Everybody who wonders how the oversaturated electronic kitchen appliances-market will evolve the following years, should take a good look at the results from the Electrolux Design Lab 2008 competition. From a modular refrigerator to an exceptionally fun USB powered toaster that burns images you take from the internet on your toast. Unforgettable moments guaranteed.

The Kuraga (Jellyfish) lamp is made out of fiber optic cables (1,5mm in diameter) that gives it a very soft illumination. The brightness can be altered by changing the size of the curve. Really great and beautiful job by sschemata.   source: pixelbits

What do I see here in my search through the world wide web? My Sphere-o-poly project has been finished for a couple of months, and now, Microsoft introduces the Microsoft Sphere. The Microsoft Sphere is a Spherically shaped object that brings interaction and interface design to a new level. No more boring 2 dimensional [...]

We all know that there’s no company that has more rumors about it’s products than Apple. This time, it’s not an other iPhone ore iPod, but a new Macbook that is taking the Apple fan boys by storm. Rumor has it that Apple is about to release the Macbook Touch in October. The Macbook Touch [...]

The postgraduate course, Vehicle design at the Royal College of Art: a course with a very high global reputation. Famous car designers like Peter Horbury (Volvo), Martin Smith (Ford) and many more. Like every year, the graduates show their work.

Korean designer Won-Seok Lee has developed a new and exciting concept for a portable computer. He didn’t pick the typical notebook form factor for his B-membrane that everyone does. The result of this is a strange yet fascinating UFO like white design that , instead of using a LCD display, projects its images in the [...]

There are many would-be Apple designers who fill their time with trying to predict how the next Apple iPod, Macbook or iMac will look like, but very few are as convincing as Isamu Sanada. He has made a collection of very nice looking renderings that could have been from Jonathan Ive himself. I especially like [...]

It seems that German automaker BMW has produced another groundbreaking concept. It’s easy to see that the BMW GINA Visionary is more than just a car with a magnificent design.  The body of the car, which is usually made from metal, is replaced with highly durable and expansion-resistant fabric that’s sprawled across a metal wire [...]

A while ago, they announced the winners of the Cooper-Hewit National Design Awards of 2008. Each year, they honor outstanding peaces of design in the fields of Architecture, Communication Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design, Landscape Design and Product Design. This year, the winners were Tom Kundig, Scott Stowell, Ralph Rucci, Rockwell Group, Olin Partnership and [...]

If you ever crave for a refreshing dive in a swimming pool, we’ve got the perfect chair for you. The ultra kitsch Splash Lounge chair from designer Michael Wendel is inspired by the well known slow motion videos of objects falling into liquid surfaces. Sadly, we wont be ably to buy it, due to the [...]