Life’s excesses fueled by today’s culture of acquiring more and more is a social challenge. Designer Shelly Shelly decided to make a social commentary about it in her Achilles Heel table. Playing with the idea of fragility, the design hides gaps and spaces waiting to be discovered and explored.
Designer: Shelly Shelly
Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting designs that was showcased here. Below you’ll find the most popular designs we’ve tracked over the last 30 days – an overview of designs you shouldn’t have missed in July 2008.
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7) Nahamer T450 Toaster by Rob Penny. Permalink Hits: 6580
6) Costume Samsung Hard Drive by Joongoo Lee. Permalink Hits: 7756
5) Baton Style Haptic Phone by Marc Schomann. Permalink Hits: 8335
4) Eco-Brolly Umbrella by Shiu Yuk Yuen. Permalink Hits: 10257
3) Wizard Evacuation Rescue by HJC Design. Permalink Hits: 12745
2) Twist Chair by Nick Ross. Permalink Hits: 14288
1) Mirror Tic Tac Toe by Shahar Peteg. Permalink Hits: 15214
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I hate caravans. In all seriousness, the only good caravan is one that’s on fire. I hate driving behind them, I hate seeing pictures of them. I hate the smell of them, and I hate the cramped confines inside them. To sum up I find them offensive to pretty much all five senses and wouldn’t be caught dead in or around one. With one exception… Enter Designer Kevin VanBraak, who has cleverly managed to turn the most worthless of specimens into the coolest portable space I’ve seen in a long time. This one takes some assembly though.
Step one: Drive it to your destination of choice
Step two: Park it
Step three: Fold down the 3 walls
Step four: Install the trees
Step five: Enjoy.
And what really sells it? The windowsill and campfire of course!
Designer: Kevin VanBraak
The Shake MP3 player by Kenneth Tay makes use of kinetic energy to keep the batteries charges, similar to modern timepieces. With the hold button switched on, jerk it a few times to get the juice. Yea I just said that. Conversely if you leave the hold switch off, the jerking shaking pauses/plays music.
Designer: Kenneth Tay
Texts from the designer:
An electromagnetic coil is connected to the battery, converting kinetic energy into electrical energy that charges the battery.
The player connects to the computer via USB cable through the headphone jack, facilitating the transfer of songs as well as the conventional method of charging.