Satoshi Yanagisawa, one that…