All Items Tagged

“Design”

Mar 15, 2013 12:49 PM ET // Alyssa Danigelis
New York's old payphones are being redesigned for next year. ->
Jan 31, 2012 04:12 PM ET // Alice Truong
Dec 8, 2011 09:03 PM ET // Derek Markham
It's fast, it's affordable, and it's ultra fuel-efficient. It's also poised to disrupt the entire car industry. Wikispeed aims to save the world, "one 100mpg car at a time". And so far, it looks like they're off to a roaring start, as they've already designed and built the SGT01 - a 100 mpg, four-s...
Nov 28, 2011 04:01 PM ET // Derek Markham
Surfboard design has come a long way from the days of the classic longboard, and now everyone, from beginners to seasoned surfers, has access to a wide variety of board types to choose from. Surfboard makers offer a huge range of graphic designs and color schemes for their boards, with the only lim...
Nov 15, 2011 12:24 AM ET // Eric Rogell
"Tactical" headphone creators, Munitio, took the phrase "number one with a bullet" seriously. Their line of earphones for music, talk and gaming, features a one-of-a-kind design taken directly from a 9-millimeter bullet casing. Famous for their [M] BLK: Nine Millimeter earphones -- machined from a ...
Jul 18, 2011 08:46 PM ET // Alice Truong
See this mushroom cloud? Don't fret -- it's actually a lamp that only looks like a nuclear explosion. Designed with 3D printing, Veneridesign Studio, known for high-end furniture and industrial design, is selling Nuke Lamp on shapeways.com for $1,495.07. [via Gizmodo]
Feb 2, 2012 07:19 PM ET // Alice Truong
Believe it or not, door knobs can be unsettling, especially when they look exactly like a gun. But Geekologie seems to find the logic behind this gun door knob: Door knobs: they're round and hard to grip with greasy Cheeto fingers. Guns: they're not round and fit in the palm of your hand just like ...
Feb 13, 2012 06:14 PM ET // Alice Truong
Here's an ambitious home improvement project. Vanessa Mancini decided to create a functional bathtub made of books. The idea? To bathe in knowledge. The idea is of immersing oneself in knowledge, books, truths, and 'cleaning' or 'purifying' one's mind with from external, every day life bombarding f...
+ Load More