April 25, 2013
General Design



When I arrive home, my first instinct is to empty my pockets of the essentials that I need throughout my day- keys, phone, wallet. The Butler is a nesting place for these few things, holding them in place until you venture out again. As you push your iPhone through the slot, you slide out a concealed ledge, and convert the Butler to wall clock. What a very clever way to display your everyday essentials.
Source: http://micklish.com/2012/05/31/the-butler/
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April 18, 2013
General Design





These wallet-friendly, card-sized chargers make keeping a charge easy while away from your home or office.
Pluck it out of your wallet, flip back the USB charger, plug it in and charge! Smart and easy, a great combination for good design.
Oh, and by the way, this was a Kickstarter project that was fully funded, so you missed out on the crownfunded discount price.
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April 16, 2013
General Design, Product Design, Product Innovation



What a clever way to design a cleaver.
These lightweight wooden knives are the work of FCRL [ http://thefederal.co/Maple-Set ] and feature a sharp polished blade for precision cutting.
It appears as if the traditional cutting board has evolved into this handled blade.
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April 11, 2013
General Design






These creative face paintings by Daizy Design are a great example of face painting at it’s finest.
Using the features of each child’s face as a one of a kind canvas, these face paintings wrap the contours of the cheeks and eye lines very gracefully.
Source: http://www.daizydesign.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=12225152
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April 9, 2013
General Design, Innovators & Creators, Product Innovation, Prototyping




When it is broken down to what it actually costs to product coins from the US mint, it is ridiculous.
Considering no company would sell a product for $100 that costs $240 to manufacture, why are coins still being produced in the same fashion?
Among other things, this article suggests removing the inner core of each coin (in the fashion of a donut), sacrificing the portraits and sparing $58 million a year in production.
http://www.core77.com/blog/materials/the_us_mints_production_materials_problem_nickels_cost_11_cents_to_make_heres_our_design_solution_24527.asp
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