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Have An IDEA? Submit it & Win it!

Someone rightly said that Design is a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda & philosophy. All it takes to tie all this up into a great presentation is a worthy platform. And that platform is the IDEA Design Awards. For over 30 years, IDEA has recognized design excellence in products, sustainability, interaction design, packaging,...

New Age Bodhi Tree

You don’t need to be in Bodh Gaya to attain enlightenment, a relaxation Tree Bench built in white corian and peaceful surroundings is all that one requires! Talking of this bench, its one that weaves in natural elements like trees, soil and grass with modern amenities like a bench and lighting. Adaptable to a number of settings, I’d like...

This Watch Around Wrist

Here’s a watch which shows not only hours and minutes, but seconds (like any good watch should) and days and months as well. And not only that, this watch, called Orbit, changes color from transparent to black inverted depending on the time of day, and it works as a bedside clock when it’s off your wrist as well. Lookie! Gravitational sensor!Each...

Convertible Shoes

So you’ve got a pair of shoes for the sun, right? Do you have a pair of shoes for when it’s raining so much you’ve got to slosh through the puddles? Oh you do? Well how about a pair of shoes that are BOTH of those things upon a quick adjustment? A cool designer by the name of REN Fangying has a design like that. It’s called “Sunny and Rain”...

eCoin : A Future Digital Representation of Coins

I hate coins. When traveling, I usually try to pay everything with coins first to make sure I don’t have to carry too many of them in my wallet. You might come across the situation where you have to dig deeper in your wallet to find the exact change/amount. Based on that situation, eCoin was designed.eCoin is a digital representation of small...

AReal Atom Vehicle by Imran Othman

Some countries now have nuclear facilities. Will it be possible to design a vehicle that runs on nuclear in the future? Well, anything is possible. Nuclear has always been a solution to our energy problem and I’m sure we can create new advanced technology based on it. Imran Othman, an automotive designer has designed AReal Atom vehicle. A...

Luniform Frame Superbike by Sam Weise

This electric Luniform Frame Superbike is constructed from a weldless die cast aluminum perimeter frame. In order to reduce the overall weight of thissuper bike, the battery acts as a sub member. Its modular design allows you for easy maintenance and simpler way to dis-assembly for another cool bike body design. I hope this is not the final...

OZO Watch by Anton Repponen

OZO Watch features a unique, minimal, and simple design. It’s really easy to read the time with this wristwatch, as you can see the time is displayed in the middle of the dial in a classic hourglass icon. The hours are displayed at the top and the minutes at the bottom. Those 2 dials rotate to present the time. In “night mode”, you still...

Ươm cây không cần tưới nước

Nhà phát minh công nghệ này tin rằng nó có thể góp phần khắc phục tổn thương mà nhân loại đang gây ra cho hành tinh xanh.Chiếc hộp Groasis Waterboxx - (Ảnh: transfer-lbc.com)Chiếc hộp “Groasis Waterboxx”, một dạng lồng ươm cây không cần tưới nước, có thể khiến những khu vực đất đai khô cằn (do chặt phá rừng và canh tác quá mức) màu mỡ lại....

Ô tô giá 200 triệu đồng đổ bộ thị trường Việt

Ngày 30/11 vừa qua, những chiếc BYD F0 đầu tiên với giá bán 200 khoảng triệu đồng đã chính thức lăn bánh tại Hà Nội.Mẫu xe hạng nhỏ xuất xứ Trung Quốc được phân phối chính hãng với giá bán trong khoảng 200-300 triệu đồng. Tham gia phân khúc xe hạng nhỏ tại Việt Nam, BYD F0 là lựa chọn đáng chú ý cho những người tiêu dùng đang muốn chuyển...