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| Simple Means Bigtime! Sinus Radio. Posted: 03 Sep 2008 09:44 AM CDT The simplest of concepts, the biggest sound! Sinus Radio is nothing to sneeze at. To turn Sinus Radio on, switch the volume nob. To find a radio station you like, turn the middle nob. That’s it, that’s it, that’s all there is! What’s the big deal with Sinus Radio? Sinus Radio is only a few inches tall; the first image you see in this post is a strange giant-world vision created by the designer of the radio, Thomas Jenni. The innate beauty of Sinus Radio is in both it’s small size and its simplicity. And the million fun ways you could use it! You know what I would use Sinus Radio for? Sound Grenade. The only thing weak about Sinus Radio is the fact that it is, in fact, a radio; let’s hope a similar product comes out for file-music. An MP3 player with a built-in speaker in convenient hand held size? Fun. Designer: Thomas Jenni
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| Posted: 03 Sep 2008 06:57 AM CDT Frog Design is at it again, this time with an environmentally friendly LED based lightbulb. Although CFL’s are marketed to be widely superior than incandescents, the fact of the matter is they’re still made using very toxic chemicals. Mass acceptance has also been slower than anticipated but it’s obvious why - the cold bluish tint they cast and being non-dimmable. So what’s the alternative? LEDs. They’re getting cheaper to manufacturer. They use significantly less energy, require no harmful chemicals to produce and can be tuned to give off any hue in the visible color spectrum. The markets are already flooded with a handful of LED bulbs but they have failed to reach mass acceptance and Frog Design believes this is due to poor design. Their LED bulb looks like an incandescent. It works like one, uses the same aluminum socket and gives off the same warm color. The only difference is energy savings and a life span of 30+ years. In marketing these bulbs, is there even a need to educate the public about the advantages of LEDs? If you package your design to look like the defacto, then you may have a Trojan horse - ready to make the transition to LED bulbs invisible and a reality. Many LED bulbs on the market today are futuristic, modern, and require specially designed sockets. It’s no surprised you don’t see them in grandma’s vanity. I believe Frog Design may have hit the proverbial nail. Designer: Frog Design
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| Posted: 03 Sep 2008 06:39 AM CDT Snap & Look is a system for digital photography that doesn’t require a computer but still allows the user to enjoy all the advantages of digital photography. Consisting of a digital camera and a photo viewer docking station, it enables the user to take pictures, view, edit and save with two very sleek devices. Both the camera and picture viewer docking station are made of up two components tethered to each other by reinforced multicore cabling. Magnets helpfully keep them aligned. On the camera, the configuration offers a multitude of options; flipping the screen over protects the screen and lens when not in use. Saving, transferring, viewing and editing photos starts by docking the camera. A multitouch interface makes flipping thru your photos, organizing, and editing a snap. Designer: Johanna Schoemaker
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| Sweeping Your Junk Under the Table Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:16 AM CDT This table by Quentin Vaulot and Luiza Barroso attempts to visualize the creative process as it progresses from chaos to order. Designed for creative professionals to store materials, notes, and tools underneath, the top surface upsets our often too linear thinking. Esoteric design concepts aside, the utility of the table’s network of caging just begs to be filled with a trove of modern gadgets, if not the tangle of cords that go with them. Designer: Quentin Vaulot & Luiza Barroso
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| Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:32 PM CDT With the video wave in full ascent, the space-aware video-screen is right around the corner. Remember when internet video was unusable because of huge loading time, when the camera phone was on top of pickpocket’s to-pick list, when you could first watch video in the palm of your hand? Well check it out, soon the video screen will be the product, the device will be the program. As the designer, Andreas Myhrvold Braendhaugen, puts it: The pictures show a proposal for a modular display system consisting of square LCD screens. Being wireless and space-aware, the screens allow for intimate viewing of pictures and video, flexible sharing, and new gaming concepts. The concept points to a future where screens are no longer specific to certain devices and types of data, but can receive data from any source and change according to the viewer’s environment, body position, and resolution need. I say I want my screen to take photos, call people, be my tracking device incase I’m totally kidnapped, let me see through walls, turn into ice skates, and be my video game console. Actually, let’s scratch the ice skates thing, but I do still want to be able to see through walls. Designer: Andreas Myhrvold Braendhaugen
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| Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:17 PM CDT This design was inspired after Max Longin, mathematician and designer, had been sitting on a suspension bridge and noticed the nice, calming movement the bridge produced-a perfect sensation to fall asleep to. Float is held in place by four stainless steel cords that are connected to a frame of wooden rods and steel bows which can support a weight of up to 2645 lbs.The bed is available in ash, beech, cherry, elm, maple, oak or walnut woods. Easily assembled and dismantled thus allowing for easy transport to anywhere you need to go. Float is available at a starting price of $6200. The rocking movement of Float bed is sure to whisk you off to dreamland. Designer: Max Longin
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