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- World Kitchen “What’s Bubbling? Kitchen Tools!” Design Competition
- Coffee For My Dervish Darling!
- Blind CC
- A Soapy Solution, One At A Time
- Beastly Bike at 40MPH
- Public Drum for Jammin On
- Towers of Water in the Sudan
| World Kitchen “What’s Bubbling? Kitchen Tools!” Design Competition Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:00 AM PST  "Put that emotion in the food, because it’s so much more rewarding down the line"; says Hell's Kitchen celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey. Cooking has become such a habitual ritual that we rarely put in the extra effort for gourmet meals. Blame it on time constrains or pressures of life, but home-cooking has undergone major transformations, demanding serious changes in our kitchen too. The future foresees requirement for tools that will comply with our instant-food needs, helping us to whip up tasty treats in a jiffy. The future requires designers like you to come up with kitchen tool solutions today! Designs that offer sustainable tools and techniques that comply with our evolving lifestyles, demographics, cultural expectations and economics.
Can you rise to the challenge of creating new kitchen tools and techniques, cross-pollinating from other cultures, or perfecting our tried-and-true tools, improving the cook's experience while prepping, cooking or serving? It took us almost 2,500 years to evolve from the basic Neolithic tools to the present-day kitchen equipments; the future is not that patient…so we need to hurry! What's Bubbling? Invites you to present your ideas for the "Kitchen Tools" international design competition! World Kitchen believes that great tool design goes beyond function and aesthetics so it has established criteria for the jury to use in evaluating entries.
To participate, register here NOW! Three winners will get to attend the International Home & Housewares Show (March 2011), where the housewares industry will get aquanited with their works. The prize includes $6,000 USD, in addition to travel, accommodations, and $250 for travel expenses for each winner to attend the International Home & Housewares Show. The deadline for entries is January 7, 2011, USA/Central ---------- |
| Coffee For My Dervish Darling! Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:43 AM PST  The Dervish Coffee Cup takes inspiration from the Sufi Saints and their attire. Flowing robes that spin around as they twirl to their enchanting music! This essence is captured perfectly in the coffee-cup set of two. The double-walled porcelain cup gives a safe grip, making the cup handle an unnecessary attachment. Thanks to the curvilinear form of the plate, it is very easy to hold and carry. Once together, the two parts transform into a single, fluent form, preventing any risk of spilling. I'd love to have a set for myself! Designer: Kunter Sekercioglu for ZULAStars
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| Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:49 AM PST  The Credit Card for the Blind looks complicated but is quite simple to use. It uses the cardholder's fingerprint (using fingerprint recognition software) as their signature and the Braille on the display for transaction details. An inbuilt speaker rattles-off the kind of products being paid for, thus giving the blind a complete account of the transaction autonomously. Giving them a completely secure and safe transaction. Designer: Kwon Ki Nam
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| A Soapy Solution, One At A Time Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:30 AM PST  Conservationists are few and far between, so sometimes it really depends on how cleverly you design a product to get the desired eco-green results. It's quite natural for us to keep the water running while we lather our hands, so how about designing a faucet that allows you to do only ONE thing at a time! Presenting the Anti Waste Faucet: it holds a soap dispenser on the top half and the water-tap in the bottom part. Pump the lever down to dispense soap and raise it up to turn on the water. Basically you squish some liquid soap into your hands, lather up and then pull the lever up for water to rinse your hand. This ways you don’t waste precious water while soaping up! Designer: Junjie Zhang
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| Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:03 PM PST  This is a fast bike. It’s called “The Beast” and it’s designed and executed by M55 Bikes and it goes 40 miles per hour. One charge on this electric bike and you’ll go as far as 75 miles even off-road. That’s impressive, yes? It’s made of custom parts created by M55’s seasoned engineers, using technology and materials used in Formula One cars and supersportscars alike. Titanium, carbon fiber, CNC machining, and a brushless motor mechanism, plus more! Each of the non-custom parts on this magical machine are of the finest quality, chosen by the M55 crew to meet golden standards. It’s got a hybrid drive, making it an addition to your high-falootin human powers. Each time the sensor feels you need some extra torque, it packs a punch and blasts you forward, multiplying your power like one of those Japanese exosuits from the comic books. Such a monster. M55 Beast Features: Designer: M55 Bikes
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| Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:03 PM PST  Or just for sittin around. This is called the Street Beat Seat and it’s made for your sitting down and playing of some jams pleasure. It’s a lovely seat into which the drum is inserted and held in place by helix bolts. The drum can be replaced or changed at any time by professionals, and the thickness of the metal is meant to prevent vandalism of any kind. Each of the drum keys found on the drum head is of a different thickness and width, creating a variety of sounds and tunes. The front grill transfers sound vibes outward and, helpfully, helps with drainage of rain and other such weathers that might fall in through the top of the drum. The sort of drum that’s inserted at the top is the Tongue Drum, reported to be perhaps the most ancient constructed drum in the world, its creation, in its simplest form, being of such an easy method that it just happened to have jammed out some of the first tunes. The dimensions of the Street Beat Seat are: Designer: Nir Shemesh and Moran Ein Dor of Macaco Design Studio
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| Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:03 PM PST  In celebration of 2010, it marking 50 years of the United Nations adopted a resolution of independence, freedom, and sovereignty for all African nations, designer Hugon Kowalski has decided to create a water tower project. Availability of fresh water in the Sudan, an area where only 2% of the land is arable, is one of the most important issues for the entire population. In 2007, University of Boston scientists discovered an underground lake that might solve everyone’s water problems, thus, they must pull it up! Take a peek at this extremely important set of facts regarding the water:
What designer Hugon Kowalski wants to do is excavate that lake in the form of water towers and in the shape of the baobab tree, a symbol of the African savannah. There will be three towers, each symbolizing a region in the culture: Islam, Christianity, and animism. Inside each of these towers would be the following: pumps and water treatment plants, a hospital with a vaccination unit, a school, a club for youth and adults, food storage, and offices for international good-giving organizations. Each building would have both an over-ground part and an underground base. In the center, a water reservoir. From there, a system of pipes would feed to the over-ground rooms and to adjacent villages. The water’s flow would be constant, helping keep its temperature a constant 6-11 °C. With this coolness, buildings count be kept cool as well. The school with library occupies 10 floors of a tower, while 30 classrooms host up to 1000 students. Below each tower is a food bank and a train station with one passenger and one cargo platform, with specially designed cargo elevators to transport whole cars up from the platform to any level of the tower. Internet runs through all the buildings for connectivity. The construction of each of the buildings is columnar and spandrel beam for ease of assembly. Construction materials are of local creation and implementation, while solar and heating panels are applied for power. For more information regarding this project and/or how you can make it a reality, please leave a comment below or contact Hugon Kowalski directly by heading over to his UGO Architecture and Design site at http://www.ugo.com.pl/ Designer: Hugon Kowalski of UGO Architecture and Design
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