If you’re attempting to outfit a kitchen with a limited budget and even less space, Joseph Joseph has put together this lovely nine-piece Nest kit that stacks like a matryoshka doll for easy storage. The $150 set includes two stainless steel mixing bowls with non-slip bottoms, a fine mesh sieve, a large colander, and five plastic measuring spoons ranging from a teaspoon to a full cup.
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Ever wanted to live in a futuristic spaceship just so you could have those cool metal doors on all of your rooms? While that might just be a pipedream, you can easily transform your current abode into a science fiction/video game set thanks to these new door decals.
The MetalCore series of vinyl decals can turn any interior door into something out of your favorite FPS or sci-fi flick. They come in four different designs, including Airlock, Freight Elevator, Laboratory Door, and Armory.
The door decals measure 32″(W) x 80″(H) and can be moved and remounted if you’d like. They retail for $99.95(USD) each but Gadgets & Gear is offering a pre-order special for just $79.95 if you order now. They expect to start shipping mid-August.
I’m not sure if these doors will keep your little siblings out of your room, or make it just that much more appealing.
Fresh air has become more scarce with the continued, rapid urbanization in many countries, particularly China. Recent issues with smog and germs have even forced residents to wear masks for their protection.
The first wearable air purifier concept we encountered was the Hand Tree, which was basically a bracelet that purified air for its wearer. The Ohita Fresh Air modules are somewhat similar, since they’re wearable, too, although not around your wrist or directly on your person, for that matter.
The Ohita could be attached to bag straps or belts instead, where it will purify air so you can breathe fresher, cleaner air as you go along. Its modular kinetic sculpture design also makes it perfect for displaying and installing in your home, where it will provide the same function and clean up the air in your home.
The Ohita was designed by Jorge Alberto Treviño Blanco and is a semi-finalist for the 2013 Electrolux Design Lab. Like with the Hand Tree, it’s not clear how feasible the design would be to implement, but it’s an interesting concept nonetheless.
[via Yanko Design]
There are simple things we often take for granted, like the fact that we can flippantly glance at a clock to tell the time. But people who can’t see don’t have that autonomy, which is why designer Hyungsoo Kim of Eone Timepieces has created the Bradley, a watch that lets blind people feel the time.
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Teens struggle with body image and weight issues every day, and it doesn’t help that media flaunts images of size 0 and below models on their screens every few minutes or so. But if you think about it, toymakers are partly to blame because of the toys they’re churning out of their factories.
One very good example of such toy is Barbie. Most toddlers have one and they grow up with the notion that these too-thin plastic dolls have an attainable body type.
Barbies have been targeted and given makeovers by artists time and again, but artist Nicholay Lamm took a more scientific approach by obtaining average measurements of a typical 19-year-old woman from the Center for Disease Control beforehand. He then used 3D imaging to create a more realistic and full-bodied rendition of Barbie.
I think realistic Barbie looks better and way more healthier than Mattel’s stick-thin Barbie.
Mattel previously defended the dimensions of the doll, saying that her clothes and accessories add bulk to her frame. That’s a valid point for selling toys, but not so much for imparting a healthy message to kids who might get the wrong message or idea about what their bodies should look like.
What do you think?
[via Geekologie]
How often do you really use that dining table in your apartment? Most meals are probably consumed in front of the TV, or at a restaurant. And sure, it’s handy for the occasional dinner party or tax audit, but the rest of the time it’s just wasting space. So reclaim a good 40 square of your pad with this incredibly thin folding table by Lodovico Bernardi that practically disappears when you turn it sideways.
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Every sofa doubles as a black hole that sucks and traps the pocket contents of all who dare sit on it. But when the TV remote goes missing in a room accented with this lovely Tri-Folds sofa by Camille Paillard, the odds are pretty good that it’s just hiding inside one of its folded pockets.
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Ever snickered as you walked past a car that vandals drew stuff on with soap? That laughter will disappear as quickly as it came when you reach your car and see that they’ve done the same to you.
This happens more often than most people like. But someone who wants the opposite to happen – and by opposite, we mean that he wants people to draw on his car – is artist Phillip Romano.
He coated his 2004 Hyundai with gallons of chalkboard paint and fastened a vanity license plate that says ‘DRAWONME.’ As you can see, people are more than happy to oblige.
Hopefully they leave the windows alone, because that’s one area the chalkboard paint isn’t on, for obvious reasons.
[BuzzFeed via Incredible Things]
If there’s a way to any geek’s heart, it’s through a dubious HTML-based joke—which is why these greeting cards are the perfect way to tell your loved ones exactly what you’re thinking.
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Frank Lloyd Wright probably never thought his philosophies would guide video game consoles. Yet, during today’s keynote at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Xbox Creative Director Carl Ledbetter explained that the architect influenced the creative process behind Redmond’s new gaming hardware. His team of “almost thirty” went through countless hardware designs for the console and over 200 controller prototypes before settling on final models. Throughout, Xbox One’s goals remained modest: simplicity and elegance. The ultimate benchmark being something that doesn’t look out of place with today’s svelte and stylish high-def TVs.
“We worked with the engineering team to understand how the parts go together. Cooling, venting, what’s it going to look like?” Ledbetter asked. His crew strived to follow Wright’s ideal that form shouldn’t follow function, they should be joined as one in “spiritual union.” Considering its components, that likely explains the next-gen hardware’s sheer size. For glimpses of rejected concepts hit the break, the full presentation is in the links below and Ledbetter’s portion begins around 13:10.
Filed under: Gaming, Microsoft
Via: Polygon
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