Konstantin Datz has came up with the concept of an Rubik cube for the blind. The Rubik cube will have different patterns engraved on the six surfaces as to the normal cube in colors. The colors will be in Braille, so that the visually impaired people can play the game more easily.
Nice!
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The Amsterdam-based design studio Kossmann.deJong in partnership with Hypsos Leisure Asia from Hong Kong, is developing the design of Urbanian, one of the most prestigious pavilions at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. Urbanian is one of the five Themed Pavilions, having a footprint of 1400 m2 and is a towering 22 metres high.
This pavilion focuses on the theme ‘Urban Population’ and the quality of life in the city. Half of the world’s population currently lives in cities. By 2050, this percentage is expected to have increased to 75%.
In the ‘Urbanian Pavilion’, six families from six different cities in the world are followed and compared in their search for happiness. The diversity of what’s on offer and the diversity of the choices open to them make cities so attractive to most of us.
The pavilion illustrates the major themes that determine the quality of urban life: a safe and healthy living environment, sufficient, satisfying work, good educational opportunities, high-quality medical care and a rich social network.
The total floor area of the pavilion is 15,000 m2 and has a surprising ceiling height of 22 metres. The ‘Urbanian Pavilion’ is one of the largest exhibitions at the World Expo 2010, after the Chinese national pavilion. The number of visitors is estimated at more than 40,000 per day.
In this impressive space, the visitor takes a journey through a theatrically designed, monumental city, made from ‘as found’ objects. Plastic crates are brought together to form a large ‘Residential Area’ with skyscrapers; empty paint tins have been used to build the impressive wall of a gas tank, and office furniture is clustered into an office colossus. Cardboard boxes suggest a ‘skyline’, along with many more exceptional interpretations of the use of everyday materials.
During the 45-minute stay at this exhibition, the visitor will never see this city the same way. The interplay of light and sound leads to ever-new perspectives and insights.
During this ‘urban walk’, visitors pass through five different sub-pavilions, all with multimedia design and each presenting an important aspect of life in a large city. The themes of these sub-pavilions are: HOME, WORK, CONNECTED, LEARN and HEALTH, and it is here that our families are compared. This exhibition will allow visitors to better form an opinion on the subtitle of this World Expo: “Better City, Better Life“.
The Shanghai World Expo will run for 6 months and open it's doors on 1st May 2010.
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In the ‘Urbanian Pavilion’, six families from six different cities in the world are followed and compared in their search for happiness. The diversity of what’s on offer and the diversity of the choices open to them make cities so attractive to most of us.
The pavilion illustrates the major themes that determine the quality of urban life: a safe and healthy living environment, sufficient, satisfying work, good educational opportunities, high-quality medical care and a rich social network.
The total floor area of the pavilion is 15,000 m2 and has a surprising ceiling height of 22 metres. The ‘Urbanian Pavilion’ is one of the largest exhibitions at the World Expo 2010, after the Chinese national pavilion. The number of visitors is estimated at more than 40,000 per day.
In this impressive space, the visitor takes a journey through a theatrically designed, monumental city, made from ‘as found’ objects. Plastic crates are brought together to form a large ‘Residential Area’ with skyscrapers; empty paint tins have been used to build the impressive wall of a gas tank, and office furniture is clustered into an office colossus. Cardboard boxes suggest a ‘skyline’, along with many more exceptional interpretations of the use of everyday materials.
During the 45-minute stay at this exhibition, the visitor will never see this city the same way. The interplay of light and sound leads to ever-new perspectives and insights.
During this ‘urban walk’, visitors pass through five different sub-pavilions, all with multimedia design and each presenting an important aspect of life in a large city. The themes of these sub-pavilions are: HOME, WORK, CONNECTED, LEARN and HEALTH, and it is here that our families are compared. This exhibition will allow visitors to better form an opinion on the subtitle of this World Expo: “Better City, Better Life“.
The Shanghai World Expo will run for 6 months and open it's doors on 1st May 2010.
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What a lovely Tanssitossut (Finnish for Dance Shoes) designed for daughter and father by Aamu Song.
The red felt shoes with rubber soles are meant for the father and a young daughter to use together. The shoes offer a fresh take on the Finnish tradition of making boots out of felt inherited from Russia. As part of the designers' ongoing project titled `Top Secrets of Finland´, Tanssitossut also contribute to the effort to keep the age-old industries specific to Finland alive by revealing "the secret luxuries of Finland" to general audiences through the means of design.
Contemporary minimal Japanese design at it’s best.
White and black, light and shadow, opening and closing, inside and outside, transparency and substance, tranquility and tension, silence and symbol, all these become the rhythms and create the space.
This house is called simply S House, was built & completed in September 2006 by Katsuyuki Fujimoto Architect & Associates Office. The three-stories house is situated in Amagasaki, Hyogo and built from reinforced concrete and timber. The S House is a beautiful big black box with a stripe of reflective glass from the outside while the inside is made of black & white interior.
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This sure will be the trendiest and hottest eco-friendly can drink concept. Designed by NY based designer Harc Lee, the Colorless can is a way to substitutes colorfully sprayed can with machine press label/ graphics. Naked can help to reduce air and water pollution occurred in its coloring process. It also reduces energy and effort to separate toxic color paint from aluminum in recycling process. Huge amount ofenergy and paint required to manufacture colored cans will be saved. Instead of toxic paint, manufacturers process aluminum with a pressing machine that indicates brand identity on surface.
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Artist, musician and designer Kelly Coats created this amazing phenakistiscope (old optical toy), titled Epic Thriller, for her solo exhibition years ago. The art is all about the "King of Pop"- Micheal Jackson. Kelly drawn a series of Micheal Jackson's face, starting from the early years until recently on a single canvas in a spiral shape. When you spin the phenakistiscope, you can see the evolution of the "King of Pop" through various stages in his life.
Adelina is a brand created by 2 young talented wine makers. Try to make and impact among the old and more history wine makers, Mash sourced renaissance paintings, depicting two young children who appear to have maturity and wisdom beyond their age; the girl and boy in the chosen image are only 5 to 6 years old. These 2 figures representing Colin and Jen, the founders of Adelina.
The design combines the new with the old. 4 colour printing on tissue paper, covering the entire bottle, to provide maximum shelf appeal, next to the majority of paper labels. The bottles were wax dipped to add to the romance and to reflect the old ways of wine packaging. The labels are purposefully understated and simple to create contrast with the tissue wrap; typography bringing these two elements into harmony with each other.
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via Mash Design
It’s 50 years to the day that the original Mini made its public debut. So in the 50th anniversary, MINI has created the Coupe Concept which expects to enter production in 2011.
The Coupé Concept is a strict two-seater that’s been designed to show how the themes of light weight and improved dynamics. The most interesting details is from the screen back, as the windscreen is more steeply raked, leaving the aluminium roof just 1,356mm high – a whole 51mm lower than the 1,407mm high Cooper. This means the Coupe is the most aerodynamic MINI, and its centre of gravity is lower for better agility.
The new MINI Coupé clearly expressing its power and muscle right from the start. Through its design alone, the MINI Coupé Concept authentically visualises sporting qualities of the highest standard.
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PROMO is a collection of self-produced unique objects designed and customized by Frederic Sofia. Each work is a narrative and aesthetic composition realized with sticker images that Frederic Sofia has collected for years from around the world. Giving a unique spirit to his chairs and vases as piece of art, Sofia shares his passion for the graphic exploration of logos and imagery that are beautiful and successfully express and promote brands, iconic musician and comic superheroes, and are part of the collective memory.
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Love this poster created by visual communication designer Renan Molin for Obama'08. With the tagline: Obama'08| All Colors Together, the poster is sending the message for unity with many colors (races) blend together. Brilliant idea!
Look alike wireframe CAD drawing, the Wired Chair is formed by steel tubes that link together. The design is inspired by an ironic reflection on nature and the use of products: the subdued yet readily communicative design aims at establishing an emotional type of relationship between the objects and those using them. Designed by Gabriele Pezzini for Max Design, the Wired Chair comes in two different finishes: chrome for indoors, lacquered for outdoor.
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Flour & Grain packaging always is an underrated item, but a new packaging designed by Art Lebedev might soon change that. The Ryazanochka flour new packaging is designed to remind of polka dot kitchen tinware formerly common in Russia. With these new clothes, buying daily needs will never be a boring routine anymore.
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