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- Slow and Steady Wins EDL 2010, The Snail!
- 15 Amazing Bicycles For The Future of Seoul
- Men & Women – We P Together In The Same Bucket!
- Seconds Moving Hours
- Sitting on Transparency
- Row Your Landlubbing Cart
| Slow and Steady Wins EDL 2010, The Snail! Posted: 24 Sep 2010 09:25 AM PDT  Eight amazing designers from around the would took turns presenting their ideas to a panel of four very tough judges. We were taken aback by the amazing mockups Electrolux provided. This was a dream come true for many as it is often rare to see a physical model of your design. We felt nervous at the pit of our stomachs for them. The judges scrutinized every nuance of each concept. They praised what needed to be praised, but made sure each designer knew where the flaws were – perhaps a good lesson. Yurly Dmitriev’s Bio Robot Refrigerator scored the people’s choice award racking up more public votes than anyone else. The concept glorified the use of tiny robots overseeing food suspended in a biopolymer gel. It’s an idea that perfectly straddles the realms of science fiction and what people believe a kitchen in 2050 could look like. However it was the Snail that won the judges favors. Certainly a surprise to many including us. It’s a wonderful concept that uses micro induction heating to cook food. It offers a paradigm shift in how people in the future might prepare meals. Gone are ovens and stovetops. All you need is a pot and a couple of Snails – blurring the lines between home and portable cooking. Congratulations to designer Peter Alwin. Who knew inspiration could come from a gastropod? What a whirlwind this first day has been! We’ve got interviews to do, people to see, and more amazing concepts to scout. Electrolux Design Lab, as usual, pulled out all the stops. The staging is beautiful and the talks about Scandinavian design really hits home for those in love with the far north aesthetic. We’ve got tons more to show you but in the meantime, please check out our EDL 2010 flickr gallery. ----------        |
| 15 Amazing Bicycles For The Future of Seoul Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:11 AM PDT  Seoul is one city that is conscious of the fact that we need to ride more bicycles and loosen up the traffic congestion. To advocate their intent Seoul Design Fair hosted the Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010, where entries from around the world we welcomed. The mission was to provide a cycle for the city dweller, so that he can adopt cycling into his daily routine and lead a healthy lifestyle. The city on its part, promises to provide all the infrastructure needed to promote it. Let's take a look at main features of 15 of the best entries in random order! 15) Bike 2.0 by Nils Sveje, Inoda Sveje design studio & IPU Produktudvikling Main Features: comfortable ride with energy leveling and the stepless gearbox, option of adding seat-tube battery for speed, two wireless control-units (that work with two wireless rings on the handlebar) help control your ride. 14) Beik by Lukas Jungmann Main Features: Audi branding, folding mechanism, articulated frame steering and the untypical frame setup. 13) Tribune by Thüring Lukas, Lukas Thüring & Florian Vecsey Main Features: electric operated tricycle-recumbent bike, powered by a generator and an electric motor, external battery increases drive capacity, lockable little boot to store items above the rear wheel, adjustable headrest and pedals, flexible backrest, front and back lights for safety, ergonomic design. 12) Ridenpush by You Ho Jeon Main Features: a riding cycle with a wagon can transform into a push cart when heavy, intended for the elderly. 11) Ufold by André Costa Main Features: a cross between a mountain bike size and a city bike, easy to use folding system, handle in the frame makes it easy to push, when closed, central joint in the two piece frame, safety trigger and an angle two piece frame help in aligning the wheel when opened. 10) Full Circle by Sanghyun jeong & Jun-Tae Park Main Features: compact sized city bike, large wheel size (508mm, 20inch), no chains but free wheel gear directly connects to its pedal, most of its parts can be folded, including saddle and handle bars. 9) Molecule by Yongjin Lee Main Features: body is modeled on the river Han of Seoul, unique shape. 8 ) Helo by Junkyo Lee Main Features: unique body, integrated lock design to prevent theft. 7) ROOnighT by Yong-Bum Lim & Park Jong-Soon Main Features: harnesses energy from the cycling to power its lights at night, the polycarbonate frame emits light through O.L.E.D, transforming the bicycle into a night light for the street it's parked in, intended for a public sharing system for bikers. 6) X Bike by Woogyeong Go, Dong-ha Kim & Kyeongpyo Cho Main Features: looks like the letter "X", no chain technology. 5) Carrier Bike by Shin Hyung Sub Shin Main Features: a convenient carrier, shelf located in the middle of the bicycle, designed to help carry the users luggage. 4) SE:CUrity Lock System by Sang Yong Park & Jae Yong Park Main Features: the steering features a number lock system, locks by pushing the handles down, locks into the front wheel of the cycle, unique body design. 3) T-bike by Jung Geun Tak & Shinhyun Kang of T.A.K studio Main Features: iconic design, folding handlebars double up as a lock, embedded GPS, E-INK and EPD technology used in the embedded monitor, adjustable seat via a lever with the seat height index (indicator), seat height can be adjusted while being seated. 2) Sideways Bike by Michael Killian Main Features: two wheel steering bicycle with independently steerable wheels, travels sideways, unique and distinct motion, best suited for children from age 7. 1) Trileaf by Jihyeong Kim Main Features: eco electric tricycle, can be used in a public rental system, has a tilting mechanism and a steering in the front, electric motor in the rear, emergency raincoat box built under the seat. Bonus Entry! How can we not have a bonus entry! By The Way all the images and credits go to our friends at Designboom, who have complied the event for Seoul Design Fair. Viento – Urban Folding Bicycles by Gil Sheffi Main Features: folding cycle, super-formed aluminum frame, hubless pedal system, hollow main axis, neatly folded look. ----------     |
| Men & Women – We P Together In The Same Bucket! Posted: 24 Sep 2010 03:21 AM PDT  There was this scene in the movie History of the World where Mel Brooks plays the Piss Boy and the royalty pay him the fee for his "bucket service" by dropping his tip into the bucket! Funny scene; but the truth is women can't pee in the same bucket or urinal! Not unless everyone is peeing in the "We P Unisex Urinal". The design is self-explanatory, so I'm leaving you boys for a loo-break! Too much of P talk here! Designer: Michal Farago ----------     |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:15 AM PDT  On our never-ending travels from the birth to the grave, there’s lots of minutes, hours, waiting for years to pass, all the loveliness and ickiness of the world traveling about us. But then there’s the seconds. The tiny ants carrying the picnic of our lives unto the future. Daniel Will-Harris knows this, and seeks to show us every day time moving forward being pushed by seconds. The numbers move, the moment stays the same. This is the “Rush Hour” watch, a highly modern sort of watch. Take a peek at the flash animation of the way this watch works, then look at the closer-up images of its simple knob and face. Then buy it! Designer: Daniel Will – Harris [Buy It Here, Rush Hour is available for $115 @ YD Store] Rush Hour is available for $115 @ YD Store ----------     |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:11 AM PDT  Designer Zbigniew Strzebonski set himself up a challenge: to translate a piece of urban architecture into a small bit of interior architecture. In this case, a seat. A seat to start with and a seat to finish. The start was a lovely row of seats sitting in the tram stations of Dublin. The end product is a fabulous see-through seat called “The Arc Chair,” with a surprising splash of green! Made out of a 10mm thick acrylic sheet, 20mm plywood, foam, and felt. Straight outta Poland AND Ireland. The final shape of the arc was formed with a CNC router in the Klearex factory in Balydoil (Dublin, Ireland.) The final shape of the chair body was made using thermoforming technology. Strzebonski informs us that the most effective way he’s found to make it is by jet cutting and multimould formers. Very fun techniques for a really wild chair, the most basic and essential of sculptures for a modern industrial designer. Dimensions: H 720mm, D 450mm, W 740mm Designer: Zbigniew Strzebonski ----------     |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:02 AM PDT  Made for adults as well as children, this is the row-tastic exercise tool, similar to a city bike, where you’re able to rent, ride, and return without worry. Intended for low traffic areas, woodlands, beach, park and residential areas. Great for all sorts of forms of golf, row your way into the future of exercise and shared vehicle usage. It’s called the “RowRay,” and it’s made to sit at the back and row with your arms. This vehicle’s stripped down to the bare essentials so that you can use it, or carry it over a river if you’re on the Oregon trail, or row REALLY FAST if you’re in a RowRay race. Head on over to the local RowRay stand, pay with your cellphone, and row around all day with your friends and family. Made specifically for families with an abundance of energy and lots of drive to roll around the city or along the country road or on some loving giant trails in the forest. Row 2 handles at once or back and forth between the two. Designer: Troels Øhman ----------     |
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