Fun With Dishes Sure you’re not supposed to play with your food, but what about your dishes? Jean-Francois De Witte plays with various kitchen items to turn them into happy little creatures. via Dude Craft This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die | Design for Good | Big Think - StumbleUpon You don't find many designers working in the funeral business thinking about more creative ways for you to leave this world (and maybe they should be). However, the product designer Gerard Moline has combined the romantic notion of life after death with an eco solution to the dirty business of the actual, you know, transition. His Bios Urn is a biodegradable urn made from coconut shell, compacted peat and cellulose and inside it contains the seed of a tree. Once your remains have been placed into the urn, it can be planted and then the seed germinates and begins to grow. I, personally, would much rather leave behind a tree than a tombstone. Editor's Note: The Bios Urn is a patented design of Estudimoline, the design company of Gerard Moline, a Catalan artist and product designer who designed Bio Urn for animals in 1999.
EcoSphere Closed Aquatic Ecosystem, Small Sphere: Pet Supplies 17 Cool and Unusual Coasters Creative beverage coasters will make a great addition to any bar or kitchen. Bread Coasters Set of unusual coasters designed to look like a loaf of sliced bread. OXO Good Grips Coasters These cool beverage coasters are equipped with a pattern that holds liquid and promotes air flow so coasters won’t stick to glassware. Puzzle Coasters Elegant jig-saw puzzle inspired coaster set made of stainless steel. Chalkboard Coasters Perfect for writing down names of people and drinks at parties. Stay on Coasters Innovative beverage coasters will always “stay on” your wine glass. Wine Bottle Coaster Stays with the bottle and catches drops. Pallet Coasters Stackable coasters are exact miniatures of the industrial models. Fruit Coasters Unique coasters feature interior ridges designed to capture condensation and steady beverages. Cutlery Coasters Modern coasters created out of laser cut and folded steel sheets. Cheeseburger Coasters Set includes lettuce, tomato, cheese, meat, and two bread coasters.
50 Beautiful and Effective Package Designs When choosing one product over another, the design of the packaging probably influences your decision far more than you realize. Effective packaging design breaks away from the standard rules and conventions that we are accustomed to, giving the product a unique edge to stand out from the rest. The packaging should appeal to your target market. It’s also vital to ensure that you’re conveying the necessary information about the contents and quality of the product, while triggering the desired emotion in your customer. Here are 50 beautifully designed packages that you can draw inspiration from.
Sandisk reveals world's fastest 128GB SDXC Card SanDisk has announced that its new 128GB Extreme SDXC UHS-I card, which boasts read/write speeds of up to 45 MB/s, is now shipping About eighteen months ago, SanDisk revealed the world's fastest 32GB SDHC media card, pushing the format's data transfer speeds up to a rather lively 30 megabytes per second (MB/s). Since then, the SDXC standard has been let loose on the world, with the promise of theoretical capacities of anything up to 2TB and file transfer rates up to 104 MB/s for the UHS-I flavor and 312MB/s for UHS-II. While we're not quite there yet, SanDisk is again claiming the "world's fastest" crown with its new 128GB Extreme SDXC UHS-I card, which boasts read/write speeds of up to 45 MB/s. Now that today's high end digital cameras are capable of churning out 30 megapixel images in quick succession, professionals and enthusiasts are driving media card manufacturers to produce storage that offers shot-to-shot performance to suit. Buy this on Amazon About the Author
30 Modern Dining Tables for a Wonderful Dining Experience For those who look for quality in design and manufacture, any dining table will just not do. This is where the search for the perfect table begins. Information is everything, so to insure that you have made the best decision about buying the perfect modern dining table, you have to know exactly what you want and then search for it. There are so many amazing designs out there and that make the choice even more difficult. 1. The 7100 Dining Desk The first dining table in our list is the expandable dining table from Draenert. 2. The Ping-Pong Dining Table was designed by Singaporean designer Hunn Wai. 3. This next table comes from Italian interior design and furniture firm Arredamenti Diotti. 4. Resting on marble legs, the Cervino Dining Table can be found at Italian furniture developers Cattelan Italia. 5. This dining table named Action is a versatile satin steel covered table that can accommodate up to 10 people thanks to its extendible glass top. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Network Tube by Son Kijo, Joon Hyoung Seo, Uhm Hyung Woo, Choi JinYoung... Titanic Needed This! One of the biggest fears while evacuating a sinking ship is the possibility of survivors being carried away by the tide, and people getting lost at sea. The Network Tube is a rescue tube with magnetic properties and aims to form a floating cluster, bringing people together via GPS. When people huddle together, they not only boost each other’s morale, but they also increase their chances of survival. Designers: Son Kijo, Joon Hyoung Seo, Uhm Hyung Woo, Choi JinYoung & Kim Junpyo
Would-be Hoboes: Your Dream House Has Arrived Treehugger points us to this very clever design for a jacket with pouches in its lining that can be unfurled to reveal a personal tent. As the designer, Justin Gargasz, explains: Individuals feel the need to escape interactions in their environment everyday. Whether it be interactions with excessive technology or other people, this psychological and physical need to get away is where I began my investigation. A physical as well as psychological escape is achieved when the user has the option to efficiently get away from inside of building and come back when ever they choose. Note that Gargasz isn't suggesting that campers are the jacket's ideal audience—no, he's smart enough to realize that this jacket can't ever replace a good tent tucked into a backpack. [Via Treehugger]
12 Chopsticks That Won't Leave You Asleep At the Table - Oddee.com (chinese, japanese...) Chopstick Glasses If you need to wear glasses, but often forget your chopsticks, designer Brad Gressel's chopstick glasses will ensure you always have eating utensils on hand, or should I say on head? Be sure to wash these before and after you use them for food as you don't want sticky glasses or dirty chopsticks. Sauce Dispensers If you like sauces on all of your meals, you can finally bring your own without having to lug around giant bottles of flavorings. Forkchops Sometimes you need a knife and fork, but sometimes chopsticks are better. Collapsible Chopsticks For the chopstick lover on the go, these collapsible chopsticks can be easily stored in a purse, wallet or pocket and assembled whenever you're ready to slurp some soba on your way to an important board meeting. The Chopstick Bra Recycled Baseball Bats Samurai Swords If you prefer classic Japanese culture over their more westernized modern culture, then these samurai chopsticks are sure to put you back in your Edo-period happy place.
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What Happened Bandages We regularly look for fresh and high quality fonts for designers and bring them together.We found many fresh fonts but selected really good ones.Personally i like Kakawate,Conviction and Hand-up fonts so much More Free Fresh Fonts Creative Curved River Sinks Flow through Countertops Elkay has created a number of creative sinks for virtually any style or occasions, coming in a variety of shapes, styles and sizes for both residential and commercial use. The Mystic flowing sink, however, has to be their best yet. As shown above, this sink design curves and winds its way through a chosen surface. It can be set into something that is shaped like it is or can be set against the more standard rectangular surfaces found in most kitchens. Other sinks by Elkay come in all kinds of innovative forms with various purposes.