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Walking down the street or marketplace for shopping or an evening stroll, we often look for a place other than those expensive restaurants, where we can sit and relax with family and friends. Addressing the issue, designer Helena Bueno teaming up with Heinz Muller has devised outdoor seating dubbed “ Cinco ” that not only offers a comfortable meeting point for pedestrians, but also allows the users go green with its eco-friendly design. Made of anodized aluminum, the urban furniture accommodates five people comfortably on the stools framed by rubber that move up and down with minimum fuss.

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Solar-powered Cinco is furniture installation for the public

With more refined and portable music players hitting the market virtually every day, listening to music has become part of the lifestyle for the music freaks. Featuring a game-pad-like design, the Infinito MP3 Player by designer Franco Marino Cagnina is an ergonomic music player that not only looks good but also performs well, as you may hold it comfortably in your hand. Finished with durable, scratch resistant plastic, the portable MP3 player comes integrated with a large Mirasol screen, which is capable of displaying the information of the track or music even in bright sunlight

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Infinito MP3 Player allows infinite music anytime, anywhere

Laptops or netbooks may have bring portability to your work, but if not used properly portable systems also have some health hazards, relating to wrists, neck, back and even male infertility, when operated directly from your lap. Providing a solution to the problem, British designer Luke Tearall has devised an ergonomic laptop case that other than protecting your laptop also doubles as a workstation for the on-the-go users. Hailed as “CoolMan,” the laptop case and workstation safely accommodates a 15.4″ laptop computer, together with various accessories like power cable, CDs, business cards, an A4 pad and stationary

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Laptop case workstation ‘CoolMan’ keeps fertility and geekdom intact

To make life easier for disabled and elderly people, Cenk Aytekin has designed a hi-tech uphill transportation vehicle called “Liftup.” The project helps in improving the mobility and independence of such groups, especially in developing countries. This technically sound innovation provides support and enhances their self-confidence, overshadowing the prevailing wheelchair mechanics. The Liftup is based on the working principle of the funicular transportation.

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Liftup: A hi-tech transportation vehicle for the elderly and disabled

With ecological options at our disposal, sustainability automatically becomes an integral part of our lifestyle. Presenting a solution, designer Sébastien Maleville has devised an innovative dustbin that includes two separate compartments, one for recyclable trash and the other for non-recyclable items, letting you play your part in sustaining the environment in your day-to-day life

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BathbinEco² makes difference in recyclable and non-recyclable trash

The concept of temporary housing dubbed “Bubble” has been intelligently developed by MMAs students of architecture, Patricia Muniz and G. Luciano Alfaya, who teamed up with architect and artist Chas Cyprian. To fulfill the unmet need of a non-permanent housing for the modern and highly mobile oriented population, a prototype of this modular house has been designed efficiently

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Bubble house allows homely stay when on move

Designed by Mark Przeslawski and Hanan Qattan as a part of their Transport Design Course at Coventry University, the ESC (Electric Super Car) is a concept vehicle, based on the principles of supercar design, which replaces the loud, raucous engine with a silent and refined one, without compromising the power. The super car features a unique design to encapsulate the driver in its single-seat interior that not only keeps the driver in an ideal position but also doubles as the chassis and safety device running through the whole body of the vehicle

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ESC Electric Super Car, a silent performer

Luxury is always about extra pleasure and added comfort.To make your shower experience more rejuvenating with an added tinch of entertainment to it, Karim Rashid has designed an extraordinary deluxe accessory for your lavish bathroom. Designed for Korean Bath Company, Saturn, ingeniously created TV bathtub has outshined the entire range of bathtubs. An aesthetic merge of technology and comfort adds to your luxurious lifestyle in a modern and elegant manner

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Luxe TV bathtub for a techno shower

A runner-up at the VisionWorks contest sponsored by Bayer MaterialScience, the Urban Mole by Phillip Hermes is a transportation solution for 2020 that will move your important parcels, oops… through the sewers, briskly as well as safely in the cramped cities. Keeping the streets and roads free for traffic, the Urban Mole travels through the existing network of underground pipes to transport the packages up to the size of a shoebox. Much like a miniature subway, the pipe system generates power with electric rails inside the pipes, giving an entirely new meaning to the “duty free shipping.” The Urban Mole not only moves your parcels quickly, but also fully protects the stuff from adjacent wastewater.

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Urban Mole is a parcel transporting solution for 2020

Winner of the LG’s Design The Future competition, the ingeniously designed”HiFi” concept is by far the most thrilling invention by LG. We have earlier mentioned about The Oyster mobile by LG that doubles as a wrist watch and now, LG is out with yet another handset that doubles as a headset. This hi-tech touchscreen cellphone allows you to enjoy the music by putting it around your head like headphones.

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LG’s futuristic handset doubles as a headset

Designed to share the joy of skiing with your loved ones, the “Poly” by Turkish designer Yavuz Basoren is a multi-seated sled that adds fun and security to the adventurous activity. You can safely slide on snow with this multi-seated sled. It has an aluminum body and plastic seats which makes it lightweight and easy to control

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Poly, multi-seated sled adds ease and safety to the thrill of skiing

Building on the Proxima hybrid concept , Alvino Design has popped up with a bit more aggressive but elegant vehicle dubbed “Proxima 2.0” that makes a more realistic and aggressive package than the former. Featuring a neat and sleek design with windshield extending from roof to the rear, the Proxima 2.0 arranges the interior in a 1+2 seating format with a centrally mounted steering wheel to provide more space for the driver as well as passengers. Maintaining its overall shape, the concept vehicle gives access through a sliding door to the commuters.

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Proxima 2 bike-car hybrid with aggressive but realistic styling

Bring home your own personal dinosaur and control each of its movements. With a new creation by Japanese company called Furniture Design Agra, now you can light up your home using variety of dinosaur-shaped desk lamps. These modern dinosaurs are made up of stainless steel featuring LEDs in their head and spine making them glow in different colors at your disposal via a remote control

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LEDSAUR: Dinosaurs are back to light up your home

After a hectic day at work, all we wish is to watch our favorite show sitting in a comfortable chair or lounge with a beer mug, or a cup of coffee for that matter, in our hand. Making your evening relaxed, British designer Velichko Velikov is out there with a trendy lounge chair that not only sinks you deep into the comfy zone but also makes a chic addition to your living room

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Havana lounge chair sinks you deep into the comfy zone

Commissioned by Timex to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the brand, designer Mark Eyman has devised the watch of 2154 that is more of an interface device than a regular timepiece. For the futuristic watch is designed to provide information visually projected onto your retina, other than working as a hands-free mobile phone as it comfortably hangs onto your ear. Finished with controllable metal-plastic composite, the “Timex 2154” not only straps around your wrist in the “travel mode” but also acts as an interface device

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Timex ‘2154’ is everything in the digital world then

Inspired by a bee’s morphology, Colombian designer Catalina Nuñez Galvez is out there with a concept car that is designed to allow safer as well as extended inner space for commuters. Dubbed “Veeo,” the futuristic car accommodates four passengers comfortably on its reclining seats, which you may further slide or adjust to carry your pets and even a bicycle at the rear. The urban vehicle comes with a single in/out door and has a maximum weight capacity of 375kgs

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Veeo concept car hides a modified world within its round makeover

Skating and skateboarding down the street may let you undergo an enthralling experience, but dragging or controlling the skateboard on ascending terrains often proves demanding on the rider’s body. Addressing the issue, designer Maria Roland Reininger has come up with an innovative drive system named “Witches Broom” that allows the skateboarders and skaters to move briskly and safely across the challenging terrains without putting maximum physical efforts to their excursions. Powered by electric motors and fuel cells, the broom features a single-arm fork and replaceable tires, while the folding and adjustable handle supports better power distribution

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Witches broom adds comfort to skating thrill

Winner of the Best CAD model award at the Coventry University Degree Show 2009, the PUMA Motorcycle by Karl Sanders is an unusual blend of athletic clothing and motorbike. Generating power from a conventional internal combustion engine, located under the curvaceous bodywork mounted low in the frame, the sports bike features front brakes with radial discs that are gripped by a set of calipers mounted in-line with the telescopic forks, allowing better control to the rider. Running on the tires inspired by a sole pattern of PUMA’s current range, the PUMA Motorcycle incorporates the frame driven from the trade mark PUMA stripe, while the grill of the motorcycle incorporates cell shapes taken from the PUMA Cell range

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PUMA, from fabrics to motorcycle brand

Redefining the concept of curtains, designer Daniel Milchtein Peltsverger has come up with a revolutionary design of curved sliding curtains, called “Vektor,” exclusively for Gandia Blasco. The U-shaped Vektor efficiently provides shade or shelter, catering to both household as well as business oriented needs.

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Vektor slides to cover residential and commercial spaces

Paying tribute to the Ghost Rider , Singapore-based designer Imran Othman has devised an aerodynamic bike that promises to take you on a wonder ride. The “Ghost,” as the designer calls his bike, takes the aerodynamics from a hawk, streamlines that reduce wind resistant and curves downward to keep the bike on the ground. Allowing an aggressive riding posture to the rider, the racing bike includes headlight resembling the dead.

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Ghost bike: Now you see it… and now you don’t…