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“Made of plastic” is not the only characteristic of the Izzy Plastic Urban Bike, a collaborative project between Omer Sagiv and Uri Sadeh. One would expect a fragile vehicle but the bike is actually quite firm to bear the weight of two adults. Best of all, its frame is recyclable, which means that you can have the damaged frame replaced at the store. To top off the cool concept, the bike also incorporates 2 free standing locking systems, three-dimensional illumination, and the integrated rear suspension. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Who says printers only use paper to print documents? Surprise them with the PrePeat Printer then. Different from conventional printers, PrePeat adopts a thermal head to print on specially-made plastic sheets. These plastic sheets are not merely water-proof, but could be easily erased when you no longer need the temporary documents. Also claimed by the manufacturer, such one sheet could be used up to 1,000 times so that you’ll no doubt reduce your expenses on paper.

The printer measures 37cm ×23cm ×30cm (W× D× H) and weighs about 40 kg. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Made from durable high-density plastic, the golf club is actually a beverage bottle which can hold 54 ounces of beverage at one time. Either hot or cold beverage you may want, the device could always satisfy you as it can maintain the temperature for up to 5 hours. [Read the rest of this entry...]

‘Aqua Jar’ is one of the attractive products exhibited at Valencia Design Week in October. It transforms any plastic bottle into an easy-pour pitcher, therefore allowing water to be served without sprinkling. Moreover, ‘Aqua Jar’ is made from biodegradable and recyclable plastic, eco-friendly to the environment.

Dubbed as “GoGoStand”, the plain plastic card may be a great help in accidental conditions whenever you need to free hands and find something to hold your phone, PSP, or MP3. When not in use, it could be collapsed down and stored in your wallet, just as easily as your cards.

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Forgetful people are always bothered by various things, for example, they are not sure whether or not they have locked doors. That’s the main reason why ‘Smart Key’ is invented, and it can help to resolve such problems effectively. The key is pasted with a plastic piece to show the state of the lock. When you tend to lock the door, simply circumgyrate the key to the end and the plastic piece will be twisted to show information like ‘door locked’ on it; correspondingly, both the plastic piece and the information cue will then change as you use the key to open the door.

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Obviously the design of the gorgeous home decorations that are made of recycled plastic bottles is the best action to the term “recycle”. Lamps, campanulas, chandeliers, etc, a series of dazzling styles have weakened the sharp lines of plastic and ensure the bottle lamps to be exquisite in warm light.

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Plastic drink bottles are usually treated as waste. But designer can change them into good decorations. The central part of the lamp is a sphere whose surface is full of holes and you can screw plastic bottles into the center sphere threaded holes to make a gorgeous lamp. Turn on the light! It’s beautiful. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Normal wall lamp seems too ordinary to meet our requirement, and so some new innovative designs are necessary. This one is a good example. Plastic leaf comes with LED to form an elegant atmosphere. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is a weird dog designed by artist joshua allen harris. The dog will start to move like a real one by using the air flow from subway grates. Although it will not as sexy as Marlyn Monroe, it is still pretty funny.

Video after the break.

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The remade concept is the most eco-friendly cellphone. The metallic body is made from recycled aluminum cans and the chassis contain plastic from drink bottles. Moreover, the rubber key pad is made of old tyres. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Although there has been many foldable mouse, you still can’t take it like a piece of paper. This concept design might be a good alternative.

All the electronic components are all fixed on a single flexible board, and the body is actually a inflatable soft plastic. You could blow it up just like a balloon, and deflate it while not using. [Read the rest of this entry...]

In order to have a better balance, most vase is made from rigid material. However, if it is a vase as thin as a paper, and could even be collapsible, what do you think?

This unique vase from Jill-able is made from plastic. After being filled water, it could stand still to support itself. Cause its collapsible design, if you don’t have any flower, it is easy to be storage. [Read the rest of this entry...]

A 22-year-old student has developed this new cooling device whose cooilng capability is four times than normal ones.

Actually the since is very easily, which described as “You have plastic cooling cells which are pressed down into the dock which houses the liquid carbon dioxide. The liquid CO2 expands and is pressurized into dry ice in the base of the cooling cells … in a moment” [Read the rest of this entry...]

This reading light is made from plastic with FOLED embedded. With this light, it gonna be more convenient of reading in the dark. By the way, MARK won the Red Dot Award for best design concept in 2007. [Read the rest of this entry...]