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The Di Grisogono Meccanica mechano-digital watch is indeed amazing, but I'm almost as impressed with Duncan Shotton's Digimech clock (maybe it's because it looks like I could afford it). The UK designer has crafted another take on mechanical-digital timepieces, with sliding black-patterned bars that comprise the individual seven-segment displays. And actually, that description does nothing for the gizmo—you should check out the video to see it in action.
Driven by servos controlled by a PIC16F628 microcontroller, the numeral bars drop back under gravity when the final digits have been displayed. The clock carefully aligns the patterns when it's time, so the display looks a little funky from time to time. I want one, badly: it'll go well with my attempt at an all-digital apartment. [Duncan Shotton via Notcot via Technabob]
As you probably know, wall stickers have gone crazy. I don’t know what the market for wall stickers was three years ago, but know a days you can’t get away from them. But what innovations are left in the wall sticker business? Chalkboard wall stickers, as far as Wall Candy is concerned. They have recently introduced RoCoco, a chalkboard sticker with some baroque attitude. I’m looking to put one of these in my billiard room at the chateau.
RoCoco
Moheli Wooden Chair with drawer is an interesting idea, and is a great piece of furniture especially if you want a piece of furniture with secret drawers or compartments. The secret drawer that is placed under the chair can be used to hide your personal belongings from your guests eyes and also have them readily available at your fingertips when your need them. Just don’t place heavy objects is this drawer, because if you’ll have to move the chair then you’ll have troubles with the extra weight. The Moheli Wooden Chair is available in oak, wenge, grey oak or white open pour, and for more info you can check this website.
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Pilo Pilo ring is a finger ring with a mini cushion attached to it, designed to be both stylish and useful. I myself know I leave all kinds strange marks on my face as I ponder the genius bestowed upon me. I’m not really a ring wearer but I’ve had more impressions of my wrist watch than I care to admit. A cushion on a ring? Hey, I’ve seen stranger and this concept actually makes sense to me.
Designer: Sae Shigeto & Ming Lo [ Via: Core77 ]
 Se Paolo Ulian sia il più bravo in Italia o nel mondo a noi poco importa. Ci importa invece guardare i suoi progetti e rimanere ogni volta sorpresi, sbalorditi da quella idea che come al solito sembrava li alla portata di tutti, così semplice, per niente elaborata che solo lui pare essere riuscito a cogliere trasformando un piccolo intervento su un oggetto semperiano in tocco di genio.
I love the concept behind this photo series, wherewedowhatwedo. Your own work station can indirectly tell an outsider so much about you as far as likes/dislikes, hobbies/toy fetishes, sane layout/insane mess. Now you can show your idiosyncrasies to the world. You can post an image of what your creative space looks like — where the magic happens — and then link it to what you create in that space: your online portfolio. It’s voyeuristically fun to browse where other people get their design on. (thanks to the serif.)
Here’s my little space. It’s missing the laptop that’s usually on there as well as several mugs of coffee….
I carry a man bag, murse, messenger bag or whatever else you wanna call it. I eat out a lot and it’s always a chore to find a space for my bag. Usually I just commondere a neighboring chair but that can get complicated if I’m with people whom all carry bags too. Thats why this Chair & Hanger concept is just aces.
The chair retains its functionality with an added bonus since the built-in rack can do double duty, holding bags and jackets.
Designer: Hyuh-Jin Lee & Hyeroung Choen
By Luke Anderson
I don’t like coffee, so I rarely find myself in a situation where I’m attempting to carry several cups of Joe. I have gathered that it can be something of a difficult situation to coordinate all of those hot cups, even with the various carriers out there.
This cool design actually looks lie it would make transporting hot coffee (or any other similarly-sized beverage) fairly easy with a simple device. It appears to be just a flat piece of cardboard with a well-designed shape which allows you to carry two cups and a few extra napkins. I’m sure we’ll see something like this popping up a coffee joints all over.
Besides the main fair ground and the ever so popular Zona Tortona area, a lot of the events during Milan Design Week were spread out all over town in different stores, showrooms and venues. One of them was Artemide showing their first ever collaboration with Ross Lovegrove resulting in the Hydro / Aqua series inspired by the hydrodynamics of water. Also on display were works by Karim Rashid, Adrien Gardere, Ernesto Gismondi, Herzog & de Meuron, Michele De Lucchi & Alberto Nason and a lighting installation called "La stanza del Maestro".
The theme of this year's Muji Award International Design Competition 03: "Found Muji." What does that mean? It's a philosophy borne of their recent line of products:
...We currently offer "Found MUJI" products, which were developed by discovering the good points about merchandise that has been used over long periods of time, were created by humans, and were born out of daily needs.
[For example] we "found" that socks hand-knitted by Czech grandmothers were characterized by a 90-degree shape, which perfectly fits your feet. We tried them on and felt that they fit comfortably on our heels. We then discovered that the shape of the machine-produced socks we usually wear doesn't fit our feet owing to manufacturing reasons. So then we realized that we could provide many people with comfortable 90 degree socks produced by machine. In this way, a factor found in Czech tradition, culture, and wisdom was converted to a new MUJI product befitting our modern age.
Also, this ain't your run-of-the-mill design competition--the judges take it so seriously that last year, Competition 02, there was no Silver Prize awarded! Click here to see those results, and click here for the results of Competition 01.
Entry period is from July 1st to July 31st.
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The company Emojo Ltd. based in London, UK, provides award-winning online solutions for businesses and celebrates their 10 year jubilee in 2008. On this occasion they commissioned Mirage Bookmark with a custom designed steel bookmark to be distributed as a customer gift. The impressive design of the bookmark was created by Stuart Hayward, the art director of the company.
We’ve had an awesome response to our 10-Day Design Challenge - Games and Puzzles. But that’s made it so hard to choose a final group of 15 that our judges ended up with 17, and refused to cut it back. Below you can see pictures of each puzzle, and BELOW THE PICTURES is the voting panel. If you’re a Designer of one of the winners below, feel free to invite all your friends and family to vote for you. In our first Design Challenge there was a very lively discussion about the choice of winners. So for all of you with strong opinions this is your chance to make them heard.
Please note you can click on the images of each product to go to their individual showroom page for more detail. Some are obvious in how they work, but others are intricate and may need a closer look to understand. Please remember, clicking on the image is NOT A VOTE for the product, you need scroll down to the bottom of the post and make your choice in the poll located there. Good luck everyone!
5. Tessa
9. Layer Puzzle
12. Build (h)and Share: Maze Maker
13. Grimly Dominoes
14. Erik & Styx Double-Sided Puzzle
15. Puzzle Box
16. InterlaceCircle
17. Gears
People’s Choice Award - Ponoko 10-Day Design Challenge Voting
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I love Mixko, but any NOTCOT regular would already know that... and i've had a particular fascination for their rings (i indulged in their felt butterfly rings as well as the first porcelain skull ring last year at ICFF)...
This year Mixko has expanded their bone china ring line, and i'm excited to show you their full collection on the next page. I think the most eye catching are the updated Skull for 2008 (deeper eyes, larger forehead, bigger teeth...) as well as the Barbie inspired collection of Barby, Cindie, and Ken heads cast in bone china to be worn as a ring (can you imagine seeing all of them in a row on a fist?). They have also created a LOVE ring and Sovereign Ring, in addition to some 1D multifaceted diamond bone china rings! Check them all out on the next page! They are also incredibly affordable at a mere 20 pounds each (check them out in the store).
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