When design meets technology: Joey Roth was inspired to design the Ceramic Speakers by the harmonious contrast between electronic components and simple materials. Most speaker systems are made from injection-molded plastics or metals that look sleek and futuristic, but do not convey the warmth and human feeling of good music. Since speakers must give music …
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Vice e Nike si sono imbarcati in una speciale collaborazione per regalarti la guida definitiva a sei città europee, Milano inclusa, grazie ad una semplice applicazione per il tuo iPhone, True City. In due parole, si tratta di una guida aggiornata regolarmente dagli insider di Vice e Nike. True City permette agli utenti di avere …
When the American, Henry Kloss began, to make acoustic diffusers for his student colleagues in the 50’s, he didn’t know that his career would be as successful … In 2000, he created the brand Tivoli Audio with Tom deVesto, which became a benchmark, both for the music enthusiasts and the amateurs of design. A range …
Ever wonder where big ideas come from? If you’re a fan of LEGO bricks, eureka moments, or guys with odd mustaches, you really should see this. Great ideas just CL!CK. legoclick.com . This is a animation by Blue Source that recently teamed up with the crew at A52/Rock Paper Scissors made for Lego. They show …
N Building is a commercial structure located near Tachikawa station amidst a shopping district. Being a commercial building signs or billboards are typically attached to its facade which we feel undermines the structures’ identity. As a solution we thought to use a QR Code as the facade itself. By reading the QR Code with your …
Phaidon, publisher of the Wallpaper* City Guides, today announced the top 10 bestselling Wallpaper* City Guides to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Milan, Rome and Tokyo are now available on the iPhone App Store. The retail cost for one Wallpaper* City Guide is $3.99 but the Berlin edition is currently offered …
Consollection features a great gallery of video-console, from Pong to the Wii. A nice overview of original designs and packagings, also available as printed book.
Ommwriter is a humble attempt to recapture what technology has snatched away from us today: our capacity to concentrate. A simple text processor that firmly believes in making writing a pleasure once again, vindicating the close relationship between writer and paper. The more intimate the relation, the smoother the flow of inspiration. A great tool …
One lucky guy in the UK found himself on the receiving end of a very cool Nokia promotion, where he had to hack open a PC-controlled box, revealing a shiny new Nokia N900 inside.
Mobile Mobile is a Christmas installation at the Lost Boys international office in London. They used 50 old company cellphones to make this huge mobile. Each phone is controlled by a computer and has its own tone. When no one interacts with the sculpture, it plays “Carol of the Bells”. But you can also play with …
Google Chrome is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed. Click on the notice board in this funny video to see their other films. google.com/chrome
For the cost of a couple weeks worth of coffee, the wonder-mongers at Shidonni promise to turn your child’s most wild-ass drawings into one-of-a-kind plush toys. Check out the process after the jump.
Based on a window display he first presented in 2004, the japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has now restructured it using a japanese actress currently being presented at Maison Hermès, Japan. The installation will run from now until january 19th, 2010. “On designing a window-display of Maison Hermès, I intended to express people’s daily ‘movements’ with a suspicion of …