James Dyson is most famous for his vacuum cleaner design, but he also hosts a design challenge that yields very interesting inventions, as you can see from the examples below. Glance at the pictures then take a look at the video demonstrations to see how each design works.
Check out the video to see why The William makes more sense than a traditional stove top range. Based on concentrated, precisely heated panels, this cooktop has it all — touch screen operation, flush, flat surface…. well, just take a look.
Good, a creative ad agency from Kazastan, has made helmet graphics better. Supposedly on a break from advertising, they decided to side track and give product design a try. The cleverly realistic, humorous helmet covers in these images wrap around the helmet to improve the visual appeal of an otherwise boring, standard safety helmet.
Masterlock has taken on a new design in the hope of attracting a whole new generation of school-goers. This combination lock nixes the numbers and relies on the toggles. Using any combination of left, right, upward or downward motions, you can set this lock for your new locker this new school year.
I think it is pretty aesthetically pleasing, and it claims to have increased bolt cutter protection and anti-shim technology, too. I remember when locks used to have numbers on them; boy am I getting old.
I know that sushi is a traditional Japanese food, but look what a German design firm has done to bring the process of making sushi into the 21st century. This is a great new application to an established mechanism used to roll tobacco, but it is still clever.
Now anyone can roll sushi, or anything for that matter. I’d love to try to roll a few desserts, or make lasagna rolls, with this!
Save a slice or two using this banana slicer when you are making a dessert or snack. This spring-loaded banana slicer makes it easy to get six uniform slices with one squeeze of your hand. Desserts, recipes, drying fruit snacks — whatever it is that you do with a banana, you’ll never slice the same way again.
Chris Gilmore has taken everyday items and made them to scale, completely out of cardboard. The detail is great and the form is dead on. I have often seen input models made of cardboard, but these are true art.
This ingenious hot tub is getting some attention because it is off the grid, mobile, lightweight and well, just awesome. Firewood is placed within the coil of pipes and set aflame. When the water heats, it creates a circulation of hot water. Made of poly-fiber and stainless steel, this portable hot tub is shown on a canoe, tied to the roof of the car and in remote places where you normally can’t find a hot tub – until now.
I am impressed with how the designer of this product approached the problem of creating an airtight food storage container in such a unique manner. The cork ball is threaded with an elastic band, and the opposite side of the container has a dimple for holding the ball in the open position. Very clever approach.
This tire design has LED bulbs infused to work at any speed, serving as daylight running lights or night lights for post sunset rides. Fog, rain, dusk and dawn beware; these lights are great for any condition.
