October 10, 2008

With dozens of high-tech yet user-friendly cameras surfacing in the market, almost every Tom, Dick and Harry have mastered the art of photography. But Mac Funamizu intends to make it simpler with his Camera concept. Shaped like sunglasses, Mac has dared to reshape the gadget used for capturing images. However such a sunglass camera can instigate monkey business in public places. Can you imagine some one walking down the street with such sunglasses and capturing images of everybody without their consent? Going by images, there isn’t any difference with respect to looks between original sunglasses and this camera.
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October 10, 2008

Design can compliment utility products like a tea brewing kit to admirable limits but, that can only happen when someone is given a theme as trendy as-design an experience of brewing tea. Ideas alone cannot make you successful, and you need a brain that materializes it successfully and this is what has exactly happened with the Reiki ForU, which makes tea brewing an extremely personal affair.
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October 10, 2008

The future promises to be green as I lay my eyes on the ‘Twirl house’ set up. In contrast to the current urban skyline crammed with concrete sky-scrappers, this sprawling complex stands out for its out-of-the-box design. Architect Julien De Smedt has conceived a futuristic housing complex set up in the lush green landscape. Intending to retain the original flow of the nature, he has visualized the Twirl house set up for the Ao-di site, located on the northeastern coast of Taiwan for NEXT-GENE project. Signifying the need to bring the nature and humans closer, this development makes the best of the nature’s renderings.
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October 10, 2008

Useful products decked with great design and extra functionalities always manage to win over hearts. But a compromise on the basic feature of the product in the light of “designer” quotient cannot be conceded upon. The Fedlar Walkie-Talkie is one such product. With tinkling LED’s on the boundary of this 2-way radio and an embedded compass, the designer has surely lifted up the style podium for walkie-talkies. But absence of GPS capabilities connotes flaws of the design and is not suitable for expedition in weak communication environments.
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October 9, 2008

Ergonomic Designs that adore green-living are the need of the day, and the Wood Station exactly satiates this requirement. It is a weather forecasting device that has been “carved” out of wood, and it even furnishes the time and date at the same time. In a décor where green living inspired products find a place, this one would just quietly find a place for itself.
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October 9, 2008

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Music surely has the powers of affording peace, given the condition it’s tasteful and not analogous to noise. Having said that, it shouldn’t be a herculean task to guess the features of Xylophone Window Blinds. The smooth wooden attire of the window covers undoubtedly drips elegance but there is a musical twist to this. When pulled down, it will keep the sun at bay and function as playful xylophone. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 8, 2008

Gone are the days when a conventional mouse was luring enough to keep you glued to your PC. Wireless is the buzz word and if that technology meets attractive designing there is nothing like it. The Road mice combines both these elements to perfection bringing out scale models of our favorite muscle cars to be used in the form of a mouse. Be it the Camaro or the beloved Mustang, they all have been converted into trendy wireless mouses.
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