Eames chair coasters

March 12, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Filed under Furniture, Industrial Design

A nice place to sit your drink down.  (It’s funny because it works on more than one level!  Not so grammatical, though.) — A.M.

Ekokook

March 1, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Filed under Industrial Design, Interior Design

Even Rosie, the Jetson’s robot maid, might be intimidated by this kitchen of the future from Faltazi. There seem to be an awful lot of chutes and bins…your devoted blogger wonders where she would keep the cat treats. — A.M.

Eat more fruit

February 16, 2010 at 9:58 am
Filed under Food, Industrial Design

Perhaps you’ve indulged a bit during Snowmageddon and need to get back to eating like a normal human being rather than a caged animal.  How could these fruit bowls not inspire you? — A.M.

NSFW but funny (don’t say you weren’t warned)

February 12, 2010 at 10:57 am
Filed under Architecture, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture

Someone named mentaldesigner has created a series of videos on the designer-client relationship.  How can robots talking in a monotone not be funny? — A.M.

(hum Olympic theme here)

February 12, 2010 at 10:01 am
Filed under Industrial Design

“With the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver only days away, designboom has an exclusive inside look at the design process behind the olympic medals. While the final medal design by Omer Arbel Office was unveiled a few weeks ago, OAO actually proposed two design concepts that were rejected by the Vancouver Olympic Committee.” — A.M.

Prickly inspiration

February 9, 2010 at 10:45 am
Filed under Furniture, Humor, Industrial Design

Since so many SEGDsters are trapped under giant drifts of snow, what better way to pass the time than looking at designs inspired by cacti? — A.M.

cacnews magazine stand by sintesi

Silicon switches

January 30, 2010 at 7:26 am
Filed under Industrial Design, Uncategorized

“The common wall switch has barely evolved at all in decades, leaving interior designers with something to work around, rather than work with. Now there is an alternative. 

Silicon Switches cover a prefabricated push switch. Pressing the raised area activates the switch. ” — A.M.

“Hand” hand soap – so handy!

January 19, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Filed under Industrial Design

This hand soap is shaped like…um…a hand.  Pretty cool for the first few dozen people who get to shake hands while soaping up.  But what’s it like once it starts to dissolve?  Didn’t Steve McQueen star in a movie about this in 1963? — A.M.

Toaster…or bread jail?

January 14, 2010 at 9:26 am
Filed under Industrial Design

“The Magimix Vision Toaster is the very first of its kind to boast clear, easy to clean, glass windows through which you can watch your bread get browner by the second. The real breakthrough is the inclusion of long life quartz elements which give constant heat for consistent browning. Add in an extra wide slot with automatic self centering, an extra lift lever to allow smaller pieces of bread to be removed safely, an accurate timing control and you’ve got the coolest toast-maker on the block. You can also use it for warming.” — A.M.

Keep the change

December 9, 2009 at 8:28 am
Filed under Industrial Design

“The evolution of pocket change has been long and coming. Finally, design firm Creative Commons has taken the idea to a completely literal level, designing coins in the shape of their respective pie chart ratios. Instead of a full circle for a 25 cent piece, it is shaped in to a quarter circle, and half a dollar is exactly a half circle shaped coin.” — A.M.