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Posted: 27 Apr 2009 12:47 AM PDT

Yanko Design wants to give you an iPod Touch. All you’ve got to do is answer a few questions and you’ll be entered in the draw. It’ll take a few minutes and the odds are better than the lottery! Open internationally except where prohibited by law. Hit the jump to get started!

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Save Water, Every Drop Of It

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 12:44 AM PDT

We jabber quite a bit about conservation and how we need to respect the environment, but the number of people who actually go out of the way to practice what they preach is very limited. If you are the preachy sort who kinda wants to crossover to the action group, then you need to check this Every Drop Counts Water Meter. This is a device that will meter your water usage plus detect running, dripping & leaky pipes, without drying up your pockets!

The meter clamps onto the pipe and does not interfere with the water-flow system. Easy and cost effective installation coupled with inexpensive (low cost per unit) components, makes the meter a viable device. The system automatically relays all the relevant data to the detachable display. Info displayed includes how much water you use and where are you using it, and the tap water temperature.

This is what the designer has to say about Every Drop Counts:

"Imagine all European cities cutting their water consumption down by 20 percent within a few years. The Every Drop Counts meter is aiming for just that. Based on cost allocation technology that has proven to save between 20 and 30 percent of heating consumption where applied, combined with a known method for detecting water leakages this new concept for water metering has a host of advantages over traditional water meters."

Designer: Ulrik Svenningsen

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Future of Personal Mobile Communication Lies In Your Imagination

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 12:40 AM PDT

UPDATE: 7 Weeks Left!

Self-help is the best help, the sooner you imbibe this rule in your life, the faster you will find success. I'm not trying to be preachy here, but this is a fact that most biggies in the industry live by.

If you want to own the best possible mobile phone in this world, my dear friend you're gonna have to design it yourself, because you know what's best for you. We live for the future and this is the theme for LG's Design the Future Competition as well. Partnering with crowdSPRING and Autodesk®, LG is accepting applications from eligible candidates who have the power of transforming their creative thoughts and imaginations effectively to design. It's a chance to do something for yourself that others can benefit from as well.

To help in this adventure, participating designers will get a free 15-day trial pack of the Autodesk SketchBook Pro software to showcase their talent. Of course, the rewards are plenty! The First Place takes home $20,000 Cash Award; the Second Place: $10,000 Cash Award; Third Place: $5,000 Cash Award; 40 Honorable Mentions: $1,000 Cash Award + 1 LG U.S. Phone (A.R.V. of $300).

Regulations require participants to be a U.S. resident, 18-years and above, and the entries need to be submitted before June 7, 2009 @ 11:59 p.m. (midnight) PST. Owning an LG phone or purchasing a new one won't win you any favors, so designers don't bother, just let your creative juices flow….

Official rules can be found at www.crowdspring.com/LG.
Winners will be announced on July 7, 2009 at www.crowdspring.com/LG/winners.

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Sunshine On A Rainy Day Means Loads Of Energy

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 12:08 AM PDT

2020 is really not that far away, but are we prepared to experiment with what Philips has conjured up for our housing options of the future? They are proposing that we harness the energies of the elements to sustain our living quarters by entrapping the renewable resources on-site, using some membrane-type of contraption! Shifting the focus from eco-friendly building materials, Off the Grid Sustainable Habitat 2020 will do-away with "inert outer surfaces" that merely protect out exteriors by making them intelligent.

Apparently the exteriors will feature functional and responsive ’skins’ that react to the ever changing environment. The exteriors are thus built that they can capture the rainwater (recycled for domestic use and filtered for drinking), trap the sunlight (for electricity and solar power), harness the winds (for air cooling) and channelize daylight (for illumination).

The proposal sounds interesting, but the only area its gets too far fetched, is when Philips suggests, that the ‘intelligent membrane’ of the exterior could mean that the building would no longer need to be connected to traditional energy and water supply systems.

I don't see this happening anytime soon, at least not in 2020.

Designer: Philips Design

Sustainable Air

Sustainable Water

Sustainable Light

Sustainable Waste

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Fashion Glossy, Frills and Dinner Jackets

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 12:00 AM PDT

Imagine using the three in context of cupboard, seating and lighting.
Crazy? Crazed? Wonky?
No!
Simply imaginative and creative!

Black Flower

This is a lamp whose flexible construction lets you place it on the floor or hang it from the ceiling. The leaves are made from polyester felt and copper thread and the Lampshade is plastic.

RE:cover Chair

Frock Coats, Dinner Jackets, Victorian Era?
Nothing is as dramatic as the fact that these chairs are recycled flea-market stuff; with 100% recyclable polyester felt furnishing. Prim and Proper!

Modus:cover Cupboard

Immortalizing the fashion glossy the day you build this cupboard. Fred, hat's off to you for this idea, and I'm sure Tyra will love you for this and maybe place an order for America's Next Top Model House as well. Basic premise is this: take the covers of the fashion magazines and paste it on the doors of the cupboard, which is then stained in black and varnished. A secret shelf inside the cupboard hides the original magazine. This particular piece features a PLAZA magazine on an Oak cupboard. The innards are left in a natural finish.

Those going to the Milan Fair, be sure to check all of these out. And report straight back to Me!

Designer: Fredrik Färg

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