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We’re not sure whether the new US bank notes designed by Richard Smith will “rebrand the US Dollar, rebuild financial confidence and revive our failing economy”, but we can promise that you can easily check out how much money you have by simply opening the wallet. Why? Because the one dollar is shorter while the 100 dollar is the longest, so the more longer notes you have, the richer you’re. Apart from the length, the new notes also change in colors and images for the users to easily distinguish between them. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Featuring a unique shape of a tube, Yaniv Berg’s Digital Reflex Camera (DSLR) will create you an entirely different experience of photography. Firstly, you needn’t have to hold the camera to your face but simply put it against your stomach during the process, since the new camera curves at the end to show you the images. Another change the camera will result in is that you photographers needn’t have to bend down awfully or even lie onto the ground to check out what you’re shooting. The last but not the least is that when you turn the camera, its interface screen then turns the image to display mode and the image will be rotated 180 degree for the observers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Hey all you housewives, get out of the kitchen and see what Entresuelo1a has created for you… Something that is a guaranteed conversation starter. The three plates are all cleverly designed to provide you with much more convenience: the first plate below is tilted a bit for you to suck in the soup easily, and another plate with a small open allows you to place your spoons or forks during the dinner. As for the last one, I bet you clever readers must have found its secret, right? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Toshiba recently announced the world’s first “Wipe” technology that can automatically wipe sensitive data from self-encrypting drives when a system is powered down or the HDD is removed from the system. By that means, your data will get effectively protected. But the technology cannot really wipe the data, but actually invalidates the security key used to encrypt the stored user data. To users of printers and photocopiers that have storage devices on board, the “Wipe” technology is quite worth waiting for, and they’ll soon see Toshiba’s first product—2.5″ 7200rpm SED HDD model on the market.

When we were still a child, we used to put the maple leaves or ginkgo leaves between pages of a book and they were possibly the first kind of bookmarks we’ve ever met. Today, Korean designer Sangwoo Nam is still using leaves as bookmarks. However, they’re not real ones from trees, but simply feature the same shapes and colors of leaves. Even so, these artificial leaves are indeed beautiful and vivid, giving us aesthetic satisfaction. [Read the rest of this entry...]

A withered tree comes to life again. That Chinese idiom suddenly struck me the first time I saw these cute LED mushrooms growing on the ugly wood blocks. Created by a Japan based company using reclaimed wood and LED lights, these shining mushrooms are available in various patterns and we bet each of them will give your gardens and living rooms a new look. You’ll find these LED Mushrooms indeed look better than they were on the screen when you buy them home. [Read the rest of this entry...]

If you don’t have enough money to spend on racing cars but still want to experience high speed, you should at least possess certain wisdom. Because with the power of invention and imagination, everyone can make an awesome interactive race course, just as the sputnic guys have done. Using old paper board, these guys created a RACER Interactive Video Game Installation that allows the players to drive from a first perspective as the small RC car that’s equipped with a wireless video camera is running on the track. So even if you’re simply sitting on a chair, you can still feel like that you’re driving a real car! Really cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Advertisements are an indispensable part of the modern society, and they’re an important means to integrate the economy into society. And you’ll know how much the advertising campaigns have influenced your life after checking out the following outdoor ads we collected here. [Read the rest of this entry...]

What do you usually do to show others the places you’ve been on holidays? Mark the city with a small flag on the map? Well, I love that idea, but I love the Scratch World Map more. Though seems like quite an ordinary map on the first glance, the map actually will reveal colorful and geographic details when you rub its top layer with a coin. So the more countries you’ve traveled to, the more colorful your map will be! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Chiara Nardiello designed the Cooky Bag that can transform into an apron when you unfasten its two zips. Therefore you can firstly go shopping with the bag and then turn it into an apron to cook your favorite dishes. Announced to be a must for provident housewives, the Cooky Bag is made of a strong canvas, making it really practical and durable. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Ampro Design’s Design Business Bottle may be the world’s first wine bottle that comes with two necks. It is also packaged in two glasses, separately labeled “our business” and “your business”, and those two parts are attached to each other by a yellow ribbon printed with a word “is”. So in the designers’ opinion, “our business is (rightly) your business”, do you agree with that? Anyhow, the concept does have captured “the essence of our business in connection with the client’s business.” I like it. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Winning entry at LG HI-MACS European Design Award, the “Slide Eat” Lunch Table may not be the best furniture for kids, but it indeed looks cool and quite different from common furniture. Firstly, the new table features a curvy design to take the place of regular sharp edges, keeping the kids from getting hurt. Another point you will be interested is the built-in holders for containing plates, glasses and cutlery, and we bet that would help a lot to avoid the spilling of food. And more importantly, the table is also a slide for kids！ [Read the rest of this entry...]

“Panasonic earphones, made for music!” The new packaging designed for the Stereo Earphones RP-HJE 130 has utilized the universal symbol for music—the note, to highlight the earphones’ high quality voice export. So we firmly believe that for every passionate music lover, the earphones are always the best. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Constant Dullaart and Chris Collins are helping us to view Google from two different sides… The Revolving Google shows us an internet that is revolving, and the Uneven Google, wow, it’s another Google that seems uneven by 1 degree. Both of them work in Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari, so why not check out the links below and have a try? [Read the rest of this entry...]

We’d like to call the pixel orca sculpture “the most memorable orca (or sculpture)”, not  because of its huge size and unique design, but because it’s the first orca or sculpture that makes us feel dizzy. Even so, we still believe that the Pixel Orca Sculpture will give a new look to the Vancouver convention center. [Read the rest of this entry...]