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| Rendezvous At The Meeting Point Posted: 30 Apr 2009 04:00 AM PDT Clandestine meeting points are a thing of the past. As we get progressive our mindsets have changed and the secret romantic rendezvous points are being replaced with public installations like this Meeting Point! Quite a spectacular sight actually! You can arrange to meet your beloved on a particular hour of the dial and then maybe walk around to the 12 o'clock spot where a solar powered touchscreen kiosk awaits you. The system dispenses relevant city details like maps, addresses and other touristy stuff. Wanna catch a movie? No probs, pull the info straight from here. The solar panel of the Meeting Point powers the central clock as well as the glorious night lights. Mesmerizing! Designer: Serdar Sişman        |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2009 03:35 AM PDT Respiratory disorders are on a rise and air pollution just doesn't seem to be getting contained. Be it a metropolitan city or a comfy suburb, the quality of air is on the downslide. If you're a worried parent like me and can't seem to get over that persistent cough that is hounding your child, it's best to be sure and eliminate poor air quality in the house from the list of allergens. Something like the Breathing Bud is a surefire way of analyzing how good the air quality at home is. Designed like a pleasant bud, the device features vents at the base that take in the air for analyzing. A beaming blue bud indicates that the air in the room is of good quality, however a pink light indicates that some pronto action is required. Breathing Bud sources power from your comp via USB and transfers all data to it as well. You can utilize the relevant data to compare it with the standards that are easily available off the net. Another use that I can think of for this device is a nightlight! Now that sounds pretty. Designers: Xinxin Wang & Zhi Chai     |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2009 03:12 AM PDT Everyone who knows me knows that I'm on the lookout for a new mobile phone. Now before you try convincing me about the Apple Pie, I've decided to humor one of my designer pals (perks of being at YD) to come up with something special for me. He's kitsch-ed up this awesome looking piece which he calls the MID. It's a mobile internet device specially designed for internet browsing from anywhere. Ah the blogger in me is impressed! Besides this special quality, he's also thrown is a couple of cool features. For instance the 47 buttons QWERTY keyboard looks divine and its configuration is quite customizable. The compact size of 180×80x20mm is neat and allows it to host an ultra wide LCD touchscreen. The phone even boasts of OLED technology. The trackball makes navigation even simpler however the 7 completely configurable action buttons (accessible when phone is closed and opened) adds awesome goodness to the package. Two USB slots, microphone and audio input, SD card reader, stereo speakers, docking connector and sexy sliding good looks are the other proposed features. I know some of you must be thinking it's easy to conjure up specks on a concept design, but tell me honestly, if something like this were to come alive wouldn't you pick it up? Designer: Jan Rytir     |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2009 12:01 AM PDT This is a stove and a seat. Sit on it, or flip it on its side and cook something nice. This “Relax” duo-purpose leisure machine is designed by a Youngsuk and a Yoonsang - Yoonsang Kim is the designer behind the extremely popular Holeder Earphones. J-shaped earbuds and stove-seats, both designed for tiny-stepping the human race further and further down the joy road. Not much simpler than this: stove in the middle, folding chair around it. The stove doesn’t get hot enough to burn your bum, and the folding element allows for easy carrying. And isn’t it cute? Designers: Youngsuk Kim & Yoonsang Kim     |
| Stereovision for Real 3D Funiture! Posted: 30 Apr 2009 12:00 AM PDT Wait a second… isn’t that already 3D? Behold the devastating addition of 4 legs to an already-4-legged-table. Brutality! Redundancy! So many extra legs! And what’s the deal with this red and blue here? It’s a “Stereovision Table,” and it’s made for those with a sense of irony in technology. But is it the same sort of deal as using a rotary phone? Or is it just silly? My mother and father had a rotary phone my whole life. My mother got it for cheap through a deal with a person at her workplace (she worked at the telephone company, imagine that.) It was always a little bit of extra work waiting for the wheel to turn for each number, but there it was, an enjoyable trip back to a more vintage time. Here we have some wild optics tricks that span back centuries. The red and blue is a reference to the 3D glasses technology that’s lasted for years and years. Now it’s done! (Did you go see the movie BOLT in 3D? They used some other crazy glasses for it.) So where’s that leave us? With this dastardly 3D table, just chortling at us. Designer: John Nouanesing     |
| MacBook Touch? Maybe, Just Maybe… Posted: 29 Apr 2009 08:46 AM PDT Designer Tommaso Gecchelin isn’t oblivious to all the rumors surrounding a netbook or tablet-like PC made by our favorite fruit manufacturer. We try not to indulge in rumors here at YD but sometimes they do provide fuel for inspiration, such is the case with this MacBook Touch. Gecchelin reasons if Apple were to go small, flexibility may be more important than hard rigidness - a trend current Apple laptops buck because they’re in favor of unibody construction. Flexible OLED technology may be the key because it can provide the rich color and resolution density needed for a smaller screen without being a power hog and resists damage by its malleable nature. The thinnest screens now are barely 8mm thick and can fold like a piece of paper. The core of this concept is a technology he calls iSpine. Like the spine of a book, the tech avoid excessive compression on the screen, yet allows the laptop to sit in multiple viewing positions. Go from a normal laptop with screen and touchscreen board - to a large widescreen canvas for drawing, presentation or movie watching. To keep everything minimal, ports like power, the mini display, and additional USB are externalized on a “Magic Dock” to keep most of the laptop slim and clean of an array of holes and plugs. Designer: Tommaso Gecchelin     |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2009 08:31 AM PDT Years of writing and drawing have left a small hard callus right on the first knuckle joint of my middle finger. I can’t help it. I’m just heavy handed. It irks me enough that I partake in manicures and paraffin waxes just to soften it. Emma is a little accessory that protects your hand and secures the pencil into an ergonomic position. Wish I had this! Emma is designed to make your fingers feel comfortable by improving blood circulation, preventing ulcers and reducing hand fatigue as much as possible during periods of consecutive writing. It also helps with new writers as it ergonomically instructs how to properly hold a writing tool. The elderly can also benefit, allowing them to write for longer periods more comfortably. To ensure softness the product is made from high grade silicone and in a variety of colors, one for almost everyday of the week! Sky blue: Monday Yellow: Tuesday Pink: Wednesday Light Green: Thursday Black: Friday Designer: Gyu-Ryung Park     |
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