Behance Inspiration: Imagining the Future

Posted on March 25, 2008 Under Design

Japanese Industrial Designer Mac Funamizu has an eclectic Behance portfolio with projects that range from a tea cup with a detachable handle to fantasy mobile computer displays. We are particularly lusting for one of his latest concepts titled Future of…

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Smånsk: Skew Bookcase

Posted on March 24, 2008 Under Design

As a child, building Lego cities seemed like a creative way to while away the years of toddler-dom, provided one wasn't swallowing the pieces whole and being sent to the emergency room. However, nothing we ever made really proved to…

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OWL: Objects With Light

Posted on March 24, 2008 Under Design

We're not sure what your relationship with lighting is like, but we've had a long love/hate thing with lamps. There was the Banned-In-College-Halogen-Torch-Lamp phase in college, the First-New-York-Apartment-Track-Lighting phase, and currently the Take-Me-Seriously-I'm-A-Professional-Writer-Goose-Neck-Lamp phase. What London artist Georgiosi Ignatiou does…

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SWIMS Automatic Classic

Posted on March 20, 2008 Under Design

Back in November, the rain ready folks at SWIMS graced our pages with their award-winning, ultra-dapper update of rubber galoshes. Well, those nifty Norwegians are at it again, still helping us avoid the dampness of downpours, but this time their…

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Jumbo Jumbo Jumbo Jet

Posted on March 19, 2008 Under Design

By now you may have heard that Airbus' A380, the world's largest passenger jet had its maiden voyage from Singapore to London. The 471 passenger big boy is cleaner that a traditional jumbo jet, has more leg room than your…

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Maigrau

Posted on March 19, 2008 Under Design

Germans aren't typically known for their sense of humor or whimsy. While we'd like to imagine them standing around making funny faces and taking things lightly all day, we take greater pleasure in knowing that Nik Back and Alex Stamminger,…

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Shift E-Cards

Posted on March 19, 2008 Under Design

These past few years, when it gets to be around the holidays (no matter how inconsequential) and my birthday, I admit I feel kind of nostalgic for all the cheesy/lame/insert-your-synonym-here Blue Mountain or Shockwave e-cards that used to fill up…

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Hulger: The DJ Adaptor

Posted on March 18, 2008 Under Design

Hulger -- the London-based old skool phone masters (and MOMA exhibitors) who take your basic clunky '70s handset and connect it to your sleek '08 mobile phone -- have not stopped retrofitting our lives. Behold! The spankin' new DJ adapter.…

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Option-G Limited Edition Longboard

Posted on March 18, 2008 Under Design

With spring upon us -- oh glorious spring -- many of us will be looking to shift our modes of transport from bus/auto/train to the likes of bicycle/skateboard/Razor Scooter. Since I've ruled out Razor Scooter for obvious reasons and have…

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Braun Woodline

Posted on March 18, 2008 Under Design

If you're like us, you like to relive your childhood fantasy pretending you're one of the Knights of the Round Table. The problem is Sir Galahad has let himself go quite a bit taking up entirely too much room and…

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