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Setting the stage for the Winter Olympic Games to be held in the city of Sochi in 2014, Russian architecture studio A.Asadov has designed an emblematic architecture comprising five circular islands, each featuring a tower at the center to symbolize the Olympic rings emblem. Among all, the dark blue tower stands for Europe, the black for Africa, the red for South and North America, the yellow for Asia and green for Australia, combining the culture and architectural forms of the entire world within a single structure. The Olympic Rings Island accommodating numerous complex and hotels not only infuses a new life in the mega sports event, but also gives an entirely new look to the city of Sochi.

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Olympic Rings Island is an emblem of the whole world

With incessant use of personal vehicles, not only for distant traveling but also for the shorter distances, safe and brisk commuting on urban roads looks a far-fetched dream. However, compact or portable personal mobility devices have tossed up an alternative method of risk-free, inexpensive and quick movement on city roads for young adults, while adding fun to their short distance traveling. The “Ondego” is an identical vehicle that you may effortlessly assemble and split without wasting any time.

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Ondego for hip short-distance urban traveling

Public means of transportation like metro trains or buses seems to be the only viable solution to curb down the growing problem of on-road traffic in urban environments. Responding to the widespread apprehension, British designer Stefan Reto Mathys has devised a city transportation unit called the “Urban Frog” to give a new dimension to the train design.

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Urban Frog: Passenger train that becomes cargo carrier at night

The Lotus Furniture Set by designer Vladimir Usoltsev is yet another design that draws inspiration from the vast storehouse of nature. Blooming like a lotus flower to receive guests, the interactive furniture set comes integrated with a lighting system, activated by built-in magnet switches of the table and chairs, which gloom the top surface of the table as soon as you pull the chairs from the table. The most interesting aspect of the furniture is the brightness of the light, which relies on the number of the chairs pulled out from the table

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Lotus furniture set blooms to receive guests

Fed up with the static recording and playing practice of contemporary music players? Here is an innovative sound system by Swiss designer Windlin Charles that combining cover art with modern technology promises to take the music to another level. Called “Moebius,” the futuristic player enhances the cover art with integrated digital technology, letting you enjoy all types of digital audio media with minimum fuss.

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Moebius makes music more natural and intuitive

Despite the importance of an occasion coupled with embellished décor, lighting plays an important part in setting the mood. Drawing inspiration from traditional Korean curves and the concept of block-piling, Korean designer Park Woo Sung has come up with modular lamps that are not just trendy in design but also functional in usage

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Modular Lamps set the mood according to the occasion

The pace at which the number of vehicles is increasing on the city roads, causing pollution and massive traffic jams, the day isn’t far beyond when we will have to start walking down to the marketplace or workplace, like our ancestors used to do before the invention of autos. Addressing the issue, Romanian designer Vlad Icobet has come up with a futuristic vehicle that draws inspiration from the beautiful and organic shapes of nature and plants and blends it with advanced technology, making the cities a worthy living place. Intended for ultra-crowded cities of 2030 and beyond, the Bionic concept car runs on solar energy generated by the see-through polycarbonate roof with attached solar photovoltaic cells.

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Bionic concept car modifies for the sustainable future

Many auto nerds breed passion for vintage cars or bikes, but only a few lucky ones who do not refrain from digging deep into their pockets get a chance to own one. Here is an automotive table from Statuedecor that gives the not-so-rich automobile enthusiasts an opportunity to satisfy their fascination for vintage autos. Called the “Vintage Bike Side Table,” the automotive furniture unit includes an iconic fender, detailed engine and Indian emblem on the fender with a glass shelf, offering a classic look to any home bar, entertainment area or restaurant

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Vintage Bike Side Table for an auto nerd’s abode

Nature is perhaps the prime as well as a vast source of motivation for designers worldwide. Drawing inspiration from “Creature Guard,” an institution that protects endangered animals and any kind of organism that needs help, German designer Nils Poschwatta has come up with (what they call) a freestyle design of a pilot and a bionic stingray for the Animal Race

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Creature Guard Team 02, a ride against animal extinction

Rachel is a recent graduate from The Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia: “The new Olde English packaging concept gives OE a novelty beer aesthetic, focusing on the effect of excessive beer intake and inevitable drunkenness that accompanies drinking forty ounces of high gravity beer. The typography causes a blurring effect, while the brown bag and duct tape embrace the persona of malt liquor.” “The Flour Mill packaging concept modernizes current flour packaging by making it easier to use while maintaining a recognizable and nostalgic aesthetic. The new form includes a spout for pouring, a tie for resealing, colorful type treatments for easy identification, and can be compacted for easy shipping

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Student Spotlight: Rachel Anscher

Plastic, with its durability and light weight, has become an integral part of modern gadgets and thus lifestyle, but being non-biodegradable it puts adverse affects on the environment as well. Reducing the incessant use of plastic in household consumer electronics, British designer Thomas Mascall has come up with an innovative torch that replaces the plastic with bamboo for its case

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Bamboo Torch unifies smplicity with hi-tech glory

Modern entertainment systems or digital devices may have made life colorful for the users, but they feature individual controlling systems that also create chaos in our homes as well as lives. Providing a solution, French designer Adrien Guérin has come up with a personal media center dubbed “Home Sound Lifestyle” that virtually becomes a master key to all your gadgets. The media center not only gives access to all the digital entertainment systems, but it also lets the users organize, receive and shares information (both visual and aural) in a more personal and intelligent way

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Personalize your media center with Home Sound Lifestyle

After witnessing some of the most unique and technologically embellished structure designs, now it’s time to go spiritual with the Indian Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 . Drawing inspiration from an ancient Buddhist monument, the Sanchi Stupa, built in the Maurya Dynasty (321-187 BC) by King Ashoka, the JWT Design Company has come up with a unique structure design, under the theme “cities of harmony,” which is spread over a 4,000 square meter area.

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Sanchi Stupa relives as an Indian Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010

Of late, we have seen numerous auto parts and electronic junk being recycled into pieces of art, and also seen it taking center stage in contemporary space. Adding to the list, here is another wall clock which is made of a recycled bicycle chain ring (possibly from an old Motobecane) and a new quarts drive movement, giving a new unique looks to your interior. Finished with aluminum and chrome steel, the clock features has 2 ring gears and measures about 9 inches in diameter

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Bike Chain Ring recycled for a wall clock

To make China architecturally richer and commercially sound, the Yinzhou Fantasy Island Master Plan has been designed by DeStefano and Partners after expanding on the existing canal system. The entire plan is about the intelligently created retail hub, which is to be developed in Ningbo, China. Exploring the propinquity to mass transit systems and pedestrian thoroughfare, the design is aimed at inculcating entertainment, business, leisure and culture in the region

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Fantasy Island develops China aesthetically

Tian Lingrui has designed a unique washing helper called “Scan & Hug” that not only does clean washing but also scans the instructions on the washing label to go smooth on your favorite garments. To add to your surprise, this creative hi-tech unit saves water, time and labor in an eco-friendly manner and thus redefines the washing mechanics.

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Scan Hug reads what the washing label intends

Designed for the recent Electrolux Design Lab Competition, under the theme “a household item for the next 90 years,” the “Kitchen Tree” by Balin Lee as depicted by its name is inspired by the growth of trees in nature. Incorporating futuristic technology, the kitchen concept by the Australian designer can be customized to the user’s individual needs. The central shaft contains a refrigeration unit at the top with connections through the hollow arms or branches to the five pods

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Kitchen Tree spreads delicious aromas in your home

An evening bath or shower in itself is enough to soothe your body after a tiring day, but if it comes equipped with latest technology, it just makes your evening. A bunch of designers, including Sandra de Miguel, Xavier Arbones, Álvaro Bermudez and Marta Fernández, have come up with an innovative bathroom dubbed “Nautilus” that seems to change the traditional concept of the bathroom to encourage relaxation by taking advantage of the latest technology.

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‘Nautilus’ lets you scrub off the dirt in style!

A finalist at the Billes International Design completion in New Orleans, the “Celestial Chess Set” by Jerod Hugghins is a unique chess set that unlike usual chess sets is based on the geometry of the sphere. The chessboard presents an ideal spherical base from where the pieces rise to take part in the royal battle, creating an intriguing visual effect. Eliminating the flat squares and circles to mark the 64 spaces of the chessboard, the radical chessboard features a matrix of indentations to stick the pieces on an uneven terrain, giving a true feel of the battlefield where the pieces seem to hover over a spherical landscape like the true soldiers.

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Celestial Chess Set presents geometry of sphere for battle royale

Addressing the issue of increasing traffic on urban roads, designer Philipp Siebourg has come up with a maglev vehicle concept that promises to make cities better places to live in. The induction powered vehicle (IPV), as the British designer calls his vehicle, has no engine. It runs on an induction powered system

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IPV, an induction powered mobility concept for the future