With distributed pressure areas that beat with the music that you listen to, Jorge Furuya has developed (with Vanessa Sattele) an MP3 player design that not only is wearable, but actually envelops you in the form of a jacket.  The controls on the arm provide display of your playlist, clock, alarm, chronometer and music rhythm. [...]

Made By Makers has put on their site this personal air quality meter that is wearable and designed so that you won’t be embarrassed to do so.  Purchase of this device, which can be accomplished at fashion stores, results in a couple environmental wins: Part of the proceeds go to global warming research The device, when eventually [...]

Russian designer Nikolay Suslov has designed a disposable bed for the homeless that can be quickly assembled and produced at an acceptable minimal cost. The sleek design shades the head of the person sleeping in the bed and keeps them 7.9 inches off of the ground, isolating them from moisture and transfer of ground temperature. The suspension-oriented [...]

If celebrities can dress up their accessory dogs, why can’t we put life jackets on the Polar Bears?  ADDI envisions a life jacket to help the polar bears in their journeys, sometimes lasting as long as 60 miles, swimming through the icy waters looking for food.  With global warming, finding the next patch of ice [...]

For those that can’t make up their mind on whether they want a digital or analog clock, here is the answer in the form of a design concept from Pinto Design of Japan.  It’s both analog and digital at once, with the minutes being displayed in digital form and the hour represented by a hand. Related [...]

Since the Lotus 7 launched at the London Motorshow in 1957, Caterham Cars has been producing the car that is “designed for racing, built for living”.  Caterham purchased the rights from Lotus in 1973 and has been producing the car independently ever since. Project Splitwheel, in partnership with Caterham, has launched the “world’s first project to [...]

Samsonite OBAG is a roll-on bag that looks a little bit like the Trochotote cooler. This roller bag is rounded except the two compartments stay level while moving. Whats great about a design like this is that it’s easy to maneuver, and it can get dragged up and down stairs easier. Related items for sale [...]

The days of having multiple stacks of business cards are over. The new B-scanner is a little bit bigger than an actual business card. You slide your business card into the  B-scanner and it does the rest. It’ll store and display the data on an OLED screen (which is clear enough for the fine print). [...]