These bathroom tiles are a wonderful way to marry form and function. A pull-out drawer and a towel hook built into the tile is a simple, clever and ingenious use of space. Hideaway spaces always seem to work well in smaller areas like the kitchen and bathroom.
Travel friendly design has been extended to man’s best friend, thanks to the Travel-tainer. Conveniently compact and smart for travel, this container has pop-off water and food dishes with an air-tight container for dry pet food. I guess it could work with cereal and milk too, if you prefer.
This concept design is something that might possibly become a reality. Maptor is a combination projector and map with built-in GPS. The lanyard design makes it easy to wear around your neck, and when you are in the midst of indecision, the projected map can help guide you to where you want to be. I would love to have one of these, if they ever make it to market!
Good design reaches the masses and is relevant to most people. By that standard, this would be an example of good design. The icon design of these keys makes it easy to grab the correct key because the shape implies the lockset it matches. No more reaching for the front door key and getting your grandma’s garage door key in the wrong keyhole!
Here is a clever way to store small valuables, but a bad way to transfer electricity. Touted as a great way to fool maids and snoopy visitors, this surge protector vault is lightweight, visually authentic and even has an LED that glows red to fool the eye. Spy gear designs are always cool finds.
I came across one of these ceramic coffee cups over the weekend while shopping with my family, and was completely tricked into believing it was a throw-away cup. Once opened, it even reveals a silicone sleeve, just like the cardboard ones that all of the fancy coffee shops wrap around your paper cup. The double-walled cup maintains the temperature of your beverage longer than any throw-away cup, however, and it doesn’t attract the awe of onlookers like other reusable cups and mugs that scream, “Hey, I am trying to save the world here, one cup at a time!”
You are probably gazing at your screen thinking this is the next Apple product. You think this is a pre-pre-release image, leaked out to verify the latest rumor. Well, this just happens to be a TV tuner plug-in for your iPod Touch or PC. The Seg Clip, from Japan, for Japan, is due to come out later this month, in Japan. I hope this makes its way across the pond because it seems to be a cool idea for a low price of $70.
I think it is so cool when people find ways to transform everyday objects. The inventor of this folding bicycle has found a way to condense the size of the bicycle into something that can travel indoors with you after you arrive at your destination. Way cool design!
This may look like an electronics device, but it definitely isn’t. It is a wallet that secures your personal items from being compromised electronically. RFID theft, or radio frequency identity theft, can happen without you even knowing. This clamshell of a storage space blocks any person who may try to grab your information from the Visa, Mastercard, and American Express cards in your purse or pocket. Now you can forget about hackers in crowds electronically taking what is your’s.
Memo block for those times you want to avoid memory block. A log of sticky backed notepad paper is a clever desktop product design.
