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Print The News On Your Morning Toast
This Scan Toaster by South Korea designer Sung Bae Chang for the Electrolux Design Lab 2008 competition. You can print the news, weather forecast and photos on the bread. This concept is simple, Plug in the toaster to a free USB port, place the bread, and the software will then start burning whatever it is you want. I have a new idea, Why not let the ...
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Umbra: The Modern Day Sundial Wall Clock
UMBRA is a clock which takes us back to traditional system of sun dials from designer Roshan Hakkim. The clock works on the principle of shadow and lights. As kids we were always amazed by the change in our shadow lengths according to the sun position. Using this principle, by using TWO LIGHT sources which creates TWO SHADOWS, time can be communicated by altering the shadow ...
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The Family Tree Of Typography
The Bauer Type Foundry, founded in 1837, celebrated their 100 year anniversary with the release of this beautifully illustrated “Bauer’s Family Tree of Printing.” The company designed linotype typefaces for letterpress printers, so their designs dictated the font of media text centuries ago. The phylogenetic map traces visual history of the foundry’s evolution of text.
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An iPad Cover With Built-In Speakers
Yet another awesome Kickstarter project for a product that we personally LOVE over here in WHOA-land. Petur Hannes Olafsson is the brains behind the Sound Cover – a protective case for the iPad that features high quality, built-in speakers. As avid users of the iPad, we can appreciate a built-in speaker system that doubles as a shield and also an iPad stand, making listening to music ...
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Solar Camera Strap Charges Your Camera
Most photographers use a sturdy camera strap while clicking pictures. Here’s a concept from Weng Jie that wants to capitalize on that strap. This is done by making the strap solar-savvy! Meaning, adding thin solar films across the width of the strap, so as to harness solar energy when out on the field. Aptly christened the Solar Camera Strap, it’s a neat idea; when we can ...
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Amazing Kite In The Shape Of A Cube
Experimental kite designed by Sash Reading with Ivan Morison from the Studio 10 Arch at the University of Westminster. The kite was fabricated and engineered by Queen and Crawford. The kite features 1700 3d printed connectors, carbon fibre rods and cubenfibre aerospace fabric. CHECK OUT THESE WIND WALKING KINETIC SCULPTURES
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Winbot: The Window Cleaning Robot
Winbot, as its name suggests, cleans windows. The square shaped robotic couple goes on the two sides of the window and they are held together by strong magnetic force. The information available of the robot is scarce, but it seems that both modules have a microfiber cleaning cloth cleaning head, and both units carry a bumper for collision detection. Only one of the two parts contain ...
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Vodka Made With Water From The Himalayas $3,000+
Stolichnaya which has been into the business of creating special vodka bottles for quite the time period now, has now launched its latest premium offering in the market; Elit Pristine Vodka from the Himalayan Series. Not very tough to figure the main specialty of the beverage in the bottle, this is using water derived from the Himalayan Mountains, apart from the special distillation and purification process ...
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The Fiat 500 Limousine
Italian coachbuilder Castagna Milano has their eyes set on the American market, and to lead their entrance is a stretched Fiat 500 limo in three different variants: LimoSun, LimoCity and LimoCity Presidential. The LimoSun is based on the Fiat 500 convertible and features four seats facing one another in the passenger area. The large openings on the side and the roof can be closed with transparent ...
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Stunning Photographs Of Jellyfish
These amazing shots were taken by Russian biologist Alexander Semenov. When I first began to experiment with sea life photography I tried shooting small invertebrates for fun with my own old camera and without any professional lights or lenses. I collected the invertebrates under water and then I’ve shot them in the lab. After two or three months of failure after failure I ended up with ...
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Six Shoe Designs For Social Profile Lovers
Although these bad ass KEDS style sneaker designs are not really on the market, Venezuela based graphic designer Lumen Bigott was onto something when she whipped these up.
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Very, Very Strange Shoe Sculptures
Foot Crazy Series of Shoe Sculptures by Artist Gwen Murphy. She creates faces from dirty old boots. At first glance this unique artwork might look identical to normal shoes, however each one is cleverly designed to breathe new life into them. Since 2005 she has buckled down focussing on her true love…shoes, and they sell for more than $1,000. Gwen, from Boston Massachusetts, USA, revealed her ...
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HYT: A Watch That Tells Time With Green Fluid
H1 by HYT is the first timekeeping device ever to merge liquid and mechanical engineering. The hours on this timepiece are displayed by a chamber that is filled with a luminescent green liquid. The chamber surrounds the main dial, which encompasses in its center a dedicated smaller dial for the minutes, as well as a seconds hand resembling a water turbine, on its left side. Below ...
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Korean Building Covered With 1000 Doors
Doors was an enormous 10-story public art installation made from 1,000 reused doors by South Korean artist Choi Jeong-Hwa.
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Famous Artist’s Styles As Sandwiches
Mark Rothko Jackson Pollock Piet Mondrian Damien Hirst Marcel DuChamp Brittany Powell over at Low-Commitment Projects has recently created Sandwich Artist, a fun food-based (and almost all open-faced) tribute to artists like Piet Mondrian, Jasper Johns, Damien Hirst and more. CHECK OUT THESE NATIONAL FLAGS MADE OUT OF FOOD
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Movie Posters From An Alternate Universe
Artist Peter Stults is a New York based illustrator and designer. He has created some very WHOA WORTHY movie posters by taking current films and casting golden-era stars in the main roles and giving the posters a distinct vintage feel. He has this to say about the pieces: A while back a friend of mine forwarded me a site (http://hartter.blogspot.com/2009/11/misc.html)where an artist had made posters of ...
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Nest: The Home Thermostat That Learns From You
No more programming, no more constantly changing the temperature. The Nest™ Learning Thermostat™ programs itself in a week to keep you comfortable and save energy. If you’re comfortable installing a light fixture, you can install Nest. If not, you can buy Nest with installation from nest.com or call 855-4MY-NEST for more info. First answer a few basic questions. After that, Nest will learn when you change ...
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Gold Snowboard Boot From Nike
Introducing the Complete Technique Nike ZF-1 American Eagle Snowboard golden boots. Inspired by Japanese art forms such as the Saint Seiya and Berserk, this set of boots use extensive amounts of yellow gold to form a carved structure. Nicknamed the American Eagle Snowboard Zoom Force 1, these boots were the brainchild of Osamu Koyama from the designer label Complete Technique, who had got into a partnership ...
