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Introducing the traditional Indian science of construction, the “ Vaastu Shastra ,” to modern architecture, the Amtek Office Building with its entrance facing the East seems to bring the flow of energy in building designs. Situated in Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi, the iconic building accommodates the retail space on the ground floor and a sky restaurant at the top, together with various flexible spaces for multiple usages. Featuring an external facade wrapped in glass, the structures lets the visitors as well as passersby see through the activities going in and around the building, other than making the most of the natural light during daytime

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Amtek Office Building brings flow of energy in architecture

New work from Here Design and The Futurelab : “This was a hypothetical project to redesign Yardley that we worked on in collaboration with The Futurelab. The intention with the design was to revisit Yardley’s glory days in the 1920s and 30s, when it moved with the times and started trends rather than followed them – it was an aspirational, innovative and sensual brand.  We chose to revive and continue Yardley’s original design philosophy with innovative Corian and glass packaging structures, a clean and elegant brand marque and use of original British textile designs.” Such an improvement over Yardley’s current packaging! More images after the jump.

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Yardley Hypothetical Redesign

Devised as a design project at Coventry University, the Setra Coach by British designer Peter Spriggs, together with Adrian Barron and Adam Cunningham, is a public transport vehicle that greets both the physically able as well as the disabled with ease for an eco-friendly drive. Measuring 13.5 x 2.6, 3.8 meters (LWH), the Setra 700 Series vehicle is powered by a 225kw electric motor producing 400bhp and 600ft/lb (800nm) of torque placed between rear axles in its tri-axle setup.

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Setra Coach combines all abilities of a sustainable public drive

The revolutionary ROTO electric kettle caters to all that you have always longed for in a tea kettle. Jason Astrup’s design meets your discontented needs and goes well with all people, including children, who face problems lifting filled kettles. This considerate design eliminates the physical lifting of the kettle from the stand.

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ROTO electric kettle sticks to its stand to pour out beverages safely

Increasing air pollution in urban environment is an alarming issue that requires immediate evaluation, if we want to breathe fresh for long. Inspired by the Olympic pool of the Beijing Olympic Games 2008, the “CAIR Air Helmet” by a bunch of designers, including Milica Balubdzic, Szilveszter Buzasi and Herald Tremmel, is an innovative air purifier that lets you breathe fresh anytime, anywhere. The CAIR not only gives an option to breath fresh, but also creates awareness about increasing air pollution among the masses with its unique design

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CAIR Air Helmet lets you breathe fresh anytime, anywhere

Let it be for a family function or to encourage constructive communication, the family pleasure craft by Patricia Vincent is an eco-friendly cruiser designed for pleasing family experience. This design is aimed at unifying the entire family and offers many activities like fishing, surfing, swimming and sunbathing that can be enjoyed by all the members of the family. This purposely designed boat comfortably accommodates 4-6 people with rotational seating encouraging easier communication.

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Boat together and stay together with family pleasure cruiser

Inspired by an orchid, French designer Vivien Muller has devised a table lamp dubbed “Orkys” that illuminates your place by harnessing the natural source of energy. Featuring photovoltaic cells on its leaves to capture the energy of the sun, to be stored in on-board batteries, the Orkys elucidates your room with a small lighting devices placed in the flowers.

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Orkys, harnessing the solar energy to illuminate your place

Giving a tribute to Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko and his wife Serbian fashion model Aleksandra Nikolic, designer Philippe Starck teaming up with Martin Francis has designed a mega yacht that looks more like a submarine warship than a luxury vessel. Hailed as “Motor Yacht A,” the opulent liner is manufactured by the Blohm+ Voss motor and comes equipped with all the modern amenities required for a lavish marine excursion.

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‘Motor Yacht A’ promises a sumptuous retreat for an aquatic date

  We came across this nifty packaging for earplugs by Minneapolis-based Florafauna , a studio that considers itself “half design office, half screen printing operation:” “Earplugs are not just for industrial workers, soldiers on the front line or for muting the sound of your neighbors doing the ole in ~ out, in ~ out while you’re trying to sleep. If you attend as many live music shows as we do, you’ll want to pack your ears with a pair of these reusable earplugs. The package is designed to store and keep your earplugs clean and safe so you can carry them in your purse or back pocket or, wherever before and after the show

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Earplug Packaging by Florafauna

Winner of the Cando Design awards, the “Icon MINI PC’ by Iranian designer Kiomars Nezhadi is one of the smallest but functional PCs that present a leaf shaped sleek appearance. This highly technical and portable unit uses a Micro ATX main board with most of the parts onboard, maintaining its relatively small size (227 mm height and 294 mm width). The system uses heat pipes to cool the processor, graphic chips and projector without creating any noise from the fans

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Icon Mini PC carries a projector and DVD

Designer Kyle J. Ferguson has created an eco-friendly bike helmet for Lacoste, keeping in mind the perfect look and the sturdy protection it provides. Fully clad with naturally breathable organic wool, Ferguson’s helmet appears less technical and secretly covers the interior vents.

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Eco-friendly bike helmet saves your life as well as the environment

Emily from OrangeBeautiful sent in this packaging for their Lattice Line of letterpress cards: “Since a lot of the greeting card packaging tends to be soft-fold clear plastic boxes, our letterpress-printed, die-cut paper boxes seem to be standing out in the market. They’re both a better-looking box for merchandising, and a more eco-conscious way of packaging due to the materials & production used AND the fact that customers can keep their cards in the box rather than tossing the packaging once they’ve gotten the product home!” See a few more after the jump.

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OrangeBeautiful Letterpress Cards packaging

Designer Miki has created a 2-in-1 electric blower that doubles as a vacuum cleaner. This technologically advanced product features a specialized general motor that provides dual functioning of blowing and vacuuming just at a switch from one operation to another. It comes with a removable front cover for cleaning the fan to facilitate its working for a longer time

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Electric blower doubles as vacuum cleaner

Urinated walls are a common phenomena causing trouble for municipal corporations in maintaining hygiene in almost all the towns and cities across the world. Addressing the issue, Mexican designer Miguel Melgarejo has come up with a public urinal concept dubbed “Axixa” (urine in Nahuatl) that will help in maintaining the cleanliness in the streets. Featuring the shape that a leak leaves in a wall, the public ceramic urinal generates a permanent mark in public streets or places where people can urinate and participate in a manifestation in which the disposal itself becomes part of the public life.

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Axixa, a hygienic way of pissing on the walls

A highly technical and multifunctional cash counter, the “OLIMP,” has been designed exclusively for the supermarkets to provide better and efficient service to the customers. This design facilitates well synchronized treatment of various purchases of customers. Overcoming the difficulty of congestion emerging at cash counter in huge supermarkets, this cash box provides for number of accessories like a shelf for the basket, protection of the scanner, protection of the cash machine, separate purchases and table for packing your purchase

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OLIMP adds convenience to your shopping in supermarkets

Inspired by designer Vivienne Tam’s elegant and dazzling red colored, tight-fitted collection for women, Kitman Keung has designed a sumptuous MP3 player, dubbed as “Tam Walkman” exclusively for Tam’s elite female clients. This splendid design is a lavish blend of technology and fashion. This sleek device, with organic fluidity of lines, symbolizing that of a woman’s body, has a remarkably graceful crimson appearance

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Tam Walkman redefines technology in terms of elegance and glamor

A joint venture of Platune, an American company, and Sand-X, a Swiss company specializing in off-road vehicles, the Platune Sand-X Bike is a modified version of a snowmobile to be used in a desert or sandy terrain. Replacing the skis of snowmobile with a set of wheels upfront, the sand bike locates the radiator, protected by a custom designed set of bull bars, in front of the vehicle. Generating power from a Rotax 800 cc, 2-cylinder, 2-stroke engine, capable of producing 160 horsepower, the Platune Sand-X can reach 60 mph in just 2.8 seconds with top speed of 115 mph

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Platune Sand-X Bike, bringing snowmobiles to the desert

John Brabham has combined the utility of a table, a stand and a drawer in one unit. The multifunctional “1FORMTABLE” is designed beautifully, out of corian, to serve three functions at a time. The stylish and well designed table provides for a plane surface for placing snacks and drinks with two curved surfaces beneath it.

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1FORMTABLE goes beyond its name, does three jobs

Devised for a golf buggy design competition, organized by Callaway Golf, the “Soft Buggy” by Australian designer Hamit Kanuni Kuralkan is a next generation buggy that touts a highly conceptual design. Designed to finish with highly advanced materials, including dielectric elastomer and titanium nickel alloy, the Soft Buggy adapts the landscape to allow better stability around the golf course

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Soft Buggy modern caddy for retro golfers outshines older buggies

Conceived around the need for multipurpose furniture, the Trans-I-Ant by Canadian designer Bruce Logan is a furniture concept for kitchen/bar-top and dining areas of an urban residence. For the most part, these areas are not used at the same time, so why have furniture lying around taking up valuable space, when they are not simultaneously needed

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Trans-I-Ant multipurpose furniture is a space-saving option