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“The Bridge School”, running through an old village in Fujian Province in China to connect the two sides, wins Li Xiaodong this year’s “Aga Khan Awards” due to its special structure and multi functions. Contrast to the old village is full of stone-built houses, “The Bridge School” utilizes modern and frugal steel and bamboo as main materials, giving the building a refreshing and stylish look. Except for serving as a school, the structure also doubles as a public library and a performance space as well.

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Launched by Japan-based Panasonic, this is the world’s first LED bulb that uses clear glass to show the light source. It features a single filament, coming with a power of 4.4 watts while lasting for over 40,000 hours. Requiring no time to get prepared, the bulb offers 100% of the light once you switch it on, and thus quite ideal for public places like the stairs and toilets. As a bonus, the bulb is announced to get a high efficiency, even remaining high lumen of 70% at end of life.

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Have a new try! Without no darkroom or specialized technical, you can print photos on fabric or wood or anything else with the magic dye, and it could get finished in four simple steps. Just paint the dye on, put a negative or object on top, put it in the sun and wash it with water, and then you’ll get exclusive clothes on the world. Available in red, orange and blue, the dye would create new colors when you mix them.

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“Your eyes are all you need to save the earth”. That’s what the world’s first eye-controlled arcade game deeply leaves in my mind. Named as “Tobii Eye Asteroids”, the gaming machine comes with only one “start” button, and requires you to use your eyes to interact with games. Do you wanna to have a try? I don’t, just because I cannot get used to anything without a keyboard or touchscreens. If only using my eyes to save the earth, oh god, the result would disappoint you.

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No doubt we people are selfish to some degree, because we really want everything belonging to us is exclusive, never the same as others’. ‘Artist’ Phone Case Printer, exhibited on ‘The Korea International Sign&Design Show (KOSIGN 2011)’, is rightly a device that prints out our own cellphone cases. It’s similar to ‘Photo sticker machine’, printing out your favorite pictures on a leather or silicon case within two or three minutes.

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Italy’s largest producer of brushes “Venice” now brings us with its biodegradable brushes and combs made from cellulose acetate that is derived from cotton. Free of dyes, these new brushes appear in a slightly milky transparency, making it nice and comfortable to see.  Moreover, the brushes and combs are durable too, featuring a good ability to server you for a long time.

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This is a unique electrical switch designed for your books. It is subtly hidden inside your books and turns your light on when you move the book, while it doesn’t bring any damage to the books. So what do you think, pull out your favorite book to turn a light on or turn on a light to find your favorite book?

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Snoring is something like smoking, as it not only destroys the health of the person who makes it, but brings bad influences to people around. We need to stop the snoring, and obviously the robotic bear pillow is a possible method. It would paw at your face if you’re snoring, encouraging you to move your head from side to side and thus to stop snoring. Will the robotic bear pillow really work? Let’s go through the video to see its performance then.

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Milk can build your clothes? German biochemist/fashion designer Anke Domaske says “yes”. The young lady recently received an innovation award from the German Textile Research Association, due to her creation of the hypoallergenic fabric made from sour milk. Quite surprisingly, the fabric is not cheap to make, costing even more than the money spent in producing organic cotton fabric. On the other hand, Domaske’s fabric actually needs only 2 liters of water for 1 kilogram of fabric, compared to more than 10,000 liters of water required to make the same amount of cotton. So what do you think, the money or the water is more important?

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Certainly it’s not the first time we introduce foldable instruments, however Brian Chen’s Foldable Ukuleles still impresses us. Made with laser-cut bamboo plywood, the ukulele is simple to assemble, costing you merely about half a day. More importantly, with a foldable function, the ukulele could be conveniently transported everywhere: simply fold it up and go on your trip.

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The ever-best thing for both babies and mothers, Toob is a versatile baby-care station that is composed of an incorporated storage space and a foldable blanket and thus to ease the “baby changing” process. Additionally, the Toob also features a water-resistant blanket that makes it easy for parents to clean it and ensures it bacteria-free for babies to lie on.

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Scientists from Osaka University applied the augmented reality technology into real life and developed this wearable “Parasitic Humanoid” system that allows people to directly guide the hands of others even at a far-away distance. The guidance system is composed of three parts, including a head-mounted display, a Panasonic laptop and an HD camera. Although its set-up is really simple, the function it finally features is quite powerful, and you may check out the video below to see the system’s performance.

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Not totally the same as the principle that “one plus one is two”, Hong Kong-based designer Li Jianye’s Telescup is a clever combination of two drinking glasses, which coordinate to become a smart and functional telescope. So maybe when out of mathematics, especially in the design fields, any principles would find their new values.

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How to help women conveniently and safely carry their handbags when they’re cycling? British designer Ian Mahaffy thought that the Victoria Saddle Bag is probably a good method. Created for cycling brand Brooks, these new bags seem more integrated with your bicycle, and they can stay firmly on your bike seat so that you can easily bring them around. How do you like it, to create a saddle cover that doubles as a bag? In my opinion it’s truly nice, as the Victoria Saddle Bag is not only convenient to use, but also features bright colors and stylish patterns that make them fashionable.

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Babies are just naughty, and they never seem to obey what you tell them while still act in their own way: taking anything they get as toys and frequently throwing them away…… That’s enough, as here now comes some innovative tableware especially created for babies and kids. With a strong suction cup at the end, these bowls, spoons or forks can easily stick onto the tables so that your babies can never drop them on the floor. But as these gadgets may help parents a lot, they’re actually destroying your babies’ happiness of throwing their things anywhere, so really sorry to babies.

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