Roshan Hakkim took inspiration in the shadows and the basic workings of a sundial, fast forwarded to into the 21st century, and presented us the Umbra. A seemingly magical analog clock that needs no moving mechanical part, yet resembles an analog clock that we have grown so used to.
2012 is suppose to be when the world ends, according to the Mayans. So who better to get us ready, ‘Just In Case’, than Mexican designers Menosunocerouno.
Russian art and design collective Art Lebedev just launched this delectable serving set, modelled after the shape of lab equipments but given the traditional Russian Gzhel pattern. Kitchen experiments anyone?
One of my first thoughts when I encountered a droplet of mercury from a broken thermometer was ‘How great if this was a real mirror!’ Now all my childhood fantasies has come true in the form of the Beauty Mirror from Michael Anastassiades.
I know we have all done it, pretending our sleeves to be our secret friends, bringing them out when no one’s looking; giving them names, backstories, moodswings… Now Mexican designer Alejandra Antónima made our fantasies a reality with PIO & DANTE, a fish and a chicken pair, together with storybooks to read along with. How cute is that! Support the project on Kickstarter.
The folks at Opening Ceremony sure have an eye for buried treasures, like the recent one that found from the seventies, a duffel bag that converts onto a backpack, you’ve guess it, double its size. Combine that premise with Opening Ceremony’s hipster styling and marketing and viola, instant fashion must have, in a limited run of five colours and two sizes.
Your USD20,o00 bottle of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Romanee-Conti Grand Cru not fancy enough? Try this new age wine glass that uses air and water pressure to ensure that only the right amount is dispensed into the tiny cup for your sipping pleasure. How do you get the wine into the bulb to begin with you ask? That’s a problem for the poor people… By Kyouei Design.
Created by Phil Cuttance, Faceture is a machine/process that provides all that its users need to create his own faceted vase/lampshade/sidetable with fast-setting resin. Watch the video to even get a hint at how cool this is.
By bending itself at right angles, the Folio Tissue Case allows you to pull tissue out from both sides, and saves space at the same time.
Cris Kabel focused on removing the vase from the typical vernacular of a flower arrangement. Working on the concept of how the ‘chicken feeder’ works, the resulting vase designs puts flowers outside of the vase.
Photographer Phillip Stearns produced a collection of woven and knit blankets using images generated from short circuited cameras as pattern sources.
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