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| The Pets of our Future Robot Overlords Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:00 AM CDT I know not everyone is a fan of our eventual submission to a robot army, but I know I’ll be psyched about all the cool robot versions of things we’ll see. Apocalypses aside, these adorable book stands that light up when the dog’s tail cord is pulled could just as fashionably fit a child’s playroom as a designer’s atelier. Designed by Charles Kalpakian, they are in fact his favorite objects out of his wide collection of really striking designs. For all the FLCL fans out there, are these not the spitting image of the terminal core or what? Designer: Charles Kalpakian
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| E-note, Don’t Call it a Digital Post-it Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:35 AM CDT From the minds at Sequoia Studio, E-note is a conceptual project that explores the future of Post-its (insert legal copyright here). E-note uses tactile and flexible electronic paper technology, powered by a solar captor. E-note can be stuck, and unstuck easily using special "Gecko" glue, inspired by biomimicry. It even has a visual alarm/organizing function, changing from 1 of 8 colors. I need this on my desk NOW! Watch video that explains it all. Designer: Sequoia Studio
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| Hot Jet-Ski Action with No Environmental Reaction Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:33 AM CDT I can ski above the water with an electrically charged motor? Sign me up! The Foiljet MR1 provides a speedy water motorcycle experience while supposedly causing minimal wake in the water and relatively no noise when in operation. Mermaids better keep their heads down for this one. Designers Matt De Bellefeuille and Robert Vandenham bring it to you straight: “An environmentally friendly recreational vehicle powered by a high torque 48 volt electric motor with benefits that include increased safety, efficiency and low noise. A unique and innovative vehicle which utilizes the latest in battery technology to provide unique thrills with no cost to the environment.” Check out the imagery and additional words below and tell me where the first race is because I want to be there with a big soda to watch the crashes. Designer: Matt De Bellefeuille & Robert Vandenham
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| Useful Tools in a Designer’s Arsenal Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:31 AM CDT As a practicing architect, one of the difficulties I face is the pearl that is the English system of measurement that persists in the United States construction industry. It makes international projects difficult to jump to. It means you need scale measuring tools that have lots of weird markings on it, and are useless abroad. And it makes adding on a calculator impossible. Lucky for us inchcalc comes to the rescue. It’s a special feet-inches-and 1/16th inch calculator application that transforms your iphone from generic phone supercomputer into the most awesome construction device ever. This is the must-have application for architects and cost estimators alike. Designer: inchCALC
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| Quick, Forward this to Jamie Oliver! Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:30 AM CDT We’ve all seen the food pyramid before. You know, that thing that hangs on the wall of the dentist we try to convince we’ve been brushing 3 times a day? Considering all the rhetoric out there on healthy eating it seems amazing that no one has thought of this before. The Pyramid lunch box by Li Jianye categorizes your lunch according to the food groups with the intention to guide the user to a healthier lifestyle through a balanced diet.Now once you’ve broken down and categorized your big mac into its constituent food groups you’ll be on the fast track to the runways of Paris. Designer: Li Jianye
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