The Mood Chair, designed by UK-based Aether and Hemera, changes color depending on the response its sensors receive from the user as well as the environment. via home design
Category Archives: Industrial Design
Mik: 3D Wall Stickers
3D Wall stickers “Mik” are made to decorate home or office space. Sticky, glossy and unique made out of Plexiglass plastic. There are 5 different characters reflecting 5 different moods. Love, sex, power, sadness and guns. Designed by the Danish design company Optimistic Living and available at their online shop. via Industrial Design Served.
Vintage Collections
I think it’s time to start collecting old objects in series. I really love the way they look together. from Lost Found Art
Luxxbox Tingle
Plastic Bag Installation
This beautiful installation was part of a workshop at the Lund School of Architecture in Sweden taught by Theodore Sarantoglou Lalis, Dora Sweijd and David Erkan. The mission was “to build a geometry with a component.” The participating students, (Emilia Thurin Melin . Karin Backlund . Kim Öhrström . Alexander Carlén . David Ottosson . Emanuel Kjellberg . Filip Mayer . Johan Svartnäs . Petter Nilsson . Robert Janson), constructed the installation using plastic bags and colored lights. Very dramatic. More at Robert Janson’s site. via notcot
Drop Coat Rack
“Normally, you don’t want to hang your coat near anything that looks like wet paint, but here is the exception.” The Drop Coat Rack, designed by Julian Appelius, comes in seven colors and two sizes. Fun concept. Available here.
Character
Okay, how cool would it be to have one of these at home? Answer: very.
“Character saves fascia signs from demolition. We choose the most stylish letters and turn them into individual and unique design objects. We replace the old neon tubes with LEDs, add a transformer, install a power cord and give them a new life cycle.”
via Beautiful Life
Interaction Design: Studio Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde and his team of designers and engineers comprise Studio Roosegaarde. Together they create interactive artworks that instinctively respond to sound and movement, exploring the dynamic relation between space, people, and technology. Incredibly fascinating and at the same time very beautiful. From top to bottom:
FLOW is a smart wall composed of hundreds of ventilators that interact with passing visitors.
Sustainable Dance Floor (SDF) is an interactive floor which generates elecricity through the act of dancing.
LOTUS is a living wall composed of smart foils that fold open in response to human behavior.
DUNE is an interactive landscape that brightens according to the sounds and motion of passing visitors.
More information, photos, and videos on all of these projects are available here.
Reflect Light
Designed by Peter Simonik and Elena Bolcekova of allt studio, this lamp works with the light that the space offers without even being turned on. Then, once turned on, it flashes with an unexpected vividness from its semi-see-through orange facets. via designboom
Signs Rings
“The Signs Silver Collection was inspired by the frequent use email and mobile phone messages. People use different signs to communicate their moods…”
Chao & Eero Jewel is a Finnish company designing and producing high quality handmade jewelry. via designpumpa
Bamberg Flip Flops
Designed by Propella Design in Germany as a “wellness-to-go” product. Part of a marketing campaign for the Bamberg 2012 Garden Fair. Very fun if you like the feeling of grass between your toes… via Designspotter
Sweet Donation Bag
Sweet Donation Bag is a vessel for donated blood. Its outer casing has been designed to facilitate easy identification, and to soothe the mind of the donor. Designed by Jihye Lee. via Yanko Design
Slice
I spotted these Slice scissors last weekend at mxyplyzyk, here in New York. We are familiar with Karim Rashid’s green series for Slice, but hadn’t seen these. I love the clever logo, packaging, and brochure (by Manual Creative) as well.
Desktop Dumpsters
These cracked me up. Designed by Ryan Christensen of Steelplant and available at his site.
Innovative Gruba Handbags
Gruba handbags are made from ecoleather (recycled cow leather), with neoprene interiors in a range of colors. They hail from Argentina, but, surprisingly, can be purchased here.
Stack Chair
Perfect for the stacks of SAT and AP books in Em’s room that I’m not quite sure why we’re keeping. A semblance of order in the disorder. Stack Chair vinyl wall stickers are designed by Florian Kremb of AMPLIFIER and available here.
Growing Jewelry
Just spritz and trim like any other plant…
by Hafsteinn Juliusson, via spotcoolstuff.
Paula Pizani Jewelry
Looks like one of our Argentinean favorites has expanded her collection. Paula Pizani. Some pieces available here.
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