In July 2009 we wrote...
Calendar Matches
Time to burn. A calendar made of matches by Yurko Gutsulyak for VS Energy International Ukraine
Sheet Seat
Sheetseat from ufuk kesin is: "...produced from a sheet of plywood and can be folded back to it's flat form with only 3/4 inch thickness."
Sheetseat. Try saying that three times fast.
Solar Forest
Can't see the forest for the solar panels? This Solar Forest from Neville Mars not only provides shade for electric cars to park under but also solar power to charge the cars. Let's hope it comes to Shanghai soon.
Virtual Digital Graffiti
Here's a cool concept from Lumacoustics. YrWall is an installation consisting of a large screen on to which virtual paint can be sprayed. Graffiti without the mess. Available for parties.
Stackable White Goods
Something different for this week's Lego. Stackable white goods by Stefan Buchberger, a design student at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. I think this is a really cool idea. Gradually build up your collection of white goods like building up a hi-fi from separates. More pics at Toxel.
Multifunction Things
We like things with more than one function.
A door that is a ping-pong table. Handy for those emergency ping-pong moments. By Tobias Fränzel.
Two things by Aïssa Logerot:
An ironing board that is a mirror.
A table that is a chair.
Paul Rand
Paul Rand was a truly great graphic designer and one of our heroes. Rand designed the logos IBM, ABC, UPS and NeXT. Recently video of an interview with Paul Rand has appeared on YouTube (part 1, part 2, part 3). What's interesting about this interview is that like most people who are terribly good at something he doesn't think it's such a big deal. The interviewer seems to be looking for some kind of epiphany but Rand is very straightforward.
I like Rand's approach to client presentations: he doesn't give an endless stream of options. He gives one solution with a rationale of how he got there. As illustrated by this story of the NeXT presentation…
Jake Dyson Motorlight Wall
Jake Dyson has designed the Motorlight Wall. The Motorlight Wall is operated via a remote control, which can interface with up to 30 lights simultaneously. See also Motorlight Floor.
