Friday, August 1, 2008 - 2:31pm
Unlike your average foot stool which sits just out of range, insolently expecting you to move it so that you can put your feet up, the RoboStool will come to you. It's got three modes: remote control, a mode...
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Friday, August 1, 2008 - 12:16pm
Artist and engineer Lee Rowland see things a bit differently from you and me. Using sophisticated 3D milling processes and a variety of materials such as polished aluminum, clear polyester resin and a dash of aerospace engineering, he’s created...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 9:12pm
The futuristic architectural marvel that is Tokyo's Prada store may soon have competition in the form of a proposed flagship store for Louis Vuitton. Designed by UNStudio of Amsterdam, the building employs a multi-level leaf motif meant to be simple...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:58am
For those who are thinking it’s not worth it to have a dog because of all that poop you have to bag up and carry around, here’s your salvation. Each biodegradable Dog Poo Bag in the $30 pack of...
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 8:58am
Called "Sharewear" by creator Di Mainstone, this pair of dresses light the area around them in different ways depending on how they're linked up. Both costumes feature a floating, halo-on-a-stick-style lamp above the wearer's head, as well as a...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 10:04am
Atmos clocks have been running on thin air since 1928, but never have they looked like this. Now its storied maker, Jaeger-LeCoultre, has teamed up with famed Aussie designer Marc Newson to make this newest clock in the collection,...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 2:14pm
Visitors attending Santa Monica's GLOW festival found a stunning surprise in artist Shih Chieh Huang's Recycled Robots, simple sculptures made from odds and ends including plastic bags and bottles, computer fans, portable DVD players hooked up to screens, and...
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Monday, July 21, 2008 - 10:05am
Korean designers Sungchul Yang and Woonghee Han think we’re going to be living in waterworld some day soon, so that’s why they put together Aqua. It’s a design concept for a versatile little one-person runabout, equally at home skimming...
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 1:23pm
We’ve gotten so used to beer cans, why not put wine in pop-top cans, too? Swedish designers Jens Andersson and Jonas Forsman tried to make their recyclable wine cans slightly resemble a wine bottle, and now these prototypes are...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 12:38pm
We've seen some huge shower configurations before, but this must be the most enormous shower head in the world. Charade World by Italian designers Fornara & Maulini is the centerpiece of a crazy idea, turning a humble shower stall...
