Design

Recycling Paper Shredder Design Concept

This paper shredder design by Hong-Li Zhuo Roy may look like a regular shredder at first, but it’s actually supposed to be “Green”. We’re not sure how the innards are supposed to work, but it takes your crappy credit card applications and transforms them into Post-It Notes. Quite cool if they can actually pull it…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 1

AMP Speaker Is So Big it Doubles as a Desk

There are plenty of stupidly big speakers out there, but how many of them make good use of their hulking sizes? Not many. That’s why this AMP speaker is so awesome: it’s not only a speaker, but it’s also a desk. It’s an active speaker, meaning it has an amplifier built into it. Because of…

Tech News Adam Frucci Sep 28

Book of Lights Pop-Up Lamp

When I was a kid and a dinosaur popped out of a book it was one of the most joyful experiences of my life &mdash now if only that dinosaur was a glowing lamp. Takeshi Ishiguro’s Book of Lights is a coffee table book that, like every good book, has no real content &mdash all…

Tech News Ybaranovsky Sep 18

Tetsuya Nakamura’s Bathtub is as Bright and Wild as a Cheetah

I’ve always wanted my bathtub to look like it’s flying through time, and luckily, so does Tetsuya Nakamura. The designer has released a wildly painted bathroom set that includes a pair of sinks, a tub, a step for a stairwell and a decorative column. The units are all made from sculpted fiber-reinforced plastic and will…

Tech News Ybaranovsky Sep 18

Teabag: The Radio

We’re not sure what was wrong with the traditional way of using a radio by twisting knobs, but this teabag radio seems to know something we don’t. Duck Young Kong (no relation to King, Donkey or Hong), has designed this Tea-Time radio, which turns on by pulling out the antenna/teabag, and changes stations by twisting…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 14

Troja Arc Lamp Is Sexier Than Most Women

The Troja Arc Lamp is so gorgeous it’s practically edible. The huge, arcing lamp is designed by Germany’s hansandfranz studio and uses hundreds of individual LEDs in an adjustable aluminum frame to create a soft, unobtrusive glow. There is no information yet as to whether the Troja Arc will be available anytime soon (or at…

Tech News Ybaranovsky Sep 11

Smart Drive System Takes Big Knobs in Cars To Its Logical Conclusion

With big knobs in cars that control the audio system being all the rage these days, designer Hao-Chun Huang wants to take the knob joke all the way to its logical conclusion and make a super, all-purpose metallic knob to control everything in your vehicle. Not only does this smart drive concept tilt, turn, and…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 10

The Note Toaster Design

Why leave notes to your family on a magnetic dry erase board on your refrigerator when you can write directly on the toaster where nobody will see it? Actually, this toaster doesn’t actually let you write notes onto the toaster, it burns the note into the toast as well, which means your kid has plenty…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 6

Tempo Wireless Trash Can Saves Files From Deletion

This Tempo design project is a small, recycle bin-like external hard drive that’s supposed to save your files from deletion hell. Whenever you delete a file, your OS transfers the file over to Tempo wirelessly, which then keeps the file temporarily until it’s out of space. LEDs light up the tempo from the bottom up,…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 24

Caterpillar Stretcher Climbs, Descends Stairs

We’ve been lucky enough not to be carried in a stretcher, but if we’re going to be, we’d want it to be in one of these. This design for a Caterpillar stretcher looks standard at first, but can tilt up to a reclining or sitting wheelchair and glide gracefully up and down stairs. This lets…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 23

Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Says

I can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea into practice, because I’d have no hesitation in putting this up in my bedroom. Just one question, though: does it come…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Aug 23

USB Stone is 4GB of Rock Solid Storage

Michael Leung, some designer, made this USB “Mass Storage Stone,” which holds 4GB of flash memory inside a rock. It started as a prototype in 2005, and it’s “in development” now to become a real product. Whether that will actually happen is anyone’s guess, but who wouldn’t want to carry around storage that you can…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 16

Q&A With Crazy Tokyo Watch Genius Yasushi Kimura

PingMag got a one-on-one interview with Yasushi Kimura, founder of the Japanese design firm Sea Hope. And for as awesomely insane as their watches are, his responses were interesting and and not crazy at all. When questioned about peoples fascination with LED’s he responded “Simply put, people like light and illuminations – it just enhances…

Tech News Blongo3 Aug 15

Hourglass Nightlight Keeps the Bogeyman Away

Most fraidy-cats still need a light on when they go to sleep—to keep that monster living under the bed at bay—and if you’re one of those unfortunate souls you might like (nay, need) this Hourglass Nightlight by Sun Young Lee that saves energy by only staying lit as long as you need it. Turn it…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 15

Retractable Doorknobs Provide Turtle-like Security

This design for a retractable doorknob provides extra security for your door by recessing into the doorframe when you leave the house, thereby preventing thieves from picking your lock (there are none). But if you want to get in, you use (we’re assuming) the little slot below the knob to extend the knob out so…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 30

Laptop Magazine’s Best and Worst Laptop Designs Ever

Think about laptop designs you’ve seen over the past decade or so. Which one do you think had the best design, and which was the absolute worst? Laptop magazine went through them all, coming up with the best and worst of the modern era. Worst 1. We heartily agree with Laptop’s assessment of the absolute…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 26

Mio Nomad System: Create a Wall Anytime, Anywhere

The Nomad is a modular system for creating partitions designed by Mio. What sets them apart from other partitioning setups? Well they’re made up of tons of little recycled-cardboard pieces that fit into one another in order to create your desired wall shape. You can even create openings that you can walk through, ala a…

Tech News Blongo3 Jul 25

BusinessWeek/IDSA IDEA 2007 Awards Gallery

This year’s award winners tend to fall into two categories: old, at least to up-to-date gadget hounds like y’all, or not there yet, with no good way to figure out when they will arrive. That doesn’t mean they’re not the epitome of great design, though, and it doesn’t mean they’re not worth having a gander…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jul 25

Transforming Dos Caras Jacket Becomes Shoulder Bag

Transformers fever is all but dead now, but that doesn’t mean that the ladies can’t get in on the something-becoming-something-else action. The Dos Caras jacket functions fine as a jacket, but when removed, can twist and turn and reconvene into a shoulder bag. Definitely cool, but kind of unfortunate that you have to pick one…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 24

LEGO Salt ‘n Pepper Shakers

This design from Joel Hesselgren is the most ingenious use of LEGO for food consumption that we’ve seen since the LEGO dragon soy sauce and mayonnaise dispenser. The white column holds the salt while the black column holds the pepper, and the amount of each is regulated by how many of the holes are covered…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 20

Recycling Paper Shredder Design Concept

AMP Speaker Is So Big it Doubles as a Desk

Book of Lights Pop-Up Lamp

Tetsuya Nakamura’s Bathtub is as Bright and Wild as a Cheetah

Teabag: The Radio

Troja Arc Lamp Is Sexier Than Most Women

Smart Drive System Takes Big Knobs in Cars To Its Logical Conclusion

The Note Toaster Design

Tempo Wireless Trash Can Saves Files From Deletion

Caterpillar Stretcher Climbs, Descends Stairs

Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Says

USB Stone is 4GB of Rock Solid Storage

Q&A With Crazy Tokyo Watch Genius Yasushi Kimura

Hourglass Nightlight Keeps the Bogeyman Away

Retractable Doorknobs Provide Turtle-like Security

Laptop Magazine’s Best and Worst Laptop Designs Ever

Mio Nomad System: Create a Wall Anytime, Anywhere

BusinessWeek/IDSA IDEA 2007 Awards Gallery

Transforming Dos Caras Jacket Becomes Shoulder Bag

LEGO Salt ‘n Pepper Shakers

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