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I browse internet to find ideas on watch design that im doing currently, and i found this watches that i consider as ‘cool’ and unique. it have exceptional user interface that creating different way of reading the time compare to normal watch and by looking at the design itself it is considered trendy and flashy.
The first watch is Oberon which made from black coated stainless steel for its body and strap, it having a display from LED.
The outer ring of LEDs indicate the hour, the second ring indicates single minutes and the inner ring indicates minutes in groups of ten. It's easy to follow because the position of the lights is the same as the hands on a regular clock. The date can be read in a similar manner, activated by a second push of the button.

The second watch is shinshoku which i think is more flashy than Oberon, instead it needs more time for the user to get used to the way its showing the time. Shinshoku’s solid, continuous stainless steel band wraps comfortably around your wrist and features a matrix of punched out holes with twenty-nine super bright LEDs beneath the surface which illuminate to present the time.
It is available in black and clear strap, and you can choose wheter if you want to use animation or without animation to show the time. Twelve red LEDs indicate the hour, three green LEDs indicate 15, 30 and 45 minutes past the hour and fourteen yellow LEDs indicate single minutes.

LED Candle Tea Lights

LEDs lighting are gaining popularity recently, especially to the growing numbers of contemporary designed products & spaces. The reason is because Compared to regular fluorescent tubes, LEDs lasts longer by approximately 1.1x ~ 1.6x times. Compared to regular incandescent light bulbs, LEDs easily lasts 17x ~ 35x times longer. Therefore, we can help conserve the planet's energy & resources. (resources: Wikipedia)
[Most importantly,the candle flicker simulation looks real too!!]

I personally thinks it is a great way to decorate home interior spaces or outdoors. [and need not worry for accidental fire, or tipping off the smoke alarm!!]

=)


1. Smart Candle (click here)















2. Philips' Aurelle series (click here)













3. KSI (click here)

CD LAMP

Project: CD lamp

Designer: Josh Owen

Manufacturer: Owenlogik

Date of Design: 2001

Date of Production: 2004

'Drinking my coffee one morning I found myself staring at a pile of CD cases in the corner of the studio that I was about to sentence to the landfill. I realized that there could be great beauty in the unpredictable reuse of these items with their specific transparent and opaque parts providing an interesting opportunity in lighting. The CD Lamp is about recycling through reuse. It evolved out of an exercise in repositioning an industrial artifact that is beginning to outlive its intended functionality. Our data resides in computers, hard drives, increasingly more consumer products, now jewelry and soon we’ll carry it casually under our skin. As such, the very idea of the CD has become less important, less valuable and more temporary. People feel much more nonchalant about the way they interact with CDs and the need for a “protective” case has subsided.'

Grandma's Revenge

The concept storage type kitchen called Grandma's Revenge was created by Melanie ille and Ilja Oelschlagel as part of a compact kitchen project at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. This minimal kitchen system, in which the full-size plan on the wall pops out as is, evokes images of the neat and tidy grandmother.




http://www.compact-kitchen.de/omasrache.html

ICON

Icon made from two aluminium sheets bent and welded together construct the basic structure of this minimalist design. It is stackable stool with a non-scratch surface and complete with a removable cushion for comfortable seating. Colors include black, white, and red.

Link: www.b-line.it

Eclipse Light

Eclipse Light designed by Ronen Kadushin is part of the Open Design method first collection. It 'made out from a single piece of laser cut sheet steel, hand bent to form a 'Bare bone' lighting object. Additional electric component are standard and common.

Dimension/Size: L 29 x W 22 x H 59 cm
Electric specs: 25W / 220v lamp.

Triops - 360 degree camera

Franziska Faoro is the creator of Triops. The camera is equipped with various sensors that allow you to take picture by throwing the device in the air or waving it around. The camera has 3 protected fisheye lenses which enables it to take 360 degree picture, which is great for taking . By setting the timer and throw the camera over your head, you can take panoramic view shot from midair.

Juke Tower

Juke tower is an MP3 player for the bathtub designed by Hidekazu Ashida for Noritz Electronic Technology (NET) Japan. He designed the device to look like shampoo bottle to blend into the environment. The device is water-proof with LCD display where sound level and clock appear on the side. The MP3 player does not come with internal memory space, which then require the user to insert their own USB flash drive containing the MP3 files. It is sold at ￥10,500 ($101.63) with no USB flash disk included.

ANIMAL TALES!

‘ANIMAL TALES!’ Ding 3000’s themes for their exhibition during Milan Design Week 2008. Ding 3000 is a product design company teams of 3 young designers. They believe that “Mother nature is still the best designer in the world.” Ding 3000 taking shy giraffes, greedy chicks, and afghan hounds for their inspiration.

URWERK Timepieces

URWERK 103series
This 'cool' timepiece does its share in puzzling, telling the time, as well as mesmerizing with its unusual way of presenting the moments in time. You will find yourself drawn into it when you finishes reading this post. These watches does not required any batteries at all; and unless you can stay completely still for 43 hours, the natural movements of your wrists would be enough to crank the power up for it to run constantly. You will wonder, what are these dials, needles, and displays are for; when they are placed underneath the watch face? These timepieces are crafted; not mass-manufactured.
A crafted item has to be beautifully done. It is NOT only elegant for others to see, but also for yourself to keep and enjoy for life. Therefore, it is only available in a very-very-limited collection. You will find yourself gazing into the elegance it expresses through the boldness use of materials, textures, and colour selection.


URWERK 202

Unveiled only by this April in Geneva, this timepiece showcases the craftmanship of its luxury, elegant, as well as mastery in micro-engineering of the Swiss' clocks & watches making practices since centuries ago.
You may wonder what are these displayed at the bottom of the timepieces this time. It is not a display of dials and needles -- Rather, it showcases the miniature pressurized air chambers, miniature air compressors, and twin miniature air-turbines; this 'enclosed' wind turbine generator is used to power up all those complex mechanical actions inside the timepieces.

With the design like this and parts with tolerance of only 1/1000mm, who would dare say, "precise engineering is systematical, and not beauty?"
Pretty, witty, and packed with powerful features, I say.

Regards,

Aelf

Uragano

Filandri Moreno, a 47 year old Italian, built his own supercar that called "Uragano" (Italian for hurricane). He spent 4 years to built Uragano, Morena construct every detail of the car himself except for the engine where he used Audi A8's engine.

Link

Anamorphic cup

Anamorphic cup, designed by Ross McBride, add fun to what would usually be boring and plain-looking teacup. The image/text on the saucer is reflected using anamorphic reflection, where distorted image is correctly reflected on cylindrical surface, on the highly polished stainless steel cup. The image/text on the saucer would otherwise be undecipherable without the cup.

vyrus 984 c3

As the branch company of bimota, vyrus focused on lower cost two wheeled vehicle.
vyrus 984 c3 is the new bike from vyrus which i think its radically designed, and reffered as. ‘The New Motorcycle Design yearbook 3’ this version was called ‘the black rocket’ since all the alloy parts are anodized with black color.

Engine type : 4 stroke

Number of cylinders: 2Lshaped 90

bore : 94mm

stroke: 71.5mm

displacement: 992cc

compression ratio 10:1

lubrication system forced pump at gear

cooling system air cooled

power 90,5 hp

Bottlebrick

Bottlebrick, is a modular bottle storage designed by Kain Lucas Design. The nature of the design allows for various compositions, allowing the user to create theri own bespoke system. This system can be separated and re assembled very easily.

This inspired design has a clear sculptural value and functions as both bottle storage and visual display.

This product provides a playful solution to storage requirements with simplicity of use built in.

Material: Expanded Polystyrene.

Link

I Need Help

Help is a new line of healthcare products designed by Richard Fine. 'Help Remedies' was created to make solving simple health issues simple. The ugly packaging often adding confusion to ourselves and made our head hurt more when we are headache. Here 'Help Remedies' find the best solution by stripping away some of the complexity and fear mongering of the health industry which empower people to make their own health decisions. Fine’s response was to create simple packaging out of soft molded paper pulp, designed to be calming. The first two products are “help I have a headache” and “help I’ve cut myself”, tablets and bandages, respectively.