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Yet Another Traffic Light!
We’ve seen some really cool Traffic Lights Concepts and going to the list is the Mobius Strip Lamp. It’s a one-in-all installation that features vehicle signals, pedestrian signals and a street lamp. The main idea is to reduce the visual mish-mash of lights and get them composed into one neat strip. The signal values are [...]
Continue reading...Sands Of Traffic Times
28. November 2010
The Sand Glass is a new look at traffic lights. Surely people must be frustrated with the current design, which is why we have seen THREE DIFFERENT DESIGNS recently. Make this the fourth dimension using the sand-hour-glass as its model. LED lights trickle down to make an obvious statement, regarding the time left for the [...]
Continue reading...Sun + Flower = Lunchbox!
27. November 2010
The Sunflower Lunchbox is a cute solar-powered appliance that heats and cools food items at the same time. A collapsible petals-like contraption (laced with solar cells) is used to trap the solar energy, which is then stored in an internal battery. With the simple touch of a button, you can then heat or cool down [...]
Continue reading...Cover The Shaft
10. November 2010
A simple collapsible cover is what the Umbrella + design is all about. The ridged cover retracts near the handle stem and stays out of the way when in use. It glides back to the top, to cover the wet-dripping umbrella, making it easy for you to carry it indoors. Simple and effective! Designers: Jisun [...]
Continue reading...Dune: Modular Furniture System Molded Out Of Whole Fiber Cement-Panels
8. November 2010
During Vienna Design Week, Rainer Mutsch showed a preview of a new outdoor furniture system for the traditional Austrian manufacturer Eternit called Dune. Dune is a modular furniture system consisting of five combinable modules: each one of them is molded out of an whole fiber cement-panel. Fiber cement is a 100% natural and fully recyclable [...]
Continue reading...Cooking Outdoors A Little More Bearable
4. October 2010
I really dislike camping. The need to commune with nature isn’t enough of a reason to rough it. I can enjoy the view just the same from a cabin thank you very much. If you nag me about it, I’ll say it’s the cooking. Camp food sucks but the Kuzmit social cooker might pry me [...]
Continue reading...Armadillo-like SunRed Solar Moped Concept
19. July 2010
The armadillo-like SunRed solar moped concept features a cool way to cover the bike up when it’s parked: a retractable shell covered in solar panels. When you’re ready to go, just roll the cover back and fire the moped up, as it’s now been juiced up by the sun. Designed by Barcelona-based Guimeraicinca, a partnership [...]
Continue reading...Far From Home: A GPS Enabled Bracelet Denotes The Distance To Home
18. July 2010
We’ve all done it – count the minutes, miles and blocks before reaching home. Temporary respite from a long, hard day is one of the first things I look forward to as the sun goes down. Far From Home is a GPS enabled bracelet that gleefully (been dying to use that word) displays iconoglyphs denoting [...]
Continue reading...Bending Bike
13. July 2010
design student kevin scott designed this unusual bending bike that not only folds up tightly but can be used to locks itself up. the de montfort university industrial design student designed the bike to make its safer and easier to lock up your bike in the city. his design looks like a normal bike when [...]
Continue reading...Dew Bank Bottle Makes Dewdrop In Desert
8. July 2010
The onymacris unguicularis is a beetle found in the Namibian desert and has the most unique way of procuring water. Early in the morning, when the dew enriched fog is settled over the dunes, the beetle goes to the peak and positions its body in such a way that it helps in dew formation, and [...]
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