Design

Turn On the Quackie CD Player By Stroking Its Beak

I thought it was a sleek CD launcher, maybe a DIY weapon, but the reality of the Quackie CD Player concept isn’t too horrible either. You open up the “beak” to turn up the volume, close it to power down. Designed by Mac Funamizu, Quackie doesn’t really seem like it’d be practical once you’re over…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 19

Electrolux Brings Us One Step Closer To a Fireplace In a Can

We like to put everything else in a can, so why not fire? That must be what designer Camillo Vanacore was thinking when he dreamed up this portable, capsule fireplace. https://gizmodo.com/8-foods-that-should-never-be-canned-5347767/ The concept involves some sort of magical ceramic from outer space that starts out opaque, but becomes transparent when exposed to the heat of…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 19

“A Drop of Water” Watering Can Collects Rain

Bas Van Der Veer won a prize this weekend for this combination rain collector and watering can. The setup presumably connects to a house’s gutter system, storing rainfall it for the next uh, not-rainy day. It’s gorgeous but I think it should be made out of metal, not fiberglass, if he is going for maximum…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 19

8 Great Extra(neous) Gadget Screens

Innovating is hard! But there’s one trick that can pull any engineer right out of that rut: the extra display. Here are eight of the most surprising, audacious, and weird places ever to be graced with a display panel. Nothing is immune, be it cameras, laptops, game controllers or ebook readers, and the trend is…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 19

Everyone Gets A Room With A View In Europe’s First Rotating Hotel

How annoying is it to get to a hotel and find that you’re facing land instead having an ocean view? At the Šolta Island Resort that won’t be an issue, because it rotates to give everyone a nice sight. Designed by Richard Hywel Evans of Studio RHE, rooms in Šolta Island face the Adriatic, at…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 17

Trash Cans Get Pimped Out For Charity

My trashcan is a metal, woven-looking thing filled with crumpled up ideas and 48 gum wrappers. Makes me wish I had one of these 35 customized, artist-designed trashcans being put into auction for charity instead. (Particularly the cactus one.) You’re probably onto me by now. I just wanted an excuse to use the #cans hashtag.…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 17

Super Guppy Lamp Fills Your Home with Highway Lighting

Nothing makes for a better reading experience than the warm orange glow of fast food parking lot lighting. Now you can bring the effect home by sticking a traffic light in your living room. I love the worn metal, but at $2,400 I would need a much better reason than liking the look to justify…

Tech News Chris Jacob Oct 16

Pureray UV Baby Bottle Could Be a Baby Killer

I get it—a baby bottle with a built-in UV lamp for killing any germs that might be lurking in the formula. Parents would eat this up. But would it do more harm than good? Seriously, we have become a generation of germaphobes with our Purell bottles and crazy germ-killing gadgets. We are never exposed to…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 16

Burning Cities Firescreens Make Horrible Tragedies Downright Cozy

It’s been a long time since fire ravaged London and Rome in 1666 and 64 AD respectively—which must be why we can feel okay about making cool firescreens based on these tragic incidents today. On the other hand, buying one might prove problematic. It appears that the 1666 and DCCCXVII A.U.C. (64 AD in the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 16

Hey, Idiot! Why Didn’t You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?

You’re wasting your life, sitting there, burning your brain out reading idiotic blogs. You could be raking in millions if you only could come up with an idea as stupidly brilliant as the double-sided condiment bottle. Millions! [Yanko via CrunchGear]

Tech News Adam Frucci Oct 16

Rocking Chair Powers Its Attached OLED Lamp Just by Rocking

The Murakami chair’s attached lamp is powered by kinetic energy produced from the chair’s rocking back and forth—deliciously simple and elegant. Oh, and that lampshade? Not a lampshade. That’s the actual OLED light source, shaped like a lampshade. The OLED lamp even senses when it’s light or dark out, and if it’s light, stores the…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Oct 15

Clamp-On Table Legs Turn Trash Into Fancy Trash

Sometimes it takes money to look like you pulled all of your furniture out of the dump. These brilliant but expensive clamp-on table legs are no exception. Available in black, orange or untreated steel, these 29-inch Re-vive legs from Cohda Design can accommodate tabletops up to 66 lbs without the need for drills or screws.…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 15

Homework Is One Modular, Customizable, Totally Kickass Table

I hate homework, but I love Homework, the infinitely customizable table that you set up yourself in any way that fits you. Definitely veehee smart, and definitely veehee pretty. And I so like smart and pretty. In a table too. According to the designer Robin Grasby, Homework “allows the user to customize every aspect of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 15

It’s The io9 Redesign – Now With More Commenter Powers!

You may have noticed that the site looks a little different today. It’s day one of our latest redesign, so things may be a bit buggy. But they will also be more awesome – now we have forums and more! Let’s start with the basic changes. For one thing, all our tags look like Twitter-style…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 15

DNA-Inspired Closet Is As Space-Efficient As It’s Twisted and Curvy

Irina Alexandru‘s design is more of a coat hanger than a closet, but it’s intended to allow for the maximum amount of clothing hangers in the smallest amount of space. I just plain like the curvy double helix design. For those who are having flashbacks to biology class: Yes, a double-helix is actually nature’s clever…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 14

Beautiful Concept Airship Looks 85 Years into the Future

This whale-like entry into KLM Indonesia’s aircraft design competition reminds me of the French “Manned Cloud” concept from a few years back. The WB-1010 would seat more than 1500 people, and use a combination of super-jet, helium, and wind power. https://gizmodo.com/manned-cloud-airship-around-the-world-in-three-days-337228 The concept’s designer, Reindy Allendra, imagines the aircraft being constructed from material similar to…

Tech News Danny Allen Oct 14

Desk Lamp Rotates To Become a Light Box For Artists

If you dabble in art and design, you will immediately see the benefit of a lamp that can rotate and adjust positions to become a light box. The appropriately titled “Sketch Lamp” is the brainchild of Ninna Kapadia and Hung-Ming Chen and, for the moment, it is still in the concept stage. Hopefully, that will…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 13

BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle

The BMW Simple is similar to the Nissan Land Glider, except that the BMW has a tricycle configuration, and its angled surfaces make it look like an stealth fighter. The coolest thing about it, however, is how it rolls. https://gizmodo.com/the-coolest-car-cockpit-i-have-ever-seen-will-make-you-5377996 The back wheels have an hydraulic system that makes the car/bike/mobilethingie carve the road as…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 13

No Cars Allowed On The Eco-Friendly Kurilpa Bridge

At 470m (about 1,500ft), the Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane is one of the longest footbridges of its kind and so eco-friendly that it generates more energy than it uses for its lighting system. Oh, and it’s kinda pretty. I’m glad to see that it’s finally open for business because the way the Kurilpa Bridge was…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 13

Turn On Lamp Is Brought To You By The Letter “Q”

Inspired by the universal symbol for power (or the letter “Q” as it were), designer Marco Lana’s rechargeable Turn On lamp can be switched on or off depending on its orientation. Unfortunately for people named Quincy, Quinton or Quagmire, the Turn On lamp is only a concept at the moment. [Lana-savettiere via The Design Blog]

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 12

Turn On the Quackie CD Player By Stroking Its Beak

Electrolux Brings Us One Step Closer To a Fireplace In a Can

“A Drop of Water” Watering Can Collects Rain

8 Great Extra(neous) Gadget Screens

Everyone Gets A Room With A View In Europe’s First Rotating Hotel

Trash Cans Get Pimped Out For Charity

Super Guppy Lamp Fills Your Home with Highway Lighting

Pureray UV Baby Bottle Could Be a Baby Killer

Burning Cities Firescreens Make Horrible Tragedies Downright Cozy

Hey, Idiot! Why Didn’t You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?

Rocking Chair Powers Its Attached OLED Lamp Just by Rocking

Clamp-On Table Legs Turn Trash Into Fancy Trash

Homework Is One Modular, Customizable, Totally Kickass Table

It’s The io9 Redesign – Now With More Commenter Powers!

DNA-Inspired Closet Is As Space-Efficient As It’s Twisted and Curvy

Beautiful Concept Airship Looks 85 Years into the Future

Desk Lamp Rotates To Become a Light Box For Artists

BMW Simple Handles Itself Like a Real-Life Tron Lightcycle

No Cars Allowed On The Eco-Friendly Kurilpa Bridge

Turn On Lamp Is Brought To You By The Letter “Q”

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