Not Just for Hanging Coats
A single sheet of metal bent, folded and fashioned into a majestic coat hanger; very approriate for the hallway or foyer. This uber chic Coat…
February, 2011
Look Carefully; It’s a Transparent TV!
Ask yourself, “what’s the next step in television innovation?” The answer is transparency – an invisible flatscreen that blends into the home environment when not…
Grenade Alarm Deluxe
As complicated as it can be, getting up in the morning has several really simple solutions, supposing you’re one not apt to be waking. One…
Take Whats There and Make Energy
One of the greatest things you can do as an industrial designer with earth-saving aspirations is to find a source of free or nearly-free energy….
Not Just Shells
The project you’re about to lay eyes on is not a nut. It’s not a shell either. Nor is it even organic. Nay! It is…
Elegant Solution to Cable Management
Our buddy Dean Heckler of his eponymous Heckler Design has something new up his sleeve called OneLessDrop. It’s a simple, elegant solution to cable management….
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…
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…