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Wind Lights

Posted by Dotty on 11.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?


These Wind Lights measure in at just under 8? tall, but they work just like their bigger windmill cousins, generating electricity through the power of air. Each tiny light uses a 2.4? propeller to power a pair of bright red or blue LEDs.
The below is a massive installation featuring 1200 of these Wind Lights which illuminate as the winds blow in over the River Thames. Individual Wind Lights will soon be available for purchase from Mathmos for £12.
How about using it for highrise buildings in Singapore?

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Hara Chair

Posted by Dotty on 11.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?


Hara Chair by Kundalini of Italy was recently ranked #1 by GQ magazine in their list of the “100 best things in the world.”

Designed by Giorgio Gurioli for Kundalini of Italy, Hara is a bio-energetic seat handmade in lacquered fiberglass. Ideal for outdoors thanks to a treatment against ultra-violet rays and the strong resistance of the material to temperature changes.

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Random pic of the week

Posted by Dotty on 11.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?


Bleeding book or leaking ink…
Liquid Bookmark is hand-made by the designer so each design is a one-off. Interesting way to mark a page.

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Colour Pencils

Posted by Dotty on 11.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?


Environmental art in Finland by Jonna Pohjalainen.
“I travelled to work in Pedvale with empty hands. I admired the lovely rural scene and the sunsets of Pedvale. I used local aspen in my work because of its lively forms and beautiful, grey colour. While you sharpen your pencils you can see time passing by. Colours bring joy and happiness in our everyday life. I chose a place of of my work because of the sunsets. You can sit and meditate near my work and look at the sunsets. Without sun there are no colours and life!”

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LED Watch

Posted by Dotty on 11.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?


LED watch from Hiranao Tsuboi of 100% at Design Tide. Nice everyday watch to have on the wrist.

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Sole Mate

Posted by Dotty on 11.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?


Sole Mate is a web designed to store your shoes… on the wall…
Nice… but smelly, dirty wall… indoor slippers might be better…

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Krön Pushchair

Posted by Dotty on 11.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?


The design of the Kron pushchair has soft clean lines and a refinement of increasingly extreme forms. The whole pushchair followed Zen philosophy in which less is more. The highest point of evolution is perhaps the wheels. 

It has a rigid and comfortable seat in high quality technological fabrics (transpiring, thermal, anallergic and washable). The heat-welded fabrics are upholstered with open cell anti-shock cushions and natural, untreated wood panels. This structure ensures correct posture in the following ways: - Protection of respiration and of neck muscles, spine and head.

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KANERA 1D Sink

Posted by Dotty on 11.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?


Looking at the bathroom as a place of purification, relaxation, revitalization and timelessness, Graft (the new W New York Downtown Hotel and Residences‘ award-winning interior designers) came up with the 1D to sensually stage the poetry of water within the overall concept bath.

“With gently sloping curves that look as much man-made as they look carved by glaciers, the designers clearly have mastered the impossibly sleek organic forms that define today’s aesthetic. The sinks will be available for purchase outside the W Hotel and Residences as well.”
Really beautiful.

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Leo Kempf Cat House

Posted by Dotty on 11.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?


Leo Kempf designed this house for his cat, Olive, complete with a panoramic plexi-glass window, a thick sheepskin rug, some small paintings for the walls, and a cardboard scratching porch.

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Toilet Paper Wallpaper

Posted by Dotty on 11.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?


Toilet paper is one of civilisation’s great invention. Now it has a new function, it can be a functional wallpaper. New design everyday for you to enjoy and not having to worry that it will run out too.
This is actually a 2D wallpaper, but it really inspires me with other ideas.

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Random pic of the week

Posted by Dotty on 11.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?


“Light Blub” a light bulb that has gone way out of line. Infected by the dreaded Design Virus, these Blubs have taken on all kinds of forms and sizes you wouldn’t expect from such well behaving and reliable little products.

So comical… so cool… so strange… I like!

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Photoshop Ad “as real as it gets”

Posted by Porro on 11.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?


Nice!

Via: blankanvas

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ASUS Foldable PC Chassis

Posted by Dotty on 11.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?


No idea why we need a foldable PC chassis. But if for some reason you do, then rejoice as the ASUS Vento TA-F series can twist into a compact flat shape that takes up a mere 70 percent of its original space. Available in black or silver, once open it becomes just another chassis with four 5.25-inch and four 3.5-inch internal bays, excluding one for the floppy disk drive (which most people use as a memory card reader slot instead).

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Glide

Posted by Dotty on 11.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?


Kedar Naik’s GLIDE chair, made out from aluminum and lacquered fiberglass.

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Alien Faucet

Posted by Dotty on 11.08.08 | Permalink | Comment?


The Alien Faucet has a spiky joystick handle and an unfamiliar, jutting angle in the spout characterise the tap. It looks like water actually flows upwards from the spout, as it would from a water fountain. The cutting-edge, futuristic look of the faucet with stark, sharp lines is sure to be a centrepiece in your bathroom.

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