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Entries for February, 2010

Portable Music Pillow

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Designed by Yuan-Hao Hsu and Lin Tzu Hsuan, the portable ‘MU SPACE’ not only allows you to enjoy music everywhere, but also functions as a mat and a pillow for you to take a nap during the break. In combination of a built-in speaker and an MP3 player, the music pillow is also compatible with USB and Memory Card. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Creative Kitchen Clocks

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Kitchen clocks are timepieces merely designed for your kitchens. These clocks may be different in shapes, sizes, colors or more, but they have at least one thing in common, and that is: they make us realizing we’re to enjoy a wonderful cooking time or dinning time the moment we see them. And today we’d like to share several cute and innovative kitchen clocks with you.

【Kitchen Cutlery Clock】

Each spoon and knife is used to stand for an hour.

Selling Price: $26.99

Buy it here

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Lovi Postcards

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I didn’t even really think about how boring the postcards I sent to my buddies were until I saw the Lovi Postcards designed by Anne Paso of Finland recently. Apart from seeing your regards or congratulations, your friends could also create a heart, a bird or a pig with the flat-packed pieces. Isn’t that interesting? I’d like to send them to my friends for the coming Spring Festival. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Six Cube by Lee West

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A simple but multifunctional product is always welcomed. Designed by Lee West, the Six Cube is also a multifunctional object that includes a votive, a candle holder, an encense burner, a catch-all, an ashtray, and a soliflor on each side. Measuring 8 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm (W x D x H), the multifunctional cube is made from soap stone. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Blob VB3 By dvmA Architects

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Seemingly like a huge boiled egg, the white structure is actually a mobile office designed by Belgian architectural firm dmvA. A bathroom, a kitchen, a bed, and several niches for storage are all included inside the building, ensuring the users a comfortable living. Mainly finished in polyester, the lightweight office also promises an easy transportation so that you could move it to any places you may want. But perhaps the most interesting point is the ‘nose’ design of the egg enabling one to use it as a porch too, apart from being a side door. It could also be used as a guest room or a garden house. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Hechima 4 By Ryuji Nakamura

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Tokyo-based architect Ryuji Nakamura designed the ‘Hechima 4′, an eye-pleasing chair, with vulcanized fiber. Created for pleasure and recreation, the ‘weak’ chair is surprisingly strong in fact, thanks to its special and complex structure.

It measures 90cm x 90cm x 75cm (W x D x H). [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Magazines Wall

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So what have you done with the discarded magazines? Throw them away? Oh, guys, you will regret having done that after you check out the ‘Magazines Wall’ created by Elding Oscarson. In the graphic design company located in Oktavilla, Stockholm, you’ll find a wall constructed from bundles of magazines, which gives the interior a cool and refreshing look. Do you like it? I really love it a lot! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Decorative Square Shower Drains

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You think shower drains are too ugly? You won’t think so after checking out these ones. Designed by California Faucets, these shower drains seem more like an art work with their stylish patterns. The four impressive shower drains each comes with an impressive name- Mission, Waves, Deco Line and Deco Swirl. Hopefully we could see them hit the market soon. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Push-pin Portraits

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Anything could be changed into an art work when the inspirations occur to the designers. Look at these creative projects, they look like full-color portraits of people from far away, but their true pixel-like nature will be revealed if you walk up to them. Designed by Eric Daigh, each of these portraits is finished with about 25,000 pins. Terrific! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Juxtapose by Gluejeans

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Designed by denim brand Gluejeans, the so-called ‘Juxtapose’ collection includes a ladies’  ‘reverse’ denim coat, a men’s ‘reverse’ jacket and some new designs for jeans, which are all glued rather than stitched. Each garment comes with a rough look due to the colored glues used to assemble the pieces. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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‘Drop’ Convertible Seat

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An Italian designer Leonardo Perugi created the ‘Drop’, a convertible seat that could be transformed into a lounge, a sofa, a bed and more, according to your different needs. Featuring a geometric fit, the multifunctional furniture is quite a simple design without any fastening devices. Made from polyurethane foam, the lightweight furniture could also be disassembled into three parts, allowing you to easily take it anywhere. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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PlanOn’s Printstik PS905ME is a printer that doesn’t use ink

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Weighing 1.5 pounds and measuring 2.5cm x 5cm x 28cm, PlanOn’s Printstik PS905ME boasts the smallest and lightest printer on the market. Powered by Lithium-ion polymer rechargeable batteries, the mobile printer could be used anywhere, without needing an outlet. But the most exciting point about the device is that, it doesn’t use ink but utilizes thermal technology to print your documents. You could connect the printer to your PC or cellphones via USB wires or Bluetooth. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Gear Ring

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Kinekt Design creator Glen Liberman has long sought to develop a simple ring that is also complex to play with. And apparently he succeeded, as Glen Liberman has created the ‘Gear Ring’. Featuring six micro-precision gears inside, the stainless steel ring is an innovative ring especially perfect for those who love to spin their rings ceaselessly. So no matter you spin the outer rims or the internal gears, you’ll always find great fun with the ring. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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CASE Solar Power Glass

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The Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) has finally developed the stylish solar power glass after lengthy years of research. The system is constructed of rows of pyramid-shaped glass receptors, which will change their directions all the time to keep track of the sunlight. All the energy is stored in a small photovoltaic cell built in the center of each pyramid. The transparent design not only makes the system eye-pleasing and attractive, but means light could pass through the system more effectively for energy storage. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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The $10,000 weapon won’t fire without the watch.

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Launched by Armatix, the $10,000 weapon won’t fire unless the user is wearing a corresponding watch. But the gun still won’t shoot if the watch isn’t close enough. So only when you see the LED lights turn green, you can then use the expensive weapon. I cannot think of a rational reason why I want this gun, but I know clearly that I love the creative concept a lot. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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