The Charging Tap is quite an adorable hub that takes in cellphones, digital cameras, MP3 and other USB enabled devices, for charging. Quite simple and minimal in styling, all you need to do is to hook up your gadget and turn on the tap! I love it!
Designer: Qi Weijia
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OneBike is quite an innovation I tell you! Its an electric bike that gets powered by kinetic energy. Basically when you set it on its cradle at home, the bike becomes a stationary fitness machine. So every time you pedal to keep fit, it harnesses energy from your motion and converts it to electric power. Tank up the juice and cruise the roads my friends! Awesome!
Designers: Byoung-soo Choi & Jun-kyeong Kim
Increased traffic congestion in urban areas means loss of crucial time for emergency medical teams to reach those in need (trust me, I’ve seen that Los Angeles is a medic’s worst nightmare). Designed to Roam and Rescue within Reduced-space environments, the R-aid is an ambulance attachment optimized for being pulled by motorcycle (here, the Yamaha Tesseract concept) that can quickly deliver medical attention where its needed.
Though its half the size of a regular ambulance van, the inside has space for a paramedic, additional driver, one secured patient, and all necessary life-saving equipment.
Designer: Angel Lee
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Toilet 2.0 is ready for the future, it’s made from corian which makes it thinner, lighter and stronger. The shape is deigned to prevent splashes. It cleans with 8 different points with pressurized jets. This regular cleaning cycle makes it possible to avoid using cleaners that contaminate water systems. There’s also a built-in air freshener. It uses grey water to clean the pipe system behind the walls and clean water for flushing.
Designer: Dave Hakkens
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I think the Convenient Battery Pack style of juicing will work best for DIY kits and projects where one is experimenting with Lab projects. I dont see a very commercial everyday use for it. Unless you find it fun to power a huge fan or torchlight using a bunch of these snap-fastener batteries. Its definitely a design exploration exercise in how we can redesign the AA cells and a look into how we can improvise.
Designer: Gao Meng
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The idea behind the Almighty Laundry washing machine is that single men are usually busy executives with laundry as the least of their worries. So much so that it gets ignored most of the time. So what this machine tries to do, is cut down a few steps in the washing process so that you can just load in a rack full of stale, stinky shirts and bring out a lineup of fresh no-ironing needed stack!
Amazing idea; separate compartments for the boxer shorts, socks and towels have been considered. What I really like is the unconventional form of the machine; a rectangular closet-style rack that fits in tight spaces. So mister designer, what will your take be for a single woman? We can be busy executives too!
Almighty Laundry is a 2011 Spark Awards entry!
Designer: Won Suk Lee
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I love this thought-provoking design. The result of an exploration into how intangible entities can be transformed into useful physical objects that represent their likeness, the Shadow series of cutlery and tableware gives the illusion that each object is being lit from above by a single light source. Each “shadow” is actually a separate protective layer between the object and surface that guards against heat and stain. A great conversation piece.
Designer: Kijtanes Kajornrattanadech
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The refreshed Mac mini may be making the rounds for slimmest and sexiest desktop computer but if an aluminum slab isn’t your thing, try this – the Slim PC. It’s a little robust looking, almost like a car stereo unit. The front face is capped with a piece of solid wood but the real wig snatching news is the iPhone dock. In an attempt to unit the two computing platforms, they compliment each other nicely – the halo effect.
CPU: INTEL ATOM DUAL CORE D525 (NVIDIA ION2)
RAM: 4GB
HDD : 500GB (7200rpm)
HDMI/OPTICAL output and support 1080p FULL HD
Designer: Chang-Su Lee of Design Hara
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The Revolvy 2in1 has a very curious shape for a blender and mixer. When not in use, the appliance just folds up to one discreet hanging gadget, freeing up precious kitchen-counter space. I am in awe with simple way it turns from blender to mixersimply fantastic! Its either the blender-attachment to the top of body or the mixer-attachment to the bottom of it. Super cool and functional!
Designer: Wonkook Lee
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The Cuum is when a vacuum cleaner and the dustbin made love. Its a good combination of the tw, where the top functions like a regular trash bin, and the base like a vacuum. So just sweep the dirt towards the bin and watch it devour it all up! No more bending, no more pails; love it!
The Cuum is a 2011 IDEA Awards Entry.
Designers: Jun-se Kim, Yonggu Do & Eunha Seo
This lamp, the second part of the Completing Absence series by designer Petra Schmidt, is more concerned with shedding light on the issue of energy consumption than trying to be a quintessential lighting element. To activate the light, the user simply pulls the slightly lighter end. The self-regulating lamp will shut off when the heavier luminated end reaches the lowermost position, keeping the user aware of time and inspiring behavioral change in overall energy consumption.
Designer: Petra Schmidt
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The Lady Killer Vol 1 designers put it just right- this twist on the jewelry box “pokes a sturdy robotic finger in the face of convention.” Inspired by Atelier Ted Noten’s 2004 “Unstaged” installation of a robot protecting a ring, this take-anywhere robotic concept is forever prepared to protect its Lady Killer ring (or at least until its owner decides to press the button) . When the time is right the arm will rise slowly, turn towards the lucky lady, and extend toward her offering the ring. I do… duh!
Designers: Atelier Ted Noten & Laikingland
The BMW i1 is an electric, single-seater concept by designer Amadou Ba Ndiaye that fuses motorcycle thrill with the safety of a car into one eye-catching concept. Three electric motors independently power each wheel while a computer calibrated hydraulic system controls wheel tilt and lean to safely maintain a street bike feel. A reinforced carbon fiber chassis protects the precious cargo inside.
Designer: Amadou Ba Ndiaye
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The VV-Talker is a device designed for deaf children to help them overcome their problem in speaking effectively. If you can’t hear the sounds you make, it’s difficult to know if you’re pronouncing it correctly. The device has a screen attached to a wand. Sounds are associated with vibrations. As the child speaks, the device provides feedback on accuracy and teaches the child to speak with the correct “vocal vibrations” to achieve the correct modulation. Brills!
Designers: Cui Chen, Wang Qi, Shi Kaiyuan, Geng Kun, Huang Jianbo, Wang Zhi, Qiu Shuang & Chen Zhen
Okay first of all, WOW. The simply named Bike Lock probably took some real ingenuity to create and I would LOVE to see a prototype. The handle itself can be detached from the main frame and used as modified bike lock but wait, there’s more. It can also function as a bike stand when you park it indoors. CLEVER!
Designer: Sang Min Yu
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Here is a concept phone that I have totally fallen in love with. Name the features and its all in there. Flexible screen, projector, cameraah the works! One of those designs where you let the pictures do the talkingso go ahead and hit the jump!
Designer: Heyon You
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The 2Duo concept camera features Dual Lens and Dual LCDs so that you can get maximum perfection out of your photography. Self-portraits or 3-D kinda pics, this camera helps you do all sorts of things to make you trigger-happy. The 2-way hinge structure rotates at 90-degree angle and 360-degree angle, allowing you to take some awesome photos with unbelievable angle-shots! Given the number of apps and tricks that I am using to perfect ordinary shots, this kinda camera just fires my imagination and creativity.
2Duo Concept Camera is a 2011 Sparks Award Entry.
Designer: Ahlim Son
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Plyght is a clever shelving design by Joeri Reynaert that features a long, fluid bend on its wall side that not only stabilizes items but hides its fixture elements, giving the appearance that its thin body is floating effortlessly against the wall. To accent the the illusion, this functional prototype also integrates upwards and downwards lighting. Molded wood and 3D veneers give this modern presentation a retro feel that will fit nicely into both contemporary and classic settings.
Designer: Joeri Reynaert
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Big congrats to Benji for winning last week’s giveaway but here’s another chance to win a custom Nooka Zub Zirc with the YD emblem watchband. To enter, snap a photo of your barren wrist with the words “Nooka watch goes here” and post a link to it in comments. You’ve got til’ Friday the 29th. One random winner will receive the aforementioned custom Zub Zirc.
Sponsor: Nooka, Contest ends 07/29
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How can design be used to change and improve perceptions about shared spaces? Project Energizing Neighborhoods is a strategicaddition to a citys ongoing narrative with its outdoor spaces, created by developing on the existing typology of a park bench. Now multi-functional, you can get your fitness on while you wait for the bus. The human generated power is stored to light the attached streetlamp.
Designer: Bharat Bhargava
One of the secrets to great cooking is to measure out the ingredients as accurately as possible. While dry ingredients are not so much of a pain, its the liquids that make me quiver. Handy Meter is a digital measure that goes around the faucet mouth or spouts of bottles and jugs, to pour out the right amount of liquid. It does away with the need for a measuring jar, hence increasing the accuracy. I suppose it has an inbuilt mechanism that terminates the flow of liquid, once the desired amount has been poured. This will be an ideal feature.
Designer: Jeon Hwan Soo
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Tagged Handy Meter Digital Meter for Liquids by Jeon Hwan Soo
The Porsche Panamara is ugly. There, I said it! Maybe the guys at Porsche should have taken some notes from Designer Julliana Cho, because this electric concept looks like one hell-of-a car. This 4-seater has suitable comfort for long distance drives with the fam, but maintains the brand’s iconic fluid styling with some added severity and drama in the lines and contours that give it that necessary edge the larger Panamara needed to maintain sporty appeal. The catch… you have to share!
Tackling environmental and space issues, the designer imagines this concept as a community-share vehicle with a private feel. Members of the car-club could access a vehicle at any time from a central “docking” station where a variety of 929s would charge on a cleverly designed rotating parking structure. Personally, I want it all to myself.
Designer: Julliana Cho
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I watch with amusement how my daughter struggles to take self-pictures from her cellphone and our camera. Its a crazy fad but in practical scenarios, where you are a lone traveler, I think a camera with some kinda modification to help you click self-photos will be a great idea. Just like this Butter-Fly Concept camera, it has little wings that come out from under the camera. Easy navigation buttons and a steady grip, allow you to take pictures and videos from an arms length. Neat!
Butter-Fly Camera Concept is a 2011 Sparks Award entry.
Designer: Joh Minhoo
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This concept computer-of-the-future by designer Jakub Zho allows the user to operate the device anywhere they can find a glass surface. The user simply attaches the central unit to any glass surface like a window or coffee table, switches on the power, and watches their system light up before their eyes. The display appears as an interactive hologram on the glass that the user merely has to touch to operate. It also makes for an easy, take-anywhere way to project photos and presentations or stream movies. Windex not included.
Designer: Jakub Zho
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Designer Kukil Han imagines a go-anywhere solution for providing aid to victims of natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and storms. The Mobile Hospital could be delivered to any part of the world (including hard to reach areas) in a matter of hours via helicopter, or be transported on a larger scale by ship, providing emergency medical attention to those in need. This thoughtful design can also be customized to provide support to specific needs with relative ease, furthering its adaptability to a number of scenarios.
Designer: Kukil Han
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