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Here’s what we looked at this week: The effect of videoconferencing on office furniture design, as seen in Steelcase’s Ocular line of tables. The Vaaka coffee and tea scale makes me wonder: Is designing people’s experiences for mundane tasks needed, or are objects like this contrived? Hozo Design’s M-Cube 02, […]
PDR tackles Pectus Carinatum with a good-looking, comfortable device To correct a skeletal disorder in teenagers, medical device manufacturer R&D Surgical Ltd asked industrial design firm PDR to design this special brace. Two, actually: One for males and one for females. A next-generation brace for the treatment of Pectus Carinatum […]
As an architecture student, Marcio Sequeira wanted to better understand structural behavior. Seeking a more hands-on way than equations and diagrams can provide, Sequeira began building structural models using elements connected by magnetics. He started off with wooden dowels, and experimented with plastic and rubber components before settling on springs. […]
Here’s what we looked at this week: Project I-XRAY uses Meta’s Ray-Ban 2 smart glasses to instantly access people’s personal information. Unusual auto mods: Infinity taillights, and headlights with animated eyeballs. The Spider X1S, a large-format laser cutter with a compact form factor. The Nanobag Daypack: an expandable backpack that […]
The Tassimo concept, by ID firm Fluid When Bosch wanted to produce their own espresso maker, they leveraged both their in-house design team and Munich-based ID firm Fluid. The result was this Tassimo concept: Develop an iconic range of espresso maker concepts for the Tassimo system that serves as a […]