Lightweight like a carbon bike! it’d be cool to have all the other parts, tires, etc, from a similar strong sustainable but non-obvious material.
Grooviest gadgets through the years - The interactive museum opens (1) - CNNMoney.com
Gizmodo gallery did a couple days of the “grooviest gadgets” in the past few years. I like the 3d Etch-a-sketch! But check out the ‘oldies’.
Panasonic: 90 Decades of Design and Innovation
An on-line Design museum showcasing over 90 years worth of Panasonic products. Check out the inspiration behind the designs for an interesting look at how fashion, trends and world events have affected Panasonic through the years.
…a personal favourite is the 1972 ‘Toot-a-Loop Radio’.
Racing on Carbon Fiber: How abled should we be?
I loved the picture, but the article certainly brought up a lot of food for thought. You may think about the social responsibility of the product you design in terms of environment and fair labor, but what about another level on the morality realm?
Cool stuff though. I love that picture.
Someone once told me that there is nowhere we are more honest than the search box. We don’t lie to Google. Period. We type in what we’re thinking — good, bad, and ugly. There’s probably no piece of information that would better show what’s on someone’s mind than their stream of searches.
I don’t know why, but I love this. I think it’s the raw honesty of it.
Apple Accessories Packaging
Latest Mac and iPod packaging from the in-house team at Apple. A fantastic, simple system - clearly labelled with each product shown actual size. Also, check out the packaging for the new Mac multi-touch mouse. Nice.
Living Climate Change - IDEO
The aim of LivingClimateChange is to expand our thinking of the environment and explore new, future possibilities of what life may like in 20-30yrs time. Or, as IDEO puts it, move the debate “away from what we have to give up and toward what we can create.”
‘Form 2’ Vibrator
Form 2 is a design collaboration between Fuseproject and sex toy designers, Jimmyjane. The device is said to provide what they are calling ”Sensation in Stereo” and is completely water tight due to its entire silicone body. There’s a neat docking station too that gives the device a total of SEVEN HOURS worth of play on single charge. Apart from being a strange object to discuss, I think this is a very cute, impressive piece of design.
The Fun Theory: World’s Deepest Bin
Following on from Mish’s ‘Piano Staircase’, here’s another instalment from the Volkswagen Fun Theory.
Trillions
Interesting video explaining how the future of computing might be like - how to get there, we must climb our way up and think in a new way.
IdeaPaint
Paint that can be applied to transform any wall/surface into a doodle pad! The idea behind for the product was born several years ago when a group of college friends found themselves running out of space to brainstorm business ideas on.
Check out the installation video here that shows IdeaPaint in practice.
Folding Plug System
Seeing Mish’s post on socket design got me interested. Recent RCA graduate Min-Kyu Choi has designed an interesting plug concept based on the poor mobility of current UK plugs. Together with the design, there’s also a compact plug adaptor that aims to improve space efficiency both behind the desk and when travelling.
There’s also a video here to explain in detail. Notice how Min-Kyu Choi puts the design into perspective, using Apple to provide a realistic scenario.
The Google Story
A nice animation highlighting the most interesting events in Google’s history.
“Ok, snails might not be the most delicate food if you think of it as slimy, small animals, but when they are served in the proper way they become the most delicate dish. Manuel Jouvin chose to make this packaging for cooked snail out of snail excrements, a material so far away from delicate and exclusive as you might get. In fact, in order to give it the right colour, snails are encouraged to eat coloured paper which again will give a coloured poop! ”
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