The Design Crack Guide to Uncategorized
Hacking and Cracking the Leapfrog Tag Junior
Recently, my mother in law gave my son a tag junior from leapfrog. This toy is magic. You just set the device down on a leapfrog book, and it will read the text of the book or identify any of the images in the book. For instance, if you place the device over a picture [...]
Magnet Clock For Fridge!
Look this new magnetic clock concept for your fridge from DESIGNPLUS! You can organize your day before you make your breakfast!
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bullet jewelry
gold plated jewelry made with pearls, Amethyst and recycled bullets.
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Ribbon Coat Rack
Ribbon is a wall-mounted coat rack. Inspired by a ribbon blowing in the wind, it attempts to bridge the gap between function and art – it is a practical, everyday storage solution when in use, and sculptural wall art when free from coats. It is designed with the family in mind and can [...]
DESU Design: Symbol Coat Rack
During the coatless summer months the Symbol hangs as a purely aesthetic piece, as the hooks lay flat and belie their function. When needed, the hooks pull smoothly out to help you organize your stuff. Available in monochrome aluminum, or in white with vibrant anodized colors.
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hm58
hitch | mylius launches the hm58.series
hm58- a versatile chair for commercial and leisure use:
the preformed ply shell is upholstered in cmhr foams, with stacking skid or four-legged base
finished in polished chrome. The upholstery is available in a wide choice of fabrics and hides.
www.hitchmylius.co.uk/
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MetroShip – modern designed houseboat
48ft x 12ft modern houseboat by prefab designer, David Ballinger, features prefab thermal translucent walls and an open plan layout more in keeping with a Tribeca, NYC loft space instead of a boat.
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My LIfe Urn
The boundaries of our existence are fraught with danger, fear and concern. Therefore, we create rituals to help us deal with these uncertainties. Research has found that people, when reminded of their own inevitable death, feels that life has more meaning; a purpose; significance in the grand scheme of things.
“My Life Urn” is designed for [...]
Dutch Design in New york
Design events move to New York – Design.nl.
There will be a lot of design events over the next week or so in New York with the iCFF coming up. I went las year and it was a blast. But outside of the ICFF you’re going to need some things to do to keep you occupied. [...]
Housewares at 100% Norway 2008
The home accessories shown at 100% Norway are as impressive as the furniture. Let’s say that the overarching style is fluid simplicity. It’s not overly clever design like Dutch and Belgian design, and it’s not fussy and baroque which is a current trend. Instead the designs are an evolution on a well established Nordic tradition [...]
Designer Profile: Dripta Roy and Puur
Puur is a design Studio based in three locations: Austrialia, The Netherlands and Canada. Only in the twenty first century can you say something like this with a company that is only three people. Their work is charactreized by clean, curvilinear lines and expressive solutions for their design problems. My favorite of their pieces is [...]
Northern stair, connecting upper grassy area to grade.
Northern stair, connecting upper grassy area to grade.
Originally uploaded by Dana + LeRoy
Maki has always liked to articulate his exit stairs as sculptural elements. The sports complex can be seen in the background.
DISGUINCIO: Designer Profile
disguincio® produces design objects, with unconventional lines that adhere to criteria of wellbeing, sensations, and interpersonal relations.
It is inspired by art rather than interior design and is suitable for community areas such as airports, swimming pools, discos, hotels, wellness centres, gyms, and home cinemas, where often the impact of objects has not yet stirred sensations. [...]
Circumflex Accent Chair by Zoe Mowat
Zoe Mowat has come up with something I find quite special. Her Circumflex accent chair is a perfect triumvirate of steel, cast plastic, and walnut which creates something that is forward thinking and yet retains an old-world richness. Usually, when I see chairs like this they’re either too clumsy or look like a robot made [...]
ABC-Authentic Belgian Creativity : Tecnospace
TecnoSpace, as a leader in glass partitioning systems and drywallings, has set up a creative cell for the development of smart tools and accessories to upgrade your work and living environment. As well as a full grown commercial department, ‘BUZZISPACE.COM’ likes to be a think-tank for young creative minds and experienced business people. As free-lancedesigner [...]
ABC-Authentic Belgian Creativity : Jaga
Jaga brings design to the concept of heating. With innovative technologies that heat better, faster, cleaner, more healthily and environmental friendly, Jaga tends to break through the boundaries of traditional thinking. Childs Play can be seen as a proof. The Heatwave, a sculptured piece by the Dutch designer Joris Laarman, unites details of art with [...]
