People often have an emotional attachment with their first or old belongings, and preserve them for long even after they become out of order. The “GE Phone Clock” from Geekware is a cool-looking wall clock, which as depicted by its name is made using an abandoned General Electric telephone to create a nostalgic among users
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GE Phone Clock recycled from the authentic General Electric phone
Slated to be launched at DistribuTECH next week, the “Vision” from Tendril is a next gen in-home energy display that reduces energy consumption by an average of 10-15 percent and envisions low electricity bills. Connecting to the electric grid, the energy smart device not only provides the real-time information of the users’ energy consumption but also the cost of energy throughout the day, so you could manage your household work during the hours when the cost of electricity is minimal. Via: Treehugger / Gizmodo
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Tendril Vision Clock envisions low electricity bills
Embarking on a new era in marine travel, Belgian designer Jan Geilens has come up with a revolutionary water vehicle that brings fresh technological advances in water sports, but surprisingly at a low price.
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Marine vehicle that’s ‘Breaking’ all barriers in water sports
The “Laser Timing” from TokyoFlash is a wristwatch concept that tells time as mysteriously as it looks. Featuring the mysterious wristwatch flashes a laser beam through a small window to reflect the time on a flat surface
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Laser Timing is a mysterious wristwatch with complementing looks
Inspired by nature, the Redo Sudio has come up with a sleek and smart bathroom suite that combines a basin, shower and toilet into a single unit to add extra space to the bathroom. Entitled the “Mountainous Brook,” the suite is finished in plastic, curved to resemble mountains and water streams. The shower, which is the main component in the entire unit, spreads like a spring with two streams of water, one forming the shelf and basin and the other the toilet bowl.
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Mountainous Brook creates natural atmosphere within the bathroom
If you are looking to increase your collection of hand-cranked music boxes, the “Foradacaixa Hand Crank Music Box” with its beautiful illustrated package and unique tunes may turn out to be a cool addition to the accumulation. Encasing a metal handle within a paper box, the mini music box comes loaded a number of classical tunes, including “Are You Lonesome Tonight,” La Vie en Rose,” “Valser d’Amelie,” “My Way” and so on.
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Foradacaixa Hand Crank Music Box, old way to play new music
Portable gadgets often run short of energy on the go, becoming more of a bane than a boon for the user. Offering an alternative to your bulky chargers, the “Universal Gadget Wrist Charger” is a smart portable device that can be worn around the wrist like a watch or a bracelet to juice up your gadgets anytime, anywhere. Packing a 1500 mAh lithium-ion battery, the wrist charger is compatible with a range of mobile devices including the iPhone, Nokia, LG, Motorola, HTC, Dopod, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, together with portable gaming consoles such as the PSP, NDS Lite and Nintendo DSi.
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Universal Wrist Charger juices up your gadgets on the go
Peeping into the future with vision and strategy, London-based design and innovation company Seymourpowell has designed a giant, elegant “clipper in the clouds” airship called “Aircruise” that seems to embark a new era in luxury travel. Harnessing solar power with a primary hydrogen fuel cell drive, the Aircruise can cruise at around 90mph, leaving no carbon footprints behind. Lying somewhere between a cruise ship and a floating hotel, the airship, which is based on the “slow is the new fast” principle, could move 100 people from London to New York in 37 hours or from Los Angeles to Shanghai in under four days in utmost luxury
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Aircruise hydrogen airship embarks a new era in luxury travel
We have covered a hell of a lot of portable furniture designs in the past, but we haven’t seen furniture as convenient but at the same time functional as this “Under-Koffer” suitcase table by Robert Haslbeck . Inspired by a wallpaper pasting table, German designer has popped up an innovative piece of furniture that folds to become a suitcase for easy transportation
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Under-Koffer table folds into a flat suitcase for easy transportation
Intended toward dynamic young users who orientate themselves to every condition, the Asus – flexible by Turkish designer Emir Rifat ISIK is an innovative system that allows a flexible and dynamic work environment for the trendy. Featuring an LED touch keypad, the system is not only smooth to work on but hygienic as well. In addition, the main surface can be used as both the keypad and the graphic tablet
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‘Asus – flexible’ allows flexible work environment for the trendy
The “B1K” from Peugeot is a concept bicycle that removing the handlebar puts the rider in an upright position as if he/she is riding a Tron light cycle. Finished in carbon fiber, the sports bike features a chainless drivetrain for a neat and elegant design
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Peugeot B1K removes handlebar to place you in an upright position
“Death By Chocolate is a corporate design and packaging concept for a non-existing chocolate label. It is my final year project in communication design at Folkwang University in Essen. The dbc products are divided into a candybar range, wrapped in a soft, matt foil and a more sophisticated range of chocolates. Both product ranges are finished with UV-Varnish and blind embossing. The aim was to create a unique packaging concept, that focuses on the myth of chocolate but transfers it into a modern, rock n roll kind of context.” Designed by Denise Franke .
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Student Spotlight: Death By Chocolate
The “SPHEREtouch” from OreObject, a newly launched manufacturer of upscale ergonomic and lifestyle peripherals, is a circular-shaped mouse that integrates touch-sensitive buttons, putting less pressure on your fingers in comparison to its conventional as well as contemporary counterparts.
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OreObject SPHEREtouch mouse with touch-sensitive buttons
Inspired by the original Galileo Telescope made by Galileo Galilei in 1609, designer Odoardo Fioravanti has designed a new telescope as an attempt to bridge the gap between past & present and modernize the ancient instrument with advanced optical technology. Dubbed the “Galileo’s Telescope,” the new telescope is almost identical (in measurement, design and material) to the original one with trendy finish being the only exception. Made in wood, optical glass, metal and ABS, the Galileo’s Telescope has 1000 mm focal length, 60 mm objective diameter and 2” resolving power.
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Galileo’s Telescope employs advanced optical technology
After portable tools of communication and computing, now it’s time for printing on the go, and that too without leaving any carbon footprint. For PlanOn Systems Solutions has come up with a mobile printer that connecting to your laptop, netbook or smartphone lets you print anywhere, anytime with ease. Hailed as the “Printstik PS905ME,” the portable printer generates power from Lithium-ion polymer rechargeable batteries and doesn’t require ink cartridges, thanks to thermal printing technology, to produce monochrome prints.
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Printstik PS905ME: World’s smallest mobile printer prints without ink
You are invited to the official launch party for our first book ” Box Bottle Bag: The World’s Best Packaging Design from TheDieline.com “! Please join us on Sunday February 21st at the POVevolving gallery in Downtown LA, where you can purchase your copy of “Box Bottle Bag”, see some of the packaging from the book, and meet some of your fellow Dieline readers! Sponsored by Francis Ford Coppola’s Sofia Mini (previously featured on The Dieline here ). Author and The Dieline Founder Andrew Gibbs will be doing a book signing so you can get your very own copy signed on the spot. This will be the first stop on our book tour, which also includes stops in Denver (HOW Conferenece), Chicago (Dieline Awards/FUSE), and Paris (Pack&Gift)
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Box Bottle Bag Release Party: You’re Invited!
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Bringing the comfort and precision of F1 cars to modern apartments, Hungarian designer Alexander Christoff has come up with a lounge concept that is sure to scorch your living space with its sizzling hot design. Featuring the fiberglass body adorned with ergonomic forms to offer utmost comforts to the users, the revolutionary lounge chair stands tall on its chromed steel legs, while an upholstered adjustable headrest keeps your head steady in a comfortable position to move you straight into the dream world. Via: Behance
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F1 Lounge brings comfort and precision of sportscar to your living space
The Ciclups from Rubcn is an innovative system that harnesses human physical power to produce green energy for day-to-day-use. The device concept comes integrated with a gyroscope that receives pedal rotation to generate sustainable power. Featuring a low voltage screen to display the function mode and the battery charge, the Ciclups apart from generating pedal-powered energy also connects to an average socket for charging
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Ciclups harnesses human power to generate sustainable energy
Transporting a bike safely from one place to another is a tedious task, but not with the Yakima FrontLoader. Developed by designer James Owen, the bike rack smartly attaches to the carrier on top of the car to grip the bicycle in a vertical position. Easy to install, the FrontLoader works like a bomb loader and require minimum time as well as effort on part of the user or loader
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Yakima FrontLoader lets you carry a bike on the car