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This Shattered Clock Doesn’t Let You Know What Time It Isn’t
The Shattered Clock only shows the hour that the time currently is on, every other number is broken apart. It looks like chaos but the idea is to find what’s important above the mess. Above is 3:55. Well, I think. The designers, Igor Barbashin and Daria Volokhova, say the trick is supposedly finding the least … Continued
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If Mozilla Ever Made A Cellphone, This Is How It Might Look
Everyone’s busy gossiping about a Facebook phone which may or may not exist right now, but let’s pause all that and daydream about an incredibly lovely phone that very certainly won’t ever become reality: The Mozilla Seabird. The Seabird is a design created for the Mozilla Labs’ Concept Series by a fellow named Billy May. … Continued
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Take Me To a Future Where Books Act Like This
Books aren’t going to go away any time soon. But, like magazines have started to, they’re going to evolve. And if that evolution looks anything like these concepts, we’re in for a pleasant literary future. https://gizmodo.com/if-you-buy-an-ipad-mag-it-might-as-well-be-popular-mec-5582442 These three explorations, from design firm IDEO, each represents a different direction book technology could go. But what they … Continued
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Turning 30 Miles Of Yarn, Computer-Controlled Airbrushes, And A Lot Of Math Into Art
It took 30 miles of yarn, a computer controlled airbrush system, a great deal of math, and a ton of elbow grease to create this colorful web. It would take only one tiny pair of scissors to destroy it. The web is an art installation called Gravity’s Loom and was set up in the Indianapolis … Continued
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Slide Into Home
The Indonesian “Play House,” designed by architects at Aboday, boasts clean lines, high ceilings and something that’s especially awesome for the lucky little 5-year-old punk who uses it: a two-story polished concrete slide that goes from bedroom to kitchen. There’s a bit too much concrete for my liking spread throughout the 150 square meter structure, … Continued
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Hungarian Stringbike Prototype Swaps Chain for Wires
Designers from the Schwinn Csepel Zrt think they’ve perfected the bicycle by removing that messy chain and replacing it with a hipster. Ha! Sorry, I meant cable. Two, to be precise. The assembly can be seen in the image above (the taut cable trails off to the left). The rest of the pedal assembly includes … Continued
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Arab Center’s Wall Is Alive With 30,000 Mechanical Eyes
The Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute, for you non-Francophones) is a 19 nation cultural consortium with incredible architectural bragging rights. Merging traditional Arab patterns with clever engineering, its south-facing wall dilates thousands of apertures to control sunlight exposure. The automated wall of the Institute, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, broadens and narrows … Continued
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Twin Bubble-Wrapped Skyscrapers Set to Pop Up in Abu Dhabi
Look at the giant bubble-wrap that’s going to encircle these identical 25-story towers. OK, OK, it’s actually a honeycomb screen that helps reduce cooling needs. The Abu Dhabi Investment Council sure is lucky to get such shiny, swank new headquarters. In the nighttime view, it’s easier to see the crystalline honeycomb facade that wraps around … Continued
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Motion-Powered Humidifier Promotes Enslaving Innocent Cats
The Wool Ball concept is as clever as it is devious. It’s basically a motion-powered, ball-shaped humidifier that your cat is supposed to move. Of course, there’s always a back-up battery in case the feline catches on to the scheme. Then again, even if your cat did realize that you were secretly abusing it for … Continued
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This Is What’ll Happen If We All Start Reading Ebooks
If we all start reading ebooks instead of plain ol’ printed books, then we’ll one day find ourselves wondering what to do with our old non-digital tomes. Not this man though, because he already knows what we’ll do and got a head start. Unlike that guy though, I think I’ll turn some of my books … Continued
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The Unfashionably Awesome Fashion of Everyday People
Can you feel it in the air? It’s Fashion’s Night Out in NYC! The annual chic circus of terrible people begs us to stay out and patronize boutiques! A truly noble cause! But what about the designs of ordinary people? Call it an experiment, call it a protest, call it whatever you want—but Non Fashion … Continued
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Why Ride a Bike When You Can Ride a Horse Bike
Plenty of people have tried to reinvent the bicycle, but I’ve always thought that what we currently have—two wheels, a standard frame, and some handlebars—is pretty much perfect. And then I saw the horsecycle. https://gizmodo.com/10-redesigns-of-the-bicycle-5567669 An entry in the Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010, “Horsey,” is a simple kit that allows anyone to turn their … Continued
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The Tale of the Magic Tablet
Once upon a time, Steve Jobs carved a tablet out of magic wood. The tablet became alive and wished it was a boy. It met a cricket, lied a lot, and fooled around with whales until Jobs lost his patience. So he chopped it to bits. Then he asked the magic elves with squinting eyes … Continued
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An Entire Year Calendar on a Single Thread
After the calendar that sucks ink out of a bottle, this is my favorite design: The 2011 Calendar Scarf, an entire year on a single thread. https://gizmodo.com/the-coolest-calendar-ever-sucks-ink-out-of-a-bottle-5316868 Cat owners, pass. [Design3000 via Swiss Miss]
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Black Hole Coffee Table Devours Personal Wealth
Don’t worry, your coasters and coffee table books will be perfectly safe on this table. About the only thing designer Jon Gilmore’s Nova Black Hole Illuminated Coffee Table can destroy is your wallet. The LED-illuminated table sells for a slightly-less-than-cosmic $1,070. A glass top prevents your valuables form falling into the multiverse, while the aluminum … Continued
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The Struggle To Find Where The Sticky Tape Begins Could Be Over
Whenever I use sticky tape, I find myself struggling to figure where it begins—mostly because I don’t use tape dispensers or mark the ends—but my struggle might be over thanks to this new tape concept. The V-Tape concept design is pretty basic. It’s just a plain ol’ roll of tape with a little v-shaped cut … Continued
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Kites Back In the Olden Days Were a Lot More Serious-Looking
Serious, you ask? Serious, I say—just look at the collection of kites below, that were flown on a windy day back in 1957 at the University of Illinois‘ Kite Derby Day. Each is more mathematical-inspired than the last. They’re certainly a world away from the colorful cartoon-like kites flown by kids on grassy knolls nowadays, … Continued
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The Bouncy Bathroom Sink Made From Recycled Tires
This is Rubbish, a bathroom sink created using a 1/8-inch thick elastic sheet made with recycled tires designed by Santa Monica-based design studio Minarc. Surprisingly, it actually looks pretty. And it matches my rubber chicken outfit too. [Minarc via Architect Magazine via Core77]
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What Are All These Binder Clips Holding Together?
There’s something going down at this New York art gallery—something involving five thousand custom panels held together by an Office Depot’s worth of binder clips. I’ll say this much: the inside’s a lot more colorful than the outside: That’s right, all those clips are holding together your standard issue technicolor wormhole—an installation at the bridgegallery … Continued