I really like this trash bag dispenser that New Jersey industrial designer Joe Dougherty has put together. The only thing I would worry about with this set up would be, what if you ripped a bag in your trash can. Then the trash bag would leak all over your unused trash bags. I know, I know they are trash bags who cares if they get a little dirty, but I for one do not want to have to reach in and pull out a trash bag that is covered in who knows what.
Other than that it is a nice design, and it would keep all the trash bags right where they needed to be, in the trash. Check out another photo of the piece below and then the portfolio link after that.
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I am completely in love with this calendar design from Moscow based industrial designer Stas Aki. I really think you would need one of those sweet old school chromed out napkin dispensers to really make this calendar work. The napkins calendar is just fantastic, I would like one. Check out a few more photos below and the link to Stas's portfolio below that.
Check out the previous feature we did on Stas Aki, here on why me design.
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The socket deer are electrical outlet covers that let you put your mobile phone on the wall as it recharges. The socket deer were designed by Japan based industrial designer Oki Sato, for his company nendo. The antlers for all three types of deer are already the perfect shape to hold things, so Oki Sato hardly had to modify the forms at all. The tough urethane rubber Oki used for the cover holds handsets tightly, and also protects the antlers from breakage should you bump into them. Socket-deer can also be used as a cover for light switches, and the antlers make an excellent hook for keys or accessories.
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Do you need more light, do you need a little less, well you decide with the un-zip light from Turkish industrial designer Selcuk Saraloglu.
The only thing that would bother me about this is what happens if the zipper gets all jacked up, then you wouldn't be able to get it all the way un-zipped. Then if you can't get it all the way un-zipped and you need to read a book, you wouldn't have adequate lighting and you could hurt your eyes, oh the horror.
This piece was exhibited at imm cologne design talents in january 2007, thanks for that bit of info Selcuk.
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I love these modular shelving units from Russian industrial designer Maria Yasko. They would definitely add a focal point to any room, especially when added with the wall graphics. I just wish the first one pictured, the "bee", would have some wall graphics to go with it. Maybe a honeycomb graphic to lay behind it, or here is the most clever one I can think of some bees possibly. Check out the rest of Maria's work at her portfolio linked below.
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The Grasshopper collapsible bike concept by UK based industrial designer David Gonçalves. When I first took a look at this concept I thought it quite odd, but as I kept looking going back and looking at it over and over the design has grown on me a bit. Obviously it is not for tearing up some sweet mountain bike trails, but this would work great for commuting to and from work or the gym. The small nature of the bike once you have collapsed it, makes it fit great in a cubical or an office.
Now this design does not work very well for me, because I live in a city where you have to have a car to get around. Everything is so spread out, I can't get anywhere in under 10 or 15 minutes. Now if I lived in New York City, or possibly Downtown Chicago this would work great. Check out the rest of David Gonçalves work at his portfolio linked below.
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The Anemona visually unsteady lamp by Ukrainian industrial designer Igor Pinigin is just a lovely little design. The main idea of this concept is that the lamp is able to change its position due to the presence of heavy balls in the bottom. The lamp can be freely rotated and tilted, also several lamps can be assembled into dynamic figures. The Anemona has a very nice flowing design asthetic to it, I would love to be able to play with these in person, it seems like you could come up with a lot of really cool layouts to place them in. Check out the rest of Igor's work at his site or behance porfolio, both linked below.
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I want this here at work. The schreibtisch, aka writingtable, is basically a giant note pad on wheels, and it is brilliant. I would love to have this at work and be able to just wheel this thing across the room to the other people who work on my team, so much fun. Check out the rest of martin's work at his portfolio linked at the bottom.
A mobile notepad-furniture consisting out of paper. The die-cut paper-sheets (about 1000) are joined together with (red pigmented) bookbinder-glue, leaving out the Handle (for a intuitive detaching function of each sheet) The object works as communication tool, sketch-board, notepad...The ‘writing table’ has been awarded with a Commerzbank Design-prize.
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Great shelf design by Amsterdam based product designer Martin Sämmer. The transformer-shelf has the ability to continuously change and evolve to meet your storage and shelving needs. It starts as a solid block and you can change it to a number of different shapes and styles just by pushing and pulling on the many different pieces. An excellent design to be sure.
The design of this object allows to participate in the evolution of its shape. By using the Transformer-Shelf you will constantly rearrange the different units towards each other, creating myriad different shapes. This will have an influence on your impression of the object, the cognition of the surrounding room and the way you identify yourself with the Object. Everybody can put his own ideas into the Object. In the end, the design becomes a process that will be partly submitted to the CONSUMER, who will also partly become a shape-producer, and therefore a ‘Design-Prosumer’.sämmer
"Smell It" by Portuguese industrial designer Nuno Teixeira is a very interesting idea, I'm just not sure that I would want to smell anything that was on my TV set. For example I was watching the movie Seven the other day, I'm almost completely sure that no one would want to smell any part of that movie. Although the food network would be awesome with this, so maybe it would work.
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Taste your movies like you never have
Nowadays we have excellent sound and HD movies in our Home Movie Theatres. But it lacks something of extreme importance, something that will transport you definitely to the center of the action, the sense of smell. So why not go a step forward with SMELLIT?
SMELLIT can make you drool, like when you see that Chef taking a hot and crispy pizza from the oven. Or make you turn your head and wish you can take that "putrefaction" cartridge out of the smell board.
Are you ready to feel the smell?
Portugal based industrial designer Nuno Teixeira's equinox watch is just a spectacular bit of design. I know if this was actually developed and produced it would be horribly expensive, but i would love to have it.
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The Equinox represents the exact time when the Sun is positioned directly over the Earth's equator. The two low relief semi spherical displays represents the Sun (hours) and the earth (minutes). Equinox also represents the classic and the modern aesthetics put together."
With the leaves around here starting to fall of the trees, the Nest House by industrial designer Gerard Moliné is just perfect. Designed to have a minimal an impact as possible while being installed, it hangs from the tree with thick tape, so that you don't have to screw or nail anything into the tree. The just seems like a really fun thing to lay around in, with or without the leaves.
"Life in the city is complicated. Basic necessities such as housing are subject to complex and absurd obligations. Freedom is reduced depending on what you have or need. Birds don’t pay the rent. They settle into a place and use the nearest resources. Their nests form part of nature. Learning from them, we decided to build the Nest House, a simple metal and rope structure completed with natural materials such as leaves and branches. It doesn’t take up room, it hangs from a tree with a thick tape so as not to harm it. Once installed, it can be used as an observation point or as an essential habitat where to spend the night. The Nest House allows us a perception of the natural space, as a set for animal, plant and human life."Moliné
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Lovely chair design from French industrial designer Vincent Bobineau. The chair has great lines and just an all around great look to it. I love that the chair actually reclines also, so after a hard day at work you can recline back with a nice glass of wine and enjoy your evening.
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One of the more creative and interesting wall organizations systems that I have seen in quite a bit comes from Philadelphia based freelance designer Brian Kelly. Cork links is a wall organizing system that allows the user to create their own vertical landscapes. The cork material is perforated through a die-cut process allowing sections of cork to be extruded into three dimensional shapes. When the extrusions are pulled away from the wall, objects are able to be hung and gripped by the cork. I could see this being hung up in my office to hold all of my cds and just random crap. I am kind of wondering how much weight that this could hold, because this would look really cool in the garage or workshop holding a bunch of tools.
Very nice laptop case from Philadelphia based freelance designer Brian Kelly. The laptop case is formed from two bend panels of plywood which slide along one another to encase the laptop computer.The case is lined with cork to provide additional heat resistance and protection. I think it would be even better if there was away to stop the inner plywood piece from coming all the way out, then you could use that as a handle.
Although I would love to have this whenever I throw my laptop in my bag I have so many pens and random crap rolling around in it, my laptop now looks like I just doodled all over it. With this at least my laptop would be clean and free of pen marks every time I used it.
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The kitchen pencil created by London designer Seabstian Bergne is a great mashup of two classics, the old school wooden kitchen spoon and the standard pencil. This would be such a random thing to have in the kitchen that I'm sure it would start many a converstation. I guess you just have to watch out where you sharpen your kitchen pencil you wouldn't want to get pencil shavings into your Soufflé. A little about the designer and a link to Sebastian's portfolio under that.
Born in 1966, Sebastian Bergne’s work is characterised by his approach more than by a formal signature. His projects are innovative but familiar, simple yet cleaver and always a pleasure to use.
He studied Industrial Design from 1985-88 at the Central School of Art and Design, London and then at the Royal College of Art, London, graduating in 1990 with distinction.
His London studio was established in 1990, with a second in Bologna (Italy) between 2000 and 2007. He collaborates with many internationally renowned manufacturers of consumer products and furniture. This work has been widely published, exhibited, included in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Design Museum (London) and honored with numerous international design awards.
Throughout his career, Sebastian Bergne has regularly contributed to graduate and postgraduate design education in respected institutions worldwide. In 2008 he was appointed visiting professor at the Royal College of Art (London).
Cool little coat hanger slash screen from London designer Sebastian Bergne. This would look really good in my house, but I think I would have to work really hard to only keep one coat per coat hanger, or else it would just start to look cluttered and terrible. A little about the designer and a link to Sebastian's portfolio under that.
Born in 1966, Sebastian Bergne’s work is characterised by his approach more than by a formal signature. His projects are innovative but familiar, simple yet cleaver and always a pleasure to use.
He studied Industrial Design from 1985-88 at the Central School of Art and Design, London and then at the Royal College of Art, London, graduating in 1990 with distinction.
His London studio was established in 1990, with a second in Bologna (Italy) between 2000 and 2007. He collaborates with many internationally renowned manufacturers of consumer products and furniture. This work has been widely published, exhibited, included in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Design Museum (London) and honored with numerous international design awards.
Throughout his career, Sebastian Bergne has regularly contributed to graduate and postgraduate design education in respected institutions worldwide. In 2008 he was appointed visiting professor at the Royal College of Art (London).
Very cool design for a corkscrew from London based designer Sebastian Bergne. The corker seems like a great corkscrew once you get two corks on it, but before that it seems a bit dangerous. I know when I am opening a bottle of wine sometimes I really have to pull hard to get the cork out, and I wouldn't want a corkscrew digging into my hand while I was doing so. Once it has the two corks on it, it looks so good I might have to get past the bit of discomfort it takes to get those first two on. A little about the designer and a link to Sebastian's portfolio under that.
Born in 1966, Sebastian Bergne’s work is characterised by his approach more than by a formal signature. His projects are innovative but familiar, simple yet cleaver and always a pleasure to use.
He studied Industrial Design from 1985-88 at the Central School of Art and Design, London and then at the Royal College of Art, London, graduating in 1990 with distinction.
His London studio was established in 1990, with a second in Bologna (Italy) between 2000 and 2007. He collaborates with many internationally renowned manufacturers of consumer products and furniture. This work has been widely published, exhibited, included in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Design Museum (London) and honored with numerous international design awards.
Throughout his career, Sebastian Bergne has regularly contributed to graduate and postgraduate design education in respected institutions worldwide. In 2008 he was appointed visiting professor at the Royal College of Art (London).
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