Tradition or not, slurping soup broth directly from a bowl can be an awkward experience, if only because you often end up with it dripping down your chin. But instead of letting all that tasty broth go to waste because you don’t have a spoon at your disposal, hopefully restaurants will see the genius in Julian Lechner’s hollow chop stick design he’s named Soup Straws.
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If you’ve got little kids crawling, walking, or running around, your home is probably a maze of security gates, closed doors, and padded corners. As a parent there’s no such thing as too much safety, and Netherlands-based Studio Dewi van de Klomp’s unique line of soft foam cabinets could be the perfect furniture solution until your kids master the fine art of balance.
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If you’d asked us what our interest level was in tiny finger-ridden surfboards before watching this video, we’d have just ignored your question. But now that we see how much fun there is to be had in the passenger seat of a moving car, we’re hoping the fruits of this funded Kickstarter are as fun as they look.
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The advent of online shopping has also meant an increase in flat-pack product designs that are cheaper and easier to ship around the world. Usually there are design sacrifices involved—see Ikea’s product line for example—but Spain-based design studio Kutarq came up with this novel design for a lamp that’s easy to ship but doesn’t skimp on functionality.
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Wish your Android phone had one more hardware button, maybe for the camera? Of course you do; hardware buttons are great. With up-and-Kickstartering gadget called Pressy, you can add one yourself at the cost of clogging one headphone jack.
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No one wants to be told what they can and cannot do in their home, even when it comes to lamps. So someone has finally found a way to stick it to ‘big lighting’ with a lamp that you can install almost anywhere. Our deliverer of illumination freedom is an artist named Simon Frambach who created the Soft Light from squishy polyurethane foam, allowing you to cram and squeeze it into any spot.
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As fun as they may be, personal watercraft like jet skis and powerboats drink fuel like there’s no tomorrow. They’re fun toys for those with plenty of disposal income, but British designer Ross Kemp wants to make them more universal with his ASAP. It’s a cheap electric alternative to jet skis and powered surfboards that charges via the sun so you won’t need to keep filling a gas tank every weekend.
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If you’re piloting a crazy homebrew quadracopter, sooner or later you’re going to want to be able to pilot your UAV beyond where you can see it. And for more precise tracking, your ordinary GPS receiver’s five-meter accuracy just ain’t gonna cut it. A couple of enterprising engineers have successfully Kickstarted a new receiver called the Piksi, which they claim is accurate down to just a few centimeters.
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Designer Ilya Birman has come up with what has to be one of the most elegant, minimal perpetual calendars we’ve ever laid eyes on—at least compared to other creations which tend to look like hideous sudoku puzzles.
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When you’re suffering through a cold or fever, you don’t always have the presence of mind to check the expiration date of your meds as you rifle through the medicine cabinet. But finding and decoding when your meds have gone bad isn’t always easy, especially when you’re under the weather. So designers Kanupriya Goel and Gautam Goel have envisioned a new type of medication packaging that also expires, providing easy to interpret clues that the meds have gone bad.
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