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Cabin Fever

Joseph Warren — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:03:58 +0000

With spring only days away after a record snowfall this February, I think cabin fever has set in for many children and adults. As a kid, building a place to play was a seasonal event – forts in the summer, chopped wood cabins in the fall and snow igloos in the winter. Now that warm weather is right around the corner, here are my top 10 cabins I’d rather be in (if I could fit) when spring has sprung.

Seven Ways to Shovel Snow Winter is definitely here and so comes the snow. Shovels...
A Celebration of Snow Stevie Famulari, an environmental artist and a landscape architecture...
Hang Dry – Innovative Product Design With cold weather all around us, we are having...

Blooming Book Marks

Joseph Warren — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:51:53 +0000

Use this blade of grass page marker to keep tabs in your favorite read. At first glance, I thought this was a cleverly disguised planter, styled as a book.

Bedside Book Light Mark your page with something other than a bookmark. This...
Grand Illusion At first glance, this appears to be an illusion,...
Japanese Address Book Some of you may remember my interview with the...

Explorations in Paper

Joseph Warren — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:19:01 +0000

This set of images shows an exercise in packaging by Sylvain Allard, teacher at UQAM School of Design.

Each one uses only a single piece of plain white paper, with no constraints of transportation or marketing of the 2D to 3D studies. I thought it was a clever approach to training students on limitations in the world of advertising; though many of the designs are not feasible, the students gained a knowledge of volume and practice at thinking fast on their feet.

Paper Art Not since Kazimir Malevich have I seen such great...
11 Creative Advertising Designs Floor of an elevator made to look like a...
In A Case Of Their Own Here is a unique way to showcase your love...

Innovative Uses for Everyday Items

Joseph Warren — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:16:38 +0000

Click on these images to see inventive second uses for each one of these everyday objects. Who would have ever thought?

Innovative Kitchen Ideas All of the above...
Innovative Invention: Bench Cookies Marketed as a vice-free alternative to keeping your...
Smart Drinkware: Innovative Design This is a clever design. A tea cup with a...

Package Design 1OO% Chocolate

Joseph Warren — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:05:29 +0000

Have your cake and eat it too! The contents are chocolate, the box is chocolate, everything is chocolate. This chocolate box is an edible way to creatively store your favorite chocolate treats, and it is way more delicious than any other box of chocolates out there.

Package Design Dip & Squeeze Is Here To Please After 42 years of using the famous ketchup packet...
Mammoth Sandwich Take another look. That’s not a sandwich, that’s a cake....
box less pizza: Package Design There is no way that you can call this...

A One-Ton Igloo How-To

Joseph Warren — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:49:59 +0000

With nearly 2 feet of newly fallen snow on the ground and more in the forecast for tomorrow, I thought this instructional time lapse video was pretty enticing. Using a kitchen knife, a storage tub, a snow shovel and a lot of repetition, this guy builds the ultimate backyard igloo.

Seven Ways to Shovel Snow Winter is definitely here and so comes the snow. Shovels...
A Celebration of Snow Stevie Famulari, an environmental artist and a landscape architecture...
Combo Kitchen Gadgets Combination gadgets never get old, and here are some new...

Kinetic Jewelry: The Gear Ring

Joseph Warren — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:31:38 +0000

This ring is a perfect marriage of function and style. Gear Ring goes for $165 and comes in limited sizes, and wow, is it ever cool! It boasts that it is designed as a highly durable piece of jewelry that is resistant to tarnishing, fading, scratching, and rusting, and backs it up with a lifetime warranty.

Product Innovation: Clever Drain Solution This transparent drain system makes seeing the problem beneath...
Cool Portable Camping Gear A shower in your pocket? A pontoon on your back? A...
Hang Dry – Innovative Product Design With cold weather all around us, we are having...

Sugru Who?

Joseph Warren — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:37:11 +0000

Sugru is described as a creator’s dream, a means to have things that you have already, but better. This room temperature-curing silicone putty has been used for mending pottery, modifying electronics and patching fabric.

Heat resistant, washable and tactile enough to mold to any form, this stuff sold out within 16 hours during its online debut. So, when it becomes available again, you’ll have to act fast if you want some for yourself!

Tricky Kicks – Puma RS 100 INJEX For those of you familiar with the process of...

Science Is Fun Part 3: Water Marbles

Joseph Warren — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:49:58 +0000

Non-toxic water trick that produces transparent water marbles that will amaze you. Pretty cool science.

Science is Fun Part 1: Nitinol + Hot Water = Cool Shapes This video shows the shape memory and super elasticity...
Science is Fun Part 2: Elephant Toothpaste What a colorful, fast-action experiment! I imagine its even cooler...

Science is Fun Part 2: Elephant Toothpaste

Joseph Warren — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:42:24 +0000

What a colorful, fast-action experiment! I imagine its even cooler to see it in person. Elephant toothpaste, of course, is not a dental product, but a chemical reaction using a few simple chemicals and food dye.

Everything Elephant September 22 is Elephant Appreciation Day. In honor of the largest...
Science Is Fun Part 3: Water Marbles Non-toxic water trick that produces transparent water marbles that...