If you’re going to design a concept car then you may as well make it as barmy as possible. Someone at Mazda’s design studio obviously feels the same way, as their latest show model - the Taiki, taking pride of place at the Tokyo Auto Show - is a triumph of bizarre stretches, arches, flourish and, generally, [...]
So there is the QWERTY keyboard layout, that’s what most of you are using right now, and it works, I don’t really see too many problems with it, in fact I can’t even think of one thing I would change about it. Then there is the DVORAK design, its coming up, I have personally never [...]
First on the list is a new Kizashi that is based on the machine they showed at Frankfurt not to long ago. That’s the pearly white vehicle that looks like a cross between and SUV and a sports car.
Second is the Pixy, which is part of what they are calling “Sustainable Mobility” basically you won’t [...]
It was originally announced as a concept phone in October 2006, the INFOBAR 2 mobile phone has finally being commercialized by KDDI amd continue its simple style from the first version which was released in 2005.
Sometimes I wonder how one becomes a concept design artist. I’m sure you have to have a creative mind, and being good with Photoshop helps too. I usually wonder this when I see a concept for something that clearly doesn’t exist, and likely never will. Take this sweet-looking Vaio Zoom notebook.
Jens-Martin is the designer of this ingenious product, and Mater is the Copenhagen based brand the product was designed for. You might recognize the name Jens-Martin, he also designed Puma’s Urban Mobility bike and Biomega.
His latest design is a set of eating utensils that have stands built into them to keep their eating surfaces off [...]
An Italian design firm named DeepDesign took the time and money to design a new type of hairdryer. The weird part comes when you find out that they didn’t even have a client for this project, just decided to do it.
I don’t know how many drugs over what period of time it takes to make [...]
If you’re going to call your concept “Lobster” then it damn well better have snappy-claws! It’s an instant point knocked off for Danilio Mangini’s modular wristband, but they quickly score again thanks to a concept product that might actually be useful. The Lobster is a core screen and cellphone with detachable modules that each bring different [...]
Designers have an inkling to somehow revolutionize toasters, if they could only get those pesky electronics to work out. This Transparent Toaster has that potential, but with a few kinks to work out before it can be released.
Doorknobs are generally pretty basic. Occasionally some have an interesting design but they all tend to look the same. Why not buy a doorknob that can greet you with a friendly handshake everyday?