El Guapo And Mr Bear Illustrated Coffee Cups Set
Jimbobart is London-based designer James Ward. From his studio and shop on Columbia Road in East London, he creates a range of ceramics and illustrations centring on his expressive animal drawings. As a commercial illustrator, he has been commissioned by Lacoste, Moleskine and Etsy - who invited him to illustrate a bath tub displayed alongside …
Essentials: Getting Bicycle Chic
It’s a bike week for get addicted to ... Choosing a particular bicycle and gear conveys an attitude and a way of life. Riding a bike can be addictive, in the best cases for life. For a lot of people, contemporary bicycle culture has now replaced cars as the vehicles that best express its identity. Velo …
True Homeware For Sustainably-Minded People
The nostalgia of enamel pots and their sentimental memories of "old-fashioned" cooking has been reissued for today‘s lifestyles: Clean lines, simple materials and strong colours for organically and sustainably-minded people. Basically, enamel is nothing more than iron which is fused with silicate glass at 840°C. This process creates a perfect, non-porous and physiologically neutral surface. …
Interactive Light Sculpture That Visualizes The Emotional Impact Of Movement
The object and installation is called Fiet, built out of hundreds of cones which emphasize the motion of the surface. The points of the cones move closer to each other or expand when the skin is moving. All this happens by the influence of sounds surrounding the object. You will see the sculpture become stressed …
Motion To Light Painting
This is a collaborative project between Red Bull, Snap! Orlando, the wakeboard athletes: Mike Dowdy, Adam Errington, and Dallas Friday and light painter Patrick Rochon. The movement of the athletes in the water, with the LED boards, created the light paintings. "We shot 3 nights in a row from sunset to sunrise at the OWC, Orlando …
The Creepy, The Cosmic, The Crazy
The Magic Book Of Nightmares (roughly $12) is a diary of bad nights and terrible sleep. The illustrated A4 book exploresg the most gruesome of dreams, drawn from the mind of 15 great illustrators. Each image is A3, creeping over a double spread. Take a look, if you dare. ❚…
Explore Life’s Questions
Blurtopia is a free, fun, and useful app which helps you answer life’s little questions on the go - from which shoes should you wear to the party, to which way should you hang the toilet paper, to is pineapple on pizza tasty or a sin. Through a simple and addictive interface, you can “Blurt” …
The HPSTR Pyramid – An Alternative Interface
The HPSTR Pyramid is an attempt to create an alternative interface to conventional knobs and slide controls. It's an approach to have the same basic and generic functionality a knob has but to achieve it with a more natural interaction. "I wanted to create an instrument that is generic enough to be used in different …
Lego Custom Dock Kit For iPad
Did you ever wanted to build your own Lego custom dock kit for iPad? This is a custom dock for your Apple iPad (with Lightning Connector) made entirely out of Lego. It has been designed to stand your iPad up on your desk and allow you to charge it or sync with your computer. This …
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera (roughly $1.000) with it's weight of 355 grams is not bigger than the Sony Nex, but will be able to produce FullHD ProRes and CinemaDNG Files with a Dynamic Range of 13 stops. This will offer new possibilities for independent Filmakers who look for a true film look and good …
Cinestar 3 Axis Gimbal – Unrestricted 360 Degree Panning
Filmmaker and Director Vincent Laforet presents a new short movie that's completely filmed handheld, using a Canon EOS 1DC (at 4K), a Canon 24mm 1.3 Cine Prime–plus a Zeiss 18mm CP.2 for the aerial shots–and the Freefly Cinestar 3-Axis gyro-stabilized Gimbal MöVI for the first time. It's designed for professional dual operator aerial cinematography, allowing …
McGyver’s Multifunction iPhone Case
Why carry something around everywhere, if it isn't useful? ReadyCase is a multifunction iPhone case. It's useful. Tune your iPhone 4 or iPhone 5 with the integrated USB stick. You're always ready to share. The super thin design means ReadyCase ($45 - $55) won't add much bulk to your pocket. The stick snaps in and …
BioLite – Portable Stove And Gadget Charger
Is it a portable stove or a gadget charger? How about both. The BioLite ($130,-) is a compact, portable stove that burns sticks, twigs, pine cones, and other renewable resources instead of petroleum gas, lighting quickly and bringing water to a boil in no time. In addition, it packs a USB port on the front …
The Ressence Type 3 Tricks The Brain
The Ressence Type 3 (roughly $29.500) has a sandwich construction with titanium membrane between movement and fluid-filled indication module. The watch transports time from the dial to the crystal. The orbiting indications are bathed in a fluid that refracts light like air, so that the indications appear to be displayed directly onto the sapphire crystal …
Filtering Water Bottle Made From Renewable Resource
The Nava ($29.95) by Kor is a filtering water bottle unlike anything on the market which makes ordinary tap water taste great by filtering as you sip. The name, “Nava” was inspired by one of the world’s most important wetland reserves: Laguna de la Nava de Fuentes, located in Spain. Wetlands are truly the water …
Japanese Tradition And Modern Design Became One
The unique Sumi (size L $600, size S $360) is a product inspired by "Yusan-bako", the traditional lunch/sweet box from the Tokushima prefecture in the western part of Japan. It could also be used to store accessories and jewelry and allows you to open each box with only one hand. The concept of Yusan-bako is a …
Cartesia – A Sophisticated Business Desk
The Cartesia Desk (Tamo Tree, $6.000) system and its name were inspired by the Cartesian coordinate system, due to its unique property. This innovative desk, developed by Nosigner with traditional wooden craftsmanship from Tokushima in Japan, possesses the same special feature as the Cartesia Drawer: a 2-directional structure, allowing you to access multiple storage at …
Marshall MS2 Micro Guitar Amp
The Marshall MS2 Micro Amp ($45) is a great practice guitar amp. This portable battery/mains operated micro amp, packing full Marshall tone into a tiny case measuring just 14 x 11 x 6 centimeters. It has switchable Clean and Overdrive channels, delivered with one little Marshall Watt. A single tone control lets you dial it …
Fuel Micro Charger – The World’s Smallest Cell Phone Charger
The Devotec Fuel Micro Charger ($24.99) is a tiny (just 1.3 by 0.9 by half an inch) key chain size just 1.3 by 0.9 by half an inchbattery back up emergency charger. Its 220 milliAmp hour battery is designed to give you around 20–30 minutes extra talk time, or up to a few hours more …
Fundamental Backgrounds Set Thailand
Do it like the people of Thailand do, whether for a client or your own graphic design, every background in this second set by 100 FOR 10 comes with a smile :-) Thailand's culture has been shaped by many influences, including Indian, Lao, Burmese, Cambodian, and Chinese. The Thai cuisine for example blends five fundamental …
Google Takes Street View Cars To Nuklear Ghost Town Fukushima
View larger map. The official Google blog has invited Tamotsu Baba, Mayor of Namie-machi, Fukushima, Japan, to write and provide imagery on Google Maps of Fukushima Exclusion Zone Town Namie-machi. The map above is one of Namie-machi’s main streets, which were often used for outdoor events like the big Ten Days of Autumn festival that …
Waterproof Rolltop Duffle Bag
The new waterproof rolltop duffle bag Sotnik (3.9 lb, $220) by Chrome Industries can be carried or worn as a pack. The outer shell is made out of weatherproof 1000 denier Cordura grade nylon. The rolltop closure accommodates a range of load sizes and is waterproof as well. The welded internal bucket liner keeps water …
Interactive Sound Vases
Soundplotter–a part of the permanent collection of 3D printed objects of the Design Hub Barcelona–is a concept for a 3d printed vase whose shape changes according to sound input. Each Soundplotter vase is a unique piece that can contain a personal message or the sound of a certain moment. The top layer of the digital …
