2010 Red Dot Winner: Orizuru Chair
July 13, 2010
Designed by Ken Okuyama for Tendo Co., Ltd., the Orizuru chair was inspired by origami paper cranes. The chair won a product design Red Dot award for 2010….
The Cost of Spam: CO2 Emissions
July 12, 2010
According to data from a recent study by Commtouch (Internet Threats Trend Report) published in April 2010 and referring to the first quarter of the year, every day we send about 221 billion email messages, of which 183 billion are classified as spam (85% of the total traffic globally).
United States…
A stylish storage solution for your Porsche
July 12, 2010
Now, I am sure that most of you out there know that there are 1001 ways to store your Porsche, but few are as stylish as this storage solution brought to the world by Cardok. The Porsche Garden was part of the Royal Horticultural Society Show at Hampton Court…
Incase x Shanghai Apple Store
July 12, 2010
If you happen to be in Shanghai you may want to pop on over to the newly opened Shanghai Apple Store for the latest country-exclusive Incase products. The limited edition collection features two MacBook sleeves and a 3G/3GS iPhone slider decorated in Incase’s artistic interpretation of Shanghai’s Oriental Pearl Tower….
Monocle x Hiroshi Tsubouchi Summer Shoes
July 9, 2010
Emerging footwear talent, Hiroshi Tsubouchi, is collaborating with Monocle magazine on a collection of summer shoes ($500) available in windowpane calf-skin, caramel calf-skin, and a traditional Kyoto print pattern in deerskin. Link…
Range Rover Evoque
July 8, 2010
Land Rover lets us in on their design direction for the future with the unveiling of the Range Rover Evoque. The car is a bit of a departure from the Range Rovers of old with its new coupe design and its sharper, angular profile. No details yet on what’s going…
ABChairs by Roeland Otten
July 8, 2010
Graphic designer Roeland Otten (who has a killer website btw) had an idea back when he was in school at Design Academy Eindhoven: to make communicative seating. Almost 10 years later, he’s finally fulfilled this dream with help from Fonds BKVB and Materiaalfonds. This prototype alphabet of chairs and stools…
Auditorium Toys
July 7, 2010
Designer Brad Denboer couldn’t quite find the toys he dreamed about so he decided to build them himself. Auditorium Toy Co. was founded with the intention of celebrating the elegance of simple designs fabricated by historical craftsmanship.
Auditorium Toys are of superb quality. They are unique toys that are quiet, timeless,…
A Tale Told By a Printer
July 7, 2010
I don’t know how many hundreds (thousands?) of pages were used to make this video, or how many toner cartridges. I do know that this simple love story told by printing every individual frame is equal parts beautiful and impressive….
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