Don’t you hate when your bus gets into an accident and rollovers and you’re like, DAMN I can’t get out because this window ejection system just doesn’t work? The Safety Hammer aims to ease your woes. It’s pasted directly on the glass and with just 20kg of pressure, shatters so even kiddies and oldies will have no problems. Designer: Gao Meng
The Dornbirn, Austria based architectural firm of DI Bernardo Bader, designed the Metzgerstüble bar and café, located in the small Austrian town of Mellau. . Photography by Adolf Bereuter Visit the website of DI Bernardo Bader – here. . .
Off-Season by Tara Cooper by sabine7 / March 12, 2010 Off-Season is an homage by Tara Cooper to Panama City Beach, Florida and the migratory habits of the retired. Cooper's 95-year-old grandmother is a snowbird who has made the annual journey to the south an important part of her life for many years. But as time rolls by, many friends are no longer present and the shine is wearing off the area. The clubby atmosphere is fading, along with the energi
Peled Light by Estudi Arola by Mike / March 11, 2010 From Estudi Arola, a modular lighting system made up of a series of aluminum rods suspended from the ceiling with LEDs at the end. The rods have ball joints at the base that allow for positioning the light.
Often wheelchair users have to face a number of problems to accomplish their day-to-day tasks in urban environments, when away from home on their own. Providing a solution, UK-based designer Ben Thorpe has come up with a fully electric, lifting wheelchair that presenting a lifting mechanism lifts the user in an upright position to improve their reach, so they could converse face-to-face with people in their day-to-day lives. The “Urban Wheelchair,” as the designer hails his design, moves on h
Bikes may provide a swift and sustainable mode of commutation on cramped urban roads, but they too have their limitations, as most of the eBikes have over 30 feet of wires dangling on the bicycles, which if damaged affects the functioning of the bike. Addressing the issue, Danish bike manufacturer Daymak has come up with an innovative bike dubbed “The Shadow” that removes all wires from the frame to make it remarkably durable and easy to use. Claimed to be the world’s first wireless eBike, th
Designed for the 2010 Skyscraper Competition, the “Capture the Rain” by Ryszard Rychlicki and Agnieszka Nowak, architectural students at H3AR, is a sustainable skyscraper that harvests rainwater to fulfill the daily water needs of its residents. Featuring an innovative roof to capture as much rainwater as possible, together with the external shell comprising a system of gutters to maximize rainwater harvesting, the eco scraper locates special water tanks in the form of a large funnel and reed
Nicola Macklin is a 2009 graduate from the 3D Design (Industrial Design) program at Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. Nicola, Welcome to Design Droplets. Thank you for taking the time to talk, could you please give a quick introduction on yourself. I am from Christchurch New Zealand and moved to WA in 2006. In 2007 I knew it was time to formalize my passion for design by earning a degree. I loved the lifestyle that Perth offered so it seemed the perfect place for me to resid
It is always interesting to see where big companies, known worldwide, come up with their major ideas. Most of you probably heard of Skype and we do not doubt the fact that a lot of our readers use the program in order to make internet calls. Today we would like to present the Skype Offices in London. We had a nice surprise when seeing the pool table- who wouldn’t enjoy taking a break in that “office” room? We also like the abundance of colorful furniture items and the unconven
