If you think that the touch sensitive display of your iPhone is too small to access multimedia content, the “Table Connect” may provide a smart solution to your problem. For the hi-tech furniture connects to your hot Apple handset through a 30-pin dock connector and turns its screen into a massiv [Read More…]
Compared with regular wall clocks that are named as “Flower Clock”, the new one from Rafael Assandri seems more worthy of the name. Each petal here indicates five minutes, and a new petal will begin to expand whenever a new hour begins. Therefore with the flower blooming and fading and then anoth [Read More…]
You don’t have to become a barista and learn a whole new java related language to make a great cup of coffee. Actually, it’s quite simple, just get yourself a Krups Dolce Gusto Circolo single serving coffee/beverage unit. Those morning chain shop runs add up, and at this point in time [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…]
Pattern recognition is the driving principle of this perplexing design idea – it looks like a mess of black lines on a white background up close, but your focus converges on the recognizable numerals within a chaotic landscape of senseless pieces.
The least-broken number tells you what you n [Read More…]
Thanks to square and non-ergonomic mouse designs, the Computer Mouse Hand Fatigue (CMHF) is fast becoming a common problem among computer professionals who have to work nonstop on their PCs during extended work sessions. Addressing the issue, British designer Lee Gicas has created an ergonomic mo [Read More…]
Grilling steaks is serious business. Business you need to be on top of. In the old days we would look and touch our steaks to see if they are done. We also used to get up off the couch to change the channel. Those days are over now thanks to technology that does these things for you. We now have [Read More…]
The history of measurement has come full circle, from body-based units to abstracted quantifiers … and now back again to the basics. From lengths and widths to volumes, this set of finger-mounted devices is designed to let the user measure anything, store that data, calculate results and more.
In too deep, or still safe and shallow? Now your boots will tell you for sure – and down to an inch (or centimeter) of detail. Sometimes good design is as simple as adding something cosmetic that also has a twist of functionality … or might brighten a dark and rainy day for you or someone around [Read More…]
George Nelson originally designed a wide range of wall clocks in the 1950’s and 1960’s for the Howard Miller Company. Three wall clocks have been re-issued by Vitra: Polygon Clock is all angles and is made of solid walnut and lacquered, Flock of Butterflies is made of metal and with a la [Read More…]
