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Cardboard cluster calendar

Design WOO — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:53:36 +0000

The team from Elledecor, New Zealand, came up with a very nice idea that could be used as a gift for Christmas.

Search through your office or go to the nearest home accessories market to find cardboard boxes. Best to be unicolor and different sizes (that's a must!). Get some double-side adhesive t [Read More…]

MERCEDES-BENZ SLS E-CELL 2011 CALENDAR Sometimes a gorgeous graphic in print form is all you need to get all inspired and giddy. Well, apparently that does it for me anyhow! Also, there’s nothing like a...
BoobieWed Edition Calendar Is Sexy Geek Girl Pin-Up Awesome If you’re a fan of geek girls and you’re looking for a calendar for 2011, we may have just the thing for you.This is the #BoobieWed Geek Girl Edition Calendar.If...
Pop Up cardboard furniture folds up to carry Cardboard furniture offering flexibility as well as sustainability to the manufacturers and users has emerged as a popular material of late. Designed by Liddy Scheffknecht and Armin B. Wagner, the...

On-iku by Earthscape

Design WOO — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:05:05 +0000

Landscape designers Earthscape have opened up their studio in Beppu, Japan, to present their experiments with growing native plants in water from local hot springs.

Earthscape hope the On-iku experiment will confirm their suspicions that water from the hot springs has some sort of power that [Read More…]

Naked City Landscape By Natascha Madeiski And Alexander Graef Designer Natascha Madeiski and architect Alexander Graefused cut-out paper to create this wintry window display for Septieme Etage boutique in Geneva.Called Naked City Landscape, the installation is an adaptation of...
Smart Water Systems Makes Water Filters Look Good I don’t think modern civilization would be possible without the water cooler down the corridor. Just give people some on-demand cold and hot water, and productivity levels shoot through the...
Design competition-Rome Prize 2010 Deadline: November 1st, 2009Rome Prize 2010The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the Rome Prize competition. One of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in...

The Microbial Home by Philips Helps Turn Domestic Waste Into Fuel

Design WOO — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:34:15 +0000

Dwindling energy resources, mounting waste, and environmental damage are all issues that designers are faced with in today’s modern world. They are also the main issues explored by the most recent Philips Design Probes project. Set up to explore future lifestyle scenarios, the Probes projects are [Read More…]

The Fad Of Molecular Cooking-Philips Design Gourmet Guru Michelin star chef Juan Mari Arzak, thinks Molecular Cooking is the next step in gastronomical heaven. Presented here are three design concepts – Lunar Eclipse (bowl), Fama (long...
Carbon Nanotubes Cuffs Could Tap Waste Heat From Exhaust Pipes For Electricity Eco Factor: Thermocell to generate electricity from waste heat. Apart from developing technology to harvest abundant solar and wind energy, there are a few researchers who are concentrating on waste...
Wind Cubes concept could power your home with wind energy Eco Factor: Concept wind turbine can be used to generate renewable energy.With cost of energy rising with every passing day, designers over the world have focused their attention on systems...

Pump Up The Jam

Design WOO — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:50:00 +0000

Taking jam sessions to another level is the idea of recycling discarded, useless Compact Disks as weights for dumbbells. Before you laugh off the idea, here is something we can consider…many women don’t use heavy weights for their workouts, and an average CD weighs about .15 grams. Combining a handf [Read More…]

An Alternate Breast Pump Design Cracked nipples and the agony of nursing a hungry baby at the same time is quite a severe situation that only moms will understand. Breast pumps are a solution and...
Alarm Clocks Are So Redundant…. It’s time to move on and discard phone alarms and clocks! This is the new age people; we need cooler and hipper gear like this Alarm Pillow! It gently vibrates...
Water Weighs All Instead of using all that precious and energy-wasting metal in the construction of a scale, why not use water? That’s what the designer of this fabulous project thought, then he...

The Mine Furniture by Mati Karmin

Design WOO — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:37:31 +0000

Estonian sculptor Mati Karmin creates mind blowing furniture made out from sea mines. In his works there is something medieval, extremely brutal. Sculptor finds mines on the shore of the island Naissaar, located in the Gulf of Finland, not far from Tallinn. This is former military facility, mines re [Read More…]

Saint James and Simple Bridge by Jean Nouvel for Ligne Roset Cologne 2011: more from Jean Nouvel for Ligne Roset at imm cologne, this time the reissue of the French designer’s Saint James collection (above) and Simple Bridge (below).Saint James was...
BACHAG CHAIR BY JOONGHO CHOI Bachag Chair by designer Joongho Choi for Boheumg Furniture was part of the 2010 iDEALGRAPHY project, which merged fashion with furniture. The Bachag chair has the look of a bag...
Tomas Alonso Seating Tomas Alonso is Spanish designer whose work is focused on elegant yet simple forms. His collection of seating is particularly nice; from the minimalist ‘5 Degree Stool’ made from beech...

Customize Your Flush!

Design WOO — Sat, 21 May 2011 13:18:00 +0000

Ladies & gents, let’s be totally candid for a sec & talk about… you guessed it, potty-time! Did you know that the standard toilet uses 15x more drinking water per day than a human does? Sure, low-flush toilets & dry urinals help reduce consumption, but what else can be done to conserve w [Read More…]

Eco Urinal by Yeongwoo Kim Designer Yeongwoo Kim has designed the Eco urinal, incorporated the wash basin just above where you are aiming for a pee. It means that peeing and washing hands in...
Polaroid SX70 + First Flush On unexpected packages that arrived ~ a Polaroid SX70 Original from the Impossible Project ~ as well as a pack of the PX 100 Silver Shade / First Flush… The...
Natura by Héctor Serrano for La Mediterranea London designer Héctor Serrano presents a series of lamps and vases combining glass and cork at Maison&Objet in Paris this week.Called Natura, the series for Spanish brand La Mediterraneaallows various...

Solar Power Stations In Disguise: MIT’s Soft Rockers

Design WOO — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:41:00 +0000

There’s more than meets the eye to these amazing-looking pieces of garden furniture: They’re actually solar power stations.

Unveiled at MIT’s 150th Anniversary Festival of Art, Science and Technology, they’re the brainchild of Professor Sheila Kennedy and her team, who dubbed them “Soft Rockers [Read More…]

Eco Tech: Sun-free solar power surpasses conventional solar output Eco Factor: Solar panels capable of harvesting artificial light developed by New Energy Technologies. Installing rooftop solar panels to make a single home go off-grid is easy. However, using the...
Energy kiosk harnesses solar power to solve Rwanda’s rural electrification problems Students from Imperial College London have developed an innovative device called Equinox that promises to solve the problem of rural electrification in third world countries apart from aiding development. Equinox...
NTPC To Develop 500MW Renewable Energy Power Plant In India Eco Factor: Power plant to generate 500MW of electric power from renewable sources. India’s largest power generation company, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), is planning to generate about 500MW of...

RECHARGEABLE HEATED INSOLES

Design WOO — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:39:00 +0000

If you usually face extreme winter weather conditions these "Rechargeable heated insoles" are just what you need. They are the world’s first wireless rechargeable heated foot insoles. They measure the temperature of your foot and only deliver heat when you need it. When you’re feet are wa [Read More…]

Fancy A Battery That Won’T Run Out Of Juice? This is something that is actually pretty amazing, if you think about it. A resource that won’t probably run out of juice. Brother Industries (yes the Brother that made your...
Voltaic Switch and Amp Solar Chargers Votaic Systems just launched two new solar chargers that seem handy enough to give a try. The Switch (on left, $129) is a small bag that can carry a day’s...
Energy kiosk harnesses solar power to solve Rwanda’s rural electrification problems Students from Imperial College London have developed an innovative device called Equinox that promises to solve the problem of rural electrification in third world countries apart from aiding development. Equinox...

Solar Powered Roadways by Rajib Mallick

Design WOO — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:37:00 +0000

Rajib Mallick, a professor from Worcester Polytechnic Institute developing anti-freezing pipeline, filled with liquid in it.

The pipe will be planted on the roadways and absorb heat from the sun then stored in insulated chamber. The liquid in the pipe when heated would be released to melt exist [Read More…]

Global Cooling: Solar-Powered & Ultra-Portable Mini-Fridge It is this kind of truly remarkable invention can (and did) get a student designer like Emily Cummins an invitation to visit with the Queen of England. It looks like...
Solar Powered Window Air Conditioner Briz The concept of Blinds doubling up as Solar Powered Window Air Conditioner is not new, but there is something that makes Briz tad different. Briz uses water as a coolant;...
Solar Powered Bluetooth Headset Brando has released a small bluetooth headset. In addition to standard charging methods such as A/C power and USB charging via a free USB port on either a MAC or...

Solar Wind by Francesco Colarossi, Giovanna Saracino and Luisa Saracino

Design WOO — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:36:00 +0000

To build a big wind power generator needed a large enough space to put many large-sized turbines.

Designer Francesco Colarossi, Giovanna Saracino and Luisa Saracino have a solution for this problem by utilizing the empty space below the flyover. This concept is called “Solar Wind.”

Rather tha [Read More…]

Wind Cubes concept could power your home with wind energy Eco Factor: Concept wind turbine can be used to generate renewable energy.With cost of energy rising with every passing day, designers over the world have focused their attention on systems...
Humdinger Wind Energy Develops Portable Wind Energy Harvester Eco Factor: Portable wind energy generator to power wireless sensors. According to statistics, about 2 percent of global electricity comes from wind-powered generators, and their capacity has doubled in the...
Wind Solar energy bike by chen chun tung He-Man or not, pedaling up a steep slope can knock the wind out the healthiest of us all. That’s why we need hybrid bikes like the Wind-Solar Energy Bike. Bikes...