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When buses queue up one behind the other at a stop, it’s quite difficult to read the bus-numbers. Folding Plate, as the name suggests, is a route indicator that pops out when the door of the bus opens. It’s positioned right above the door and is easy to spot and read. It even has LED [...]
Continue reading...How To Fold A Bike Into A Cart
3. July 2010
The concept of a folding cycle is not new to Yanko Design, and I really think the idea is worth developing, given the space constrains that bog us. Classifying the Ville as just another folding urban commuter cycle will not be fair. The design concept goes a step further by adding functionality to the folded [...]
Continue reading...Flex Futurum 2040: Caterpillar Train For The Road
20. June 2010
Any design inspired from nature is a marvel in itself. Its’ amazing to see how a teeny weeny crawling insect as a caterpillar can motivate a robust design on the flip side of its own wispy frame. KAMAZ Flex Futurum is a huge caterpillar train designed by Elena Petrova and Konstantin Fedoroc for freight transportation. [...]
Continue reading...Biway: All-Electric Buses Combine To Form A Train
11. June 2010
An entry at Michelin Challenge Design 2010, the “Biway” by designers Aleshina Ekaterina and Kamyshev Vitaly is an all-electric public transportation, which makes commutation safer and greener in urban environments. The zero-emission public transportation is essentially an all-electric bus to run on city roads, which combines to form a train transport to move on a [...]
Continue reading...Co2 Electric Bicycle: Produce Sustainable Energy Using Photosynthesis
10. June 2010
Intended toward white-collar workers living in cities, the “Co2” by Taiwan-based designer Tang Ming-deng is an electric bicycle concept to allow safe and sustainable commutation in urban environments. Based in the natural process of photosynthesis, the new electric bicycle opens or spreads its leaf windows, exposing inside chloroplast to the sunlight, to accomplish the photosynthesis [...]
Continue reading...Fashionably Buoyant and Alive
9. June 2010
How not to sink while still staying nice-looking for all the squirrels and dolphins and mythical forrest animals. That’s the alternate title to this post. This post is about a project just titled “The Lifejacket,” designed by Fraser Reekie. Made for all those potential lifejacket wearers who for some reason or another don’t take that [...]
Continue reading...Cute Case: Portable Electronic Vehicle For Stranded Urban Roads
7. June 2010
Winner of Bronze Award of Best Advanced Technology at the First “Science & Future” International Concept Car Design Contest, the “Cute Case” by Shi Shuchi and Bai Wanjun is a portable electronic vehicle that you can park inside your home or office. The vehicle concept is not only lightweight but it can also be recharge [...]
Continue reading...Hexagon: A Futuristic Vehicle Combining The Major Features Of Modern Vehicles
6. June 2010
Combining all the major features, structural as well as technological, of contemporary means of transportation, Italian designer Spaggiari Andrea has developed a futuristic vehicle that is unique in both form and functionality. Dubbed the “Hexagon,” the vehicle concept derives high load capacity and ample space from commercial vehicles and better performance, on both on-road and [...]
Continue reading...Photosynthesis Car: Generate Energy From Natural Photosynthesis
6. June 2010
Conceived by designers Michal Vlcek and Klavir, the “Photosynthesis Car” is a revolutionary vehicle that integrates special kind of solar panels, generating energy from natural photosynthetic process. For the vehicle concept grows its own turf and plants that not only produces sustainable energy for the car but also seat passengers in a natural environment. Running [...]
Continue reading...Urban Electric Bike Folds To Slip In Your Car’s Boot
5. June 2010
The pace the number of vehicles is increasing in urban environment, resulting in packed roads and polluted surroundings, electric bikes seems to be the only viable solution, for they not only lets you move swiftly on cramped city roads but also helps in reducing your carbon footprints. Conceived by Israeli designer Yarel Yair, the “Urban [...]
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18. January 2011
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