Subtle Reminders for Eco-Awareness
Inspired by the study of hybrid environments in urban ecology, the Growth Plate light switch seeks to bring awareness to nature by forcing contact between…
Technology
Love Letter to Alan Li
Dear Alan, Apple will love you for your Gaming Pod concept and gamers like me who can’t live without the iPhone for this very reason,…
Nikon D800 Turns Me Right Round
The Nikon D800 concept is a new approach to ergonomics reflex camera for recording video. It has a rotating handle so you can hold it…
Not Your Average Mobile Phone
The ENSEMBLE explores new ideas about mobile phones. A metal skin protects a vegetal core. A spin unfolds to dispatch its “digital sap.” An organic…
Bento Box Kinda Like Voltron
Bento is quite an exceptional and forward thinking concept by René Woo-Ram Lee. It’s quite a plausible scenario that most of use/own a tablet, a…
Spin Recharging
A close cousin of the Mechanical Mobile, the revOlve cellphone loves to spin. A notch up as far as physical design goes, the main differentiating…
Robo-Giving
Why is it that I would trust giving my money to a cute robot before a human? Take a look at DON-8r (pronounced donator) &…
The Cleaning Dog Squad
Before you call PETA, just hear me out. The dogs and pups involved are robotic and no animals were harmed in the making of this…
The Acoustic Alarm
If you’re not a morning person and hate the irritating cacophony of most alarm clocks then you’ll appreciate this design by Jamie McMahon. Handcrafted from…
A Different Kinda Fold
The Feno is a folding notebook. Typically we expect a hinge between the display and keyboard, but the Feno has an additional hinge within the…
Strap-on Some Groove
The GROOVESTRAP is a T-shaped handy thang that hooks onto an external 2.5-inch external Hard Drive and converts it to a useful interim MP3 player….
Dieter Rams Would Be Proud
Minimalism is really a tough art to master. The balance between function and aesthetics is beautifully achieved in these two products. A clock/radio in which the…