Designed to rotate on a 23.4 degree slanted axis like the globe, DORA CD Player grabs your attention with its clever gimmick design. This could have been another drab rectangular gadget, meant to seduce you with textures and colors, but thankfully it isn’t! The CD loads into the back panel, while the speakers are placed in the front. I love the catchy remote that accompanies this player; spin my world right round, like a record….. Designer: Jeong Yong - Yanko Design Timeless Designs - Exp
Situation on the west coast of the Baltic island of Öland, Villa Widlund stands out as a solid white, geometric, concrete landmark in perfect contrast with a backdrop of picturesque ocean views and serene beach landscapes. Construction and furnishings are minimal so that each room highlights the windows and spectacular outdoor views. Everything about this modern beach villa is dreamy – I’d have trouble deciding to be in or out! Designer: Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects
Bruno Armando Gomes Marques have designed the S. Roque House I in the Oliveira de Azeméis Municipality of Portugal. . This house is located in Oliveira de Azeméis, specifically in São Roque. The housing lies between two roads, one to the south and the other to the north, which delimit the allotment and have imposed its location at halfway distance. The house consists of two volumes with distinct programs, and a total area of 600m2. In the volume at level 0, more regular and acting as the bas
XGV or XLDron Global Versatile is a giant unmanned aircraft for space development. This could be our future generation or future technology of space rockets or space launcher aircrafts. With respect to environment, this aircraft will be engineered and developed by practicing low-cost production and increasing its efficiency so that it can be used more often in a wide variety of industries. XLDron Global Versatile features wingspan approx. of 80m and a wing area of approx. 740 square meters than
I love touch screen phones or any other touch screen surfaces, but the issue is always the same, fingerprints!!! Yes, I hate leaving fingerprints or smudges all over my phone and I guess Löytö Esineiden understands this and decided to design Ö case. This is an iphone 4 case with additional cleaning tool. The case is made of rigid polycarbonate, for the small slider at the bottom, the material that cleans iPhone surface is made of polyester. Simply slide up and down and you’ll get fingerpr
Water Discus Underwater Hotel looks like a spaceship hotel, it comprises of two giant discs, one underwater and one above the water. Due to this architecture, guests can enjoy jaw dropping underwater views while taking the most of the warm climate. Those two discs are connected together by three solid legs and a vertical shaft containing a lift and stairway. For the discs’ structures, they can be adjusted depending on the local conditions. The underwater disc is located 10 meters beneath the su
Asmita Prasad: Escalators and elevators are somewhat necessary for mass mobility in high rise buildings and motorized wheelchairs are certainly helpful in enabling the disabled to carry on with their routine functions without spending all their physical strength on towing themselves around. However, inventions like the Segway have just made us a lazier race and even though we’re thankful that it didn’t catch on as a means of personal mobility on a wide scale, it did put “ideas” into the minds o
Shallu Sharma: Various concerns like unbalanced diet, food contamination, subsidized farming, poor circulation, GMOcrops, etc. can prove hazardous to our existence. The need of the hour is to design a product that would provide crucial information regarding food and enhance the grocery shopping experience. The aim of the design was to create a physical device that would allow physical interaction with all food items. Earlier the design of the “Food Informer” was proposed in form of a tablet but
Asmita Prasad: For people who want to reduce energy consumption through the course of their daily lives without giving up modern conveniences, Spanish designer Miren Arrieta-Odria has created the Sustainable Toaster for Delft University of Technology. A second runner up at the the 2009 Domestic Appliances Design Award organized by Philip-TUDelft, the toaster is designed to use up to 34 percent less energy than a regular unit thanks to four insulated compartments. Sustainable toaster
Graux & Baeyens architecten designed Project House GS, an impressive 19th century corner building, located right on the beach and overlooking the port city of Ghent, Belgium. The architects restored the initial structure and also gave it a contemporary appearance. According to the developers, “the project started by stripping the dilapidated house of all excess. The essence was conserved by means of the façade, the stairwell and the roof truss, each of them serving as a rough coat to
Vivanta by Taj is a new opulent hotel in Maldives, combining the charm of a timber and thatch exterior with exquisite details of interior design. Located in a majestic natural setting, with exotic ocean views and dramatic sunsets, this new hotel detaches itself from the rustic idea of bungalows and promises visitors a luxurious holiday with all the comfort of modern living included: “The twist comes when you step into your villa and instead of the usual beach decor, find a streamlined, so
All said and done, the Ö Case makes better sense as an iPhone Case than any others that I have seen. Two things that make this concept win its brownie points: A screen-cleaning slider that cleans those oily finger marks off the screen and a special nook to wind and store your earphones. Simple design, creative solution and a sleek outcome! Designer: Löytö Esineiden - Yanko Design Timeless Designs - Explore wonderful concepts from around the world! Yanko Design Store - We are about more tha
