A Suitcase Collection that Addresses Issues Faced by People Who Travel
MOVE-ON is a suitcase collection that addresses some issues frequently faced by people who travel. The concept of “traveler” is a bit outdated and the modern nomads are in fact “experience seekers” who need more than just tools for their journeys. With MOVE-ON we want to show how suitcases can be as practical and beautiful [...]
A Detailed Look at the High Cost of Insomnia in the United States
In mainstream culture the term “insomnia” is used frequently to describe the inability to fall asleep. If you stay up late at night, bleary-eyed because you can’t go to sleep you typically say you have insomnia. You might call it an “attack of insomnia” or “bout of insomnia,” for an isolated sleepless night, or you [...]
The William Re-Inventing the Stove Top & Cooking
The William is a clever re-invention of the stove top – one that; dynamically uses all available surface space by dividing it into 1,500 heat cells has intelligent and intuitive user experience is flat, flush and easy to clean. 1,500 separately heated, touch sensitive honeycombs Each pot or pan creates a unique signature on the [...]
Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper | The Masters of Pseudovariety & Illusion Diversity
It is intereresting to note that only three firms control 89% of US soft drink sales. This dominance is obscured from us by the appearance of numerous choices on retailer shelves. Steve Hannaford refers to this as “pseudovariety,” or the illusion of diversity, concealing a lack of real choice. To visualize the extent of pseudovariety [...]
Cyglo, Designed to Revolutionise Cycling Safety & Awesomeness
A unique, patented invention designed to revolutionise cycling safety. Using high powered LED lights embedded in the tread or wall of the tyres, Cyglo Tyre creates a ring of light that maximises visibility on today’s busy roads. Switched using a motion sensor within the tyre, The LED bulbs can either flash or be permanently on, [...]
Kolelinio, When Flying into the City is Not Only Science Fiction
kolelinio from kolelinia.com on Vimeo. Kolelinia Lab is a place where alternative transport conceptions are developed. We live in a strange world! Nowadays the technological achievements are great, but at the same time the means of conveyance evolve extremely slow. We drive vehicles that are about 20 times heavier than our bodies and we build [...]
Help Crowdfund The Future & Create a Thirst for Change.
321 Water Crowdfunding 2.0 View more webinars from Half A Teaspoon Pty Ltd. Gretha Oost doesn’t believe there are any problems too big to solve. Her high ideals and big ideas mean that if she sees something that needs to change in the world, she figures out a way to do it. Running a small [...]
An Eclectic Office Made up of Shipping Containers in Geneva
This eclectic interior architecture of an office building in Geneva was recently realised by the internationally acting practice Group8. The office is called Cargo and Group8 worked with the furniture manufacturer Dynamobel to create this insanely cool space. Old and disused cargo containers are stacked one upon the other in order to provide some silent work and [...]
DBA Pen is the only 98% Biodegradable Pen in the World
DBA 98 Biodegradable Pen from DBA on Vimeo. [/pro-player] The DBA Pen is the only 98% biodegradable pen in the world. It’s also the only pen to use ink composed of simple, environmentally responsible ingredients. Produced at a wind-powered facility in the United States, it was designed as a responsible alternative to the wasteful and often [...]
An Infographic On The Coming Water Wars.
Click for larger image It is forecast that in the U.S. by 2050, energy will be 40 percent higher than it is today, (Energy Information Administration), a research unit of the federal Department of Energy. Climate change is steadily reducing snowmelt and rainfall that feeds lakes and rivers, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [...]
We are Creating an Infograph on How You Get to Work Each Day.
uncluttered white spaces is interested to learn more about your day. We want to start off with how you get to work. With an increase of people choosing to ride their bike to work of 37% since 2003 in the USA, we wanted to see how our readers get around town. This should take you [...]
Calfee Design | Helping Entrepreneurs in the Developing World
Calfee Design is helping entrepreneurs in the developing world make locally sourced bamboo bicycles for domestic and international sale. Through the Bamboosero initiative, Calfee set up two bike-building groups in Ghana who build frames using locally sourced bamboo before shipping them to the US. The Ghanaian entrepreneurs earn about USD 150 for every frame they [...]
An Infograph to Help You Reduce The Odds of Dying In a Plane Crash
Via Information is Beautiful | Visit The Gallery | Home Information is Beautiful source The Guardian Datablog: Most Popular Airliners, Ascend Worldwide, AviationSafety.net, Wikipedia: List Of Accidents On Commercial Airliners, Flowing Data: Safest Seat To Sit In My data: Google Doc
Starbucks Coffee Co Experiments with 15th Avenue E Coffee & Tea
With a new purpose and new vision, Starbucks has gone back to basics with the launch of their 15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea store. The first of three experimental stores in Seattle, this Capitol Hill location loses the ubiquitous Starbucks branding and adopts the ambience of a traditional neighborhood coffeehouse. Completely gutted and redesigned [...]
An Easy to Clean, Reusable Water Bottle to Help Save the Planet
Over time, even the best reusable water bottles start to stink, because of how hard they are to clean. That means people stop using them and buy another–which is extraordinarily wasteful–or they stop using refillable bottles altogether. Alex attempts to solve those problems, with a design that screws open in the middle, producing two easy-to-clean [...]
How do I Win Rock, Paper, Scissors Every Time?
More than our fair share of office place disagreements have been settled with Rock Paper Scissors. Might I add, I may be the worst player to have ever played the game however, since reading this, I remain undefeated. We take things quite seriously at UWS. Time to lighten the load… tomorrow, challenge someone to RPS [...]
In the Year 2020, Will we be Wearing Computers on our Wrist?
Is this the future, is Nextep Computer heading our way. Developed to be worn as a bracelet, this computer concept is constructed out of a flexible OLED touchscreen. Earmarked for the year 2020, features like a holographic projector (for screen), pull-out extra keyboard panels and social networking compatibility, make the concept plausible. This seems to [...]
The Creators Project Meets James Powderly
The Creators Project Meets James Powderly from Creators Project on Vimeo. The Creators Project is a new network dedicated to the celebration of creativity and culture across media, and around the world. At a time in the history of the arts where digital technologies have revolutionized distribution, democratized access, and completely re-imagined the scope and [...]
Good Childhood Obesity | An Infograph
VIEW FULL SIZE Good have created a contest that asked you to create an infographic about childhood obesity, in partnership with the Let’s Move! Initiative. Thye have started to receive submissions and we have attached our favourite inforgraph.To view the rest, head over toGood Magazine and they will be announcing the winners on July 27. [...]
Nike and the Lance Armstrong LIVESTRONG Foundation release the Sweet Classic
Nike and the Lance Armstrong LIVESTRONG Foundation have released a countless number of shoes together in an effort to help raise proceeds for the battle against cancer. Last month the duo released two LIVESTRONG versions of the Nike Sweet Classic, a first for the shoe. One was a Sweet Classic Low for the men and the [...]
Parasitic Guerrilla Architecture Hijacks the Arche de la Défense
Habitat imagines a world where housing has grown so limited that people revolt and construct their own parasitic homes on any available space they can — like the interior of the famed Arche de la Défense in Paris. Pocket of Active Resistance is a modular complex designed by Parisian architect, Stéphane Malka, who sees existing buildings and infrastructure [...]
Infograph | CO2 Emissions & The Cost of SPAM
“The Cost of Spam: CO2 Emissions” by designer Antonio Lupetti’s looks at the environmental impact of the remarkably high number spam emails send around the world. 183 Billion to be exact.
From New York to Bondi – Woods Bagot Floats Modular ‘Icebergs’
Contemplating the blue-boarded frozen construction sites on his daily commute from Penn Station to Woods Bagot’s former Garment District office, Woods Bagot New York Principal Jeffrey Holmes considered how to reimagine and revitalise the City’s urban fabric with the promise held by such captivating physical spaces. “Owners and developers are spending money every day to [...]
GEAR FOR LIFE | Things you need for this weekend
WEAR THIS | FINISTERRE European brand Finisterre releases its Anabatic MK II jacket, a lightweight silhouette made for just about any season. The piece comes in four different colorways, each boasting a minimalistic design aesthetic with a water-resistant outer shell. For those interested, the jacket is now available for purchase directly through Finisterre’s online store. [...]
