Why do we always believe that the shampoo and conditioner can moisten, improve and brighten our hair? Possibly the shampoo advertising campaigns have influenced us a bit. You don’t understand? Just come in and see the most memorable and impressive shampoo advertisements… [Read the rest of this entry...]
Wanna a big meal? Well, these creative pots designed by Thelermont Hupton would like to join you, too. Each of them comes with an expressive and animated face, simulating people’s various facial expressions of eating, growling or yawning, and that’s really interesting! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Mercedes Arrow is a two-seater recreational vehicle designed by Felipe Palermo. It comes with two stunning features, one of which is the bobsleigh-shaped body and the lightweight materials which make the vehicle to run like an arrow from a bow on the road. And the other feature is the combination of TANDEM and MAGLEV technology, due to which the car’s body will tilt left and right to minimize the wheels tilt angle when Mercedes Arrow takes sharp corners. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Spanish design consultancy Zanadesign has created the Sand Printer spelling messages on the beach, as an important part of your summer holiday. The printer is a huge wheel, which will leave behind messages like ‘HELP’ or ‘World Cup 2010′ as you roll it along the beach. Apart from providing recreational activities for people on the sandy beach, the Sand Printer is also supposed to re-educate the people of Spain (at least those on the beach) about the importance of the country’s Constitution of 1812. [Read the rest of this entry...]
As we become more and more technologically inclined, the books we read has followed the same trend. But while most others prefer to read online, the London designers Campaign are still keeping their deep love for paper books. Therefore Campaign has designed a cardboard bookshop for the London Festival of Architecture, to celebrate the art form of the printed publication. Named as Foldaway Bookshop, the store is stocked by RIBA Bookshops and sells latest must-have high quality publications and the most coveted architecture classics. Pity that the shop opens just for 13 days and it will be recycled at the end of the Festival. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Thanks to Yu Kwang Soo and the Spiral Spring Chair, we may create a new game—chair racing. Similar to common wind up toys, the seating is also powered by wind up system. Simply turn the dial to tighten the internal spring mechanism, release the spring, and you’ll have these cute chairs run forward. So how do you like the Spiral Spring Chair? Want a game now? [Read the rest of this entry...]
Kitae Pak designed the Dew Bank Bottle lately after being inspired by onymacris unguicularis, a beetle found in the Namibian desert. The beetle procures water in a unique way: it goes to the peak of the sand dune every morning, and uses its body to help in dew formation, making the dew enriched fog to provide enough water for drinking. The Dew Bank Bottle works in almost the same way as that beetle. Its steel body assimilates the morning dew, purifies the water and then stores it in the bottle.
The Dew Bank Bottle won the Bronze Prize at the Idea Design Awards 2010.
The sunlight filters through clouds, glints through the leaves, and finally shines bright on a girl’s faces, dancing on her eyelids and hairs… That sounds wonderful, right? But the beautiful scene wasn’t seen in the wild country where are full of trees, but in a white box with a few square meter footprint. So welcome to the Unlimited Urban Woods, an illusory forest installed by DUS Architects in a public plaza in Oosterdokskade, Amsterdam, using a series of strategically angled mirrors and one single full-size tree. Really magical! And we bet the forest inside the box is no less unusual than the Wonderland that Alice has come across. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Even the richest man on the world will not use paper money as memo pads, but see what the Korean designer Cho Hyung Suk has done… He wrote scribbles on wads of Korean Won! Well may you be surprised! But the Korean Won Cho Hyung Suk used is actually memo pads that have a form of money. Just imagine how rich you could be when having such Money Memo in your purses… [Read the rest of this entry...]
Icon Phone designed by Elium Studio is a cordless phone & Internet radio. It comes with quite a simple shape to demonstrate a brief beauty, but combines several functions in one, including Wireless DECT VoIP, Hands-free facility, HiFi ringtones, SMS text messaging, HD Sound, Stereo speakers, Portable radio, Huge choice of Internet radio stations, Colour screen, etc. To sum up, the Icon Phone is a simple device with full functions. [Read the rest of this entry...]
I don’t think it’s a nice idea to combine the knife and fork into one eating utensil, because you’ll still have to use the other hand to hold the food while one of the hands is busy with the Knork. So why not just leave those two utensils in different hands? But for people who love double-duty items, the Knork is indeed attractive. It contains no sharp edges, so you needn’t worry that you’ll accidentally cut your mouth open. [Read the rest of this entry...]
A safe power strip should at least conform to the following two requirements: electric shock resistant and water resistant. Therefore the Wet Circuits Power Strip is just a safe power strip. It is designed to work under water, so you will neither get shocked when carelessly sticking your wet fingers into the holes nor cause burns if accidentally spilling water or coffee onto the strip. Moreover, the power strip will still be safe even if you stick a metal object into the outlet when the device is operating under running water! Come check out the product demonstration video here if you love the design. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Cannons are not new to I New Idea, but have you ever seen any cannons that shoot out smoke rings? From the video below, we can see that the vortex cannon created a blue smoke ring that ran at a blistering 200 miles an hour, breaking down the wall in the distance. But how could the cannon so that? The secret may lie in the large amounts of acetylene and oxygen mixture the cannon uses. [Read the rest of this entry...]
We’re on the same earth and we’re facing the same unpleasant issue of population explosion, which has forced us to make the utmost possible use of the limited space. To solve that problem, Hyuk-Jae Chang puts forward the Ville Urban Folding Bicycle Concept. The vehicle, though named as a bike, can also be transformed into a shopping cart via simple folding. As a result, you can directly take the Ville into the grocery after you get there on the bicycle. [Read the rest of this entry...]
The beautiful shape and bright color make the Rhizome Chair quite outstanding among the numerous seatings designed for this summer. It is made from lightweight aluminum and covered with sun-resistant textiles. And most importantly, the chair looks more like a hammock, and that makes it perfect for a relaxation under the open sky. [Read the rest of this entry...]
