The Three Little Pigs story has been one of my favorite childhood tales. Well it seems to be a favorite with designer Alexander Lotersztain as well. His love for the tale can be seen through his creation, HAUS a series of conversation pods inspired by the three houses in this children’s tale. The designer collaborated with Corian by Dupont, Bisazza, Laminex Group and Euroluce Lighting to create the three pods. Each of the three is distinguished by materials, texture and structure. The unique pods envisioned as spaces to talk and exchange ideas are currently on display at the Design Unlimited Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, Australia.

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While music buffs might enjoy tapping their feet to ear bursting tunes, they rarely pay attention to the harsh effects the high volumes has on their ears. The damage the high bass creates is sometimes irreparable. So it’s time to get sensible and enjoy your love for music without compromising on your sense of hearing. Offering a solution is industrial design graduate Stefan Zwegers who has collaborated with the Dutch Hearing Society to create earphones that allow you to feel the bass in your music without harming your ears. The unique ear caring product is dubbed, Sensible Music and filters the low tones of the music on your mp3-player and makes use of vibration motors to create the tactile sensation of sound. So you can feel the bass and not harm your ears!

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Out of the many concept folding-bicycle designs I have come across, this one definitely stands apart. Dubbed the Kart Bike, it is the brainchild of designer Heesang Ahn. More like a fun toy to roam around the city and avoid getting stuck in the horrible traffic jams, the Kart Bike is definitely a fun mode of transport. The procedure of folding the Kart bike is extremely easy courtesy its four frame construction that folds and stacks on each other. The handles are shrinkable and the pedals are foldable as well. Equipped with an LED light that allows you to ride this bike in the dark this foldable bike concept is truly awesome.

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Designer Hank (Chien-Cheng) Chen has deigned his own version of a concept Leica camera. A “new generation Leica camera”, as the designer puts it, this futuristic concept camera envisioned for Leica measures 110mm x 62mm x 9mm in dimension and weighs just 125g. Compact and small, this concept camera leaves you wishing it materializes soon given its many high tech features. Boasting of no connector or memory card insert, this next generation concept camera makes use of wireless and cloud computing! A 3.5" Touchable LED display completes the high-tech appeal of this concept camera.

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In the world of GTA are you still hooked on to old school games like Tetris? Then let your furniture speak your love for this game. Courtesy the unique Ego Paris Puzzle EM7 outdoor furniture collection you can now flaunt your love for the fun and addictive game of Tetris. The many interlocking parts of this unique furniture piece that join together to make the whole unit resemble the game Tetris. The unique outdoor furniture piece comprises of two lounge chairs, four sun loungers, two tables and one side table. And the similarity with Tetris doesn’t just end with the design resemblance. This fun furniture unit lets you build the pieces together to create unique furniture like canopy beds and love seats.

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You usually associate beds with a place of relaxation. But not designer Arthur Xin. The designer has envisioned a bed as place of workout for its occupant. And besides losing weight, the added benefit of this bed dubbed the Ecotypic Bed is that it helps power your many devices! Yes, the concept Ecotypic Bed is a unique canopy bed in which the user performs power producing exercises to power the LED lighting, air-conditioning and audio features of the bed.

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Walking aid is an amazing concept designed by Luke Forward. The initial carbon concept prototype was a walking aid to help in walking therapy of children with cerebral palsy. Luke later redesigned this concept prototype to enable it to be sued by adults for rehabilitation purposes as well. The new general prototype involved the introduction of a general purpose harness in the design. The sleek design of the Walking Aid is further enhanced by its unique folding feature that makes it easy to store and transport.

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Designer Mario Diseñador Creativo has created the concept Camioneta-Point, a unique Volkswagen car that functions as an advertising platform for various products for a client. T5he concept design reveals that the Volkswagen’s shape and structure has been redesigned and the exterior is then painted with different designs of the products to be promoted. A great concept, although not new, it surely will help boost sales and promote products.

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Sipping on a hot mug of your favorite caffeine delight hasn’t been all that unique anymore. So, Baíta Design came up with these fantastically designed mugs with a touch of the alphabet! This collection of mugs shuns the use of the boring old curvy handle of the contemporary mug that we’re so used to slipping our fingers into, to sip on those refreshing caffeine beverages. Instead the Baíta Design mugs use letters from the alphabet as handles. These mugs might not be the ideal way to sip on coffee though, taken that holding on to them might just be a bit too difficult after all. The mugs, made from melamine, work as great show pieces though! Line them up on a shelf to show off the name of your coffee shop and you’re sure to have visitors staring in delight! Innovatively and creatively designed coffee mugs to suit your taste by Baíta Design.

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Ever been called a pig-head on the day of your graduation? Well, the guys who’ve just graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhoven simply wouldn’t mind! Every year, the Academy has its design students come up with a trophy for the one’s graduating. This year, the design selected was a Pig-Headed trophy with a 3-D printed pig head that slices up to form giant amulets, each customized according to the graduating student with his degree. The design was conceived by Tom Noten. The pig being a Dutch icon is indeed an innovative, creative and somewhat funny way of honoring the graduating design students.

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Here is a high-tech stroller design for the babies of the future. Designed by David Rollins, this futuristic stroller does away with the soft materials and replaces them with a hard shell. Resembling a gigantic egg on wheels, this unique concept stroller with a hard shell structure features concentric forms that can fold into one another to allow the stroller to re-configure. The basic shell comprises of two molded halves that "roll" into a larger shell. Great for newborns as well as toddlers, it configures according to the age and requirement of its occupant. For newborns it can turn into a flat, rear-facing orientation and offers a tilted, forward facing orientation for toddlers.

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Designer Pete Hawkes has come up with the fun and unique Binary glove to teach users concepts of binary sequences and bits in an interesting way. With this unique and engaging way of learning about binary concepts, people will definitely not have a hard time understanding them. Just watch the video of how this high-tech glove functions and be amazed at how much fun learning Binary concepts can be.

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Former Cambridge University students have answered the prayers of many a women who are having problems conceiving a baby. The students have unveiled the DuoFertiliy system to help women conceive. In fact, the former students are so confident about the success of this device that they have even assured users, “Pregnant in 12 months or your money back!” The system works by measuring body temperature to identify when a woman is most fertile. It has to be worn like a patch, taking up to 20,000 body clock readings every single day. One touch on the hand-held DuoFertility Reader transfers all that data in seconds to give a clear visual read out of your fertile days for a full week ahead.

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While the Feather concept seating system opened new horizons in the world of furniture pieces, it is however yet to materialize. On the other hand, the Hanging Hammock Chair by Ryuji Nakamura Architects is actually a reality. Sharing the same concept as the Feather seating system, the Hanging hammock chair is a unique seat inspired by a swing or to be more precise, a hammock. Taking up zero floor space as it hangs from the ceiling, this unique seating solution is definitely a class apart. White, semi-flexible synthetic panels of material are strung between sets of metal supports to which they are temporarily bolted while the core steel supports are tied into the hidden structural system above.

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Here is a concept wrist watch that appeals to you with its unique name and design. Dubbed the Dot watch, this simple and minimalist timepiece is made of a single flexible strap which is covered with a stretchable and retractable PVC-based sheet. Given its simple appearance, this timepiece is sure to make for a great fashion accessory for both men and women. But it’s not just the design that has all the appeal. The watch gets its name courtesy its unique mechanism. In the center of the concept Dot Watch lays a mechanism that comprises of three cylinders. The three cylinders are not fully visible to the wearer and appear like dots. One cylinder is always visible as it presses against the sheet from the inside. This is the ON dot. By pressing this dot, the other two cylinders rise up against the sheet and appear as dots alongside the ON cylinder dot.

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