Gizmodo: cocoon

Office Building Or Home To A Super Heroine?

Rosa Golijan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:25:42 EST

Switzerland gets all the cool offices. This particular one's dubbed "Cocoon" and acts as headquarters for an architecture firm. I prefer to imagine it as home to a super heroine who zoom-zoom-zips down that spiral and saves the day.

Such gorgeous design. When I snuggle up in my own cocoon of blankets tonight, I'm going to dream of being in that building and of being that particular super heroine. Right after I figure out a proper alter ego name that is. [WAN]

Screw Cooking: Grow Your Own Meat From Animal Cell Capsules

Adam Frucci — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:20:00 EDT

The Cocoon Cooker isn't just some fancy steamer or something like that. No, it's a machine that actually grows meat and fish from heated animal cells. A-whaaa?

It's a mere design concept, sadly, as we don't have the science of growing animal proteins quite figured out yet. But Electrolux is serious about making it a reality, giving the designer at $7,347 prize and a six month paid internship at their design center. Will this someday result in Cocoon-grown steaks? One can only hope. [Daily Mail via Fast Company]

Cocoon: For People Who Want to Live in a Blimp

Adam Frucci — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:40:00 EDT

Cocoon is a house shaped like a zeppelin in Australia. It sits propped up on the edge of a steep drop off, as if it's tempting people to make Hindenburg jokes. I'll resist the urge. [Designer Choice via Inhabitat]

Red Bull Gives Your DJ Table Wings (and Balls)

Sean Fallon — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:15:00 EDT

Red Bull has teamed up with Canadian design company Cocoon to develop a functional DJ table that represents "Red Bull's sponsorship of an actual nightlife experience." The table features a backlit logo panel, ventilation for laptops and slots for vinyl records and large CD booklets. As you will see in the image after the break, it also features a curious cutout on the undercarriage where you feed your cords. I am shocked and appalled that a wholesome product like Red Bull could be the catalyst for such immaturity.

[Cocoon via Designboom via Josh Spear]

Macbook Would Commit Adultery With LED Cellphone

Haroon Malik — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:05:00 EST

Tao Ma is at it again, cranking out another great phone concept. The new design, the LED Cellphone, incorporates hundreds of LEDs, all of which are used to create the cellphone's striking UI. Check out the gallery below to see a cellphone your plastic white MacBook would fall head over heels for.

Depending on the function that is required, certain LEDs will illuminate, whilst others are switched off. This only gives rise to basic patterns, so you would not be sending any MMS messages using this phone, but the styling certainly earns it plus points. The device would be powered by two AAA batteries, which could be recharged by the chic USB dock. The LED Cellphone reminds us of O2's Cocoon, and as that has already made it to the production line, we know this concept would not pose too many obstacles to a manufacturer. We can hear our slut Macbook making adulterous noises right now—it would trade its iPhone partner for a pretty bimbo without a second thought. Macbook, you should be ashamed. [Gizmo Watch]

Oi Modular Sofa Makes me Think of Albino Tetris, Shipping Now

AddyDugdale — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:00:35 EDT

The Oi sofa concept was launched in New York last year, but it's taken almost a year and a half to make it available. Made out of L- and bar-shaped components, you can make loads of different-shaped sofas with it, including one with a neat side table add-on. It packs up/down into a 30-inch cube so shipping and storage is easy, and it costs $2,300. Price, plus a gallery of all the permutations are below.

Survival Cocoon Lets you Hang out in Emergencies

AddyDugdale — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:36:11 EDT

Industrial designer John Moriarty has come up with the Cocoon, a portable hanging emergency shelter that you sling from a tree and sit in, should you get into difficulties in the great outdoors. It'll keep you warm and dry, not to mention turn you into a laughing-stock when the park ranger eventually finds you, swinging like a psychedelic bird box, beneath a leafy bough. [Coroflot via OhGizmo!]

O2 Cocoon Designer Cellphone Unboxing

blongo3 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:50:12 EDT

Swedish gadget blog Fosfor got their hands on the svelte O2 Cocoon phone, and were gracious enough to produce an unboxing gallery. Not only is the phone simple and elegant, but so is its packaging. We're big fans of this newcomer, from its clean lines to the incorporation of a hidden LED display. Hopefully this will spur some better design into the industry. [Fosfor]

Sleek O2 Cocoon Plays Music, Transforms into Bedside Clock

gizmodo.com — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:56:49 EDT

Yes, it's no iPhone and it's British, but the O2 Cocoon's has a blue LED screen that shines straight through its retro-'70s white clamshell design. It can display time, caller or track information, while simultaneously looking awesome. Best of all, it can transform: It comes with a dock that converts it into a bedside alarm clock, as you can see in the video after the jump.

The phone will hold 500 songs, and has all the right music controls on the side so you don't have to open the clamshell to skip tracks. The dock, called the Nest, turns the handset into an alarm clock, which will wake you up with your favorite MP3 and "Good Morning" written in sweet, sweet LED glow. Add in the 2 megapixel camera and you have a well-featured phone. It's out in the UK in August. [T3]