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| Posted: 28 Aug 2008 02:58 AM CDT Imagine being blind for a minute, and you have to go to the store to pick up a few things. You have everything in your basket ready to be checked out and since you have no cash in your pocket, you whip out the old trustworthy debit card. However, since debit/credit card machines have pretty much gone all digital, you will have to trust the clerk to help you with entering your private information. Yeah, pretty scary huh? Kyle Lechtenberg, an Industrial Design grad from Auburn University - WAR EAGLE! - placed himself in the shoes of the visually impaired and has created the Visual Assistance Card. The card lays on top of the debit/credit card reader and through the use of Braille imprinted on the card, the user is able to keep their personal information private thus increasing their independence while shopping in any store. The Visual Assistance Card is light weight and can be easily stored out of the way until future use. Definitely designed for usability - a must in today’s world. Designer: Kyle Lechtenberg        |
| Posted: 28 Aug 2008 02:20 AM CDT How about some custom made pants in your choice of color and wood, with some nice chrome legs, or chrome balls – casters my friends? Pants by Melia Design UK, creators of the orgasm table, is a funky, retro, underwear shaped coffee table sure to bring out the oohs and ahhs from anyone who sees it. Pants comes in with 14 coats of high quality 2-pack polyurethane lacquer finish, which is sanded down then buffed and polished to produce a glassy sheen. The Pants come in 3 sizes – standard, large and extra large. Designer: Melia Design UK        |
| Design Not Just Products; Design Behavior! Posted: 27 Aug 2008 04:28 PM CDT The Experience Recorder: here lies not only the possibility of near-perfect microblogging, but also a new meaning to the journalistic ideal of Total Coverage. The experience recorder fits on the hand and records not only photos, but sounds, movement, video, and temperature. Here you can experience the whole objective reality of a person’s experience! And, most important, it comes in a totally hot Fresh Prince color scheme! The Experience Recorder’s designer Valeria Fuso chooses to don this product with the quote “Non si progettano prodotti, bensi comportamenti”, as spoken by the man called Godfather of Italian Design, Achille Castiglioni.* *This quote translates roughly into “Design not just products; design behavior.” For those who love Industrial Design, please investigate Achille Castiglion; if you already know who he is, well done! This Experience Recorder has a movement sensor, audio recorder, still-image camera, video camera, thermometer, and wireless computer connection. The Experience Recorder can record on auto mode, deciding on its own which information to collect, or on manual mode. While in manual mode, the user must activate the Experience Recorder through sensors in the fingers of the glove. For instance, if the user of the Experience Recorder is in manual mode and wishes to record video, they make their fingers into an O shape, and look through the newly formed finger-viewfinder to see what will be recorded (see pictures below to see what I mean). I cannot help but fear such a Small Brother of a device, but the thought of “experiencing” events and places I might never get to experience otherwise- well, that’s awesome. Designer: Valeria Fuso        |
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