Swissmiss: The Dow Piano audiovisualizes the ups and downs of 2010 into musical notes. Using a five-note scale spanning three octaves, pitch is determined by the daily closing numbers of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The variance in volume mirrors the trading volume changes throughout the year. The notes are clustered in series of five, representing Mondays through Fridays. The […]
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Micro Cinema
Springwise: Cinemas around the world are faced with the challenge of recapturing the public’s imagination, creating a compelling experience to drag customers away from their smaller-screen rivals. The latest attempt we’ve spotted has taken a micro approach, creating a tiny cinema from a 1960s caravan to showcase films from the local area. The Sol Cinema seats just 8 adults or […]
Geometric Tents
Inhabitat: The funky future beach bum getaway of your dreams is here with the Archinoma transformable modular architectural system. A pod building system, based on the geometry of the stellated octahedron, is made up of low impact rigs which can stand up for months against the elements. Creating mod spaces to throw parties, run a spa or low impact café, […]
Universal Language
Swissmiss: The Noun Project’s mission is to share, celebrate, and enhance the world’s visual language. The goal is to collect and organize all the symbols that form our language into one easy-to-use online library that can be accessed by anyone. All the symbols on their site are completely free to download, and can be used for design projects, architecture presentations, […]
Environmental Post-It
Core77: Shibuya-based Naruse-Inokama Architects, comprised of Jun Inokuma and Yuri Naruse, takes wood waste from houses and turns that into paper. The resultant paper is then formed into a stack of Post-It-like sticky notes that are in turn shaped like little houses. (They’re called IE-TAGs as “ie” is Japanese for “house.”) And as anyone who’s ever seen a thick book […]
Pure Powdered Fruits and Vegetables
Springwise: Tomarni’s Lebepur is a powdered shake mix that’s made from nothing but finely ground fruits and vegetables. Available in both vegetable and fruit-vegetable formulations, Lebepur mixes include a combination of dried strawberries, cabbage, parsnip, broccoli, bananas, tomatoes, kale, mango, plums, lentils, cauliflower and spinach. Both varieties come in powdered form, ready for mixing with water into a healthy shake. […]
Blessed Purse
JoshSpear: Loving Diane Eng’s Fortune Cookie Purse. Like real fortune cookies, these purses are proudly made in the USA. No animals were harmed to make these purses! Made from recycled leather, each purse has a unique number on it so you can track its origin. Some examples of origins below (more on the site). Preconsumer scraps from a high-end designer furniture […]
Awaken by Star Wars
Gizmodiva: Most alarm clocks are boring and can barely wake you. But when you have something geeky and cool sitting on your bedside table, you are very likely to rise and shine easily! If you are a Star Wars fan, you are going to gush over the Star Wars Lego Alarm Clocks. They are nerdy and charming. Darth Vader (in […]
Jelloware: Edible Cups
Swissmiss: I just backed the JELLOWARE project over on Kickstarter. I am truly hoping that these ladies will raise their $10,000 to develop this fantastic idea further. I can only imagine how much fun these would be at a kid’s birthday party. Heck, even in our studio! Jelloware are biodegradable, edible (and vegan!) cups that are flavored to compliment the […]
Real Furniture; Real Ad
TrendBird: This week, Parisians and visitors to the city taking the bus will have a very different experience while waiting for their ride to arrive. From December 15 until the 21st, IKEA has tricked out the bus stops at 12 different stations throughout the center of Paris, focusing on areas that are heavily trafficked during the holiday season (such as […]