The work of Mieke Driessen brightened my day. Via del.icio.us/design
California-based Squid Labs has developed a high-tech rope that senses its own load and signals any weakness, sending […]
The Fargo Rug is a “rug that mistook itself for a landscape.” Inspired by the shape of snow […]
Government posters from the golden era of poster production between the early 1950s and 1980s. Via Bibi’s Box.
I’m going to Belgium and France for a few days. Won’t update the blog much: just some very […]
Harada Keigo explains how she got the idea for Phone to Heaven: “I was very close to my […]
28 amazing Blaxploitation radio ads. Via Bedazzled and Bello Pubico.
In Sock Puppet Theatre, the puppets change the digital environment based on their physical interaction, opening up the […]
Virtual Canoe is a real-time water simulator with a database of 3D fluid dynamics. The system introduces realistic […]
The “Dutch Delights” ceramic dildos are decorated with traditional motives and can be filled with hot water and […]
Moving Pictures : Looking Out! Looking In! is a multi-user system that invites kids to create manipulate and […]
Nick Constantinou‘s Tremor tactile music sleeve is a piece of clubwear that allows the user to “feel” the […]
MIT researchers have designed a nanoparticle that can burrow into a tumor, seal the exits and detonate a […]
Part of Daniel Rozin‘s Software Mirrors series (when a viewer stands in front of a mirror, their image […]
I had previously reported on Paddy Hartley’s Face Corset. Scan has many pictures in an article written by […]
Radar Men from the Moon was the first serial starring Commando Cody, a civilian researcher whose mission is […]
In the children’s game Red Light, Green Light, you are the traffic cop and the others are trying […]
With Maximilian’s Pet Shop, designers Ella Kilgour (see her Declic shoes) and Katie Higgs intend to change the […]
The Ambient Experience suite uses Philips’ electronics to create a patient-friendly environment for children undergoing medical scans. Featuring […]
A robot built to explore disaster sites traverses rubble by jumping, tumbling and rolling. The Leg-in-Rotor V, built […]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers are developing a tiny heat spreader to be used in a new device to […]
Say you’re at a big event, if the Eventphone DECT phone system is in place, just bring a […]
Ian, the guy behind I Like Drawing, has taken his pens to the street to draw on rubbish. […]
Dedicated to Monika. Congrats for your presentation! Sauerkraut Polka, by Gus Backus. Via A Best Truth.
The Zig Zag Musig Block is a three-block-structured visual music toy. Blocks are working as the sound controller […]
First time i’m jealous of babywear . By Catalina and Maria, from madelove.
Streetclock , by 3eyes, encourages people to consider the idea of time before digital technologies became pervasive. Shadows […]
Peter D’Alessandro‘s Magnetic Mixer is a concept for a kitchen work surface and mixer. The work surface is […]
Stickers used for labels on bags of marijuana. Via Newstoday.
UK firm Redweb Security has developed an “i-powder” to be used against burglars. The biosyntethic substance carries a […]
Scientists are fighting smog by developing “smart” building materials that clean the air with a little help from […]
Cristina Bilsland is particularly interested in researching “mundane” issues and responding to them through product design. She has […]
RNID, UK’s charity for deaf people and design magazine Blueprint are launching an exhibition of futuristic hearing aids […]
Game Paused is “calling all artists, designers, writers, musicians, directors, programmers and animators with a passion for the […]
The Panoramic Photograph Collection features American cityscapes, landscapes, disasters and group portraits. I liked the automobile racing and […]
Researchers at NTT Cyber Solution Laboratories (Japan) are working on “information rain”, taking advertisements to the realm of […]
Drawn is a concert-performance in which live painting is augmented in real time, the painted forms appear to […]
For the Evidence Doll research project, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby have interviewed women about their sexual partners. […]
Camera Lucida is an interactive “sonic observatory” that converts sound waves into light by means of a phenomenon […]
My tip for the summer, ladies. Bikini Life-Jacket© “BAY WATCH” by Swedish designer Thomas Bernstrand who proposes also […]