Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
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Teatanic: Steep Your Tea Titanic-style
How does one go about celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of a tragic accident in which 1,514 people died? You make a tea bag holder, of course! The Teatanic (€11; roughly $13) is designed to resemble the ill-fated RMS Titanic, crafted from stainless steel with a mug-filling body that allows you to press on its sides to squeeze out all available goodness. Play “My Heart ...
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The Brilliant Levitating Coffee Mug
The floating mug with built-in coaster caught our attention for it’s obviously interesting design thanks to Tigere Chiriga – businessman turned product designer. Inspired by a banana holder, the Floating Mug is a white porcelain mug that separates the hot liquid vessel portion from the surface it’s resting on by integrating a coaster into the handle. This mug will not damage sensitive surfaces because the heat ...
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Dubai’s Luxurious Underwater Discuss Hotel
Dubai is proud to call numerous architectural feats her own, and now, she can add the Water Discus Hotel to the roster. Designed by Depp Ocean Technology, the Water Discus Hotel will be the first of several in the emirates to feature an underwater section of 21 rooms that will bring new meaning to the phrase “Sleeping with the fish…”. The Water Discus Hotel will also ...
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FlyNano: Your Personal Flying Contraption
The dream you keep having where you can fly like a bird and soar through the peaceful sky can now be a reality thanks to FlyNano. The FlyNano is a personal flying vehicle that is meant to carry nothing (no cargo, no passengers) but the pilot who loves to fly, free as a bird. The hi-tech materials that comprise the FlyNano are super sleek and lightweight ...
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Old School Flip Alarm Clock For Iphones
Remember the old-school flip-style alarm clocks that used to tell time analogue style by flipping numbers as the minutes passed? Now you can relive this aspect of the 80s and 90s with the Areaware Alarm Dock designed by Jonas Damon. To use the alarm clock, simply run the iPhone power cord through an opening in the back of the dock and connect the iPhone as it ...
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Clever Strap-0n Macro Lens For Iphone
Easy Macro has found a way to reuse a thick elastic band to make a whoa-worthy product called the Maco Cell Lens Band. Embedded within the elastic band is a teeny tiny macro lens that is perfect size to use with your iPhone and amazingly enough, any other mobile phone. Simply secure the elastic band around your phone, positioning the lens over the camera portal and ...
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Cool Pixelated Flower Vases
Pixelated “stuff” seems to be a growing trend, and we have never turned down a cool set of 8-bit works of art, jewelry and more, so why stop now? These awesome vases were made by London-based artist Julian F. Bond and his Pixel Machine. What is a Pixel Machine?! you ask? It’s a device that is designed to create a mould for the production of a ...
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Super Convenient One-handed Bottle Opener
Eager drunks and one-armed folk alike will love this bottle opener design by Kebo that only requires the use of a single hand to open any pry-off style bottle caps. Finally, you can multitask and open a beer without putting down the cellphone, frying pan or baby that is occupying your other hand. The device is made of stainless steel and is meant to efficiently pop ...
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Hilarious ‘Pooping Dog’ Lamp Designs
UK-based artist, Whatshisname is responsible for these less-than-elegant but totally rad floor lamps featuring dogs pooping. Originally designed for London’s Art Below exhibition that was set to take place throughout London Underground stations, these poor pups found themselves deemed too offensive for the collection. We disagree. While we’re not eager to buy a pooping dog lamp for our living room, we’re sure that these babies could ...
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An Under Water Guinness Bar
The next time you are enjoying a delicious pint of Guinness, imagine what it would be like to be drinking your dark, frothy brew deep-sea style. Thanks to London-based architecture firm, Jump Studios, you don’t have to come up with all the details in your imagination. Jump Studios recently completed the design of a submarine interior for the first ever deep-sea bar that is located in ...
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Whaletone: A Stunning Whale Shaped Digital Piano
The Whaletone is an advanced digital stage piano that combines high-end musical components with the beauty of form. Conceptualized by European designer Robert Majkut, the Whaletone is an elegant, monumental and dynamic piece that helps musicians create great music just like before, but with the added benefit of upping the artistic factor since it looks more like a unique sculpture than it does a conventional piano. ...
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Apple’s Rumoured Curved-Glass Wrist Computer
In December, The New York Times reported a small group of people at Apple had been “conceptualizing and even prototyping some wearable devices.” One concept described in the report was a “curved-glass iPod that would wrap around the wrist.” These are mock-ups of the potential design by designer Federico Ciccarese.
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Stunning New Vintage Style Cameras From Ilott
Ilott rangefinders predate planned obsolescence. They are from a time when an object would be handed down through generations, not just be replaced after a year; when the weight of a product was a sign of quality not regarded a hindrance; when products were repaired instead of discarded. Used fully manually the cameras in our collection are entirely mechanical; they work with clockwork mechanisms, tension springs ...
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The QlockTwo Watch: Time In Words
You may remember reading about The Coolest Clock In The World on WHOA a few months ago. Well, the folks at Biegert & Funk have turned it into the coolest wrist watch in the world! The world′s first wristwatch in words at Baselworld! In a square there is a grid of 110 letters. When the stainless steel button is pressed, words light up in unexpected places ...
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Furniture Made Out Of Compacted Sawdust
Israeli industrial designer Yoav Avinoam has created a stool and coffee table made out of recycled saw dust. Sure, this isn’t quite an elaborate collection of furnishings, but quality over quantity is the focus of today’s post, and let us tell you this: sawdust furniture is pretty cool. This collection has been exhibited around the world and has won Avinoam the 2010 Massimo Milano design award. ...
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Funky Zoomorphic Chair Designs
Designer Merve Kahraman has designed two fabulous chairs in the Hybrid line. The collection was inspired by the mythologies of parahumans and is proportionately designed in a way that attempts to merge human and chair into one. Both chairs are handmade and available in different leather options. And here we were thinking it was so 1991 to throw the bunny ears over someone in a photo ...
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Solar Powered Floating Resort Concept Is High Luxury
Italian industrial designer Michele Puzzolante has come up with a concept for the design of this self-sustaining floating resort/yacht hybrid. The Solar Floating Resort (aka SFR) is 20 meters long and offers luxury-seeking travellers an opportunity to experience marine life from a submerged pod, or the chance to sunbathe on the deck in an eco-conscious way. The SFR resembles a disc-like structure that connects and upper ...
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Smart Leaning Rocker Design For Waiting Rooms
Let’s face it, when you’re waiting in a doctor’s office to hear your name called, or lining up at the passport office to renew your freedom to travel, sometimes you get a little antsy. You’re not alone, it happens to the most whoa-worthy people, and now thanks to product designer Avihai Shurin, you can release some built-up anxiety in a perfectly appropriate and public-safe way. The ...
