'STINK'

designed by Dylan Gold

The stink tree is a coffee table made of solid mdf layers coated in automotive laquer and clear coat. The laminate and the extruded graphic are all customize. Stink tree can be produced in a range of colors, textures and styles. If you're worrying about stuff falling through the cracks, you can also fit it with a piece of glass. A vacuum cleaner with a very thin hose needed ready for any messy clean-ups.

Clip Hanger

If you think it is a bended paper clip, you are wrong... it is a clothes hanger design shaped like a paper clip. The hanger is designed for small laundry such as underwear, tie, and handkerchief.

Nice design huh!? It is designed by Jaehyung Hong.

key between people

At the Milan Design Week recently, Yamaha showcased their new grand piano concept which they called 'Key Between People'.

a very sleek and modern yet still showing the elegance of a grand piano, their concept is to create an interactivity between the player and audiences.

Braille Tee-Shirts

"Do Not Touch The Art"
Designed by: Barbara Loomis
Linksource: www.fashionoffice.org


The design of this tee-shirt is very unique, trendy, and contraversial, at least to most of us, that is. What is imprinted on the breast area of this tees actually the braille words of "Do not touch the art." For the blinds, however, reading does requires them to touch with their hands!



As shown on the picture above, the braille words were placed strategically on the breast area. It's meant to intensify the message, yet placing the words there simply means the area will be more susceptible to readin...hmm... I mean.. finger fiddling. =)

11 - the beautiful game

Playing football table is as fun and exiting as playing video games....

GRO design bring us a totally new design of football table. With figures in chrome finish and table designed without unnecessary detail, it is clean and yet beautiful. This eye-catching design of football table is perfect not only for playing and socializing with others but also as decoration to the space where it is placed.

Icon watch

I have no choice but to fell in love with this watch the moment I saw it. The unique yet simple design, in the shape of dots drawn on the computer icon depicting the watch as arranged. Available in 2 colors, white and black. Designed by "&design"

source: http://www.idea-in.com/takumi/iconwatch/

CupuC

Yoshihide Nakatani designed this cup, for +d trying to add an unexpected twist of expression to the - normally ignored - bottom of a cup, and therefore made your life become more exciting and profound. By flipping the cup upside down it looks like a soda can. The designer is trying to be playful with the name of the cup by combining the word cup + puc (reverse of cup) - Cupuc

VERTIKAL

designed by nonobject and was claimed as a first neckless bottle in a vodka brands, looking at the bottle design nowadays, this bottle looks more contemporary as the designer says "In a saturated market of premium and ultra premium Vodka brands, we created the next level of experience for consumers through our design approach that stirs up new emotional responses and connections. "

Heal Fast

Heal fast, designed by Donn Koh is a new generation of bandages that healing (specially for diabetic) person by electric fields. This bandages designed to solve chronic ulcers and pressure sores issues, it can be applied with just one hand. Place the pad on the wound, press down and peel off the surrounding paper guard. This activates an electric charge that generates a very weak energy field. This field prevents infection in the surrounding tissues so the body can concentrate on sealing it.

Touch Diamond - HTC

Mobile phone manufacturer HTC just launched the Touch Diamond Mobile, a new Windows Mobile Device that focusing on offering new experience. All of the functions are accessible from the main screen using a simple touch interface; the graphics and animation are great. While the faceted physical design is innovative, some extra features, like turning the phone over to silence an incoming call, make this device more interesting. This wonderful and full-featured device will be available in Europe and Asia in June 2008.

Parole de Luce

The intricate thoughts behind this piece is because it's "thoughtful"; as is quoting from few different eras and authors. The shape itself are purposefully designed be folding sheet metal into a polyhedron shape, to define the contrasting play between light and shadow.

year: 1999

designer: Alberto Meda + Paolo Rizzatto

company: Luceplan limited edition for Enel

Shown in the pictures is the projection of the light on the sheet metal casing, creating very interesting ambiance to the surrounding spaces.

IRONMAN, anyone?

Do you brace yourself watching the latest flick, Ironman ?

Hmm... the current trend in the upcoming movies (HellBoy, The Dark Knight, GI Joe; just to name a few) spurred me to dig into the current available exoarmor & powersuit available in the market.
In this modern & technologically advanced society, who says that it is impossible to realize all the wild, creative thoughts from comics to make into reality? When you are watching the movie out there, many scientists have worked so hard to explore and invents new & better technology so you and I would reap the benefits.
Words spoken, many of the features you've seen in movies is possible to replicate. The script writers will produce many facts that are undeniably true, mix it with additional 'fantasy' ingredients, wraps it up, and give to you as a set meal. It is called sci-fi movies..., in case you don't know. =)
With these technology are now available, you may be the next superhero down the street.



POCSKI - [EXOARMOR]
POC lab's apparel designs apparently catches my attention on their 'cool~looking', wearable armor. Their design inspiration comes from beetle, with thousands of species that differentiate their appearances. They have a whole ranges of armors to protect the most important organ of your body and of course, does not limit your natural body & limb movements. Their products are especially designed to give superior protection to ski atheletes, as well as racers. To achieve their goals, they incorporated many modern materials which are very high in quality, lightweight, and importantly it looks cool, because the designers makes sure that you will not look like neighbor's kids with their bedsheet 'cape' on..

Whether the accident was freefall, physical impact, shock, scratches, and even cuts, the wearers can walk away mostly with minor injuries if not unharmed. Cool? Yes indeed!! Just don't even try thinking of any stupid ways to injure yourself on your way being a neighborhood hero.

CYBERDYNE - [POWERSUIT]

Japanese really knows how to make everyone's dream come true with their advanced technology. A powersuit that has been on sale for quite a while in Japan (HAL3, that is). Originally it was designed to help nurses carry patients and relocate heavy objects. Thankfullly, the nation's young generation crysis has made the country to concentrate and directs all their technology to create better life support system as well as Artificial Intelligence.



Shown in the pictures is the latest HAL5 system, and how it is worn on the body. This suit is battery operated, and can lasts for 2 hours per single charge. It will help you carry heavy items without breaking your spines. However, it does not let you fly and race with fighter jet planes.
Perhaps you will need to wait until batteries can store enough energy to power up an airplane (in this case) to jet through the sky for a single 30 minutes trip.
However, even without these fancy 'flying' features, the worlds would be unable to stop you from being a neighborhood hero, right??

Eazzzy camera

The designer, Sung Woo Park, tried to cut one step to transfer the files that a normal digital camera or phone camera by enabling the camera to connect directly to computer via USB connection. With no viewfinder, no LCD screen, no buttons except 1, Eazzzy camera is stripped down to it’s bare functions. Fashionable and functional, this combination make Eazzzy very attractive.

FINE.

Water has never looked so good. When water bottlers Fine Japon decided to launch its new bottle design. For its new bottle design, Fine asked Karim Rashid to collaborate. Impressed by his work with luxury designer fragrance brands like Issey Miyake, Kenzo and Prada, Fine Japon was set on creating an inspired marriage of design, functionality and product. After two years of collaboration, they have finally launched their limited edition final bottle design.

squba rinspeed

Swiss designers has claim that they have built the first true underwater car, and it was inspired by the james bond movie The SPy Who Loves Me.

it was able to 'fly' underwater by sucking the water from the front grill an then pump it out from the two vent jets on the side, and it dive up to 10 metres below.

this two-seater also provide a self-contained oxygen suply for the passengers,the car has no roof so that passengers can escape easily in emergency, but unfortunately, this £750.000 car is a one-off and will not be on sale.

green thumb

Do you think they are a watering can and pots? No, it is not. Actually, it is a tea set in ceramics designed by Antigone Acconci and Riccardo Bastiani. What a transliteration from garden to table!

Electrolux - Ultrasilencer Vacuum

Launch of Ultrasilencer by Pia Wallen for Electrolux. One of the world’s quietest vacuum cleaner startling in its simplicity. Best known for her felt slippers, Pia Wallen used traditional Swedish materials and techniques in new ways. Functionality, simplicity and the contemporary interpretation of themes that run through her work. It reminded her of the most beautiful sound she knows - the sound of falling snow. Totally white, the design is boldly unconventional and as fresh as a layer of Scandinavian snow. But in Pia’s work, there is always a touch of humor. Flashes of bright orange on some of the machine’s functions echo the color of guide poles that are used to mark pathways through the wintry Swedish landscape.

Flying-Pig design

Playful and fun paper design from Flying-Pig, featuring paper made mechanism that allow the design to move by turning the crank. Below are some animal design from http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/




Images are linked to respective source.

Mov Stool by Mikiya Kobayashi

Awards winning design piece by Japanese Designer, Mikiya Kobayashi.

Sticking it into the sands on the beach, it can be used as a stool. Turn it upside down, it become a sign or goalpost for football at the beach!

images taken from:
http://www.mikiyakobayashi.com/