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- What Size Do You Cut?
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- A Soft, Electric Lambo
- Furniture Change in Children
- Underhill House
| Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:52 AM PDT  A handy tool, the scissors is designed here as retractable, featuring a pair of blades that extend and contract to cut almost any size. The blades retract into the ergonomically designed handles and size control is via a centrally located button. At first I was quite skeptical about the big handle size, but then it struck me that a fitting grip is quite essential when cutting in the fully extended mode. The pressure balance needs to be maintained. So the form makes sense in the whole user-context, although it may seem a bit off, when the blades are at minimum size. Awesome Scalable Scissors! Designer: Jie Weng
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| Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:00 AM PDT  Printers are necessary evils, your office can't function without them and they occupy too much of space! Maybe this is why concept designers are playing with the form…like we saw this L-shaped printer almost two years ago, and presently this re-defined Hanging Printer by Jaesik Heo. The refinements come in the form of printer placement and additional "bucket space" to hold the paper. Pretty neat actually, only if the manufacturers will listen to us! Designer: Jaesik Heo
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| Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:37 AM PDT  I have a serious space crunch in my bedroom, so I have opted out of keeping any chairs or seating options in the room. Versatile furniture like the Helios work for people like me who can get the combo of a bedside table, a chair and a lamp; all at one go. It's a very tricky combination that can easily go bust, but what makes it work here, is the simple and kitsch approach. Designers: Spigoli Vivi & Andrea Bartolucci
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| 3-Days 3-Bags & A Whopping 25% Discount! LAST Day Of The Carga ØW Sale On YD Store Posted: 15 Oct 2010 12:21 AM PDT  The overwhelming response to the grand Carga ØW Series Sale on the YD Store is really heartening! It brings fruit to our efforts of getting you only the best from the world of design! On the final day of the Carga ØW 25% Discount offer, we are showcasing the Carga ØW3 Weekend – Laptop Bag. Your trusty bag that will haul all your weekend goodies or double up as a safe haven for your laptop! For the Discount Coupon Code and rest of the info, hit the jump. Carga ØW3 Weekend – Laptop Bag
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| Posted: 15 Oct 2010 12:10 AM PDT  Designer Andrei Avarvarii has a vision for a smooth, voluptuous Lamborghini, the very opposite of the very sharp, origami-style of the Lamborghini Reventon. The challenge in creating this new Lamborghini “Minotauro” lies in not only staying within the strong identity system of the Lambo line, but also in making the vehicle electric! The challenge of course isn’t creating an electric car. We’ve had electric cars for years now. Nay! The challenge lies in convincing the consumer that not only is it cool to drive an electric car, it’s doubly cool to drive an electric supercar! Equipped with four asynchronous motors that divide the power 70% to the rear and 30% to the front axle. The car’s electricity is supplied by a Li-Tec flatcell battery pack located in the rear, doubled by a KERS system in the front. In the back, where the gigantic engine would normally be, there’s a third seat for the person who goes along for the ride, yelling and screaming because you’re going so extremely fast. Access to this back seat is provided by the extra-long “Lambo door” on the passenger side. Triangular shaped air extakes in the back serve as cooling for the battery. As an added bonus, they also channel the sound of the electric motors behind them, blasting it like subwoofers. Then there’s something completely out of left field. Something so wild, I’ve got to let Avarvarii explain it in his own words:
Wild Designer: Andrei Avarvarii
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| Posted: 15 Oct 2010 12:05 AM PDT  How do you change the world? You brainwash the minds of the children of the world! That’s what public school is all about. So what do designers Yana Tzanov and Stephanie Sauve have to do with this? They’re making the world a better place by not only creating a new generation of furniture in form but also in starting children using renewable products from the very start. Part of this modular furniture project is about creating furniture for children that doesn’t just replicate adult furniture, the other is green! Take a look in the gallery below to see all the lovely thangs this set of furniture can do. It’s called the “Mod U Me” and not only is is made to grow with the kid, it’s good for the environment. Made of Balsa wood, a fast growing plant from Central and South America that’s not only plentiful and easy to grow, it’s super strong. The inner core is made of Eco Friendly Foam – Sofficel & EcosoftX, non-polluting production and no harmful substances released during its use. Sofficel is fireproof, foamed, and available in various densities. EcoSoftx is soft, water-repellant, easy to clean and mold resistant. Designer: Yana Tzanov and Stephanie Sauve
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| Posted: 15 Oct 2010 12:03 AM PDT  This architectural project goes by the name “Stay Grounded” and it’s all about a house which doesn’t take a bite out of the Earth we live on. It’s a house lowered into the ground, one where every square meter used to build the inner space of the house is given back to the Earth in the form of perimeter walls and green roof and garden. And think of the benefits for the human who wants to be smart with the money! Take heat and cold for example – what’s better than having a load of earth around you all the time – constant basement! An inner courtyard with a lovely tree and lots of sunlight combined and no windows on the external perimeter of the house creates an environment where noone can see you, but you can see the sun and enjoy it all day long. "Light and air cannons" create natural ventilation inside the house. Multiple of these houses can be build within rock-throwing distance, two houses with one “green energy hill.” A green energy hill here is one connected to two houses and covered with photovoltaic cell panels and microaeolic generators. These hills allow the houses to be mostly or completely energy independent! Inside the hills there’s also geothermic systems buried underneath the floors allowing introduction of water and/or air at a constant temp of 18/20 celsius – also enabling a consistent lowering of the energy needs to control the climate. It’s a fantasy of energy saving and forward thinking eco-friendly details, the likes of which are basically never ending. We’ll be living like hobbits in no time! Project Location: Ferrara, Italy Designer: Materica Studio
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