It doesn’t matter if it’s coffee, hot cocoa or tea that you need this winter, as long as your mug keeps it hot and looks good doing it. Submitted for your approval: the best designed cups and mugs for 2009.
Winter is definitely here and so comes the snow. Shovels come in a variety of styles these days. Here are a few innovative ways to manage snowfall this season.
Introducing the Copenhagen Wheel, an M.I.T. project designed to introduce a smarter, new era of bicycling. Infused with Bluetooth capabilities, this bike lets you know updated status of speed, distance, direction and theft. Yeah, that’s right. Someone tries to tinker with your locked up bike, and you get a text message.
Even better, when you apply your brakes, you are also creating and storing enough energy to give yourself a power boost for later use. The stored kinetic energy is managed by KERS, or the Kinetic Energy Recovery System installed on the rear wheel.
It doesn’t take many words to introduce the next set of photographs. Just enjoy.
Check out these clever designs used to hang, mount, hide and organize your favorite gifts on the walls this holiday season.
This umbrella, shown in Google Maps, does a little trick of the eye when seen from a bird’s eye view. The design shows up as a “you are here” graphic on a captured image form, which can be entertaining to those people who love searching for interesting Google Street View and Maps snapshots.
Talk about working inside of a box; this redefines working in a cube. And I thought my office was small! Okay, enough is enough, just take a look at this pop-up office set up.
These two images were linked on a website I frequent, and they’re pretty powerful photographs, in my opinion. I think black and white photography can be executed so well, as well as reference to scale and time. These two images are great examples of that.
By cutting out a step, yes the pun is intended, this mushroom chopper makes it easier to cut and collect mushrooms right off of the cutting board. As you press down, the blades slice, and then the cut mushrooms fill the transparent cup so you can add them right into your salads, casseroles or soups. Smart thinking!
Winter seems to be so near, and these fireplace designs are looking so inviting. There is something about a well-designed fireplace that is welcoming and cozy, even to just look at.
