Named “Capsule” for obvious reasons, this table lamp by designer Miika Mahonen has an unconventional but intuitive method of turning off and on – simply pull up on the “shade” to reveal bright LED light, or push down to create a thin line of light that provides a subtle ambient glow. Cast from alumi [Read More…]
The single worst moment in any given day isn’t when you actually stroll into the office or get into line for your ridiculously big espresso, it’s the moment the alarm clock goes off for the first time in the morning. Waking up in the morning is at least ten times more difficult than recalling the [Read More…]
Modern cities surrounded by mega structures have become so complex where even normal visitors feel estranged and get lost in the maddening lanes, and not to talk about visitors with low or no vision. Providing a solution, German designer Rob has come up with a digital street map named the “plan.b [Read More…]
London designer Mathias Hahn’s Scantling lamps (see our earlier story) have been put into production with Barcelona brand Marset.
Hinged wooden arms allow for the shade to be adjustable without counterweights or springs.
The product is available as a table lamp, wall light and two floor [Read More…]
DIY is a set of earphones that is very smart. Each and every wire in this set is detachable and hooks up to a central module. This means the left earbud, right earbud, central module and line out are all independent and replaceable when busted. The central module works as a remote control for the pl [Read More…]
Nooka’s newest advertising campaign was just released. The design watch brand gave that mission to Paul Isabella a graphic designer from Portland, who created 6 prints for the Nooka Zub Zirc. Full of colors and of well known nooka-shapes, the images present the watches on a uni-color background.
Read by Touch – is a very interesting work, created by a great artist, Cui Fei. She was born in Jinan, China. Cui attended the Affiliate High School of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Fine Arts) where later she received her BFA degree in painting. Immediately following her gradua [Read More…]
When most of the mobile gadgets are replacing buttons with touch sensitive display for the ease of use, German designers Patrick Decker and Florian Langer have come up with a portable player named the “1Hole” that holds back to old school buttons to navigate and play your multimedia content in a [Read More…]
The main prize has been awarded to Kamila Niedzwiedzka and Nikodem Szpunar for their Mosquito Lamp project.
‘Mosquito’ is a floor lamp designed for small interiors. It is an alternative choice for the large and heavy floor lamps. It is light, but stable, and easy to transport. The light it give [Read More…]
The future iPhone is here or at least in conceptual form. Given that size, design and features need to be drastically innovated, the NOT A Phone – Next Generation iPhone, delves into the projection arena. So basically you strap the next-gen iPhone to your wrist and project the display to your palm. [Read More…]
We’ve seen vaguest of phones, and ones most creatively decked out too, yet we haven’t seen anything as genius as the Traccia mobile phone by designer Andrea Ponti. Traccia is a phone that’s held as a pen, it recognizes hand movements and converts the same into commands. An embedded optical sensor [Read More…]
