Product Design, Technology and Innovation.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
‘my lounge chair’ for knoll amsterdam-based architectural firm UNstudio present three new seating designs during milan design week 2011. the prototype for his ‘new amsterdam chair’ and the final designs for ‘sittable’ are on show as part of ‘the tortonas’ exhibition at via tortona (UNstudio)
Iris Pendant Light.
The Iris pendant light is an extension of the Iris theme seen in a prior MacMaster design, the Iris Floor Lamp (Design Milk)
‘holes’ by bertjan pot for arturo alvarez (bertjan pot)
nanjing china’s newest cultural facility, the ‘nanjing museum of art and architecture’ by steven holl architects is now complete. regarded as the gateway to a new cultural development, the museum explores shifting viewpoints and layers of space reminiscent of spatial compositions seen in traditional chinese paintings. (steven holl)
glass vases from DB Glassworks. (Design Milk)
Woven Light Leave the screwdriver in the toolbox. The Disque pendant lamp by Dutch designer Marc van der Voorn achieves is modest look from two translucent bowl-shaped discs that are bound together with nothing more than a thin 65 meter string (DIY people!). Weaved beautifully between the discs, the string gives a soft touch of character to an otherwise reserved design. A little alien mothership-ish, but overall quite appealing. Designer: Marc van der Voorn (Yanko Design)
John Houshmand blends the classic materiality of wood with the modern, straight-edge of glass to create a table that showcases both materials in an expressive way. (Blue Ant Studio)
eduardo souto de moura wins the 2011 pritzker prize (d)
A Silent Alarm Clock Alarm clocks usually jolt us awake leading us to reach for the almighty snooze button. Silence is a conceptual alarm clock that allows you to program multiple alarms and wakes you without any sound. Each person wears a wireless rubber ring with an integrated vibration device that generates a tactile alarm. The snooze function is engaged by shaking your hand. However, each successive time you want to snooze, more movement is required, making sure you get to work on time. Designer: Johan Brengesjo (Yanko Design)
San Francisco Streets in 1905 (via swissmiss)
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The OCD Chef Cutting Board
“Terrific for persnickety perfectionists.”
Breakfast concepted for 24 hours and decided to turn the orange blimp into Foursquare’s first constantly-moving target. (The team hacked some hardware so that the blimp would automatically update its location periodically.) The blimp was supposed to fly for just one month on the East Coast, but it ended up flying cross-country, and people drove across state lines to check in and earn the Conan Blimpspotter badge on Foursquare. (via Mashable)
Gone are the days that bigger is better. Streamlined packaging designs like the flat pack Spline Light are in… for good. The simple yet elegant design of this matt black pendant light helps save on shipping costs and ease up on the environment. With an interesting shape and unique shadow-cast, it don’t look half-bad either. Designer: Tom Fereday (via y)
Pirce by Giuseppe Maurizio Scutella for Artemide is a gorgeous spiral of light created from a laser cut, irregular shaped aluminium disc. (via Artemide)
