Posts under Product Design Category
25Aug
Living Products: Funktionide Part II
In: Freelance designer London, MA Design Studies/Applied Imagination, Product Design
Funktionide Part II from eltopo on Vimeo. “Based on EAP-technology “Funktionide” is a concept for an emotional robot that substitutes human contact. In a future where technology will play a huge part in our lifes it is very likely that some day it will shift from satisfiying our basic funtional needs to include our emotional needs as well.” This is… Read more »
25Aug
Identity is how you define someone or something from other people or thing – otherwise it would be identical. Masahiko Sato explores this idea of identity in his exhibition ‘the definition of self’ exhibition at 21_21 design sight. There are many ways that Masahiko explores the idea of identity: A fingerprint table, where users scan in their fingerprint and see their unique fingerprint… Read more »
24Aug
Sonja Bäumel (IN)VISIBLE MEMBRANE
In: Fashion, Freelance designer London, MA Design Studies/Applied Imagination, Product Design
Sonja Bäumel has envisioned a world where the skins bacteria can be used to ‘grow’ materials unique and specially formed to the body. Ideally the skin would grow thicker material in the area where it is least hot – the areas which need protecting by clothing the most… “…representing a design language in-between science and fashion design.” Sonja’s invisible project to… Read more »
24Aug
Bone rings exchanged by couples
In: Fashion, Freelance designer London, MA Design Studies/Applied Imagination, Product Design
“Using bioglass, a special bioactive ceramic which mimics the structure of bone material, researchers are growing rings made out of the couples’ bone.” BBC Perhaps the process of transposing or transmuting identity or presence into a product can be avoided using this new technique of using BioGlass™ which mimics the bone structure, allowing the bone to grow into the glass…. Read more »
13Jul
Nightstand by ROLU image © Adrian Gaut for PIN-UP The bedside table is an often forgotten piece of furniture, or is the edge of the bed/pile of books/clothes/stuff next to the bed; so it’s great to see designers like these create such stunning designs. http://blog.arcademi.com/de/?p=11991
