Traditionally soup was always served in a serving bowl called the ‘tureen’. But it’s the 21st century now and the usual round, deep, oval shaped tureen has undergone a makeover courtesy Apostol Tnokovski. This innovative designer has designed the new age sphere shaped tureen that has an integrated cap or a lid if I may call it that. That cap functions like a rail mechanism that has to be opened by sliding. This egg shaped white spherical has two cute little handles to hold from the sides. No matter how cute this looks, it somehow reminds me of a boy’s head. Nevertheless while the function and purpose remains the same, a slight change in the design looks refreshingly welcome.

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I have a friend who has just moved in an apartment given by his company. Being a bachelor, he didn’t really need a lot of furniture around the house. Not that the apartment these days comfortably accommodate lots of furniture, but having a separate dining table, a study table or a work station for a single person especially is totally unnecessary. Italian designer Alessio Monzani has designed ‘Mytrey’ which seems perfect for such situations. Mytrey is a flexible trey concept that can get clipped onto your sofa hand rest with a lot of ease. Featuring two parts, one sliding on top of the other, the multifunctional trey adjusts to the sofas of different type and dimension. You can use it while enjoying a cricket of soccer match for keeping for drinks and chips, or while working away on your laptop. Very compact and portable it sure is.

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Catamarans have been the latest in the yacht category due to their multihull capacity. Sunreef Yachts has now introduced a different version of the catamaran that the ones in the market currently. ‘One Fifty’-the superstructure is extremely slender in comparison to its counterparts and occupies the entire width of the yacht. The concepts of the catamaran have been loosely been influenced by the design of the racing cars, so it’s easy to understand that the design is quite modern and upscale. The superstructure and its hull have solar panels, apart from the use of teak on the deck without cuts and the fact that the cockpit has moved to the front of the vessel.

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Bored of conventional dimmer lights? Ji Young Shon in collaboration with Won Seok Jung (Physical Computing Engineering) has conceptualized Pinch Me! Light. Here you control the intensity of the light just by physically pinching on the light cover. The cover being made of silicone rubber, you can adjust intensity of illumination and stylize it by cracking, pinching or tearing at it. It surely is a physical light. I just can’t wait to get my hands on it.

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With a lot of automobile manufactures going in for small car production, even Honda has developed the P-NUT that is, 'Personal-Neo Urban Transport', is a three-seater small electric car. The three strengths of this design are its efficient gas engine, a gas-electric hybrid or a pure electric set up. This car has not side mirrors but has backup camera and is made entirely in lots of glass and angular lines. The power source is mounted in the rear of the car while the drivers leg room extends almost all the way to the front.

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Louise Cochrane a product design engineering student has designed a ping pong ball launcher that fires 3 ping pong balls at a target 3- 4m away, with a maximum of 5 seconds between each firing. It consists of a rotating feeder which feeds a ball along the piping into position. Then powered by a motor, a metal ruler is cranked back and released to fire the ball. It seems to be a simple but effective design. I wouldn’t mind having one for practice.

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The “Sound Board”, brain child of South Korean designer Sungi Kim, is a pioneering music player that streams music from a flat board. It is in fact a digital music player integrated with a touch screen which allows the users to choose tracks by writing with their fingers on its touch panel. Internet capable, the sound board allows you stream your desired tracks and also transmit them via Bluetooth. The tracks playback as per the playlist displayed at the upper right part of the touch panel. The Sound Board also boasts of surround sound through its speakers incorporated in its frame. It surely is a space saving music player.

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Luxurious products, extremely high ended technology coupled with supreme innovation and envious designs, are what define concept products. Just like concept cars, that are more often than not farfetched realities, this particular ‘Cartier ID One Concept’ watch made by Cartier is a similar piece of personified luxurious art. Basically intended to never undergo any repairing and regulation after it has been manufactured, the Cartier ID looks stunning housed in a Ballon Bleu case that measures 46mm. It is made of an alloy of Niobium-Titanium (Nb-Ti). Niobium-titanium, apart from looking great is a highly wear resistant alloy that has its own unique shock absorption properties that give it an advantage over a material such as steel. Now isn’t that one dazzling piece of ornament for your wrist!

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Now there is a cute and stylish way to dispose off the garbage. ‘Husmus’ is the name of the new recycling system bin We Muungano. Husmus means the ‘house mouse’ and the name fits the design very aptly considering the abstract mouse face created by rivets and handles on the face of the container. The containers can fit in different types of standard modules, garbage throwing behavior, sizes of plastic and paper bags, and the weight of glass, metal and paper. Each bin can hold two or more bags, separating glass and plastic with just one container.

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I don’t fancy cooking, but if you give me a kitchen like the Hugo Kitchen, one of the latest designs of the Valcucnine brands, one of the biggest Italian brands, then I would even live my life in the kitchen happily. Valcucnine’s Artematica Invitrum is the world’s first 100 percent glass kitchen set, and is designed by Gabriele Centazzo.Known for its eco-friendly characteristics, this is the first 100 percent recyclable base unit made in glass and aluminum frame. Contrary to the regular chipboard side panel, a single 10mm thick carcass glass provides strong resistance to humidity and heat. The Invitrum glass base unit has been designed to be easily disassembled once it has finished its life cycle.

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Whether we admit or not, we are all drawn to destruction, violence even if not implied by us. Don’t we always stop at the highway to have a better look of the car wreck? Reflecting this tendency of ours, this strange kitchen has been made. The prototype has been made to satiate our curiosity of how our kitchen, for example, will look had there been an earthquake. This weird and strange kitchen works on an earthquake simulator that keeps rotating on an axis while all things from the kitchens cabinets keep falling on account of gravity. The modular kitchen takes a full 360o turn slowly and steadily giving a complete authentic feel of the natural calamity occurring right in front of our eyes. This is a video worth checking out!
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When the extension cords were introduced, my grandmom and mom were was thrilled and jumping with joy. But for the generation X, there obviously is a need for a product to match the sophistication and maturity of the Gen X. Rami Tareef has come up with just the needed and designed this exceptional upgraded version of an extension cord. It’s called the ‘Eleclip’. Eleclip is a socket that is designed to help you work in high place with electric equipment. As you can see, it does not look bulky and ugly like the regular extension cords. Also the eleclip can be clipped up on your jeans loop for the ease of use and convenience. Lovely I say!

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Meditation and Yoga have been insanely popular in the last few years. People are doing a lot to remain fit, keep their heart rate, blood pressure in check and know their inner self, basically. Armed only with a a heart rate monitor and a music player and a Lilypad Arduino, two students Dana Ramler (Industrial Design) and Holly Schmidt (MAA) from Emily Carr University have design this very cool vest that monitors the wearers heart rate according to which it playes back a suitable sound track. For instance, if the wearer of the vest has a low heart rate, the vest plays back a track that reflects a quiet natural ares with soothing sounds of water and birds. Similarly, if the heart rate is high, he will hear a cacophony of people talking and traffic noise. They rightly call it the ‘Bio Circuit’ where the garment allows the wearer to be aware of his physiological state. [Fashioningtech ]

We have seen plenty of futuristic cars, but here is one car that goes back in to the past. The concept of Bugatti Type 57 Evoluzione created by Edwin Conan is far from being a sports car and is very close to being known as a luxurious, rich and exclusive vehicle that has a long stretched out bonnet just like in the 1930’s. The body looks extremely sexy and gives an illusion of fluidity and movement. Conan has also reintroduced the split line which bisects the car neatly down the middle. This design cue was one of the trademark styling elements of the Type 57 Atlantic. The engine in the car is front mid-mounted and is a W16 engine. The best part about this car is that its W 16 engine runs on hydrogen, which is a very ‘green’ option.

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Lately everything is turning wireless and I am kind of beginning to miss the mess created by all those wires. So I think I'll avoid going completely wireless for a little longer. This ElecTree-Alternative extension cord design, 2009 creates art out of your wires while keeping you safe from the tangles under your desk. It's a great way to make wires look good as well as be careful with extension cords. So no matter how many electric devices you have, you can proudly show off your tangle of wires.

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