Inside Skate by Didi Dunphy
This skateboard designed by Didi Dunphy for Modern Convenience is a really cool innovation. Take your socks and shoes off, and you’re ready to ride all over your house with your feet on a soft cushioned skateboard. It’s a nice way to move from one room to another.
YAT – The Joung Activity Trailer by Knaus
The Young Activity Trailer joins the essential components of caravanning and the functional performance of a compact trailer. The large tail wing doors make it possible to use the YAT in its entire width as a trailer for transportation. For that purpose, the two beds can be turned up to the sidewalls, whereas the table is stored to the rear door.
Usurfer UM70, the Electric Skateboard
No more kicking on that skateboard to get you around. With a top speed of 12mph, the UM70 is ideal for getting around town. Powered by two 12v 15AH sealed lead acid batteries, the UM70 is good for 4 hours on a full charge.
Transparent Canoe-Kayak by Hammacher Schlemmer
Paddling a transparent kayak is unlike anything you’ve ever imagined. You will discover the sea in a way that you’ve never imagined before. The Transparent Canoe-Kayak is made with a transparent polymer that allows you to admire the aquatic wildlife.
Exomos Submersible
Exomos designed the most advanced submersible for a range of application: from personal use to military use. The submersible can carry you to another world, the world of exploration. That can be much more exiting to bring on holiday than doing snorkeling.
Toyota, Prefab House
Yes, you can have a Toyota prefab house. Imagine that, a house that matches with your car. You could even pick up the same colour maybe. The car manufacturer created 3 different house designs, which are Earthquake-resistant.
When there is money to be made, big companies are always in. What’s next? They could also sell candies.
Basla Hemp Surfboard By Ocean Green
The ultimate goal of Ocean Green is to produce custom surfboards that are entirely made out of natural materials.
The ecofoil blanks are lighter than their polyurethane counterparts and produce a fantastic looking board. Their hollow design overcomes the lack of performance inherent to solid wooden boards. The balsa is sourced in Nicaragua. Wood from sustainable forests is carefully selected and transported to Fair Trade workshops where carpenters transform it into the various ecofoil components. Ocean Green receives the components in Cornwall and then combines the shaped EcoFoil blanks with organically grown hemp cloth to produce a fantastic looking, high performance board.
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Hotel Everland
Created by the Swiss artists Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, the hotel Everland has just one room on the roof of the gallery for contemporary art in Leipzig, a luxurious bathroom, a king-size bed and a lounge. The bounteous dimensioned room represents the subjective dream of a hotel: the architecture, the playful details, as well as the request to steal the golden embroidered bath towels. From June 2006 until August 5, 2007 you can take a peek at Hotel Everland during the opening times.
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Royal College of Art’s GE Plasticon Project
Postgraduate students at London’s Royal College of Art recently presented the results of a multi-disciplinary design project in collaboration with GE Plastics. As part of the ‘PLASTicon’ project, 17 RCA first year MA students researched, designed and built models of concept vehicles aimed at the needs of different markets – from SUV owners to Gen-Y consumers – utilising the capabilities of plastics.
Dan Flavin: A Retrospective
One of the most innovative figures in 20th-century art, Flavin used fluorescent light as his medium. He became a key exponent of minimalism in the early 1960s.
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Suzuki LC
The LC is a funny recreation of Suzuki’s first cars, which had space for only two people. All the details have been mulled over to give this car a vintage look.This cute little beast is powered by a 660cc, 3 cylinder, DOHC engine, paired to a 4-speed automatic transmission. Too kawaii!
Worldwide Aeros Corporation
Worldwide Aeros Corp, the Aeroscraft manufacturer and world’s leader in FAA-certified lighter-than-air vehicles, announced today it has entered into an agreement with hospitality design firm Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) for the interior design of a new generation of airborne cruise ships.
To design the interiors of those airships, we’ve chosen the world’s leading design consultant for the hospitality and leisure industries, namely WATG.
2006 Dodge Challenger Concept
I’ve always been a big fan of muscle cars and when I saw the 2006 Dodge Challenger concept car, my eyes literally popped out of my head. This beast is based on the iconic 1970 model, a car with mega horsepower and pure lines. Rethought, reworked, reproportioned and redesigned, the Challenger concept car offers a HEMI-powered performance coupe derived from one of the most sought after classic American muscle car. I’m sure this car would give General Lee a run for its money!
The Instant Igloo
This winter-weather structure that inflates in two minutes and accommodates four children, instantly provides shelter for snowball-fights, “capture the flag,” and other winter activities. The substantial fort measures 7′ x 6′, and is crafted from durable, crack-resistant PVC vinyl for years of rigorous use. It includes two clear surveillance windows, two inflatable snow shields, and two detachable flags, as well as a hidden emergency escape hatch for stealthy exits. This is the perfect device for sophisticated Winter games.
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.
Bright Feet Slippers
Now you can easily move handsfree around a darkened house and efficiently reduce the risk of tripping over objects or running into doors, furniture or anything not easily seen in the dark.
With the Bright Feet Slippers, you don’t have any excuses if you still make noise when your wake up in the middle of the night…
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Board Lock
The recoiling cable with adjustable combo lock wraps around the snowboard, through the bindings, to the ski rack. While we would recommend leaving your board tied up overnight, at lunch-time, it will deter thieves from grabbing it and nonchalantly walking away. The Board Lock‘s clean, low profile design fits neatly into your pocket. You love your board, so protect it.
Radio Control Digital Camera Plane
The Estes XB 39 Eagleye R/C Digital Camera Plane isn’t just a remote controlled plane. You can take amazing digital pictures from an eagle’s eye view with it. The giant Eagleye has a wingspan of 55 inches, is 34 inches in length and has twin ducted fan jet engines. You can take up to 26 aerial photographs with a simple push of a button on the transmitter.
