What An Adorable Lamp
I love Marc Haldermann’s floor lamp called Puu. It’s modern, a little mid-century, yet sophisticated and whimsical. It’s as if he read my mind and…
Your Own Kitchen Hideaway
The Kitchen Hideaway is a peep into what food prep might be like in the future. A helmet and viewport allow you to image what…
Cooking Outdoors A Little More Bearable
I really dislike camping. The need to commune with nature isn’t enough of a reason to rough it. I can enjoy the view just the…
Don’t Walk Under A Ladder
The Safe-a-Stitious ladder, a playful design that alerts people to the old superstition “never walk underneath a ladder.” It looks like an ordinary ladder but…
Who Needs A Diamond When You…
Not impressed with diamonds or carat size? The M3 and M4 rings might appeal to you. Each stainless steel screw is set in sterling silver,…
Deez Nuts
A studio project that ended up challenging the way we crack a nut, redefining the idea of a nutcracker. The conventional nutcracker tool places a huge…
Square Coffee
I’m in love with this electric kettle serving set called Friend’s Coffee. The designer wanted to keep it simple and tame the design aesthetics of…
Six Sided Images
CubeBrowser is a six-sided digital, display cube that connects to online databases like Flickr.com. You’re able to move through thousands of image-sets by turning and…
A New Lease On “Light”
I like looking at the Posh Lamp as a design exercise. What would normally be a run-of-the-mill portable light is elevated to something austere and…
A Straight Line
The Constrained Ball is one of those concepts I can easily see myself buying from a late night infomercial. I’m not saying it’s bad but…
The Stalb Lamp
There’s an austere aesthetic to the Stabl Lamp by Kassen. It blends biomorphic design elements with “brutalist principles in steadfast materials.” Indeed the mix of…
One Step Closer To Interactive Television
In the late 80’s I remember seeing many television concepts designed to engage the user. Remember Smell-O-Vision? Designers recognized interactivity was the future but they…