Analog Cooling of Interior Spaces
How would you like to be able to cool your house (assuming you live in a part of the world where it gets hot enough…
Sustainable Design
Olde New Bike
This is a bicycle project whose aim is to create a cycle with a retro style mixed with a slightly more contemporary cafe racer model….
Turnstile Power
We pass through rotating gates at many checkpoints like train stations and amusement parks and we never give it a thought but there is a…
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….
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…
A Coconut Home for the iPad
The coconut tree perhaps is the most giving tree in all of nature. What I mean is that every part of the tree is used…
Auto Freedom for Brazil and Beyond
By now, since I and we have mentioned it so often due to its massive spread of influence over the world of industrial design, we…
Water Weighs All
Instead of using all that precious and energy-wasting metal in the construction of a scale, why not use water? That’s what the designer of this…
The Water Vapor Project
This year’s IIDA has some pretty interesting entries. For example the Water Vapor Project is an attempt to hydrate the parched desert landscape of Africa….
Lit by Wind
Wind Bulb is a light powered by wind. Winner of the LiteOn Award, it’s designed for apartment balconies in urban areas. The tiny propellor at…
Green in the Virtual World is Good for the Real World
Stella is a collaborative project that offers a tangible interpretation of how ecological actions can positively affect the environment. It’s thought that if people can…
Déjà vu LED?
The prolific design hub Art Lebedev is out with another of its creation and design-wise it’s got a major Philips hangover! I’m talking about the…