Tug Your Plug

A slight tug on the cord, that’s all it asks for, this Pull Lightly Plug by Choi Hyong-Suk. Why? The obvious reasons…old habit of yanking a plug die hard, so give this one a gentle tug…right till you hear a click…satisfy your sorry cravings and save some wasted standby electricity. From a design point of view – it’s clever because it works...

Paper To Pencil, Just Like That!

P&P Office Waste Paper Processor is one of those things that you wish you knew how it works, but dang! no reasonable explanation provided at all! Maybe it’s a deliberate attempt on the designer teams’ part, because their idea is a surefire hit! What this lovely machine does is that it converts all those useless memos on your table to...

Cubish Audio Blasters

This project goes by the name “Edge” and it comes in a bunch of different colors and works wirelessly. What more could anyone want? Let’s talk about what it actually does – it’s an audio player. It’s got a USB plug and an audio jack in the back for digital music formats as well as stereo sound. Edge has the ability to play audio over Bluetooth...

Chilling Outside The Window

It’s interesting to so how cultural practices can trigger off inspiration to design a product that can be an extension of the same. For instance in India we usually keep pickles on our window sill, to marinate and cook them in the natural heat. Whereas in China, because of their cold conditions, food is kept outside the window to preserve...

Ấn tượng Opel Corsa 2011

Opel Corsa 2011 với nhiều lựa chọn về động cơ, khung xe tốt hơn, khả năng lái được nâng cấp, bên cạnh đó Corsa sẽ có một số phiên bản với màu sơn tuyệt đẹp phù hợp với mọi sở thích và phong cách. Loạt động cơ xăng mới của Corsa sẽ có công suất từ 65 mã lực đến 192 mã lực. Động cơ ecoFlex 1,3 lít mới với công suất 95 mã lực có lượng khí thải...

The 2 fastest bikes in the U.S.

I wasn’t sure about the order, but before the USA Cycling Pro Championship time trial started this morning, I had a pretty good idea who would end up on the top two steps of the podium. I knew it was going to be a great race, and it certainly didn’t disappoint with Taylor Phinney edging out Levi Leipheimer to win the Stars and Stripes jersey...

Bike day at Design*Sponge

I have mentionedDesign*Sponge on this blog a couple times before. In a 2005 post, I referred to it as “one of my favorite non-bike blogs”. Five years later that is still true, so I was really glad to see that all of the D*S posts yesterday were dedicated to bikes.To kick off the bike themed day, Grace ran an interview with Julie Hirschfeld,...

Eurobike Student Award Winners

I briefly mentioned the Eurobike Student Design Awards in my previouspost about the show. After seeing the photos of the 12 winners though, I thought it was worth pointing them out in a separate post. Four of the twelve awarded entries were from the E-bike category, not all that surprising considering the huge presence electric bikes had...