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Bridging the gap between the natural and the man-made, the “Outlife” is a portable shelter that lets you enjoy the nature while providing refuge in an outdoor location. Conceived by Chilean designer Alvaro Poblete Poulsen, the transparent shelter comes with breathable tear resistance characteristics to enrich your experience. Finished in thermo polyurethane that o

Heavy school bags have been causing muscular skeletal problems among school children, resulting in spinal pain and poor body posture at an early age. Reducing the burden from young shoulders, the “Smart Bag” is an ergonomic school bag that turns into a storage trolley and mini scooter to take kids on a fun ride. The multifunctional object comes with a good stora

Brilliant! I like to think I don’t toss that word around that often, and here’s a place it belongs for the real. This is a set of glasses. Not just any glasses. Psychic glasses. When you pour your favorite sort of drink into the cup – poof! There you have it. The title of the liquid you have now contained. It’s called the “Cipher.” Pour Pepsi into it.It’s imperative that

Presenting a minimalist design, Brazilian Designer Mauricio Noronha has popped up an avant-garde shopping cart that offers a faster, more practical and ecological way of shopping in the malls. Entitled the “SmartCart,” the shopping cart can be used either with the EcoBag - the normal basket, or the Peanut - the personal bag. Finished in Ecoprene, the Peanut apa

When I first spied the WaterStoppingWater, it felt like déjà vu, simply because it has this uncanny resemblance to the DROPPA carafe by Ozgur Onal. Now I’m not going to get in to the bickering of who inspires who; the bottom line is that WaterStoppingWater has a very fluid design and represents a sink stopper in a very chic way.Designers: Lunar Europe [ WaterStoppingWater by Lunar Europe is available for $19.99 @ YD Store ]WaterStoppingWater by Lunar Europe is available for $19.99 @ YD Store

All it takes is a hook-shaped carving in a paint brush to quantify it as an ingenious idea. Something that I’m willing to endorse! I may not be a house-painter but I can foresee the situation of someone getting this itch to scratch his nose (or butt). If he were using the Hanging Brush, then naturally he would just hang it by the rim of the paint can and scratch

It was about time that someone came up with the concept of a phone that was dedicated to social networking. YD’s resident designer Shane Crozier is on top things and has his finger on the pulse. 31337 (Elite) Phone connects to Facebook and Twitter and hooks up to the contacts to fill up the address book. Usual suspects like camera, speakerphone, music, video and int

Often we have to hire a bicycle downtown to move from one place to another without the headgear and any other protection, asking for trouble on the jam-packed streets. Providing a solution, French designers Caroline Journaux and Adrien Guerin has come up with an innovative head protection for walker-cyclists that double as a fashion accessory for the trendy user

Sake Bomb is an innovative and stylish cup holder that delivers the experience of more than enjoying a beverage and sharing the fun with buddies in a more intuitive manner. The name came from the American modernization of drinking a shot of sake into a beer pint and this ceramic container avoids the traditional shape of a cup holder. Having a shape somewhere between a Japanese

Modern lifestyle tossing up new mental as well as physical challenges at every step is causing sleepless nights, resulting in insomnia among professionals at an early stage. Relieving the stress, the “Zeo” is a personal sleep coach that tracks the sleep of the users to diagnose errors and recommend changes in their lifestyle or sleep patterns

If you are as precise about listening to music as you are about measuring your food stuff on a scale, German manufacturer ADE has popped up a kitchen scale that comes integrated with an iPod dock, allowing you to enjoy your favorite tracks while cooking. Entitled “Rihanna,” the kitchen scale also features an LCD display (1.7 inches) and a two-watt spea

I know how enthusiastic most of our readers are about cooking, so this round-up should have been my top priority. Better late than never, they say. So here’s a list of Ten Innovative and Creative Kitchen Concepts seen on YD. Some may beg to differ, but that’s ok, we are all allowed to have our opinions. Point is, we all love to cook in a classy, futuristic kitchen!10) Kitchen Drawer by Nojae ParkCompact and all-inclusive with a fridge; I can see this kind of kitchens being sold in the future, t