Tag: design

Interesting exercise in design technology applied to Chengyuan Wei who imagined a phone “origami”capable of turning at the appropriate time to answer or make a call. A minimalist design for this concept inspired by the ancient Japanese art of paper...

DMY Berlin 2010: designers For Use/Numen of Vienna and Zagreb wove a web of adhesive tape around scaffolding at the DMY Berlin venue in the Tempelhof former airport last week. The project involved wrapping 45 km of tape about the...

japanese design studio nendo‘s transparent chair appears as only backrest and arm rests but is a fully functioning chair wrapped in polyurethane film. a transparent material that is commonly used as a packing material for precision instruments and products susceptible...

We thought about getting that mega-camera with the 2 foot long lens attached, but then we realized 1) Ow, our neck hurts and 2) Oops, didn’t mean to whack you in the head person-we’re-taking-a-photo-of! …which is why we decided to...

It has taken 20 years of research by author and culinary academic Pushpesh Pant to collect all the over 1000 recipes that make the massive cookbook with the simple name, India Cookbook. India is a huge country with a rich...

Saudi Arabia, head of Kingdom Holding Company recently, is planning on building the “Kingdom Tower” in Jeddah which will be 5280 feet high when completed. Designed by Adrian Smith, The tower will stretch one mile up into heavens and include 12...

Directly from japan, the new style of memo blocks: Nico – Sushi memo block! You can buy it here!   MORE ABOUT POST-IT HERE: – STICKING NOTES TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

The Block Matches ($20) Hand Crafted in Pine Wood. These blocks of matches are carved from a single block of pine, with the striking area at the bottom. It included Bloc 36 and Bloc 100. The Bloc 36, which has...

W Hotels has just announced plans for the Namaste Tower, a new W Hotel in Mumbai that is due to open July 2015. To follow the long tradition of great Indian architecture, the striking 984-foot-tall building will house 62 floors...

One of the most striking features of downtown Kansas City, MO, is the facade of the parking garage for the Central Branch of the public library. Covered in signboard mylar, the garage appears to be a row of books lined...