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I’m Feeling “Alright” Posted: 13 Nov 2008 09:54 AM CST Born of Japanese and Danish influences, Joseph Riehl’s Alright rocking chair looks like a comfortable addition to any room, fitting right in with that Ikea sofa you just can’t get rid of. While the low rise design may suit gamers more than most, the chair could rock anyone to sleep with the rubber mount that stretches and compresses in any direction. It’s a good thing the bent arcs give the joints extra strength, because I could see myself spending a lot of time in something like this. Designer: Joseph Riehl No Tags

Leaky Roof Brightens Your Day Posted: 13 Nov 2008 09:11 AM CST The art of lighting design is finding ways to articulate glaring light out over surfaces without inefficiently wasting too much of the lamp’s power. Daniel Becker accomplishes that in his “Melting Light” by hanging an LED packed ‘raindrop’ below a rippling plastic reflector. The brilliance of Daniel’s light is in the rippling shape; by spreading the otherwise harsh reflection out over three concentric circles, the glare and shadows are softened and become pleasing to the eye. Designer: Daniel Becker No Tags

Close the Blinds and Turn Your Love Light On Posted: 13 Nov 2008 04:16 AM CST You might not be a romantic at heart or even that great at planning a memorable dinner party. Regardless, it is well known that the ambience of your surroundings can make or break that memorable moment-Some nice mellow tunes, great friends and most importantly lighting. Unfortunately lighting requires electricity which means a high electricity bill. The result is a need for a change in our thinking and adopting a more economical way of using light for our environment. Imagine if you will, closing the blinds and immediately having the perfect lighting effect that you are trying to achieve. The Solar vertical lamp can give us that and so much more. With the blinds closed during the day blocking the rays of the hot sun, little solar pads are being charged on the back of the blinds and once the sun goes down, your mood lighting shines. The Solar Vertical Lamp is created by Korean designers Yoon-Hui Kim and Eun-Kyung Kim and available in a floor/table lamp or a stylish chandelier. Add one to each window in your home and at night, you have a beautifully lit home and a much lower electrical bill. Frugality and environmental friendliness at its best. Designer: Yoon-Hui Kim & Eun-Kyung Kim Eun Kyung Kim, Yoon Hui Kim

MacGyver Tries iPod Speakers Posted: 13 Nov 2008 02:09 AM CST With all the hot-to-trot conceptual design work out there, it takes quite a person to just sit back and kick out the jams on a speaker set like this. Presenting the iPod Ghetto Accessory. iPod with classic earbuds, two toothpicks, no girls, and four cups. What else could a person ask for? Designer Dmitry Zagga pokes fun at the concept of product design conceptualization: This is a fun project. Four single-serving paper cups, two tooth picks (for holding cups together) + iPod with classic earbuds. The increase in volume, of coarse, is radiculous, but hey, you get stylish iPod accessory out of nothing! Can we trust a person who totally just MacGyvers up a speaker system out of cups and toothpics? Yes. Yes we can. Designer: Dmitry Zagga Dmitry Zagga

Miami Dade College is a Super Building Posted: 13 Nov 2008 02:05 AM CST Located at Biscayne Boulevard and NE 5th Street in downtown Miami, the Campus Center for Miami Dade college looks like something out of OMA’s handbag.  It is urban density turned into a superbuilding, combining apartments, offices, educational facilities, and a lot of space for art exhibition.  But it is all Miami: the bravado somehow feels just what downtown Miami needs, and the design firm responsible, Oppenheim Architects , is located in Miami as well.  Oppenheim’s website says the project’s estimated completion is 2012, although we think this is an incredibly optimistic considering the project that has a lot of speculative residential and commercial development. Still, those dbox renderings really look sweet.  We hope it happens. Designer: Oppenheim Architects Oppenheim Architects

When You Scoopy Your Puppy Poopy, Shipoopi! Posted: 12 Nov 2008 11:37 PM CST If your town or city demands that it’s streets aren’t shi**y, you’ve got a lot of responsibility for your tiny puppy named Ittybitty. Ittybitty loves to make the poopy, and it’s your responsibility to scoopy the poopy. If you don’t like plastic bags that are freshly hot, pick up a Dogpot! A nice portable cleaner for your puppy’s poopies! Super-doopy! Young-Long Choi has a super-duper idea for your puppy poopy: When we clean the dog or other pet's excrement, If picking and throwaway are acted at a time, is it more prompt or convenient? For this aim, this product is applied a leverage. Only with a little effort, it can pick a target exactly, and pick once, it have the target slip through its package. This product is made by paper, so it is very useful in outside for its light and portable shape. Most of all, structure of dogpot have folding lines. So it will be flat when you have it in your pocket at outdoor. Got that? That’s some Engrish right there. YLC, you’ve got a cute little thing going on here! I love the poopy scoopy you’ve design-o-rama’d up here! Plastic bags be damned! These are much more recyclable and cute, and a lot less gross! Remember folks, when you’ve got poopy, choose DogPot! …Shipoopi! Designer: Young-Long Choi Young Long Choi

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