Whiteboards and meetings go hand in hand. But what if after an all hands meeting or even a small team meeting, you had a rock climbing session to look forward to? Petr Kubik must’ve had this in mind while stuck in a meeting. The Vitra WhiteBoard concept allows office mates to relieve stress by climbing [...]
As a part of the “I’m Not a Product” series from Antrepo Design comes a pair of salt and pepper shakers in the shape of D size batteries. Well thought out is the use of glass to mock the power indicator bar to let you know how much spice is left in shakers. Available in [...]
Hyun Jin Yoon and Eun Hak Lee’s Photo Shower Projector is an interesting new approach at displaying digital photos. Out with the old is the current boring square or rectangle digital frame. And in with the new is a retro appeal chrome shower head that cascades images like blog tag clouds. Or so it seems [...]
Designers Jin Yuanbiao, Qui Meng, Lu Xiao and Tang Gang have created a mini crane that can be controlled at the palm of your hands. By pressing one of the 3 available buttons, Bumblebee can transform from a vacuum like canister to a non industrial sized crane. Bumblebee’s creator claims it can handle heavy weights. [...]
Designer Will Orrock came up with an idea to make a cell phone last forever in aesthetic and functionality. The images below show easily the phone can be upgraded and maintained with its simplistic 4 layer system. Each layer including the OLED screen wrap, high strength polymer housing, printed circuit board and organic radical battery [...]
On the norm, I don’t go browsing for portable beverage heaters. That is until I saw this on Yanko Design. Arpan Maiti’s “Hottie” one stop portable beverage heater does it all in a minimal and attractive package. Remove and invert the cup after the premix containers have been removed as well. Add water and premix. [...]
We’ve all seen mini whiteboards on fridges or corkboards against walls with assorted sticky notes, photos, coupons and whatever else. However, wall shelving units that you can write on and erase like an Etch-a-Sketch is a first. Peter Freund came up with the Daywriter and Nightwriter with the intent of making furniture interactive. [...]
Sang-Hoon Lee’s iDock may be the hardest working mp3 player/iPod docking station to date. It fulfills the role of docking station, speaker and bed night light all in one minimal package. Question is would it be too much to ask for an alarm on this fine piece of i-gadget as well?
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Checking up on Yanko Design, I came across Hyun-A Ko’s Toasting Charger. Operating much like one, this charger lets you slide in any lithium ion battery (the charger is supposedly similar to an 8 in 1 media reader ) and watch it pop up when done. Aside from the led toaster indicator, I’m really feeling [...]
Fernando A. Robert’s “Shrine Shoe Rack” reminds me a lot of Bruno Rainaldi’s Array bookcase. Whereas one is a lightweight bookcase solution to small spacing, the other is a way for us sneakerheads to let go of the boxes cluttering up in our rooms. Both shelving units give their respectable objects a floating appearance. The [...]
