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MIDORI is the one plant you’d rather not water

May 8th, 2009

MIDORI AC Adapter by MicroWorks | Industrial design | Technology | GadgetsDangling from the wall, crawling along the floor, coiling around the table, this cellphone AC adapter, previously known as VINE and now called AC Adapter MIDORI, has been designed by MicroWorks for iida (innovation, imagination, design and art), a new mobile phone brand released last month by the Japanese network company KDDI Corporation. (more…)

Sign wardrobe tells the story of life

May 8th, 2009

Sign wardrobe by Filippo Ghezzani | Industrial design | FurnitureContinuously struck by numerous challenges that, over time, leave their mark, life is like a big wardrobe. Seriously. The luminous scars on the Sign wardrobe by Filippo Ghezzani designed for The Home Key are symbolically reminiscent of this concept. (more…)

Iosa Ghini’s Mail Armchair is elegant, light, perfect for sledding

May 7th, 2009

MAIL Armchair by Massimo Iosa Ghini | Industrial design | Furniture

Well, not really perfect (check out the image after the break). The Mail Armchair by Massimo Iosa Ghini for Domodinamica is enriched by a solid wood element placed at the base, adding stability and elegance to the structure. (more…)

Video: If Max Payne were an architecture student

May 7th, 2009

An amusing video by Peter Hess about a day in the life of a  Berkeley architecture student. [Via ArchDaily]

Wing Lounge Chair takes cues from the Eames, gets NASA certified

May 6th, 2009

Wing Lounge Chair by Lyx | Industrial design | FurnitureWe all know this is the closest you’ll ever get to being an astronaut. Apart from being the largest single piece of bendwood (covered by a thick layer of superb Teak veneer) ever used to make a chair, the Wing Lounge Chair provides you with that cosmic comfort through open cell visco elastic memory foam which has been developed by NASA and used in all of their spacecrafts since the 70s. (more…)