the young norwegian designer has developed a series of two stools and a bench composed of comfortable cork seating combined with a sturdy ash wood framework.
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drifted by lars beller fjetland for discipline
drifted by lars beller fjetland for discipline:
the young norwegian designer has developed a series of two stools and a bench composed of comfortable cork seating combined with a sturdy ash wood framework.
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the young norwegian designer has developed a series of two stools and a bench composed of comfortable cork seating combined with a sturdy ash wood framework.
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Offices Made of Ultra Board
Offices Made of Ultra Board:
How would you like to work in an office like this?
Dufaylite, makers of a 100% recyclable, robust and versatile core material (recycled paper honeycomb) partnered with Leeds-based Duke Studios for a truly unique workspace environment. They created ten studio offices using their substrate material called Ultra Board.
Located in Leeds, Duke Studios is bringing some fun and life back to an old building by transforming all 7000 square feet it into an open floor plan studio space for creatives. This place already looks like tons of fun!
How would you like to work in an office like this?
Dufaylite, makers of a 100% recyclable, robust and versatile core material (recycled paper honeycomb) partnered with Leeds-based Duke Studios for a truly unique workspace environment. They created ten studio offices using their substrate material called Ultra Board.
Located in Leeds, Duke Studios is bringing some fun and life back to an old building by transforming all 7000 square feet it into an open floor plan studio space for creatives. This place already looks like tons of fun!
Clean Bottle Square
Clean Bottle Square:
We’ve finally achieved a pure design for a water bottle that gives water a pure, non-metallic taste. The Clean Bottle Square is made from food-grade stainless steel, and it’s shaped so as not to roll. It opens from either end for easy and thorough cleaning. With the Clean Bottle Square, we have a bottle whose design is as pure as the stuff it contains.
We’ve finally achieved a pure design for a water bottle that gives water a pure, non-metallic taste. The Clean Bottle Square is made from food-grade stainless steel, and it’s shaped so as not to roll. It opens from either end for easy and thorough cleaning. With the Clean Bottle Square, we have a bottle whose design is as pure as the stuff it contains.
Book Couch
Book Couch:
Here’s another guessing game for you- what do you think this is? The jig is up if you can read, as you’ve seen the title, but drag the image off onto your desktop and now you have an amusing game to play with a coworker to pass the time. Note: if your coworker has any sort of deductive reasoning, he or she might get it straight away, thus ruining hours of fun.
It’s a book couch. Or, as some of would say, with our noses in the air, a book sofa, dear. Perfect for your office, workspace, or library.
“I am a book fanatic. I am fascinated not only by the contents, but also by the haptic aspects, the weight and the peace that books radiate. Always, I thought it a pity that one can look only at the cover and not the insides. Then, for my exhibition in the museum for design in Zurich, I sketched a book couch ¬– from one single piece of aluminium sheet metal: lasered, tilted, anodised. An idea which comes from observation of everyday life.”
Designed by Alfredo Häberli
L 40 x W 14 x H 15 cm / aluminium, anodised blue
Here’s another guessing game for you- what do you think this is? The jig is up if you can read, as you’ve seen the title, but drag the image off onto your desktop and now you have an amusing game to play with a coworker to pass the time. Note: if your coworker has any sort of deductive reasoning, he or she might get it straight away, thus ruining hours of fun.
It’s a book couch. Or, as some of would say, with our noses in the air, a book sofa, dear. Perfect for your office, workspace, or library.
“I am a book fanatic. I am fascinated not only by the contents, but also by the haptic aspects, the weight and the peace that books radiate. Always, I thought it a pity that one can look only at the cover and not the insides. Then, for my exhibition in the museum for design in Zurich, I sketched a book couch ¬– from one single piece of aluminium sheet metal: lasered, tilted, anodised. An idea which comes from observation of everyday life.”
Designed by Alfredo Häberli
L 40 x W 14 x H 15 cm / aluminium, anodised blue
The Cache Storage Cabinet by Zoë Mowat
The Cache Storage Cabinet by Zoë Mowat:
Freelance designer Zoë Mowat lives and works in Montreal. Her ‘Cache’ cabinet is just one of a number of great pieces which she has designed over the last few years. Combining color, material and form in unique ways – Zoë creates work which continually strives to question the value of objects and what it means to have them.
Her combination of simple forms, smooth lines and bold colors are really fantastic. Her designs feel fresh and her use of materials are appealing. Her ‘Cache’ cabinet is a really good example of what she does so well. Here we see solid walnut sitting beside a simple grey and a strong blue; together they form a cabinet which is as fun and playful as it is simple and elegant. For me, it’s a winning combination and I’d love to have one of these in my house.
Freelance designer Zoë Mowat lives and works in Montreal. Her ‘Cache’ cabinet is just one of a number of great pieces which she has designed over the last few years. Combining color, material and form in unique ways – Zoë creates work which continually strives to question the value of objects and what it means to have them.
Her combination of simple forms, smooth lines and bold colors are really fantastic. Her designs feel fresh and her use of materials are appealing. Her ‘Cache’ cabinet is a really good example of what she does so well. Here we see solid walnut sitting beside a simple grey and a strong blue; together they form a cabinet which is as fun and playful as it is simple and elegant. For me, it’s a winning combination and I’d love to have one of these in my house.
Bird’s Eye View of Baby
Bird’s Eye View of Baby:
There are two things that almost every parent/newborn has – a baby monitor and mobile. Why not combine the two?! This was the challenge driving designer Denny Tsai to create the Aegis mobile/monitor combination. As a toy, the device keeps newborns pacified, but its embedded video camera also provides parents a bird’s eye view of the crib that no other monitor on the market currently provides.
Designer: Denny Tsai
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There are two things that almost every parent/newborn has – a baby monitor and mobile. Why not combine the two?! This was the challenge driving designer Denny Tsai to create the Aegis mobile/monitor combination. As a toy, the device keeps newborns pacified, but its embedded video camera also provides parents a bird’s eye view of the crib that no other monitor on the market currently provides.
Designer: Denny Tsai
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The Earthquake Proof Desk by Arthur Brutter and Ido Bruno
The Earthquake Proof Desk by Arthur Brutter and Ido Bruno:
I don’t know if it’s still standard protocol to send students scurrying under their desks in the event of an emergency, but I do know that the notion hasn’t made much sense until now. The idea that a desk could be a sanctuary from events as onerous as even nuclear war was once somewhat laughable, but now it’s a full-fledged reality, thanks to the impressive Earthquake Proof Desk.
Earthquake Proof Desk. Designed and Manufactured by Arthur Brutter and Ido Bruno.
Designed by Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design students Arthur Brutter and Ido Bruno, the Earthquake Proof Desk is geared towards high performance in the event of full-scale catastrophe: “a wooden desk isn’t going to withstand the crushing weight from large chunks of concrete or steel… but the ‘earthquake-proof’ desk can absorb the impact of up to a ton of weight and even provide emergency routes for rescue crews to reach trapped students.
Brutter and Bruno’s design doesn’t just support weight falling from above, since that degree of performance would result in an extraordinarily cumbersome desk—too heavy for students and teachers to move, in fact. Thus in mind of a desk’s day-to-day use, the duo kept the weight down by creating inherent “crush zones” on each corner: “these distribute the brunt of an impact to the edges, rather than the middle.” The result is a specific pattern of destruction that keeps the desks standing while creating potential escape routes or conduits for rescue workers to reach trapped students.
Brutter and Bruno recently presented their Earthquake Proof desk as an entry in Bezalel’s Design Bonanza exhibit in Milan, Italy.
About the Designers: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design students Arthur Brutter and Ido Bruno conceived of their Earthquake Proof Desk as the truth to the old saw about school children seeking sanctuary under their desks in the event of an emergency. The Earthquake Proof Desk withstands up to one ton of weight. Furthermore, it’s designed to break under weight in a way that protects students while also providing an escape route from rubble. Currently, Brutter and Bruno are awaiting a patent and approval from Padua University so they can begin distributing their desks to disaster-prone areas.
I don’t know if it’s still standard protocol to send students scurrying under their desks in the event of an emergency, but I do know that the notion hasn’t made much sense until now. The idea that a desk could be a sanctuary from events as onerous as even nuclear war was once somewhat laughable, but now it’s a full-fledged reality, thanks to the impressive Earthquake Proof Desk.
Earthquake Proof Desk. Designed and Manufactured by Arthur Brutter and Ido Bruno.
The Earthquake Proof Desk Withstands Up To One Ton of Weight
Designed by Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design students Arthur Brutter and Ido Bruno, the Earthquake Proof Desk is geared towards high performance in the event of full-scale catastrophe: “a wooden desk isn’t going to withstand the crushing weight from large chunks of concrete or steel… but the ‘earthquake-proof’ desk can absorb the impact of up to a ton of weight and even provide emergency routes for rescue crews to reach trapped students.
Brutter and Bruno’s design doesn’t just support weight falling from above, since that degree of performance would result in an extraordinarily cumbersome desk—too heavy for students and teachers to move, in fact. Thus in mind of a desk’s day-to-day use, the duo kept the weight down by creating inherent “crush zones” on each corner: “these distribute the brunt of an impact to the edges, rather than the middle.” The result is a specific pattern of destruction that keeps the desks standing while creating potential escape routes or conduits for rescue workers to reach trapped students.
Brutter and Bruno recently presented their Earthquake Proof desk as an entry in Bezalel’s Design Bonanza exhibit in Milan, Italy.
About the Designers: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design students Arthur Brutter and Ido Bruno conceived of their Earthquake Proof Desk as the truth to the old saw about school children seeking sanctuary under their desks in the event of an emergency. The Earthquake Proof Desk withstands up to one ton of weight. Furthermore, it’s designed to break under weight in a way that protects students while also providing an escape route from rubble. Currently, Brutter and Bruno are awaiting a patent and approval from Padua University so they can begin distributing their desks to disaster-prone areas.
Ideapaint CLEAR
Ideapaint CLEAR:
I am quite giddy over the announcement of Ideapaint Clear: With CLEAR, you can turn any surface into an Ideapaint wall. The new transparent top coat delivers dry erase functionality to smooth surfaces of any color. Apply directly over painted walls, or even wood, to create a seamless think-space that matches any décor. With CLEAR, your walls won’t look different, but they’ll act different.
Your walls will become Magic. At least, that’s what my kids call it. We use ours at Studiomates daily.
I am quite giddy over the announcement of Ideapaint Clear: With CLEAR, you can turn any surface into an Ideapaint wall. The new transparent top coat delivers dry erase functionality to smooth surfaces of any color. Apply directly over painted walls, or even wood, to create a seamless think-space that matches any décor. With CLEAR, your walls won’t look different, but they’ll act different.
Your walls will become Magic. At least, that’s what my kids call it. We use ours at Studiomates daily.
Company & Company’s Wood Ladder Folds Down to Fit in Even the Tightest Corner
Company & Company’s Wood Ladder Folds Down to Fit in Even the Tightest Corner:
Our living spaces are getting smaller and smaller, and keeping something like a ladder in our apartment is usually out of the question. Designed by Company & Company, this cool, new design comes from the need to simplify an everyday object into something that can easily be stored out of sight with a minimum required space. Made from sustainable wood, and employing some sophisticated joinery, this neat ladder folds down into a compact form that can fit in any corner!
Our living spaces are getting smaller and smaller, and keeping something like a ladder in our apartment is usually out of the question. Designed by Company & Company, this cool, new design comes from the need to simplify an everyday object into something that can easily be stored out of sight with a minimum required space. Made from sustainable wood, and employing some sophisticated joinery, this neat ladder folds down into a compact form that can fit in any corner!
100-Foot Subsea Turbine Successfully Installed at World’s First Tidal Farm Off the Coast of Scotland
100-Foot Subsea Turbine Successfully Installed at World’s First Tidal Farm Off the Coast of Scotland:
Tidal farms, which use underwater turbines to harness the power of the planet’s oceans and convert it into electricity, are something that we frequently mention here at Inhabitat. While there are plans to build them all over the world, Scotland achieved a major milestone this week by successfully installing a 10MW tidal power array in the Sound of Islay, off the coast of Orkney.
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Tidal farms, which use underwater turbines to harness the power of the planet’s oceans and convert it into electricity, are something that we frequently mention here at Inhabitat. While there are plans to build them all over the world, Scotland achieved a major milestone this week by successfully installing a 10MW tidal power array in the Sound of Islay, off the coast of Orkney.
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Audi's Crazy Fast Trick Bike
Audi's Crazy Fast Trick Bike:
Audi is known for their four-wheel drive prowess, with the Quattro mentality embodied in their very logo. But at yesterday's Worthersee AutoNews 2012 show in Austria, they pulled the sheets off of a two-wheeled creation: Their lithium-ion-battery-powered E-bike Worthersee concept.
We've seen automakers design bicycles to tuck in the trunk before, but this one isn't intended as a crunchy green adjunct to driving; instead it's meant to be an unabashed display of Audi's design and technology prowess. They make no bones about the fact that the bike is intended for "sport, fun and tricks," which explains why the thing produces more torque than my VW Golf did and has a top speed of 50 freaking miles per hour.
The bike has three levels of power: You can either provide all of the juice by pedaling, provide some of the juice with the electric motor taking up the slack, or have the electric motor do all the work. Beyond that are two somewhat bizarre-sounding "Wheelie" modes, where you're meant to tip the bike back on its rear wheel and ride it like a Segway, with the motor taking care of the balance and braking or accelerating when you lean forwards or backwards.
Click here to read more details.
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Audi is known for their four-wheel drive prowess, with the Quattro mentality embodied in their very logo. But at yesterday's Worthersee AutoNews 2012 show in Austria, they pulled the sheets off of a two-wheeled creation: Their lithium-ion-battery-powered E-bike Worthersee concept.
We've seen automakers design bicycles to tuck in the trunk before, but this one isn't intended as a crunchy green adjunct to driving; instead it's meant to be an unabashed display of Audi's design and technology prowess. They make no bones about the fact that the bike is intended for "sport, fun and tricks," which explains why the thing produces more torque than my VW Golf did and has a top speed of 50 freaking miles per hour.
The Audi e-bike Worthersee combines the Audi brand's principal competences - design, ultra, connect and e-tron—and explores the limits of what is technically feasible in terms of design, lightweight construction, networking and electric mobility. [The] ultra-light carbon-fiber frame weighs only 1,600 grams (3.53 lb). It makes use of bionic principles derived from nature. Material reinforcements are needed only at the points where loads actually occur. The swinging arm for the rear wheel is also made of CFRP. All in all, the Audi e-bike Worthersee represents the full extent of the brand's expertise in ultra-lightweight design.
The bike has three levels of power: You can either provide all of the juice by pedaling, provide some of the juice with the electric motor taking up the slack, or have the electric motor do all the work. Beyond that are two somewhat bizarre-sounding "Wheelie" modes, where you're meant to tip the bike back on its rear wheel and ride it like a Segway, with the motor taking care of the balance and braking or accelerating when you lean forwards or backwards.
Click here to read more details.
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Got a Boring Product? Make a NSFW Infomercial
Got a Boring Product? Make a NSFW Infomercial:
With useful but unsexy products, presentation is everything. Until now I thought Dollar Shave Club had the lock on irreverent commercials, but Schticky—whose namesake product is an arguably boring reusable lint roller with a business end made from silicone—availed themselves of the services of motormouthed pitch man Vince Offer. Their original commercial, from earlier in the year, might not best Dollar Shave Club's:
But if you then watch the (admittedly puerile) R-rated version they shrewdly released last month, you see the ingredients of a viral video:
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With useful but unsexy products, presentation is everything. Until now I thought Dollar Shave Club had the lock on irreverent commercials, but Schticky—whose namesake product is an arguably boring reusable lint roller with a business end made from silicone—availed themselves of the services of motormouthed pitch man Vince Offer. Their original commercial, from earlier in the year, might not best Dollar Shave Club's:
But if you then watch the (admittedly puerile) R-rated version they shrewdly released last month, you see the ingredients of a viral video:
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The Design Process of Quirky's Click n Cook Modular Cooking Utensils
The Design Process of Quirky's Click n Cook Modular Cooking Utensils:
If you're going to make design predictions, you have to get used to being wrong. I'd have told you Quirky's Click n Cook system of cooking utensils wouldn't sell, and I'd have been incorrect.
Invented by Fred Ende, the Click n Cook consists of five commonly used utensils and just one handle, which snaps into each like a razor handle does with disposable blades.
My rationale for dismissal would have been that the footprint of the base isn't much smaller than a cylinder you could throw five full-sized utensils in, thus negating any countertop space savings, but consumers disagree: Since hitting production the Click n Cook has shipped more than 10,000 units, paying out nearly $16,000 to the developer(s). That might seem like a drop in the bucket to corporations targeting Target, but I think it's a handsome payday for Ende and his contributors, considering it took just one month to develop.
I love that Quirky enables these possibilities, and also dig that they put together a nice vid detailing the design and development process:
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If you're going to make design predictions, you have to get used to being wrong. I'd have told you Quirky's Click n Cook system of cooking utensils wouldn't sell, and I'd have been incorrect.
Invented by Fred Ende, the Click n Cook consists of five commonly used utensils and just one handle, which snaps into each like a razor handle does with disposable blades.
My rationale for dismissal would have been that the footprint of the base isn't much smaller than a cylinder you could throw five full-sized utensils in, thus negating any countertop space savings, but consumers disagree: Since hitting production the Click n Cook has shipped more than 10,000 units, paying out nearly $16,000 to the developer(s). That might seem like a drop in the bucket to corporations targeting Target, but I think it's a handsome payday for Ende and his contributors, considering it took just one month to develop.
I love that Quirky enables these possibilities, and also dig that they put together a nice vid detailing the design and development process:
(more...)
Honda Unveils the UNI-CUB, a Self-Balancing Personal Mobility Device
Honda Unveils the UNI-CUB, a Self-Balancing Personal Mobility Device:
Honda has announced the new UNI-CUB personal mobility device, an electric, self-balancing, weight-shift controlled vehicle which is set to compete with devices like the Segway. The major difference between the Segway and the UNI-CUB is the fact that it features a more comfortable design that allows the rider to sit down. Designed for “harmony with the people,” the UNI-CUB also offers the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys while walking.personal transportation, segway
Honda has announced the new UNI-CUB personal mobility device, an electric, self-balancing, weight-shift controlled vehicle which is set to compete with devices like the Segway. The major difference between the Segway and the UNI-CUB is the fact that it features a more comfortable design that allows the rider to sit down. Designed for “harmony with the people,” the UNI-CUB also offers the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys while walking.personal transportation, segway
patrick norguet: kobi chair for alias
patrick norguet: kobi chair for alias: 
a simple wire basket is supported by an aluminum belt which wraps around seat and accentuates the woven form.
a simple wire basket is supported by an aluminum belt which wraps around seat and accentuates the woven form.
Purrrrfect Jag
Purrrrfect Jag:
Inspired by the vintage Jag e-type of the 1960s, the Jaguar XKX concept finds a modern balance between pure muscle and supreme elegance. The design returns to the total smoothness of the brand’s original models with soft, fluid lines that dip and curve into one another like liquid. Vintage inspiration combined with highly advanced tech (I.E. – an outer skin that recharges the battery) make this one fierce kitty.
With a much smaller and cooler power plant than conventional models, the aerodynamics were conceived in a new innovative way. The side deflector intakes of the front are broader so a much less air gets stuck by the engine- instead, it flows behind the front wheels, moving behind them and sliding along the doors before taking another shortcut through the rear wheels and out from the large rear openings. This greatly reduces the total flowing path and subsequently drag.
Designers: Hussain Almossawi & Marin Myftiu
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Yanko Design
Inspired by the vintage Jag e-type of the 1960s, the Jaguar XKX concept finds a modern balance between pure muscle and supreme elegance. The design returns to the total smoothness of the brand’s original models with soft, fluid lines that dip and curve into one another like liquid. Vintage inspiration combined with highly advanced tech (I.E. – an outer skin that recharges the battery) make this one fierce kitty.
With a much smaller and cooler power plant than conventional models, the aerodynamics were conceived in a new innovative way. The side deflector intakes of the front are broader so a much less air gets stuck by the engine- instead, it flows behind the front wheels, moving behind them and sliding along the doors before taking another shortcut through the rear wheels and out from the large rear openings. This greatly reduces the total flowing path and subsequently drag.
Designers: Hussain Almossawi & Marin Myftiu
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Yanko Design
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