November 19, 2009
General Design, Product Design

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!
November 16, 2009
Product Design, Product Innovation, Upcoming Inventions

This is a clever design. A tea cup with a mixing ball that you swirl to stir. And with a protruding, curved base, the ball does not fall out as you tilt back to drink. Clever, to say the least.
November 13, 2009
Product Design

Yeah, that’s right, a gasket for your switch plates and outlet covers. I have read where this is a great idea to maintain a seal this winter when watching heating costs. Do your own homework, but it looks like heat can make its way out from more than just windows and doors.
November 11, 2009
Product Design, Upcoming Inventions

This set of coffee cups makes fetching coffee a breeze. No need for everyone to make a second trip back to the coffee machine when you can just link your cups together. The ceramic mugs have male and female ports and plugs to join together as you scoot around the office passing out a fresh pick-me-up.
November 9, 2009
General Design, Product Design


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.
November 6, 2009
General Design, Innovators & Creators, Product Innovation, Uncategorized, Upcoming Inventions
Small spaces can engender the best of designs. So many designs have been centered around tight quarters, but not like this. A company called Spiral Cellars has found a niche market servicing the wealthy wine aficionado.
Using a cut-out hole in the floor beneath common areas in the home, these guys create spiral staircases that lead to small depths; so small in fact, that you can do no more than grab a bottle of wine. A cool factor, indeed, to have such a cool hidden cellar, but at what cost? Plenty, I am sure.

July 24, 2009
Product Design, Product Innovation, Uncategorized

Check out these skylines created using natural light to generate silhouettes through windows. Natural sunlight streams through these perforated skyline blinds, which depict the famous skylines of Tokyo, Paris, Stockholm and Helsinki. Sunsets will never look the same through one of these.
April 8, 2009
Upcoming Inventions

What a novel idea to have the drying feature built into the design of this dinner plate. Reminding me so much of a clothesline, this plate drip dries after you hang it to dry, leaving no water droplets behind. There needs to be a line of silverware and bowls using this same air-dry feature.