radioball

via Designboom – Weblog on 20/05/10

rather than design a standard flat radio, teague set out to create a round radio that can change stations
by rolling around. the concept was developed by benoit collette and adam kumpf and encourages
discovery through spatial interaction. the radio takes cues from analog radios of the past, opting for

a more mechanical dial over an LED screen. users simply roll the radio around on a flat surface and
stumble upon different stations. if the find one they like they can add a small marker to the exterior
structure of the ball to remember the position. while the radioball is just a concept the prototype is

licensed under creative commons.

http://www.teague.com/2010/05/radioball-prototype

 

E-on Software Ships Vue 8.5

E-on Software Ships Vue 8.5: “e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for Digital Nature, announced today the immediate availability of Vue 8.5 xStream and Infinite, its professional solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments.”

Volvo Reality, Twenty Fifteen

Volvo Reality, Twenty Fifteen: ”
This car right here is the sassiest little number this side of Volvo, and it’s aiming to be the car that leads every pack. Designer Nouphone J. Bansasine presents his vision for the 4 door coupe, taking the trend for these to be highly sought after, producing here a 4 door sportscar for the year 2015. What’s more? This car was made during an internship Bansasine rolled with at the Volvo Monitoring and Concept Center (VMCC.) What’s that mean? It’s the real deal, honey!

And by real deal I mean that although it is a concept car, aka not real, yet, that it’s produced through Volvo, meaning it’s very possible it WILL influence the next generation of cars out of the Volvo shops. Bansasine means for this car to compete in the premium sport sedan segment, rolling hard with its lovely profile of immense amounts of convex and concave surfacing.

Let me take the opportunity here to say thank you to everyone who submits auto designs that are sometimes undeniably wild and other times right in line with the very next generation of road-ready vehicles. I and everyone else here at Yanko love to see this massive amount of diversity in designers today, and applaud each and every one of you.

That said, if you ever send a picture of your car that takes longer to load because of its size than it takes me to go to the refrigerator and get another soda, I’m gonna come over there and bonk you on the head.

Designer: Nouphone J. Bansasine

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physical tetris game

physical tetris game: “

rather than sit in front of their computer screen to play the arcade classic tetris, these designers made the

game real by creating a physical tetris game. much like the efforts of nintendo, this game was designed

to help promote physical activity. rather than just flicking thumbs on some buttons, this game of tetris

requires users to rearrange the falling blocks by hand. two operators run the game dropping the blocks

from atop a slopped ramp. the user moves the blocks into each other trying to align them in rows before

the next block comes sliding down. the video blow shows the first physical tetris championships held at

the luis seroane foundation in a coruña, spain.

http://codeco.org/tetris/index.html

via geekologie
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daily stack

‘daily stack’ is time management tool created by designers sebastian rønde thielke and anders højmose.

the simple design allows users to help track their work flow by creating physical representations of their

tasks. the design consists of a small base and a series of wood blocks that each have a different colour

and shape. each colour represents a different task and the time interval is determined by the size of the

block. the user stacks their tasks on the base, committing to them. the base contains electronics that

communicate with a computer, tracking time and tasks in progress digitally. the user can even go back

through their archive and look at previous stacks. the design helps the user better visualize their time,

helping them make the most of it.

http://www.redboatopera.com

http://www.everyoneelse.net

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First Aid box gets its design patched up

First Aid box gets its design patched up: ”

I can’t see your typically penny-pinching office manager ponying up the scratch for this 90 Euro (US $114) first aid box designed by Ulf Thomas Solbach, but darn if it ain’t sexy. The first aid box in every restaurant or office I ever worked in was a cheap, white plastic box with a living hinge, whereas this thing looks like laser-cut steel! I almost wouldn’t want to sully it just because the new guy went butterfingers with the tomato slicer.

Seriously though, how cool would it be to live in a world where everything received this kind of design attention….
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Basics Product Design: Visual Conversations

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Jonathan Ive: The Creator Behind Apple’s Comeback

	Like all great artists, Jonathan Ive’s signature can be found on his work. Sort of. Read more

TR10: Mobile 3-D

3-D on the go: Released in South Korea in March, Samsung's W960 mobile phone comes with 3-D video content, generated by Dynamic Digital Depth, that can be viewed without special glasses. Dynamic Digital Depth expects that its software to convert 2-D games to 3-D on the fly will be built into phones within the next two years. Credit: Bryan Christie Design

 

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http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/25081/?a=f

Dr Alex Moulton – Bugatti Design Lecture