Here’s a simple but rather clever design improvement for clear plastic rulers that most of us would have probably welcomed back in grade school. Nendo’s new Contrast Ruler features metric markings that fade from black to white, so no matter what color of surface you’re working on and shows through, you can always easily discern the tick marks.
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For some reason mankind has been happy to settle for elastic rubber bands that only exist in two dimensions. So far they’ve served us mostly ok, but the talented designers at Nendo have realized that taking rubber bands into the third dimension vastly improves their usefulness. From securing rolled up documents, to binding together a bunch of pencils, it’s just an all together better design.
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There’s a special place in most of our hearts for instant ramen. Whether you have no time, no money, or no will to live, Cup Noodles is a comforting Styrofoam haven in a cruel world. But it’s definitely associated with sterile corporate break rooms and bare-mattress-on-the-floor apartments more than pastel animations or farm to table. But this commercial tries to make you see Nissin Cup Noodles differently.
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If you’re a college student or a young professional in your first apartment, you’re probably well versed in assembling Ikea furniture. But soon after, those vital hex wrenches always seem to go missing, and when it’s time to move your bedroom set, it’s off to the hardware store to try and find a replacement. So thank goodness the folks at Nendo came up with a better solution: furniture that assembles using nothing more than the loose change in your pocket.
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I admit to owning a Bluetooth headset. This was years ago, and I was often driving in my car, so I needed one to field calls from employees, as well as my bosses and clients. Needless to say that these days, I don’t need one, and rarely talk on my phone. However if you need to talk often on your smartphone, then this Nendo-designed headset looks like a cool choice.
Nendo(JP) designed this ultra-modern headset, called Stylo – the French word for pen – since it looks kind of like one. They designed it for the Japanese company Logitec(JP) (not to be confused with Logitech (WTF?)).
They used anodized aluminum sections for the main housing, and the mechanical guts are packed into a stylus-like shape, which can clip to a front pocket when not in use. The lightweight, 8-gram device has a rechargeable battery that provides you with 5 hours of talk time.
It’s already available in Japan from Logitec and sells for ¥3,480 (~$44 USD).
[via designboom]
Do you like dark or colorful watches? If you gravitate towards the dark side, then check out these watches that the Japanese studio Nendo designed for the Danish watch company Noon. They are part of the Dark Noon collection and all have black faces, and white lines accented with gold.
Each of these watches uses disks and dials to make it somewhat unique. This is in stark contrast to the rest of the Noon watches, which are all very colorful and bright, with changing patterns as dials move across each other. These watches each have unique and distinctive faces, and there are five watches in this collection, including a limited edition.
The prices of the collection haven’t yet been announced, but most of the other watches from Noon cost between €50 to €150 ($62-187).
[via designboom]
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