Having a balanced diet for working singles or even couples is as easy as climbing the Mount Everest, for cooking becomes almost an impossible task after a stressed day at work. Providing a solution two grad students from MIT’s Fluid Interfaces Group, Marcelo Coelho and Amit Zoran, has popped up a personal food factory named “ Cornucopia ” that literally lets you print your own food
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Cornucopia food printer brings digital world versatility to your kitchen
To keep up the pace with 24 x 7 work schedule, which usually becomes demanding for both mind and body, employees need a nap at regular intervals to sustain the pressure at contemporary workspaces. Inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s practice of Dymaxion Sleeping, which involves four 30-minute naps over a period of 24 hours, the “Sleep Suit” by Forrest Jessee is a sort of portable sleeping bag that lets the user have a power nap anywhere, anytime. Interweaving structural pleats made in EVA foam, often used as padding in sports equipments and sleeping bags, the Sleep Suit ensures optimum comfort even in hard surfaces
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Sleep Suit lets you have a power nap anywhere, anytime
Intended toward the elderly and ones who have trouble moving indoors, the Indoor Personal Mobility Robot is a mechanical wheelchair that allows mobility around the house to the user. Crafted by the University of Tokyo, the prototype mobility unit works like a Segway, thanks to force sensors integrated in the seat, to move you within the house or workplace.
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Personal Mobility Robot is a Segway for indoors
Developed for Italian manufacturer Andreoli, the “Neverending,” as its name suggests, is series of furniture that brings a sense of fluidity and movement to contemporary apartments. The brainchild of designer Luca Nichetto, the sleek furniture is finished in bent Corian sheets stretched to eternity, giving a whole new dimension to the interior decoration.
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Furniture that represents ‘Neverending’ spirit of modern era
New work by Glenn Stewart of Mindscape Films : “The goal of the design was to reflect the international goals of the water (via the small text on the front with WATER in different languages) along with providing a design that would stand out from the rest of the bottled water that's currently on the market. The design of the bottle took on and off approximately six months, going through various different design iterations including trials on different stocks, and was also affected by getting approval for the right launch date. All of the profits from the sale of WATER FOR WATER go directly towards water based projects and initiatives and currently the first project is a Water Station in Caloocan, Philippines
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Water For Water
Commissioned by the Municipality of Utrecht, the KCAP Architects & Planners teaming up with JHK Architecten is set for the construction of park and ride facility P&R Hooggelegen in Utrecht by next year. Situated between Papendorp office park and the Hooggelegen intersection, the P&R project will comprise a nine storey and a seven storey building, each spreading in 31,000 sq m area with 1,000 parking slots. Connecting the parking slots by bridges via an internal route on the second level, the P&R feature the facades finished in light bronze and silvery anodized aluminum lamellas
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KCAP teams up with JHK to provide park and ride facility in Utrecht
Inspired by the defensive shell of an Armadillo, designer Julien Bergignat has come up with a protective headgear called “Tattoo”which isn’t only lightweight and cost-effective but also 100% recyclable. Made entirely in polypropylene, the bicycle helmet flattens its wings to slip in a backpack for easy transportation, while the high absorption power of the EPP (expanded polypropylene) makes it safe and durable. To put the headgear back in shape, you may simply fold the wings inward and fix them with a pressure clip
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Tattoo Bicycle Helmet saves both you and the environment
Presented at the CES 2010, the “iTamtam” by Branex Design is a smart iPod/iPhone dock with speaker that besides being charging your Apple gadgets also provides space to sit on. Featuring four 1.5-inch tweeters with 10W of maximum power handling and a 5.25-inch 80W subwoofer to contribute an overall power rating of 70W, the docking stool also integrates a 3.5mm audio jack to connect other digital audio players. Weighting about 11.5 pounds, the multifunctional dock will soon be available in a variety of colors, including pink, blue, orange, red, purple, green and yellow, for $570
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iTamtam: A stylish iPod dock to sit on!
Before visiting Withernsea Lighthouse Museum I had seen pictures of the inside of the lighthouse and was expecting it to be good but I didn’t realise the extent of the museum. Not only can you go up the lighthouse there are mini museums dedicated to the RNLI, Withensea Town and Kay Kendall (a local girl who went on to be a hollywood actress). Eating cake in the tearoom garden was a perfect end to the visit
“The Best Jerky On Earth” Highly prized and sold internationally, handmade jerky from Umpqua Indian Foods provides consumers with a delicious, healthy eating experience. Owned by the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians , their “Classic” jerky line includes six distinct flavors: Original, Teriyaki, Black Pepper & Garlic, Brown Sugar, Jalapeño and Smoked Spicy Sweet. They also sell fruit and veggie snacks and various sundry items
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Brew Pub® Steak Jerky Package and Collateral
I picked up this Personal Motivation 7″ about 15 years ago, thinking that I might someday do something with it. Recently, I have been figuring out how to play the guitar, and decided to put it to use.
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Garage Surf Motivational
Introduction modern gadgets and technology have marked a drastic change in workplace habits in the past few years. Designed by Fredrik Mattson for Horreds, the “NOMONO” is an organized workstation that not only meets the complex requirements of the contemporary workspaces but also makes the working process a fun for the employees.
If the “ Creature Guard Team 02 ” by Nils Poschwatta looked too fantastic to see the light of the day, the German designer has come up with yet another motorbike concept that, like his previous concept, also features a highly revolutionary design but with rationale this time. The “PMC 900 WS,” as Poschwatta hails the concept, generates power from a wankel engine and touts adjustable parts for dynamic as well as static use, which changes according to the speed and adjustment of the rider.
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Poschwatta Motor-Cycle concept is cool to be real
Audiophiles often look for complete control over their music or other entertainment systems, no matter whether they are reading, resting, eating or even bathing. Rewarding the endless craving of music lovers, designer Emma Caselton has designed an innovative controller called the “Speaker Remote” that lets you enjoy your favorite tracks, or a favorite program for that matter, in any corner of your house. A hybrid of a speaker and a remote control, the wireless device not only allows surround sound, but also lets you control the system or TV located in the other room, bringing in-house portability to your entertainment.
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Speaker Remote: Worthy entertainment systems for audiophiles
Laptops or other portable systems may bring portability to common users, but they are almost of no use for professional designers, painters, architects and illustrators, for they require multiple enhancements to accomplish their complex tasks. Bringing portability to the work of professional designers, designer Victor Bivol has developed a laptop concept that integrating a tablet lets the professionals use a heavy graphic tablet on the go, even without disrupting their work. Cool! All you have to do is flip the keyboard, which transforms into a digitizer, and start your work anytime, anywhere
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Victor Bivol’s laptop, portable brilliance for professional designers
It’s almost a guess work to tell how much a pitcher is filled without opening the lid. However, designer Mac Funamizu has devised a flask, the “Pitch♪er,” which drawing inspiration from an xylophone allows the user to figure out if the pitcher is empty or not. For it comes built-in with a metal handle that works as a tuning bar and produces different sounds, when struck on the surface of the pitcher, to indicate if the pitcher is filled, half filled or empty
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Pitch♪er plays for the liquid inside in xylophone style
With public places attracting visitors from all around and that too in bulk, privacy seems to be a distant dream in common spaces. However, Brazilian designer Lucas Vieira has created a simple but smart workstation that provides solitude to the users in common places such as airports, malls, cafes, restaurants, fairs and events
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Workstation in a coffee mug with all amenities but space
Braille definitely has given a new dimension to the life of the visually impaired; still they have to rely on the others to fulfill their day-to-day needs, for differentiation between identical objects often becomes difficult for the sight-impaired. Enhancing the value of Braille, Chinese designer Danni Luo has designed a printing device to create special embossed labels, so the visually impaired could also distinguish products with similar characteristics, such as pill bottles, CDs, files, etc., effortlessly without seeking help from others. Dubbed the “Embossing Braille Printer,” the hand-held label printer lets the users install the name or brief information of the particular product onto a 25mm x 50mm label with embossed Braille characters via a voice-recognition recorder, so the sight-impaired could avoid misidentification of analogous objects, which often leads to grave consequences
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Embossing Braille printer recognizes things for the visually impaired
Power or luxury vehicles may tout the affluence of the owners on the road, but they also become extravagant while considering the fuel efficiency and carbon emissions. Presenting a way out for cramped urban roads, Costa Rican designer Luis Velazquez has devised an urban vehicle named “Raptor V1” that apart from being fuel, eco and space efficient also focuses on the safety of the driver.
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Honda Foreman Quad relives as green urban vehicle Raptor V1
Designed by Alienology, a design and CGI studio based in Los Angeles, the “Bloom Lamp,” as indicated by its name, blooms like a flower to brighten your place. Employing the latest digital manufacturing techniques, such as laser cutting and water-jet cutting, the custom built lamp is available in eurolite plywood, hardboard and acrylic finishes.
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Bloom lamp blossoms to brighten your place