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LG announces Design the Future competition, win up to $20,000

Steven Grady, Apr 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

Want a chance to win over $80,000 in awards? LG has announced a contest to deign the next revolutionary mobile phone in partnership with crowdSPRING (an online marketplace for creative services) and Autodesk (a leader in 2D and 3D design and engineering software). Anyone 18 or older can enter the competition and use a 15-day trial of Autodesk to design the next LG mobile phone. Read The Full Story

Morfojet media chair by Gianni Pedone

Chris Davies, Apr 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

In an ideal world, this would be a jet-propelled butt-cradle. However it's not, it's actually a combination chair and music system by designer Gianni Pedone, part of the Morfonauta collection going on show at Milan Design Week 2009. Read The Full Story

Nokia E97 Envelop concept with removable display

Chris Davies, Apr 1st 2009 Discuss [10]

Sadly just a design study and not something we'll see announced at CTIA this week, this Nokia E97 Envelop is the work of Fabien Nauroy. Comprising a QWERTY-bearing outer casing, with an integrated basic display, the Envelop's secret is a pull-out display pane. Read The Full Story

Wacom Intuos4 tablets launch: Video Unboxing & Demo

Chris Davies, Mar 25th 2009 Discuss [0]

Wacom's new Intuos4 graphics tablet range has launched on the company's European website, offering a range of four sizes each with 5,080 lpi resolution and 2,048 pressure levels. As well as pen-input, the new tablets have eight customizable ExpressKeys with OLED displays (six, with no OLED, on the smallest model) to show their current assignment. Video unboxing and demonstrations after the cut Read The Full Story

Nokia Bluetooth competition finalists displayed

Chris Davies, Mar 25th 2009 Discuss [0]

A Nokia-sponsored Bluetooth headset design competition has prompted some interesting entries, ranging from the Daft Punk inspired to devices modeled on Michael Jackson and R Kelly. Entrants were asked to create a stereo Bluetooth headset with a design prompted by their favorite piece of music; around 8,000 entries were received in just three months. More finalists shown after the cut Read The Full Story

Paco living cube

Chris Davies, Mar 18th 2009 Discuss [2]

Ask architects Sschemata and designer Jo Nagasaka about the future of minimalist housing, and they'll tell you it's a big white box. A 3m-square cube called Paco, in fact, their all-in-one living pod that apparently has everything you (minimally) need to live, plus a big flip-up lid. Read The Full Story

Lenovo Pocket Yoga is 2 year old concept, no production plans

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2009 Discuss [1]

The story behind the Lenovo Pocket Yoga has emerged, courtesy of Johnson Li, Director of Lenovo’s Beijing Innovation Center where the first blurry images of the netbook were snapped. Despite what the images released earlier today might suggest, the Pocket Yoga is no new design but in fact a two year old concept. Read The Full Story

Tupper Home: the future of catalog shopping?

Chris Davies, Mar 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

Designed in the spirit of demonstration marketing for products like Tupperware and Avon, Spanish firm Andrés Jaque Architects' Tupper Home is a modular project and the first in the company's catalog of architectural merchandise. Want a new porthole-style window? It'll cost you €72; alternatively a room divider comes in at €103. Read The Full Story

Tokyoflash Bluetooth concepts want feedback

Chris Davies, Mar 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

Tokyoflash, better known for their bizarre, frustrating and alluring watches, have announced a design competition, the first stage of which calls for critique on twelve different Bluetooth necklace designs. Intended to link wirelessly to a cellphone and offer, at least, hands-free communication (either via an earpiece or speakerphone), the twelve concepts range from a Terrahawks-style sphere to a male/female design meant for couples. All twelve concepts in the gallery after the cut Read The Full Story

Globus portable workstation globe

Chris Davies, Jan 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

As multifunctional furniture goes, designer Michiel van de Kley's intent with Globus - to create a swivel chair and desk when open, and something that "evokes curiosity" when closed - certainly isn't in keeping with the must-do-everything convergence ethos. However we'll forgive it because it's so darned lovely. A moulded plastic globe with a cast aluminum base on casters, the portable workstation automatically locks its wheels when opened, revealing a swivel chair and height-adjustable desk. Read The Full Story

EIN Cyber Heartbeat LED watch does not actually read your heartbeat

Staff Editor, Jan 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

Japan has gotten another odd yet stylish device, this time it’s in the form of an interesting watch. This watch does not use numbers or clock hands to tell what time it is, instead it uses a tiny electrocardiogram machine that doesn’t appear to be readable at just a quick glance. Read The Full Story

Make your belt buckle play MP3s

Staff Editor, Jan 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

Why do we want to be able to play music from everything? From pillows and pants to personal massagers, we seem to have just about everything. But what would all these devices be without a MP3 playing belt buckle? After all cowboys don’t have much to play with in terms of listening to music. Read The Full Story