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| Touch Influences Your Korean Writing Skills Posted: 21 Apr 2009 01:48 AM PDT The linguist in you yearns, nay, craves to learn the Korean script? Worry not; here I present to you a calligraphy board that has succumbed to the charms of the touchscreen technology while it works wonders in the Korean Script. The brush you see in the gadget design is of course the input mouse and the board features an array of options that lets you write in this beautiful language. Too bad I'm still in the midst of perfecting my Chinese; else I would have given confusing Korean a shot! Designers: Soonkyu Jang, Chung Lee & Yonghuk Yim        |
| Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:22 AM PDT My recent 32-hour train journey across the length of India brought back memories of the times when I last traveled with my son on such a long journey. He was just six months old then and I remember having to sweet talk the Pantry Attendant to keeping the milk bottle in the fridge and later re-heating it on the stove for me. Times have changed and we no longer need to rely on such small mercies. Take this Baby Bottle Thermos for example; it's the apt design for a mother who is traveling with a baby. The 2-in-1 bottle features a temperature retentive case that keeps the contents warm. The semi-transparent finish, fine chrome detailed rim and see-through rubber lid on the top, complement the design perfectly. The innovation lies in fact that the bottle doubles up as a thermos; hence you can store and use the same bottle for feeding. Designer: Christopher Lavelanet     |
| Visualizing the Peanut Gallery Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:01 AM PDT Whom amongst you partakes in the art of search engine optimization and general internets traffic-directing? How’s your web-page doing? I’m sure a lot of you use such as Google Analytics or whatnot. But what if you want a giant bowl-clock with pretty amazing lights that help you visualize your traffic fate? It’s big and crazy and good. This “Emotional Statistics” device is hardware. It’s made specifically for an internet-shop. Flashing diodes show how “deep” visitors get into the site: if they reach the center, they’ve bought a product, and if they buy a product, it’s listed in the center. There are four possible sources that a visitor can come from, each tracked by a line of lights: Direct Access, Paid Search, Referral, or Organic Search. Each visitor is also identified by the color green (unknown, new visitor,) or white (known, returning visitor.) Enough? Designer: Frederik Podzuweit     |
| Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:00 AM PDT Given a chance, many of us would like to glam up our décor with some prêt interior lighting and classy furniture. However the likes of Dana Otto prefer to opt for subtlety and the de-glam route by fashioning a lineup of lamps out of recycled paper and wires. Needless to say the outcome is impressive as you can see with this Growth Series. The unpretentious trio can be placed whichever ways you like to project light on walls, ceilings or even the table. Custom Lighting at its best! Designer: Dana Otto Update: Dana Otto’s design came as a result of Pratt Institute’s second annual George Kovacs Lighting Competition.     |
| Posted: 20 Apr 2009 02:52 PM PDT Oh, Das Wine Boot, how I wish theoretical science did work perfectly in sync with real-world physics. The three minds at Kyouei Design contain at the very least thrice the creativity that my fake-German brain does - evident here in the wine-holding “Glass Tank.” Get the wine in that bubble and you’ll be booting your way to strange wineglass supremacy. An eye opener, to be sure… or maybe an eye closer? How much you drinking? As you can see below, it works perfectly. Drink more than your share of wine in one shot. I should suppose that red win looks best. Watch out for the bubble. Train for winefest. Train well. Big ups to DVice for the wine findery. Designer: Kyouei Design     |
| Future of Personal Mobile Communication Lies In Your Imagination Posted: 20 Apr 2009 11:17 AM PDT 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.     |
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