With the leap in technology, the least we could expect is getting those annoying wires off our portable devices. Listening to music has become a routine activity while commuting to work or college today, however, that which differentiates itself from the routine is the way we listen to music. Designers Kang Yong Soo and Kim Ji Hee have come up with a genius devise to let us listen to music wirelessly. They have designed the Bluetooth speakers that easily connect to our portable music devices or cellphones via Bluetooth. The Bluetooth speakers provide amplified, high-quality sound with an output of 2 watts.

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A lamp shade could make a major difference to the overall ambience of the room. If not chosen prudently, it could ruin the entire look of the room, including its surrounding accessories. This simple yet elegant lampshade design by Jonathan Rowell is the type which could fit into any kind of setting. The design is so sleek, that it could actually be mistaken for a Candle stand. The supporting shaft is available in various interesting shades, so you won’t be complaining for lack of color in your bedroom.

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The Stick Pin Iron performs two functions simultaneously; it clips your tie in place for one and it can be used as an emergency iron to remove creases. It’s a handy piece for traveling businessmen. It is fitted with ceramic board on its inner side which can be heated up to a certain temperature quickly and iron the tie to make it flat. Similarly it can also be used to rapidly dry a slightly wet tie. It displays its heated temperature on its face and its battery can be charged by either connecting with a computer or an electric outlet. It’s handy for ironing a tie but for bigger clothes it is advisable to invest in a travel iron.

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I personally love and appreciate designs developed to ease the life of the disabled. That is why I have loved the concept Futuristic wheel chair designed by designers Thomas Ross and Dave Cochrane. The concept is developed to improve the life of the disabled using the best technology available. The concept was designed after considering some specific problems pertaining to wheel chairs experienced by their users. The problem of storage is solved by adding a teardrop extrusion on the back of the concept wheel chair. The issue of pressure sores is avoided by opting for Herman Miller’s superb Aeron chair fabric, Pellicle that allows comfortable long term use without negative impact to the user’s circulation and skin health. A rear ball assembly allows an almost zero footprint turning circle, allowing the user to continue to live in their home without undue disruption. The wheel chair boasts of an oleo based suspension unit. These units connect to the main drive and power pack under the frame of the seat.

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The future modes of public transport have fascinated many designers. Dave Owsen’s vision of future public transport comprises of the Community Transit. A replacement to crowded buses, the Community Transit comprises of private “Cells” that also provide incentive for small business shipping and service industry distribution. The unique cell design of the Community Transit is inspired by structure and functioning of plant cells. The effective two rail design allows moving cells to bypass other cells that are arriving or departing. The cells offer privacy and boasts of a face to face configuration. One seat is large enough to be shared by two small children. For direct route navigation, each cell features a touchscreen interface that is built into the stationary wall surface. The cargo cells are great for small businesses. The cell opening is designed to match the dimensions of a shipping container. A twenty foot container can hold five full loads without wasting space due to the shell’s modular dimension.

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Gone are the days of lugging around bulky and heavy ice chests. Designer Rob Luna brings us a chic large sized ice cooler. It comes with a handle and two oversized side wheels with inbuilt storage compartments so that it glides easily over sand and tough terrains. It has 60 quart ice chest capacity and houses essential accessories like 1 pot, 1 pan, 4 cups and 1 container for cooking at a camp site. Ice Capsule Cooler combines aesthetics with functions which ensure that we have a useful tool either when having a picnic or camping with family or friends.

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Some designers just take creativity to another level. By that I mean, they overdo creativity so as to obliterate the essence of the work of art. I wouldn’t have given a negative review of Japanese Designer Tokujin Yoshioka if it weren’t for his aluminum chair, the scheme of which I completely fail to understand. The chair called Memory is plastered in a dome of fabric made of recycled aluminum which retains the shape it is squashed into. In the designer’s words, “Memory is a chair that completes its design by transforming its silhouette”.

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Folks with smaller apartments and living areas cannot think of squeezing a heavy Oakwood sofa into their houses, even if they yearned for it. Moreover, the younger generation is always looking to save on space wherever they can, so as to make way for other recreational activities. The PUPPO chair is perfectly handy for students as it is all-in-one furniture that transforms from a chair into a small table or footrest or even a storage unit that helps the customer to relocate his things to another place.

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Most laptops today are sleek and small, consuming almost little space and weighing almost nothing. But the shrinking of size has made typing on the tiny keyboards a problem for many. Designer Yang Yongchang offers a solution for this problem with his rendition of a laptop. His concept comprises of a folding laptop that has a foldable keyboard and screen, which folds down like any standard notebook. The larger size of the QWERTY keyboard makes typing easy. When not in use, the keyboard folds in nicely. The compact device is definitely great.

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Designers are always said to have an eccentric side to them. One such designer known to display his eccentric side through his creations is Jean Pierre Ponthieu. Working in the field of advertising, this eccentric French genius created the unique Pussycar Automodule as a sort of promotional vehicle. Its unique design and features must have definitely made this vehicle the cynosure of all eyes in the 1970’s. Pussycar described the spherical Automodule as "The Car of the Year 2000" and its purpose: "In this world where everything is banal and ugly, we must know how to create the beautiful and unusual." The unique car whose rear wheel is powered by a 250cc single cylinder engine can do wheelies! Definitely no speedster, this vehicle inches forward slowly and can also turns its wheels to drive sideways or rotate in place.

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The watch concepts have never really crossed this periphery where we are left wondering, “Can this really happen?” Well, I have bumped into one such watch concepts that seems too far-fetched but seemingly achievable by the designers of this concept. One & Co conducted a design study for Timex, wherein, an Epidigital Patch creates an animated topographic time keeping image on his/her skin. The patch is composed of nanodots that are absorbed into the skin and interact to create unique surface graphics on the skin. The nanobots are composed of organic matter, which indicates that it is safe for the skin.

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Human emotions are a part of everything we do, so here is a concept that runs on the lines of selling a mix of emotions and vodka, envisaged by José Louis García Eguiguren, a student in Barcelona, Spain. Human feelings such as love, sadness, happiness, fear and anger are captured in weird shaped bottles through corresponding shades of red, blue, yellow, black and green. The eccentric idea is centered around selling emotions through a product. The concoction in the bottle is a mixture of vodka and a fruit blend. The bottle has two spirals that end in two straws, ready to invite the consumer to visualize how the liquid combine as they drink. The back panel depicts phrases to illustrate the type of experience the customer and the overall design of the bottles allow the consumers to dance, jump or go wild without a worry about dribbling.

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Personally, I am color connoisseur and wouldn’t be annoyed with vibrant color schemes in almost everything. But it is little too much to expect different colors in a single watch. So I thought, till I met the 1/4 Watch from EleeNo. The watch has a super cool display and four color choices- black, white, blue and red. The water-resistant watch has a stainless steel case and rubber belt. You can pick up one of these for $85 from YankoDesign Store.

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We have come across many unique designs and products created solely to aid medical patients. The heart monitoring vest project is one such endeavor by George Brown College's Fashion Techniques and Design program and Canadian company Ocorant Inc. The two have teamed up on a multidisciplinary project to create a wearable medical device. The Canadian company has developed a new type of heart monitoring system and it is the goal of the George Brown to design a vest to house the electronics of this new device. The team has designed various prototype models of the vest. Angella Mackey, a research assistant on the project, has particularly worked on the interaction design of the vest so that a patient will be able to wear the vest at home and be able to place the six electrodes on their chest without the help of a nurse.

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Designer Douglas Montgomery has designed the unique ROM Inclinometer which was also the first self-produced product by Independent Design Solutions. As the name suggests the device is an inclinometer designed for biometric measurement in physical therapy, rehabilitation, and chiropractic and massage therapy. The gravity based inclinometer designed for medical purposes is definitely great.

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