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Posted: 15 Apr 2009 12:20 AM PDT

So you’re in the workout palace. The palace of working out. For bunz of steel. And you want to fill up your water bottle or thermos or, to use the brand-name-associative-name, Nalgene Bottle. You go over to the fountain and CRAP you can’t fill it up all the way because it’s one of those crappy-type fountains. Wait! No it isn’t! It’s some sort of orange-and-black miracle! It’s the “Aquatio” by Byron Lee! Why, this was built for bottles!

So you walk up to the fountain, and by some sort of well-designed intuitive-magic, you instantly understand how it works. First, you adjust the height of the fountain, making room for your bottle. You set your bottle down. You turn the fountain to FREEZING cold. You press the on/off button. You drink the water.

YOU GET A TOTAL BRAIN FREEZE BECAUSE THE WATER IS WAAAY TOO COLD, WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE YOU THINKING?!

Designer: Byron Lee

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Maps, Charts, More Maps, and a Rolling Stone

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 12:15 AM PDT

Info graphics and charts and maps and maps and maps! So many info graphics, I can barely contain myself. This project is a book called “Never Stop A Rolling Stone” and it’s big motivation to get up in dem’ hills and backpack the crap outta them. It’s the result of six months of world travel and a crapload of creativity on the part of Deutschlander and designer Rahel Ritchie. From front cover to back, an adventure at your fingertips.

As I just mentioned, though it’s worth another mention: this project is the culmination of six months of traveling around the world doing research - all for just this project specifically. Backpacking around the world to bring to you a mix of “anthropological based writing, stories, interviews and info graphics covering world issues.”

Here’s a bit of text from the designer, Rahel Ritchie

»Never Stop A Rolling Stone« is an interactive mapping experience. The book is based on an invisible world map; with the transparent cover the reader can track down places marked on the pages with a compass rose. The reader is invited to find the missing photos on a seperate picture-map and fill the placeholders of the book. Experiments with geometrical shapes visualise my thoughts and the quotes of the Swiss Travelwriter Nicolas Bouvier. The removable posters at the back of the book hold the information graphics and give the book a learning curve.

Want. I want it. I want it now.

So what you, the reader, the investor, the people who know the top people at book publishing places need to do - is get going on getting this book published.

Rahel Ritchie is waiting on you to make this lovely project happen!

Designer: Rahel Ritchie

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Out With the Old, in With the Shoe Rack

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 12:05 AM PDT

The shoe rack! The shoe rack forever! Have you got shoes? If you’re a person like me, you’ve got shoes, and not only that, you’ve got a ton of shoes. You might be a kick-miser, a pack-rat, or just a Confessions-of-a-Shopaholic; you’ve got shoes. You’ve got shoes, and they need a new rack. Not that kind of rack. This kind: the “Nest Shoe Rack.” Stainless Steel, wavy, and it’s got what shoes crave. Stick your shoes right in this ever-so-slightly-clever-enough shoe rack as soon as possible.

So. It’s metal. And. Bear with me here. It’s wavy.

Yes.

And as you can see, it holds your shoes.

Tadaah!

P.s. there’s a floor-mounted version and a wall-mounted version. I’m not completely certain that it wont bend your toes, or give you toe-dents, but I’d be willing to bet it wont do any damage in the short-term. This is the nicest display rack I’ve seen in recent times since it shows the side of the shoes, aka, the side you’d see if they were being worn, aka, the best side. Warning on this: watch out for those who might tackle the shoe rack. Lots of shoe-shooting disasters are afoot.

Designer: J-Me Design [ Buy It Here ]

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No Green in Los Angeles

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 12:04 AM PDT

Not for long, anyway; not at this rate. According to the design group in charge of this project, 60% of urban water consumption goes toward landscaping. Quite simply, this is because of what’s called “traditional lawns,” aka, lush green grass that doesn’t naturally grow well in untended-by-humans California. The alternative is “California native gardens,” those which are easy to tend to, cheaper than the alternatives, and don’t suck up the H20 supplies at anywhere near the current rate. Here’s the campaign to save LA.

See below for images of this campaign. It delivers quick, easy info on what’s going on, what the alternatives are, and how to make the goodness happen. As it turns out, saving Los Angeles from itself is really quite colorful!

Build Awareness: Educate the public on the LA water supply.

Present Alternatives: What people can use instead of “traditional lawns” in their yard, aka switch to a drought-resistant California lawn.

Provide Resources: Tell em how to do it.

The CalArts Design Team working on this project is as follows:
Eileen Hsu, PMFA Graphic Design
Pouya Jahanshahi, PMFA Graphic Design
Manuel Garcia, BFA 4 Graphic Design
Masato Nakada, MFA 1 Graphic Design
Michelle Park, BFA 4 Graphic Design
Maece Seirafi, MFA 1 Graphic Design

Designer: CalArts Design Team (see post for list)

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Who Knew the Swiss Army Made Stoves?

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 12:01 AM PDT

They DON’T. But designer Ryan Cavenagh would like to imagine what it would look like if they did. Here, in a project he’s done his sophomore year, Cavenagh presents a small backpacking stove that runs on denatured alcohol. Swanky? Is it nice enough? Does it look legit enough? Rumor has it that the Swiss are pretty hard on their product approval. Would this make the cut?

Get it? Cut. Like a Swiss Army Knife. Knives cut things. Get it? It’s what we call a joke. A totally good one. Probably the best joke of all time.

Also the stove is aluminum, and it’s pretty tiny. Take a peek at the rest of the pictures below for more details, and tell some judgement. Some SWISS judgement.

Designer: Ryan Cavenagh

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Chummy Fire Pit Hot Pot Experience

Posted: 14 Apr 2009 03:06 PM PDT

Look at that lady! She’s having a totally amazing experience! She’s using the “Firo;” cooking in an open, blazing fire. It’s a tube. It’s a tube with a drawer in it. The drawer holds several ceramic pots. Each of these pots is hung in a way that makes sure they are always upright. Stick that whole thing in the fire, and once it’s hot, pull it out, open the drawer, and take the pots out. Each of the pots has it’s own insulated container to keep it warm. Presto! A nice hot meal n stuff!

Oh and don’t forget the all-important handle of the pot which both acts as a handle to transport the pot from the drawer to the table, and detatches to become a fork and a spoon! So very nice of them yes? Hot, hot, hot?! Too hot! Wait, designed in Deutschland? Just hot enough.

The designer of the “Firo,” Andrea Nimtschke, is looking for a producer to light this bad boy up. Invest in fire!

Designer: Andrea Nimtschke