illoom balloons are LED infused balloons, readymade to glow for up to 15 hours. Simply pull the tab, inflate and tie it in a knot. The illuminated balloons can even be filled with helium to stay aloft while helping to light the night.
Peach pits and corn cobs to scrub your pots clean? That’s right! Goodbye Detergent has designed Spaghetti Scrubs, a line of naturally abrasive, detergent–free coarse scrubbers for cleaning your pots and pans. They can even be used to clean off appliances around the kitchen. Not much water is needed to get scrubbing, and then all you need is a little elbow grease.
With cold weather all around us, we are having to stack on layers of clothes to stay warm. And when you make your way back indoors and shed them, what do you do with all of those damp layers?
Created to circulate air throughout all of your damp garments, DryGuy has designed Gear Tree, a coat rack of sorts. Hang any of your coats, gloves, boots or scarves and they’ll be dry and toasty the next time you need them.
Dual function to everyday items is a good approach to design. Switch plates are found in every room, and someone has taken the liberty to create a product which utilizes that prime real estate that exists around every doorway. Smart design, for sure.
The days of structurally weak, dangerously pointed umbrellas are numbered. This new umbrella design, called Blunt, takes a different approach in the redesign of an inclement weather necessity.
With rounded tips and a flexible design that withstands up to 72-mph winds, safety is the first objective, for both you and the people you walk past when holding it.
Blunt’s muscular, lightweight skin appears to look like something that has fallen from the ceiling of a convention center exhibitors booth. The vivid blue helps to visually soften each rounded point, while separating itself from the standard boring, black umbrellas. Simple, smart design wins again.
Mark your page with something other than a bookmark. This bedside book light not only keeps your page marked when you’re not reading, it also keeps your room glowing with just enough light while you read. A little bit nightlight, and a little bit birdhouse, this bedside reading light is a perfect way read into the night.
It can’t be any clearer than this: “no more great ideas down the drain.” Aquanotes cedar pencil and water resistant pad set is an ideal way to keep your new ideas and great thoughts from washing away.
No, this is not some fine liquor or celebrity cologne. This bottle is the means of delivering a homemade maple syrup from a Virginia farm to consumers everywhere with taste. The thick glass bottle, natural brown color and official seal (if I’ve ever seen one) make this a great example of simple product package design. Back Creek Farms did a good job in designing this maple leaf styled syrup bottle for lovers of breakfast everywhere.
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.
