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• Affair With Notefolio
• Embedded In Bed
• Beautifying The Han
• Expandable Transformable Table Deluxe!
• Eye See U Book
• Pilotless Airplane Control Station

Affair With Notefolio Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:33 AM PST Most of my friends get all awestruck and goofy when they lay their hands on the latest netbooks. For me it's always been an affair with notebooks and paper; a case of old habits dying hard, because I grew up using portfolios and paper books. Stationery essentials like the Notefolio are just my types. It's a gamut of things: a handy recycled clipboard cover with a note book inside, a folder with an envelope for business cards; plus a strong rubber band that holds it all together. Apt for an Executive Assistant like me! Designer: Poketo [ Buy it Here - $16 @ the Yanko Design Store ] Notefolio is available for $16 at the YD Store

Embedded In Bed Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:57 AM PST Satin sheets symbolizing luxury are getting geeky by the day! Imagine integrating a radio alarm clock within the Sheet! That's the Melted Clock for you: a haptic, touch sensitive alarm with speakers and controls all embedded within your sheet. The three control icons are embroidered on the sheet and relevant to the operating elements on the outside edge of the bed sheet. Use the two in combo to set your radio frequency, alarm time etc. Essentially, you just feel your way through this system; IN YOUR FACE! The clock segments are thin and hidden underneath the fabric. They consist of silicone and give the emboss feel via a slat of EPS (electroactive polymer, used for artificial muscles). When activated by electricity, the slat expands and lifts up the silicon segment; giving us the embossed numbers of the clock. Apparently you can even wash the sheet; the silicon segment and the EPS slat are fixed in a small case. The small cases are arranged on a platen. When you want to wash the sheet, you just remove the platen with the clock components. Did I mention that you need to be a pro at bed-making. Designer: Florian Schärfer

Beautifying The Han Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:12 AM PST River Han winds its way through Seoul and poses a pretty picture. I'm sure a stroll along its banks will be pleasant and refreshing, but designer Kyung Kuk Kim (he's a resident of Seoul) feels, Han can be beautified in a very inviting and eco-friendly way. He proposes the installation of Wind Lamps on the underbelly of the bridge, across the river. These vertical lamps are fitted with a specialized wind-harnessing generator that powers the LEDs within. Besides powering the in-built LEDS, the generators collectively have enough capacity to source and power other street lamps and essentials on the bridge. I must say, it's quite a neat idea that beautifies the city and doesn't burden the resources. Designer: Kyung Kuk Kim

Expandable Transformable Table Deluxe! Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:15 AM PST So you’ve got a tiny apartment (like me!) and every inch counts. Every time you think about getting a new bit of furniture, you’re is scuffed! There’s no more room! But you’d like a small table for day-to-day mail-placement needs, a desk for working, and a large table for guests! You need to energize the size of the space you’ve got already – you need basically what’s going on right here in transformer form: “Stella,” the table that just does so many different things! What designer Cecilia Olsson has done here is make this table not only expandable, but transformable. Have the need for a tiny table? Done. Need to work at a desk that’s just a little lower than the table? Check. Having a few guests over for fine-china dining? Got it. There are several parts to this design, the table and the inserts being all of them, basically. The entire thing is made of metal bars, a couple screws, painted oak, and laminate. Designer: Cecilia Olsson

Eye See U Book Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:10 AM PST It takes a weirdo or Prince to use the letter “U” as “you” correctly. You decide. What you’re looking at here also is a retro object that would have been useful way back in time when books were still printed on paper! Can you believe it!? This product, called “magnify,” assisted the user in finding the book they needed by providing a search, a map, then a lens through which the book can be quickly identified. Win! This quaint little thing was made before books came with dust-repellant covers. Really though, what a gem. First you get the ability to search without computer or Dewey Decimal, then you get an overhead birds-eye-view map, then you get a lens. Lens for what? Lens to point you not only in the right direction, but directly right at the book in question! How wormish! Designer: Ben Peterson

Pilotless Airplane Control Station Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:01 AM PST Someone must design everything. Everything I tell you! One of my favorite stickers of all time is one I saw at my alma mater design school: this sticker said “Someone Designed This.” T’was stuck on everything! T’would be stuck on this if it were appropriate – but it’s not! Know why? It’s a UAV control station for the government. Or rogue groups with UAV’s on their hands. UAV = Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. There’s no man in there and there’s no woman in there either. It’s robots. And this is the control station you control it with. You’d better watch the video to see the animation which makes this design at least 5x more awesome. Nice plugs, too. Designer: Amichai Rosolio

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