If it is night, it only makes sense that the room be lit up like the surroundings: in moonlight. Moon Night Light does that, well at least in terms of looks. The night light takes the shape of a full moon and has a five watt lamp ensconced in it. Currently available for pre-order at $4.46.
Let’s not spend time on boring crockery, when you could imagine the pleasure of eating straight out of some beardy dude’s beard. The series of plates by Phil Jones has four designs, each representing the dude with a different style of beard. The plates are not in production yet though the designer is looking for manufacturing and distribution partners.
NYC is busy working on the Second Avenue Subway, the first line under the city since 1932. Aimed towards decreasing commuter congestion towards east Manhattan, the line will cost $4.5 billion. For what we think seeing these images, the line might be a portal to another world. Perhaps it’s the lights, or it could be the photographs themselves, but these do give the feel of an otherworldly operation.
Here’s what makes Google the visual experience you know. The icons, images, photographs all have a solid design backing deciding what they should look like and what colors have to be utilized. Google Visual Assets Guidelines is quite an interesting view, even if you have little interest in design.
Stroller don’t have to be lame, they could be cool provided you remember to secure the baby. Skateboard Stroller, aka Longboard Stroller has the infant sitting on and nicely secured to the skateboard while you can join the kid on the skateboard. Designed by Studio Peter van Riet NV and Quinny, this one definitely holds some promise of fun times. As we know, children love an outing to the arena.
It’s raining, everybody has their umbrellas out, and well it’s trouble. People bumping umbrellas, umbrellas dripping on passersby, poking people in the eyes, and if not all that, umbrellas blowing inside out. It’s a mess. And I just realized this would make good infomercial stuff. Infomericals however, weren’t on the mind of Stephen Collier of Hospitality Umbrellas when he designed the helmet-like Rainshader umbrellas.
Thinking of laptops and notebooks, even computers in general, we have a very similar shape come to our mind. Mainly because that is how these gadgets have been forever. For its new Mac Pro, Apple gave that age old design a solid turn, making one that is not just unusual, but manages to wed form with function. The new Mac Pro is cylindrical.
Original Fiat 500s are an automotive classic, and one you could say helped Fiat get right back in the game with the new avatar. The classic is coming back this time, although in a new avatar that won’t be pacing the streets. Fiat has joined forces with appliance manufacturer Smeg to create retro look refrigerators based on the Fiat 500.
Al-Wakrah Stadium
Zaha Hadid and AECOM have landed the bid to build the Al-Wakrah stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The stadiums have been designed to reflect the rich cultural heritage of the country, and will as such be nestled in a culturally rich area flanked by archaeological sites and distinctive mosques. Hit ahead to see the magnificent designs that will be built for the massive sporting event.
Micro-house by Chinese design studio Liu Lubin is a structure based on the minimum space people would need for a living. It is by no means extravagant, but the house would allow basic human movement like walking, standing, sitting and lying; arguably in very cramped quarters though.