The non·object book is the first of its kind – the first of a new genre we call Design Fiction. In the same way that sci-fi movies and fictional tales stretch your imagination, our hope is to take you on a journey into the future of design and inspiration. We will share stories and concepts [...]
The Meizu miniOne (pictured above) from China seems to almost look like the recently launched Apple iPhone preview!
Unlike the M8 pictured below, its no more a phone, but a:
4GB and 8GB PMPs that will play 30fps videos that fill up the entire 720 x 480 screen and have a 2-megapixel camera [...]
An interesting collection of a very direct, in-your-face, literal jewelry designs by Julia Harrison. Powerful stuff to start your day with, but my question is how do you wear it?
(btw pictures to follow are not very safe for work, even though its art)
Registration for the 10TouchPoints Design Competition starts from 31st March 07. Check out our website to sign up for the event and check the latest updates.
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The word “Gaia†expresses the idea of a “living planet Earth†in which all of nature and all of life together form a single living organism. So that GAIA and people can coexist, we will develop only products that are truly needed, and we will create products [...]
The Chin Family from the Alessi Spring/Summer 2007 Collection. Designed by Stefano Giovannoni with Rumiko Takeda, The Chin Family was produced in collaboration with the National Palace Museum of Taiwan.
Interesting Design Links
Everybody loves Super Mario Brothers, check out this innovative redesign of a traditional favourite.
Kobe Beef name card holder, Japanese design Fetish!
Style phones = lousy phones
Making digital devices easy to use, another ilove article
How Moto did it with the Razr.
Sony’s Strategy with the PS3 and how it views Apple here.
100 ways to kill [...]
A very clever tree/nature inspired lamp sent to us by Axel Hugan from Gerilja Works. This lamp won the duo a “Young Talents” award in Norway as well.
More pictures after the jump.
Lightouch must be Functional. Adaptable. Modular. Scalable.
Light. Touch.
What is such a lighting system?
Show Us. Show All.
Lightouch Design Competition Now Closes on 30 April 2007!
It used to be that being at the right place and the right time was the ultimate ‘trick’ to perfect. Many still try. But most soon realise that it is more of [...]
Phew! That was nerve wracking. I have been doing some site maintenance, so apologies if things looked a little wonky. I’ve basically upgraded this site to the latest Wordpress 2.1.5, checked all the plugins, and tweaked the template (notice the change in the widths of the columns?). So everything looks good [...]
Ansley Jones Goh, (goes by Ansmania at the IDAsia.org forum) a Singaporean student from the University of Canberra, has got into the finals of the Australian Design Awards: Dyson Student Awards category with his “Adrenalina — Anaphylactic Auto Injector”.
More cool pictures after the jump.
I’m sure the designers were inspired by a bull of some sort with this Diablo based special. What I’m curious about is the metal surfacing on that front bonnet and how they are going to make it? The overlapping ridges and undercuts must make manufacturing a nightmare! Check out the bling on [...]
Absolut’s creative spin on their bottle’s form in their ads never seases to amaze me.
Not when we have a REi Huggable!
Diana Lin, a member at IDAsia.org designed and launched her very cool REi Huggable pillow. We would have loved to have featured her product launch, and perhaps we still can! I’ll dig around and see if she is interested in having a chat about her designs.
So if [...]
Due to some strange twist of fate, IDAsia.org’s network link news will now come to you on Wednesdays!
Interesting Design Links
Very interestinginterview with Anthony Dunne is the Head of Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art in London.
Hard core industrial design, building products from nothing at all.
The Future of Luxury.
Whats happening in the world of [...]