Designer Xu Yan Xiang’s ‘Smile Cooking Toaster’ is a guaranteed way to brighten up your work week mornings. Not only is the toaster’s glass housing visually appealing, the fact that toasts come out smiling should help raise one’s serotonin levels as well. I personally like the simplicity and comparison to…
Designers Jun Pyo Kim, Keun Sol Kim, Sung Mi Kang and Joo Hee Park are the individuals responsible for this origami themed mp3 player. By folding or sliding the player to form the ‘play’, ‘rewind’ or ‘stop’ button, the mp3 player itself performs the appropriate function. What I’m curious about…
For those of us avid collectors of vinyl art, theres probably been a point where we’re looking for another functionality other than different ways to poses. Designer, Soon Mo Kang, on the other hand, created the ‘Hanger Dog’ for the sole purpose of hanging items over the figure’s neck. Take…
Designer, Yujin Kim, has come up with the perfect idea for saving space starting with 5 gallon water bottles. Whether in an office setting or home, its definitely a good look to stack up water bottles. Not only is lateral space rationed, but I’d imagine swapping out empty bottles means…
Designers are always looking for a way to maximize space and display their work in the best possible. Take for example Marianne van Ooij‘s line of ‘Slim Book Cases’. Utilizing clear acrylic, her book cases instantly transform your top 4 or top 10 books into works of art as well…
Here is a rather interesting concept. Designer, Dmitry Boyko must’ve had a lightbulb moment when drinking a cup of coffee and handling a biscuit at the same time. The Clean Cup holder shown above is a disposable handle with a neck converting cup into mug status. In addition, the neck…
A lot of times, we are stuck out in public without our phone chargers handy. And of course this leaves us vulnerable especially with texting, web browsing, emailing, etc. Hyejin Lee and Song Teaho have come up with an immediate solution. A battery in which the owner can take out…
Inspired by the Milton Bradley‘s building block game, Jenga, designer Jung Jae Yup designed the above evolving furniture piece. With the philosophy that as you grow, so should your furniture, Zen1080 was created. It all starts off with a toddler’s chair. Adjust the single piece chair by 90 degrees and…
What looks like a collapsed fan actually reveals itself to be a folding keyboard. Designers Yoonsang Kim and Eunsung Park had office hygiene in mind when conceptualizing this peripheral. However, I think the general populous is probably caught up with how portable the key stick is. The fun factor in…
Designer Trevor Elliott has developed the most versatile photo framing system. His GrowFrame and GrowFrame Square Photo Framing System can be start off as one standard 4 x 6 (or 2.5 x 2.5) standing on its triangular wedge or wall mounted. But should the owner have a pananoramic scene, the…
