Design

Back to school means many different things to many different people!  For those college students you know it’s an exciting time!  They get to live on their own, make their own choices, and design their own unique place!  Here are some great little pieces to consider: Writer’s Block Moustache Pencils Fillsta Lamp from Ikea Peacock Circles pillow from Pier ...

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At press time their website had not yet been updated with this news, but the 2010 James Dyson Award has announced their US National Winner, along with the US Shortlist. Top prize goes to MIT's SENSEable City Lab for their Copenhagen Wheel design, a sort of smart wheel that attaches to existing bicycles and transforms them ...

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The high-heeled shoe is a classic example of a no pain, no gain product. Women wearing them take so much trouble for granted! I decided to challenge this compromise. Would it be possible to make a shoe having all advantages of high heels, just as well as the comfort of flats I designed a shoe ...

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The truth of the matter is that weighing dogs & luggage on a domestic weigh machine is cumbersome to the point of being impractical. So what’s the solution? How about a sleek scale that expands its base to accommodate anything from a small sized pug, to humans, to great danes & huge suitcases. Say hello ...

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Karvt Introduces the First Bamboo iPhone 4 Skin

August 24, 2010
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The iPhone is a sleek piece of minimalist design, and this beautiful piece of modern technology shouldn’t be spoiled by an ostentatious skin made from earth-unfriendly silicones and plastics. If you’ve been looking for a new iPhone case, why not wrap that beauty up in another beauty made 100% from bamboo? Handcrafted locally by Karvt, [...]

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An Aquarium Made of Colossal Beach Pebbles

August 21, 2010
An Aquarium Made of Colossal Beach Pebbles

According to the architects, the “Batumi Aquarium is inspired by the characteristic pebbles of the Batumi beach-–the residue of dynamic seas continually shaping the shorefront throughout millennia.” Each of the stones forming the building will hold a unique marine biotype. One will hold fauna and flora from the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas, the other from [...]

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14 Elegant and Stylish Wine Racks

August 21, 2010
Elegant and Stylish Wine Racks

Whether you’re building a home wine cellar or looking for creative ways to display your wine, you’ll find a wide selection of versatile wine racks to suit your style. See the wine rack furniture and wine glass racks that bring luxury and refinement to your wine collection. Beautiful wine racks that will help you store [...]

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Lunartic No Spoke Cycle Design

August 20, 2010

Seems to be a cycle fest on Yanko Design today, the second installment comes in the shape of the Lunartic Cycle. A bike that’s got a really unique combination of different wheel sizes, a toothed belt drive and hub less rear wheel! The USP being the gyroscopic effect of a large wheel aiding speed and [...]

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11 Creative Traffic Lights

August 19, 2010

Crossing the streets of Prague. (Link) In Berlin traffic lights are really funny! (Link) Someone put black tape over the “Don’t Walk” fingers, turning the signal into flashing “rock on” hand sign. Corner of Lafayette + Houston, NYC. (Link) A traffic light designed for horses, in the streets of London, England. (Link) Traffic light in [...]

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Hair Dryer With a Ferrari Engine

August 17, 2010
This Hair Dryer Has a Ferrari Engine Inside

The new Conair BaByliss Pro Volare hairdryer packs an “engine” built with Ferrari’s team using real Ferrari parts. I’m hoping that if I use the Volare my hair will just ooze Italian sex appeal. Apparently, the Volare is the first hair dryer to use a ball bearing design, which is supposed to keep things running [...]

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