April 30, 2009
Product Design, Product Innovation, Upcoming Inventions
This award winning design is called Ooob. Considered both a bookend and a doorstop, these colorful things can do whatever you want them to do. The soft, heavy, rubber-skinned design doesn’t leave any scuff marks on the floor, nor does it scratch your door. Completely rounded and weighted with a 1.2 kg steel core, this design will keep any door open and any stack of books upright.

March 5, 2009
Product Design, Upcoming Inventions

This concept design is a heat wand that toasts your bread one side at a time. Ceramic by design, the inventor made it charge similar to that of electric toothbrushes. As you glide the heated wand over the toast the visual indicator appears to show you that your toasting is complete, this one with images of butterflies and ivy. Now that’s thinking outside of the box…or toaster, whatever. Expect this innovative concept to make it to market some time this year.
February 11, 2009
General Design, Innovators & Creators, Upcoming Inventions

A glass artisan on Etsy invented a way to create a second life for beverage bottles. This seller turns any bottle with a painted label into a drinking glass using a unique process. What a great way to give bottles a second use, other than recycling.