Showing results 1–8 of 48 for the tag: industrial design
Shared by every major tech blog under the sun, the Elevation Dock has broken Kickstarter records. It’s a beautifully designed iPhone dock made from a solid block of aluminum, just like your Macbook — is weighted so it doesn’t move when you remove your phone — and fits cases. It’s long been funded — but become a backer…
Nest is a new kind of home thermostat. It’s intelligent, beautiful, aware, and learns your habits. It even has wifi, so you can control it from your iPhone or any computer. Check out the short video, it’s wonderfully self-explanatory. I’m excited to see where our homes will go in the 21st century. There’s so much…
Vadim Kibardin’s (Kibardindesign) Black and White clock strips exemplifies minimalism: “Digital clock: only figures, no case, only the necessary— only accurate time. Each figure has self-contained power supply and independent control, it can be fixed to any surface autonomously. A light sensor will switch the clock to an invert mode: the figures are white…
The breathtaking Seed Cathedral was an installation/pavilion created by Heatherwick Studios for the 2010 Shanghai Expo. The pavilion was a platform to show the work of the UK Royal Botanical Gardens, and showed off thousands and thousands of seeds in these stunning transparent acrylic rods that were illuminated by daylight (you can see the seeds in the…
Published by Phaidon, Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible chronicles Ram’s life and development as a designer. The forward of the book is written by Apple’s Jonathan Ive. It is worth buying the book just to read his description of his first encounter with Mr. Rams’s work, a 1972 MPZ 2 Citromatic juicer in…
A co-worker introduced this to me late last week and I’ve been totally fascinated with the concept and the music. Music for Dieter Rams by Jon Brooks is (From the sleevenotes) a mini-album. A study on limited resources. The space between a second. A dedication to one of the most important figures in modern domestic…
Holy shit. If these ever come to market I NEED ONE. Write A Bike is a concept by Swiss art director Juri Zaec, and you can view more here. (via Fossil Blog)
I am absolutely drooling over these ultra-modern, portable fireplaces. The EcoSmart Fire is a clean-burning, no-mess, zero-installation-required open fireplace in a variety of styles. Check out the rest of them and see more images here. The Australian import is available at Voltage in Cincinnati. I wish I knew how much they retail for, because one…
