Superstition in Design
You’ve heard the old rules. Don’t walk under a ladder. Be wary of a black cat. Never spill salt. It’s all superstition but many people…
Product Design
It Just Pops Up Like Toast!
I’m on a perpetual quest finding innovative solutions for power strips and plug-yanking! This time around I’ve chanced upon the Single Hand, a power strip…
Love Card, Your Shopping Guide!
Although it sounds like a love meter, the Love Card is actually a digital card that helps the blind and elderly shop in supermarkets independently….
Wait, Fiskars Audio Products?
What if Sony made cars, Apple made dishwashers and Google made furniture? This poses a unique opportunity for a designer to take a company’s brand…
Keeping the Barista Art Intact
Don’t you love the artwork a barista creates in your coffee? I adore it and try to keep the foam intact until the last drop….
Lid with Wings
The Lid with Wings is pot with a lid designed to remain stable even when placed slightly ajar. The product addresses cooks who prefer displacing cookware lids…
Hone Your Handyman Skills
The Repair-Ware Series are a group of household appliances designed for easy maintenance and urges you to be self-reliant. For example, the Steam Iron is…
Time is Squishy
Someone said that even a broken watch shows the correct time twice a day. With that “glass half full” mentality in mind, check out the…
Blind CC Gets Refined
Braille Credit Card is a refined version of the Blind CC, but from a different designer. The card is much sleeker and easier to carry…
Congrats on Your New Embryos
Based on a set of life-sized statues that were shown at the Coarse solo exhibition in Chicago in 2010, Coarse now introduces their latest “oop”…
iPad 2 Window
I was once referred as “loopy” by a group of designers because I wanted a house with giant displays in lieu of actual windows. The…
Pulse
The beginning stages of wearing a hearing aid can be uncomfortable and embarrassing. Pulse is an auditory system aimed at improving this transition by providing…