From Earth To Mars In Three Hours
The US Government is currently working on a hyperspace engine that could allow interstellar space travel through other dimensions.
The hypothetical engine is based on a controversial theory about the structure of universe which could allow a spaceship to go from the Earth to Mars in three hours and journey to a star 11 light years away in just 80 days.
Calibug HDTV
Just plug the Calibug to your USB port and you instantly have access to hundreds of HD quality test patterns. Your computer has VGA/DVI output, which is how you will get these HD patterns on your screen.The Calibug HDTV comes in a standard keyfob version and a Swiss Army Knife version. This is a great gift for a Videophile!
The GMC Pad
The GMC Pad is the winner of the prestigious 2006 Design Los Angeles Vehicle Design Challenge. The concept behind this "LAV" (living activity vehicle) is that of an urban loft with mobility.
Featuring a diesel-electric hybrid system for propulsion, the engine
also serves as a generator for the onboard power grid. The media rich
environment is unlike any other, and comes with an endless variety of
entertainment, information and security options. If this awesome design becomes reality someday, it will be the ultimate surfing van.
Sponge Microphone By Two’s Company
The Sponge Microphone is the perfect gift for the aspiring performer who likes to sing in the shower. The only downside is that the ear plugs for the people around the bathroom are not included.
Garland Light By Tord Boontje
Tord Boontje was named designer of the year by the Design Museum and Elle Decoration UK. He explores the juxtaposition between old and new, as well as naturalism and technology, with these fantastical lights. Boontjes applies advanced laser cutting technologies to unexpected materials to create cascading floral patterns that allow you to bring nature into your home.
January 10, 2006 - Category: Life Story - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Free Spirit Spheres
A nice place for meditation or to take pictures, Free Spirit Spheres can be hung from the trees as shown, making a tree house. They can also be hung from any other solid objects or placed in cradles on the ground. The spheres are made of two laminations of wood strips over laminated wood frames. The outside surface is then finished and covered with a clear fibreglass.
January 10, 2006 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Peepshow Book Shelf
Where is this original shelf from?
It’s a Dutch designed book shelf made of solid Dimb Wood. The wood is untreated to maintain its natural beauty. Polishing with beeswax will give the wood a deeper, warmer color. Stains can easily be removed with fine sandpaper.
Algue By Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Algue is a multi-faceted screen system that provide consumers with endless creative possibilities. By joining individual, branch-like plastic modules together, Algues’ form allows for multiple uses, degrees of transparency and a myriad of shapes and sizes. Despite being industrialized modules, Algues allow for countless individual solutions.
John Maeda’s Exhibition
John Maeda is a world-renewed graphic designer, visual artist, and computer scientist at the MIT Media Lab, and is a founding voice for simplicity in the digital age. Named by Esquire magazine as one of the 21 most important people for the twenty-first century, Maeda first made his mark by redefining the use of electronic media as a tool for expression for people of all ages and skills.
John founded the ACG, an experimental research studio, in 1996. In the short time since its existence, individual experimental work in the ACG has received umerous awards and acclaim for a uniqueness in both concept and craft. A major component of the ACG’s efforts involves outreach to the design and art community in the form of workshop and events that introduce the underlying concepts of computing technology, as exemplified in the ongoing design by number’s project. Find his new exhibition at the Fondation Cartier for the Contemporary Art, France.
The Million Dollar Home Page
It took a 21-year-old a few minutes to come up with an idea which has made him more than one million dollars in four months.With $999,000 banked so far, Alex recalls his thought process at the time. He says:
“I wrote the title to spark the creativity and then wrote down the attributes the idea needed. It had to be simple to set up and understand. It was selling pixels, the dots which make up a computer screen, as advertising space, costing a dollar per dot. The minimum purchase was $100 for a 10×10 pixel square to hold the buyer’s logo or design. Clicking on that space takes readers to the buyer’s website.”
Alex spent £50 on buying the domain name (milliondollarhomepage.com) and a basic web-hosting package. He designed the site himself but it began as a blank page. His last 1,000 pixels will be sold on Wednesday on eBay, in a clever and lucrative twist to the story.
Susumu Mukai and Will Sweeney
British graphic artist Will Sweeney teamed up with Japanese designer/electro star Susumu Mukai to reveal their hyper-contemporary and ultra-imaginative universe which has resulted in cult-like toy designs, album covers, books, street wear collaborations and more.
The artist are featured in Gas Book 20. They both studied illustration and graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1998. Not only do they inspire each others artwork but they are also involved in Susumu’s music project, Zongamin, and perform together at live shows.
RedDot Design Award: Nacos XX-5
The redesign of the Nacos product line covers 13 modules including monitors of different sizes, keyboards, socket and base, which will please modern pirates. In addition, various accessories have been designed such as a sun visor, a trackball and a swivel-mounted monitor. The modularity reduces storage and production costs. The housings meet the high operational demands on board of a ship, caused by swell, and also meet the specific requirements of ISO 8468 about the structuring and equipment of ship bridges.
EcoSmart Fire
The EcoSmart Fire is an environmentally
friendly open fireplace that is flue less and does not
require any installation or utility connection for fuel supply, which
makes it ideal for apartment and city living. Fuelled by a renewable
energy (denatured ethanol), it burns clean and is virtually maintenance
free. Featuring remarkable design flexibility, the simplicity of the
EcoSmart burner and the modular nature of its design grants consumers
with significant versatility and choice.
(via Coolhunting)
Space Invaders Tote Bag
This amazing Space Invaders tote bag was knitted by a geeky girl named Brenda. Retro videogames fans can even do it themselves (or ask their girlfriend to knit it for them) as Brenda’s boyfriend made the chart available to everyone. I want socks with this!
(via boingboing)
Calculator by Mario Bellini
By the time electronic calculators began to appear in the mid 1960s, Olivetti had established itself as a manufacturer of innovative, stylish office machines, pioneering several designs of typewriters and electro-mechanical calculators.
Bellini, together with friends, contributed greatly to the revival of international interest in Italian design. Among his many design projects, he was engaged by Olivetti to bring his really original touch.
Masanari Umeda
Masanari Umeda obtained his diploma from the Kuwasawa School of Design in Tokio in 1962. In 1967, he worked for the studio of Achille Piergiacomo Castiglioni. From 1970 to 1979 Umeda was design consultant for Olivetti. He has participated in several international exhibitions and won the Braun Prize in Germany in 1968, the Japanese Associated Commercial Designer’s Prize in 1984.
The Japanese designer was inspired by various shapes of blossoms and designed, among others, the armchair “Getsuen”, which means “garden in the moonlight”. The two realms are also increasingly merged in a playful and artful way through the use of artificial materials or shapes derived from nature – for example in pocketbooks sewn from artificial grass, and glass vases that grow thorns.
Watch out when you sit down…
January 4, 2006 - Category: Life Story - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Anne Gericke’s Jewelery
Anne Gericke is a German jeweler. Her jewelery is manufactured from either silver 925 or Palladium White Gold 750 and each piece is hand finished with care. The little windows are made of acrylic glass but some of the colors are also available in sapphire glass. The latter is recommended especially for rings and cuff links, which might be exposed to more physical influences in every use.
(via Unicahome)
Tissot T-Pocket Watch
Pocket watches don’t always have to be round and antiquated. With this new resolutely modern design, Tissot shows that pocket watches are far from being objects of the past. Its characteristic Tissot "T" serves also as a supporting stand, either in the same material as the case in polished or brushed steel or black PVD, or contrasting with a striking yellow PVD "T". The watch has an integrated alarm, a quartz movement and a battery with a three year life.
(via Luxist)