Handpresso Auto Machine

The Handpresso Auto is a neat, single-serve portable espresso machine that will give you a perfect, steaming cup of espresso, anytime and anywhere you want one.

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Chad Rice

25 Creative and Stylish Salt-and-Pepper Sets

Not so long ago we’ve featured 25 Creative and Original Mugs. This time we want to show you another interesting collection of salt and pepper sets. Kitchen in every home has such sets and this post will help to find the proper one. These creative, innovatie and definetely very stylish salt-and-pepper sets will expand your imagination.

Posted by Adam Ott

Design Concepts: The Future of Birth for the Babies in Your Future

We know that most new parents don't have the time to get hung up on aesthetics; they want easy-to-assemble, inexpensive and safe products for their new prize. But take a look at the Baby Cot Pod, and try to tell us that this little spacecraft isn't the sickest cradle you've ever seen.

Posted by Adam Ott

Superyacht design concept Blue Dream II

Aras Kazar Designs studio has recently unveiled a 67 metre superyacht design concept entitled Blue Dream II. Featuring all-round large glass windows, this design has been fashioned in such a way that it provides a 360° view of the ocean. The large curved windows also double as sliding doors that open out to the foredeck allowing the option for either a covered or open-air experience.

Posted by Adam Ott

hydrogen vehicle concepts

Hydrogen vehicles are the future and provide one of the ways to stop using fossil fuels. This therefore cuts down on greenhouse gases that produce global warming. These 20 futuristic hydrogen vehicle concept designs are some the coolest concept designs that we’d like to see rolling down the highway soon.

Everyday Edisons

Everyday Edisons si now in Hulu!!

What Is Everyday Edisons?

Emmy Award-Winning show in it's 5th season!

Everybody has a great idea that could change the way we work, the way we live or the way we play. Sometimes these ideas never make it past a sketch on a napkin. From thousands of hopefuls screened through online casting calls on www.EdisonNation.com, ten ideas were selected for the fourth season of Everyday Edisons. Tune in as we take you from idea to store shelf and show how extraordinary ideas can come from ordinary people.

http://www.everydayedisons.com/

Posted by Melissa LeMieux

Boulder Guys on Kick Starter with great idea

STEELIE

The iPad and mobile phone holder.

From Boulder!

Posted by Melissa LeMieux

Not Just Another Pretty Wall

Dent Cube is a 3D porcelain stoneware cladding that can be used to create interior and exterior walls with a unique indented pattern that offers endless possibilities for customization. Pictured here is a version with glass inserts that bring shades of yellow, pink, red, blue and green together in a eye-catching patchwork of color. What’s more is that the innovative ceramic tile can absorb toxic particles, improving the quality of air.

Posted by Rachel Briggs

Big, Bold, and Buzz-Worthy Buildings in 2012

The global financial crisis has slowed the pace of building in much of the world, ensuring that 2012 won’t exactly go down as a boom year for architects. But there are plenty of eagerly anticipated projects slated for completion, and Architectural Digest has compiled a shortlist of 12 key buildings for 2012. A couple of high-profile American projects made the list, almost as much for controversy (the new Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia) and cutbacks (the new Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York) as for their noteworthy architecture. In the Middle East, the lately bustling construction hubs of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha didn’t make the cut, but Amman, Jordan, did. So did, a bit farther afield, Baku, in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. It’s no surprise that many of the showstoppers are in China—and not just in Beijing and Shanghai. An eclectic array of audacious structures is popping up in the fast-growing metropolises of Chengdu, Shenzhen, Dalian, and Guangzhou. “The next two decades in China could present the most momentous migration in human history,” says Steven Holl, whose Sliced Porosity Block high-rise complex in Chengdu is included. “The unique situation there calls for unprecedented architectural and urban prototypes to redirect rapid urbanization.” Still, when it comes to skyscrapers in the taller-is-better mold, it’s a gleaming 72-story tower by Renzo Piano that takes the crown this year—in low-slung London of all places.

Posted by Rachel Briggs

Interesting Take on Emotion in Product Design: "Soap" vs. "Perfume"

It's nice to see even mainstream news organizations paying attention to the chronically underexposed design departments of major corporations. These days guys like Ralph Gilles and of course, Jonathan Ive get a lot more ink than we'd have seen a decade ago. Most recently Reuters got inside the design department at Samsung Electronics to talk shop with Lee Minhyouk, Samsung Mobile's design veep.

While the meaty article looks at the expected areas of business differences between Samsung and chief rival Apple (the former manufactures their own components, the latter must outsource, etc.) and examines the mutual sue-fest the companies have recently engaged in, what most caught our eye was this analogy about product design:

To become a truly innovative company, Samsung needs to explore the art, as well as the science, of what it does, critics say.

"Samsung is like a fantastic soap maker," said Christian Lindholm, chief innovation officer of service design consultancy Fjord based in Finland. "Their products get you clean, lathers well. However, they do not know how to make perfumes, an industry where margins are significantly higher. Perfume is an experience. Perfume is meant to seduce, make you attractive and feel good. You love your perfume, but you like your soap."

One point hinted at in the article seems to be that Samsung is viewing design as a science that can be learned, but that they have not managed to harness capital-A Art. That's a thorny problem that every design university Dean has grappled with, and Apple's mastery of this issue creates as much profit as it does envy.

That doesn't mean Samsung doesn't understand the problem; it just means they're not there yet. But at least one fun fact in the article shows they are trying to get there: Samsung's designers get sent on inspirational trips to places like Iguazu Falls in Brazil and the Incan city of Cuzco in Peru! Now that's a sweet gig, and for the sake of overworked ID'ers everywhere, I hope that becomes recognized as a recipe for design success!

Posted by Rachel Briggs

Students Design Inflatable Solar Light For Disaster Relief

When natural disasters strike victims are often left without many necessities, such as food, shelter, and light. A group of graduate students from Columbia University has decided to tackle at least one of these problems by designing a solar power light specifically for disaster relief scenarios.
Called the LuminAid, the light consists of a waterproof outer shell complete with a dot-matrix design used to diffuse light, as well as a thin solar panel, two rechargeable batteries, an LED light, and an inflatable core. The LuminAid can provide five hours of light and takes six hours to charge.
The inflatable design allows the light to float in water, but also makes it easier to ship, as it takes up very little space when uninflated.
"Sustainable lighting solutions, including photovoltaic cells coupled to rechargeable batteries, are an ideal approach to providing on-demand lighting with no operating cost," the LuminAid website reads.
"However, current solar-charged light solutions are expensive and difficult to manufacture and transport. This makes them unattractive for large-scale deployment. The LuminAid solar light addresses these issues while providing a useful and portable form of light for disaster victims."
The lights are expected to be used in places like Haiti and Pakistan.

Posted by: Tom Clark

Wine Rack

Wine Rack: The new way to get your drinks into your favorite venue. Ha Ha Ha

It was invented in Jersey... Who would have guessed that.

Gals who want their cups to runneth over can now sip on the sly, thanks to a sports bra that disguises some whopping jugs. A New Jersey company that specializes in wacky gifts is selling the Wine Rack, an assets-enhancing piece of polyurethane that allows thirsty ladies to nurse their drinks. Equipped with a drinking tube that's connected to the right cup, the sports bra holds up to 25 ounces of a beverage while giving ladies a plastic surgery-like lift of up to two sizes.

Posted by Tom Clark

The Ex

The EX, Maybe a perfect fit for Alessi.

The Ex: This knife holder is right on the cutting edge of modern voodoo. If things didn't end well in your last relationship you can now use this knife rack to store your cutlery and your grievances. The designer was careful to place slits directly through the stomach, head and of course, heart.

Posted By: Tom Clark

Fork Chops

Fork Chops: If you've ever wanted to completely class DOWN your sushi meal, opt for to use a fork chop. This way if your chopsticks are too much to handle, you can turn them around, make use of a fork and have soy sauce or other condiments dripping down your hands.

Posted by: Tom Clark