Comemai makes protective iPad cases using waste materials like old cassette tape ribbon, shredded magazines and vintage kimonos. This just goes to show you that new technology can spawn loads of creativity as well as reuse, recycling and upcycling.
This lamp made me LOL.
It’s called the Alien Abduction Lamp designed by Lasse Klein. The top of the lamp is a UFO with glowing alien creatures, who are hard at work abducting a lone cow from the field.
It’s sure to please cow lovers and alien lovers alike.
[Via Design Year Book]
Designer Oscar Diaz has come up with an interesting concept. What if you could lose the keyring and have your keys clip together instead?
The key design, called “While you sleep,” was part of a recent exhibition about simple design using 3D printing technology. Diaz explored traditional key cutting. 3D technology is very customizable and when applied to keys there are lots of possibilities. For example, keys can be differentiated based on color, texture or the type of head so that it’s easy to tell which one is your house, which one is your boyfriend’s apartment key, etc.
The keys that Diaz designed have a specially-shaped head so that they can clip together without the use of a key ring. Diaz also mentions that you could save your custom key design and have it safely stored by a company, such as the Post Office. Therefore, if you ever lose your key, you can go get a new one downloaded and printed while you wait.
I have a feeling that 3D printing technology will begin to change many of the things that we use on a daily basis—I’m curious to see what’s next.
[Images: Oscar Diaz]
Despite the recent announcement from Apple that they’re giving away free bumpers and refunds, there are still lots of options to choose from. For example, the free DIY Livestrong one we talked about a few days ago. Then, there’s the Antenn-aid, a tongue-in-cheek bandage-shaped sticker to strategically place over your iPhone’s “boo-boo.” It may or may not aid in reception, but it sure is cute.
There’s truth in numbers here —the Antenn-aid has had over 1500 sales, and it looks like the store opened on July 16th! The bandage concept seems so simple and straightforward that I have to ask myself, why didn’t I think of that?
[Image: Antenn-aid]
GE has revealed a new electric vehicle charging station called the Wattstation, designed by Yves Béhar’s design firm fuseproject.
The friendly, easy-to-use station—if placed in convenient locations—will certainly encourage consumers to consider purchasing an electric vehicle. The Wattstation decreases electric vehicle charge time to as little as 4-8 hours, compared to the 12+ hours of standard charge time (assuming a 24 kWh battery and a full-cycle charge).
Etsy seller NottyPooch takes old billboard banners and gives them a new life as laptop sleeves, wallets, and other items. Look for iPhone and iPad ones coming soon!
[Via Holycool]
On the Craftster forums, user Jacki posted some recent projects that she did using old Kodachrome slides. She didn’t want to throw them away, so she and her husband Travis broke out the Dremel and began drilling holes in the corners. After connecting them with chainmail rings, Jacki created a pair of sentimental curtains for her door.
Kevin Scott, an industrial design student at De Montfort University, designed this bending bike that wraps and locks around bike racks and telephone poles. I wonder if it’s safe to ride?
[Via Designboom]
What a great idea (why didn’t I think of that?)! A USB memory stick that clips on to a piece of paper like a binder clip or paperclip. This clever design just won a 2010 Red Dot design award for product design in computers. Designed by Arman Emami of Ememi Design for Freecom Technologies.
[Images: Red Dot]
Designer Guillaume Delvigne designed a series of lamps that all give out the same light, but the quality of the lampshade ranges from low resolution to high resolution paying homage to web and print quality. The collection of three lamps consists of 72dpi, 144dpi and 300dpi, and the surface of each lamp is made of squares that represent pixels.
Which one would you choose?
[via Unplggd]
Jaime Derringer is a writer as well as editor and publisher of the Milk sites: Design Milk (modern design), and Dog Milk (modern dogs). Her flagship site, Design Milk, began as a collection of Jaime's favorite internet finds, and soon branched out beyond home decor to art, architecture, and technology.
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