This Camioncyclette looks like my mum’s old bicycle. Except that this had too many baskets attached. Or is it? The designer, Christophe Machet, calls it “a transportation bicycle”. But it’s able to carry up to 330 pounds in those yellowish mesh baskets. Are you sure this is not an oversize shopping cart with wheels and a seat? Read more…

These days concept art furniture not only make your living room look like and feel like from the Tron, but also smells like. The “Lollypop” from Dalcan might look very artistic (and may I say I’m impressed), but it also host four diffuser capsules behind em. Thanks to this cabinet, the Gladiator Remastered Full HD will also smell good, besides being awesome. Read more…

How I miss the time when a clock tells time, and that’s it. Straight forward with no funky and fancy tricks. The Shattered Clock only shows the hour that the time is, and every other number is broken apart. Are you able to tell the time for the picture above? It’s 3:55 if you’re wondering.

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I can’t see how Apple manage to get quite some attention by just changing the icon of their ‘famous’ iTunes, but they’re not the only ones changing their icons. Microsoft has released their Internet Explorer 9 Public Beta, and along with that is a slight modification of the IE logo that we’re all so ‘familiar’ with. But as kind as Microsoft always was, they’ve given quite some insight into the development of the icon, as far fetch as 15 years ago. Yea mate, the Internet Explorer has been here for some god damn 15 years! Respect that homie!

Microsoft explained in their IE Blog, that the original blue “e” was designed to represent a globe, with the “orbiter” envisioned to depict speed and exploration. For Internet Explorer 9 both elements were updated, with the “e” getting a slightly more modern cue, while the “orbiter” was given a fuller, more continuous connection and the appearance of an even faster orbit. That’s just scratching the surface, though — hit up the source link below for a detailed look at the making of the new logo, and a look back at its evolution over the past 15 years.

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I don’t see how feasible this design concept is. I mean, shouldn’t chains be stronger than some super thin strings? Designers from the Schwinn Csepel Zrt think otherwise, and that they’ve perfected the bicycle by removing that messy and oily chain, and replacing it with two cables. Read more…

Alongside the iPod Shuffle, Apple has also announced their 6^th generation iPod Nano. From the picture above, it’s obvious that the buttons, or click wheels as Apple calls it, is not gone. Odd isn’t it. The Shuffle is getting its click wheels back, and yet the Nano is ditching it. But what’s gone, is replaced by a touchscreen panel. Obviously, you’ll be manoeuvring your new Nano with the touchscreen interface. This is obviously not an iOS interface, but merely a simple touch UI mod from the original Nano interface, to be ‘touch-friendly’. Read more…

What we have here, is something that would only appear in Terminator’s movie. This is The Ostoure concept by designer Mohammad Reza Shojaie. He might be working for Skynet, who knows. Read more…

I’ve seen many cartoons of kids controlling their RC cars like they command their pet dogs. So fake! But this Malte Jehmlich’s creation is surreal. What started as a creative idea that god his mates’ encouragement, has turned into a massive two-month project. The result is a paperboard ‘Wipeout’ with identical speed, due to the blinding scale speed of its 1/28 model cars. It’s all controlled by an arcade racing cabinet complete with steering wheel and on-screen display wirelessly connected to an Arduino board. Read more…

Created by Shi Jindian, this amazing piece of art is made of wire, modelled according to a Chiangjiang 750 that has a sidecar. It was apparently created in a process where the artist crochets steel wire around an object and then destroys and removes it from the inside, kind of like popping a balloon inside a home-made piñata. Now how he did that with an actual motorcycle is beyond me, but the results are certainly impressive. Destroying a motorcycle using nano-bugs maybe?

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These might be a cheapo Panasonic earbuds, but with such glamorous packaging, we can’t blame you if you’d think that this earbuds is of a premium brand product. Designed by Berlin-based Scholz & Friends, this RP-HJE 130 earbuds would surely attract many potential owners. Yet another example of how a simple visual idea can outdo even the most elaborately designed graphics and broadcast a higher-valued image of the product.

The design sure is striking, with the nicely placed earbuds that resembles a music note symbol, tagged with a simple theme tagline. Kudos to Panasonic! Perhaps they might bring about a new challenge for Steve Jobs and Co. if they keep up such premium packaging design.

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