Design
Design
Office Building Or Home To A Super Heroine?
3:25PM Rosa Golijan | 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. More »
Design
Pangolin Backpack
1:20PM Brian Lam | The Pangolin is a spiny anteater covered in razor sharp scales, with razor sharp claws, that can shoot acid out of its anus. This backpack is inspired by the creature and made from old truck tyres. More »
Gadgets
The Folding Titanium Spork Is The Ultimate Portable Eating Utensil
10:00AM Sean Fallon | As the resident expert on the spork, I wholeheartedly endorse this super-rugged titanium folding combination bottle opener and spork design. More »
Design
Brainwave Sofa Turns Your Brilliance Into Butt Cushions
2:20AM Mark Wilson | After capturing just three seconds of brain activity through EEG, designers Lucas Maassen and Dries Verbruggen can carve a snapshot of your thoughts into a block of foam. More »
Design
Nu Pop Watches Make Being Hip Almost Worth The Inconvenience
1:27AM Mark Wilson | Ignore the site’s lame hip hop and its general theme of trying too hard, because these nu pop watches by designer Pascal Mouawad and musician Jermaine Dupri are pretty snazzy in their own right. $US145. [nupop via Whollysblog via bookofjoe]
Design
ThunderCats Xbox 360 Makes Me Bummed The Movie Is On Hold
11:40PM Danny Allen | I’m a sucker for great paintwork, and this airbrushed 360 from largomods reminds me how much I loved the ThunderCats as a kid. Too bad WB put the CG-animated movie (directed by Jerry O’Flaherty from Gears of Wars) on hold. More »
Design
Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Mild Rainstorms
6:00PM Dan Nosowitz | This fallout shelter plan, from 1962, only cost $US150 in raw materials, and if properly made, has a “protection factor greater than 500″. 500 what? No idea! More »
Vehicles
3:40PM Rosa Golijan | Aside from looking like a giant crustacean, this concept Nissan Vehicle-to-Grid (aka V2G) automobile seems like it would perfectly satisfy those who crave the manoeuvrability of a motorcycle, yet can’t abandon the protective frame of a car. Plus it looks super-duper-speedy. More »
The V2G Automobile Brings Out The Speed Demon In Me
3:40PM Rosa Golijan | Aside from looking like a giant crustacean, this concept Nissan Vehicle-to-Grid (aka V2G) automobile seems like it would perfectly satisfy those who crave the manoeuvrability of a motorcycle, yet can’t abandon the protective frame of a car. Plus it looks super-duper-speedy. More »
Design
Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
2:00PM Rosa Golijan | When Georgios Maridakis’ product breaks it’s actually an intentional feature. His Clock Vase indicates time with a little hammer that knocks against the porcelain. And at the right stroke, it shatters. More »
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