The idea of a tree project by Thomas Traxlers

The product reflects to the environment change.

link
www.mischertraxler.com
www.todayandtomorrow.net

Sweet Dreams Security by Matthias Megyeri

link
www.sweetdreamssecurity.com

Solution, or Mess? A Milk Jug for a Green Earth

The bottle is pretty square in UK, the only different is you can't stock on top of each other. I am not quite suere that they try to gain more money or be "green".

link
www.nytimes.com

Yves Behar: Creating objects that tell stories

link
www.ted.com

Air piano by Omer Yosha

It looks really fancy.
However, it seems that we don't need to "pratice" or "learn" anymore. Simply wave our hands in the air then we become musicians.

link
www.airpiano.de
www.todayandtomorrow.net

alice wang

Congratulation! Alice got the Conran Award!!
How hard is it? Only 3 people can get this award each year at RCA.

see her new project here
www.alice-wang.com

Passive Aggressive Anger Release Machine

I love this, but why we enjoy breaking things?

link
www.todayandtomorrow.net
www.yarisalkublitz.com

Yuri Suzuki

Physciality in sound

Yuri Suzuki creates several objects to communicate the physical value of sound. My favorite piece is the sound jewellery.

link
www.yurisuzuki.com
www.todayandtomorrow.net

GINA by BMW

It's so beautiful!

link
www.autoblog.com

Lucy and Bart

Some interesting peojects on their websites.

link
www.lucyandbart.com
www.barthess.nl
www.lucymcrae.blogspot.com

SMELL+ by James Auger

This project explores the human experiential potential of the sense of smell, applying contemporary scientific research in a range of domestic and social contexts.


link
www.interaction.rca.ac.uk
www.auger-loizeau.com
www.sirc.org

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Klabenkkk by Lady Penelope

Extendable bench that easily holds nine carpenters! A small bench for big fun. The name is derived from the sound the bench makes when it is folded in. Then you hear KLABENKKKKKKK.

link
www.ladypenelope.nl

Clock by Christiaan Postma

The word “three” completely appears when it’s exactly 3 o’clock and will then transform again as time passes. The word “four” begins to appear and at exactly 4 o’clock the word “four” is clearly visible. The word “three” is by then totally vanished and no longer readable.

I must say, it is a great piece.

link
www.dezeen.com
www.christiaanpostma.nl

Drive-in wardrobe by Gaële Girault

Drive-in wardrobe
Gaële Girault (ECAL)
magnetic studs allow the user to 'sculpt' the curtain.

link
www.droogdesign.nl
www.designboom.com

Genpets by Adam Brandejs

Today, we are well within the process of desensitizing an upcoming generation towards accepting bioengineering as “natural”. I see this generation slowly and systematically being desensitized towards owning and manipulating life through toys such as Tamagotchis, and Furbies. Toys that mimic living creatures but carry no weight of responsibility with them. Individually these objects are harmless, however when analysing the trends in consumption on a larger scale, we can see that with every new toy the envelope is pushed a little further. Bioengineered pets could not have been acceptable yesterday, but they are today. Boundaries have been eroded.

link
www.brandejs.ca

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1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future

Ive's inspiration on Rams' design principles goes beyond the philosophy and gets straight into a direct homage to real products created decades ago. Amazing pieces of industrial design that still today remain fresh, true classics that have survived the test of time.

The similarities between products from Braun and Apple are sometimes uncanny, others more subtle, but there's always a common root that provides the new Apple objects not only with a beautiful simplicity but also with a close familiarity.

link
www.gizmodo.com

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Dieter Rams: Ten commandments on design

link
brocatus.tumblr.com

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What can you bring to the table

link
www.belowtheclouds.com

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dust furniture

link
www.dustfurniture.com

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Design and the Elastic Mind / Color chart @ MoMa

Almost all are from Europe, lots of them are from design interaction at RCA.


I like the website,
color chart

link
www.moma.org

Kiosk

Cool Shop, selling weird stuff....

link
kioskkiosk.com

"Interview with Ben Hughes" at We Make Money Not Art

Read here We Make Money Not Art

Asimov's first law by Alice Wang

white lies
Scales, although don’t perform physical harm, have been subtly damaging us psychologically. Some are deeply hurt by their bluntness; some choose to cheat.

This scale allows one to lie to him/herself.
The further back you stand, the lighter you become.
The user can gradually move closer and closer to reality.


There are 2 more at www.alice-wang.com

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Free-Range Workers by US

link
www.usdesignstudio.co.uk

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Mind Chair by Peter Marigold and Beta Tank

Mind Chair - a collaborative interactive furniture design with Beta Tank
The electronic unit sits as a retrofitted parasite within an existing and very familiar design describing how a technology that is both simple yet astonishing in its effect, could be incorporated into something as ubiquitous as a piece of institutional furniture. The familiarity of the assemblage leads to a guessing game as to how the device might be used in a simple alternative teaching environment.
[via www.dezeen.com]

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universal connections by dialog05

lauschangriff
the direct individual-data-connection for hearing, scanning and checking.
any more secrets?


essentials
what are our essential needs? what do we really need for surviving?

link
www.dialog05.com

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Din-ink by andrea cingoli + paolo emilio bellisario + cristian cellini + francesca fontana

link
www.designboom.com


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Paola Antonelli: Treating design as art

link
www.ted.com

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memory floor plan by leslie kwok

this is a record of all the rooms i have lived in since birth—a total of 16 rooms. the scale is proportional to memory.

link
www.lesliekwok.info

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Cloud by Troika

link
www.troika.uk.com


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When the user makes the difference

In the report’s first part the student authors introduce the term user-driven, its relation to other types of innovation and the diversity of the definitions. The history of user-driven innovation is also presented.

The report then continues with an overview of which companies in the Nordic countries have utilised knowledge of their users in developing new products and services, including a shortlist of success stories.[via www.experientia.com]

Core77 Broadcasts: Kelly Dobson at Core77 Offsite NYC

click picture to watch video.

Read www.core77.com


click picture to watch video.

link
Kelly Dobson


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Core77 Broadcasts: Tobias Wong at Core77 Offsite NYC

click picture to watch video.

The guy on the stage is not Tobias Wong. Read www.core77.com

link
www.brokenoff.com

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Tobias Wong interview by Theme Magazine

I no longer worry about what title people give me, I’m happy being whatever fits the context. I don’t draft or create models/prototypes, I don’t problem solve, and I definitely don’t make things to make life easier. [via www.thememagazine.com]




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Philippe Starck: Why design?

When does he become a joker?

link
www.ted.com


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Mr. Jones Watches by Crispin Jones

Right or Wrong provides a moral traffic lights - as the seconds turn there is an animated colour change on the dial from red to blue-green. In a moment of doubt (do I really have to leave now? Is there time for one more drink?) the wearer can look at the watch for guidance. In extreme cases one can pop out the winding crown which will stop the mechanism on an answer - giving no scope for cheating (well you can always play 'best-of-three' if you don't get the answer you want first time!)


The Mantra alternates a very positive statement (e.g. "you are amazing") with a very negative one (e.g. "nobody likes you").
The Mantra makes the arrogant person more humble and makes the humble more confident.


link
www.mrjoneswatches.com


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Newspaper-Insulated Coat for Homeless

Newspaper is tightened into balls and stuffed into the coat pockets. The coat is made from Aquamax, a waterpoof, breathable fabric laminated with a nonporous membrane. Mykolyn tried out the garment during an eight-hour test in a meat freezer, and stayed warm through temperatures that dipped as low as -29 degrees Celsius (-20.2 F). [via www.digitaljournal.com]

link
25togo


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RISD New President - John Maeda

The Board of Trustees of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) announced on December 21, 2007 that John Maeda, Associate Director of Research at the MIT Media Lab, has accepted the offer to become the 16th president of RISD.

link
www.risd.edu


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Magnetic Structure by Robert Hodgin

link
www.flight404.com


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Eyelashes jewelry by Stephanie Simek

'eyelashes' is a series of necklaces that use
100% human hair to makes a minimal piece of jewelry that is as light and fluttery as the real thing. [via designboom]

link
www.stephaniesimek.com

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Key Ring by Chloe Coulson

[via pan-dan]

link
www.notanotherdesigner.co.uk

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Chinaware Cups by Simone Brewster

[via pan-dan]

link
www.simonebrewster.com

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Barrier Bench by Philippe Million

link
behind the curtains
www.moma.org

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Destiny Chen

Destiny Chen, another friend from MA Design Studies, with her work Memory Scope which is combined kaleidoscope with your memory objects.

link
www.madsmemory.org

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Marc Nicolau

Marc Nicolau, a friend of mine just finish his studies at MA Design Studies, Central Saint Martins. The value of a object is increasing coz we can't stop losing it.

link
www.marcnicolau.co.uk

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...by Robert Stadler

Carole
Mirror oracle / Karriere Bar 2007

The mirror Carole proposes aphorismes and proverbs as answers to the spectators questions.
These random chosen sentences aren't personalized, but their enigmatic and universal character makes the persons imagine the link to their interrogation themselves.
[via yankodesign]

link
www.robertstadler.net

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YNZ by Tomohiko Sato

link
www.tomohikosato.com

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Play heads or tails

[via pan-dan]

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A Conversation Piece by Kyung-Eun Oh

Another clever idea of using magnetic power!

link
www.yankodesign.com

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"YEAH...BUT" PAD

"Yeah..but.." That's what I always facing when I have to make a decision.

[via pan-dan]

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Elle MacPherson Intimates - The Interactive Storefront

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Bernstrand & Co life-jacket

bikini life-jacket© "bay watch"

belly life-jacket© "sopranos"

link
www.bernstrand.com

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Lampel

I was trying to do a lighting competition about working space.
This is one good example of bringing planes into office but without taking a space on the table or floor.


link
www.pid.se

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Secret Shop exhibition by Company

The exhibition is already past, but still worth to look at some products on website.
All the objects are Finnish designed or made.

link
Secret Shop
www.com-pa-ny.com

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ABACUS watch - The Magic of Time

It's really cool watch but can't tell you the time precisely.
Another magnetic product!

link
ABACUS
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