The Biomechanical Energy Harvester uses the power generated by your knees to power portable devices.
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Joe Ledbetter's metal "Bummer" would be an awesome paperweight ~ particularly for all the stuff you just don't really want to get to doing.
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Awesome run down of the evolution of many tech company logos - nokia, google, microsoft, firefox, canon, ibm, adobe, lg, xerox, and more
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new york arist kirsten hassenfeld creates beautiful, intricately detailed sculptures from paper.
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Polaroid is dead, long live Polaroid!
...or, what you can do with that lovely old camera once the global stock of film runs out...
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Ooooooh next year i totally want roman numeral candles on my cake! (yes i'm loving the latest collection from fred today)
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Fred's Equal Measure ~ beaker/measuring cup ~ with not just cups and ozs, but also but things like 5000 droplets of water and 20,000 grains of rice marked
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The collaboration between children's modern furniture manufacturer, Argington and ODA have yielded a new bassinet and easel for children which use earth-friendly materials and look awesome! Debuted last week.
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Video lovers rejoice! The world's largest metrics network released Scope 2.1 for advertisers and agencies allowing them to track content across multiple video platforms and now position content to certain audiences.
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Who's behind all the magical fun product design that comes out of Fred? Jason Amendolara - Check out their design director's freshly launched blog
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A new sports car from Germany to lust after - Yes! Roadster by Funke & Will AG. Only 50 coming to the US in 2008.
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Glass, concrete and oak make up this stunning lake house in Innisfil, Ontarioa, by Canadian Kohn Shnier.
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FEATUREDTrying something a little new ~ Roundup Maddness over at NOTCOT.com ~ with 5 of my favs from each of the sites, as well as the top 24 from each site this week. A nice little way to catch up on any you've missed?
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FEATUREDFreshly back from Audrey Kawasaki's solo show, "Mayoi Michi", at Copro Nason
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FEATUREDOoooooh BLACK VIEWMASTER in the new Arkitip issue (No. 0044) ~ in collaboration with Wood Wood! Viewmaster + Art: how can anyone resist?
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FEATUREDFORDBRADY throws Dwell Magazine a welcome to Los Angeles cocktail party ~ for an incredible transformation, see how this 1926 Chinatown Theater has become a modern loft/gallery space.
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This designer collaboration surprised me a bit... Vera Wang for Serta mattresses. The "sweetheart" model has a hearts motif quilted on top... hmm.
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Fully customizable guitar cables! from Core One Creative ~ download the Bullet Cable pdf catalog to see the whole line
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I just added my entry to the CD Cover meme pool on Flickr. create an album cover from a random band name, album title, and photography. Sort of like Guitar Hero for graphics designer
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Elizabeth Garvey illustrations! So cute and colorful and quirky!
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Designed by Satina Turner for Umbra.
Solid wood coffee table with slots in the surface for magazines.
39 x 19 x 13" (99 x 48 x 33 cm)
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Inspiring photography from Emily Nathan makes you want to pack your bags, grab a camera and travel the world.
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Garmin's nuvifone recently showed up on my radar screen. Web-browser, GPS device, camera, phone, movie player, music player and probably a lot more features - all in a slick looking package. Much want.
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delight your guests at your next dinner party with these clever Charles & Marie PopMats - placemats with cute little placecards built right in!
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Hydra Pier in Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands.
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Manfrotto's modopocket tiny tripod looks nearly too good to be true ~ fold flat, can be left on your camera, tilted in various angles, you can still mount it to a proper tripod while on... i want?
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FEATUREDCARGO's blu_ray collection ~ does this mean that blu_ray has definitely beat HD DVD? Has the beauty industry stepped in and picked sides? Makeup ready for your high-definition moments.
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FEATUREDLobster Chair! Designed by Lund & Paarmann for the Verikon Furniture. Loving the woody exoskeleton with cozy plush leather interior to curl up in.
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The first in a series of shows conceived by CITIZEN:Citizen to explore how we value the objects in our life. Design is everywhere but what does it mean to us.
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Gehry's Santa Monica Place is getting a remodel! I grew up wandering this one for the last quarter century, and i can't wait for the new more inviting, open, high end space in the works.
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How many employees does Google have?...just about 16,805 full-time employees worldwide as of December 31, 2007. Wow.
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have a helping of design with your breakfast every morning with this sleek toaster from italian architect gae aulenti.
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Josh Spear's interview with tokidoki - covers everything from "Japanism" to tokidoki's upcoming collabs and new projects - including another exclusive line of bags and shoes - yum!
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I was waiting for the Raf Simons collaboration with Eastpack to be released and its finally here. Interesting shapes and nice colors - definitely a backpack I will get for the summer!
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The Rainbowmonkey. Very nice portfolio site of Markus Hofko.
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Peruvian Pavilion for the Expo Shanghai 2010. (Thesis project)
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Can Sayinli & Jørgen Evil Ekvoll silk rugs are amazing. This is their 'drug' rug, but take a look at the sex rug, the rock and roll rug and the war rug --which sold at Art Basel Miami for $60, 000. USD
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A nice concrete library in Medellín, Colombia. Three volumes articulated by a curve building serve as public space to the community, while connecting separate neighborhoods of the city. By Giancarlo Mazzanti.
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I find Thorunn Arnadottir's clock design very interesting. The mechanism slowly ticks the beads every 5 minutes, with a red bead for every hour and a gold one for noon/midnight
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Wirething ~ with steel and copper wires, these aren't your average guitar picks. Get a twinkling tone without the noise or clicking associated with metal picks, whether you play on classic nylon of steel strings
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Us Design Studio's I Do Not Exist Workshop ~ to give kids a basic introduction to design and its importance. "My name is fridge. I do not exist. I was never designed."
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Hazel and Clover by rachel denny makes me wonder if recycling include creating bunnies out of pink and blue angora wool.
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Death of Polaroid film now official. Start stocking up!
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I can't help to think about the awesome Louis Vuitton suitcases from Darjeeling Limited when I see Alstermo Bruks suitcases. Anyhow, nice classic looking suitcases suited for any safari or around the world trip!
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I don't know much about big ships, but I do know a cool ship when I see one. The Ulstein X-Bow looks like it can take anything the sea can throw at it and its massive winch can pull 400 tons!
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Loaded with PacMan, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Space Invaders, Frogger and 44 other pre-installed timeless games, the 80's Gaming Table is a modern take on an old classic.
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Sprout is designed to provide a supplementary source of vegetables to remote communities utilizing aeroponic technology. The enclosure of the device is constructed an innovative joint system that minimizes construction time, cost and complexity.
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This spinning dot-matrix printer sprays inkjet messages on ping pong balls. Did I happen to mention that they're used as ammunition for a giant ping pong ball firing robot?
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Architecture playing cards. Images of many top 20th century architecture designs . Pre-Modernism, Modernism, Post-Modernism and De-Structuralism are the four strong suits included in the pack. Go Fish!
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FEATUREDMiracle Fruit aka MAGIC BERRIES! Review... i got my hands on some of these magical red berries that turn anything sour/bitter that you eat... SWEET! It's quite a bizarre experience, see the close up pictures.
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Unfinished and Unpublished is a collection of monochromatic notebooks hoping to inspire + engage. Recommended for writing, daydreaming, drawing, sketching, doodling....anyone got a pen?
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Fat pig chocolate.Conceived, designed and manufactured by creative entrepreneurs The Brooklyn Brothers New York.
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Yay! Sandisk has the SD/USB cards in 8gig form now! with MSRP only at 99$ ~ available in march
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Trembled Blossoms: Prada & James Jean Animated Movie. Music by Cocorosie
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rebaba is a Barcelona based small company who designs and produce badges in a different way.
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Cloud City, an uplifting experience.
A submittal to the 'What if New York...' competition by New York-based firm Studio Lindfors.
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Project COMMUNITY SOFA is just about game, playing. Sofa makes community of people closer to each other.
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Audrey Kawasaki is having her solo show "Mayoi Michi" at Copro Nason in santa monica.... opening is saturday! Who's going to meet me there?
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The Cape Schank House in Victoria, AU, has an internal water tank that cools the ambient air temperature of the living room during summer, supplies rain water to the house and garden, and structurally carries the roof load.
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FEATUREDOn fun goodies Oscar Nominees are getting... Motorola went all out one some personalized packaging for the ROKR E8 for them!
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You're running out of time on Valentine's day for ordering... for gorgeous playthings and lingerie here's a Myla code for 25% off until the 14th... UDVAL08
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The Toilet Signs project show us that the art can be anywhere. Every sign that I see I register to share with you but if you want to participate and share with us, feels like your own bathroom.
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“Corian® loves Missoni”
Iconic design material meets world-class master in colour and style
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Really spectacular ads from 1861 united for Freddy and the Italian Olympic team.
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a poor decider myself, i loved this article on restaurant indecision. and love the work of adrian tomine!
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Bunny "the book of random" comic.... just loving the imagery on today's... is that an octopus in a top hat with scissors under the sea?
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Ripple Chaise designed by Jitrin Jintaprecha over at ford brady (click products/chaise) ~ i can't take my eyes off of it... absolutely perfect for a courtyard corner.
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I have had a recent fascination with bubble rings this week ~ and these videos, stills, explanations are great... as well as some innovative machines that make them! (but humans and dolphins can make them too)
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Citroën C-Cactus is a diesel/electric hybrid car that is made up of 40% less parts than a car of similar size. Most of the parts are made of recycled material.
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Great belgian architect and interior designer, 'in between' design & architecture, with nice pics from Wideshot.
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FEATUREDA studio and library for Andrew Berman, a writer on Long Island.
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[H2O]3, or Water Cube, National Auqatics Center in Beijing, China.
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Awesome green roof art school at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
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The new USB Illuminative Sheep Lamp from Mimoco.
I can't wait to have him on my desk at work.
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New showcase of creative retouching, featuring images from the forthcoming book, Project:Iceland by Charlie Strand
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Meydan Umrayine Retail Complex & Multiplex, a topographic mall in Turkey by FOA. An innovative non-box mall model.
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Manfrotto's Modosteady ~ a nice hand held steadicam of sorts that is a simply designed, ergonomic system for lightweight camcorders. Check out the video
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Black Slabbath the latest typeface by Stefan Kjartansson is ultra-heavy and featured on YouWorkForThem.
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Axe doing what they do best... cheekily showing how women can't resist a man with axe. And apparently Hillary was no exception ~ they ran ads with her wearing Obama and McCain buttons on Super Tuesday.
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Nice graphic profile by Scandinavian Design Group for Norwegian Food Garage. I really like their doggy bag.
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Normann Copenhagen's 'Grass' is designed for the ordinary flowers we often overlook in our daily lives. All the vases are handmade, and have their own unique character.
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Today all Sami people celebrate their national day so why not show off some Sami fashion and handicrafts.
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Oval Vodka. According to the company is the very first "Structured" vodka, where the normally separate elements of water and alcohol have been fused into a single body...
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“1-click award” is a competition awarding interactive works using mouse actions, organized by Japanese recruiting company Recruit.
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Elvis license plate now available to Tennessee drivers. Almost 3 years in the making and supports the Elvis Presley memorial Trauma Center. Rare signed artist proof of this license on eBay.
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Another simple and creative action using bags. The Dentsu, Beijing, China developed this policy for Greenpeace to promote human consciousness and that the ill-treatment to the animals and ultimately we can "give us your hands" and live in harmony with them!
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Tired of taking your hookahs to parties. Now you can make one on the spot with the Hobo Hookah.
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Cool wooden bed designed by a swiss architect. The Elements of this bed can be joined together without any tools. Very nice...
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the spice gun -- a handy device which would allow you to gun down your food in cold-blooded flavor
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FEATUREDForm Us With Love has designed the "Shogun" ~ a terry robe for the men; to help them feel part playboy, part samurai, part sunday lounge ready... all in a chic black.
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Fun underwater photography by Martin Strmiska. This is a pregnant pigmy sea horse at Bunaken island.
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FEATUREDThe illustrations on Prada's SS08 bags... and campaign backgrounds... and this incredible 17 x 200 foot wallpaper tell some crazy mythical story of dragons, faeries, and more.
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FEATUREDUpdated! Cynthia scanned and emailed over some pics of the interior of those mysterious Louis Vuitton City Guides!
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Future Me ~ a website and a book,... you can write Future You an email that will be emailed to you in the future.
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Forget up, down, and sideways. Florian Kräutli's Magnetic Curtain forms a plethora of abstract shapes depending on what kind of light you want to let through.
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From nytimes' vday guide... N.V. Perricone's Synergy. According to Sephora's site, it's a "neuropeptide, antiaging, aromatic pheromone." Anybody wanna try it and tell us if it really works? Cool bottle..
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These are condoms, on illuminated rods... 30 of these greet you at the entrance of the Museum of Sex's 'Sex in Design/Design in Sex' exhibition designed by Pentagram... all our favorite toys are there!
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Sterling silver ring with built-in microphone that works! From AnalogueAesthetics.
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The perfect somethin' somethin' for your valentine. Hybrid-Home Limited Edition Print Anatomical Green by Dora Drimalas!
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