Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Visual Editions

Multi Touch Light Table by Gerb

I am Impresed by this magnificent machine... The video speaks for itself.


Multi Touch Light Table: GERGWERK from GERG WERK on Vimeo.

Gregory Kaufman

Lladró Porcelain and their design/production process

It does worth the effort of watching the video, I am impress of the way these people do things...


Lladro - creatives talking from Yatzer on Vimeo.

Re;energy by Jin Sik Kim and Bo Sung Seo

"The bike collects usable energy generated by the pedaling in its front wheel to recharge electrical devices such a laptop, mp3, cell phone and more."


I am always looking for this bold forward ideas, to reuse energy efficiently, its a pity that we lose our energies pedaling without getting anything from it. Although I think that at the end, connect your equipment to a bicycle is simple not going that work that well... If you are on the bike, having a cable connected to the wheel just makes it easy to have an accident. And if you are like in the picture just chilling in the park you have to keep an eye on the bike + your electrical equipment + make sure that the bike doesn't move.


But the idea of reusing the energy is brilliant. I am sorry but I couldn't find a link to them :-(

Ecotality ev Charger by Frog Design

I've seen electrical charges before for cars, but this is in fact the best example I've ever seen, simple, functional, clean... and without the typical "green" slogan which I am bored of it... No green icons, or sentences, or color (although there is a Eco in the name...).  They have thought about it, and you can appreciate this fact just by looking to the final product. The video doesn't tell much that you couldn't guess by yourself but it's ok to get some interesting picks.

Frog Design

Brickbox by Antxon Salvador and Roger Zanni

It's not the first time that I post this kind of thing. I found very interesting the notion of furniture that can be used in other ways, in this case you can make a bookcase and once you move to another place you can carry all the books inside as regular boxes. Or you can configure if you need all the bookcase or if you want some boxes apart.



Brickbox
Roger Zanni

Silke Kinetic Chandelier by Sebastian Neitsch

I had an "experience" I can't describe while I was watching this video... the video is fantastic, and the lamp is also impressive, the idea of a lamp that focus on individuals and its able to interact is not so common. I've seen many art installations with this concept but not so many designed products.

Kinetic Chandelier "Silke" from Sebastian Neitsch on Vimeo.

Sebastian Neitsch

Although if I were him I would improve the interface of his web... because with such works its a pity the way his web it's done.

Hairstyles of the 20th Century

I found this by chance and I think its an interesting evolution. I don't like the drawings though.

Funnel Vase by Roger Arquer

Because watering your plants sometimes is so complicated... this is one the best ideas I came to see lately. And it's such a good design that it doesn't need explanations, talks for itself.

Also check his Mousetraps, I am not posting the pictures because I see traps as animal cruelty (no violent pictures on the link, don't worry), but they are bold.

Roger Arquer

Yksi Chair by Alexander Brink and Antti Pulli

A chair made from a single sheet of thick Cardboard, it can be stored and shipped flat. It has no separate parts or joins so its highly efficient, and it could be folded or unfolded in seconds. The most interesting part for me is the fact that is recyclable and the way the joints are made by slicing away strips of the outer layer and exposing the corrugated brown fiber within. The designers are still students from Aalto University in Finland. I don't know the price but I see these chairs as a really good deal, if I were their teacher they would have gotten an A+ 

Anttipulli

Twist and Lock by Harry Thaler

The whole concept is really simple, and you can do infinite things with it. The crates used in the pictures are special ones but you could translate this into regular crates in some similar way and also get funky results.

'twist & lock' by harry thaler is a system that allows the user to lock special crates together
in order to create different combinations according to the desired needs. users can apply
the system in different ways, for instance, as a book or wine shelf.

Harry Thaler

Double T Future and Double C Future by Ingo Maurer

Check out these OLED lamps done by Ingo Maurer with octagonal OLED's by osram
opto semiconductors. From a non expert point of view the advantage I see with OLED compared to LED technology is that the surface is completely flat and bigger in size so you don't need to buy as many pieces as you would need to buy with the LED technology. Although right know they don't produce as much light as with LED. Unless you are looking to light a small area, then LED is probably much better then.

My explanation is horrible... but hopefully you probably understand what I mean.

The lamp looks futuristic and simle, The design is interesting (as many other Ingo Maurer designs)

When Copyright Goes Bad

The debate is a hot spot since some years back... And there are some really unfair actions going on. So I am just dropping you this info:





Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Page by Jae Kim

As you can watch on the video below this is just a prototype (semi transparent e-ink) of a newspaper e-reader. The concept seems bold and clever to me.

And I am one of those that like to think that color e-ink is the future of print (or not printed really). Sorry for the ipad, which I love (Mac lover and happy user) but for reading e-ink is superior.

The video explains the idea perfectly.


THE PAGE_Adaptive Delivery Device from Scott Liao on Vimeo.







Cooperjay

Seasons by Nao Tamura

An inspiring idea... flexible plates that resemble natural leaves but made of silica sand. There is not much that I can add after looking the pictures. The pictures are self explanatory. You can use it like regular plates or deform them for different culinary presentations, you can even give a roll with the food inside and unroll it to eat the food. It Seems like fun.

Nao Tamura