Fire hydrants are necessary evil that stick out like a sore thumb in any location. They are a common sight that most city dwellers have learned to live with, or simply ignore them. However, industrial design graduate Dimitri Nassisi harbors a bold idea of changing this necessary amenity into something more purposeful. He wants to turn fire hydrants into drinking fountain for people and pets. How so? Well, by redesigning the entire fire hydrant, of course. Continue reading Designer Envisions People And Dogs To Drink From Fire Hydrants
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Designer Imagines The Slim Bezel Hype Catches On With iPad Pro
Have you ever look at an iPad Pro and go ewww at the large bezel? I know I do. So far, the edge-to-edge display craze is limited to smartphone. It has not quite proliferate to tablet. Seriously, I hope it does. Bezels are disgusting. They shouldn’t exist at all. That’s my sentiment and perhaps because of my distaste for thick bezel, I was totally smitten by designer Álvaro Pabesio’s iPad Pro concept. Now, Álvaro Pabesio’s concept isn’t edge-to-edge, but it is good enough for now. Continue reading Designer Imagines The Slim Bezel Hype Catches On With iPad Pro
Designer Imagines Wakanda’s World Cup Soccer Team Jerseys
FIFA World Cup is all the rage now. Well, at least it is in the rest of the world outside of the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. Soccer is a huge thing in UK, Europe, South America, Asia, and in Africa. Speaking of Africa, have you ever thought that what if the fictional Africa country of Wakanda did take part in the FIFA World Cup and what their soccer jerseys will look like? TBH, I don’t, but one graphic designer/illustrator by the name of Mark Yesilevskiy did. Continue reading Designer Imagines Wakanda’s World Cup Soccer Team Jerseys
Jang Junyoung’s Disappearing Flat Screen TV Is The Future Of Television
Who else here thinks that a TV is an eyesore in any setting? I guess not many cos’ we have learned to come to terms with what we believe as the “necessary evil.” Well, what considered to be an eyesore to some, will not be anymore with Jang Junyoung’s 55-inch Transparent TV. The designer conceptualized a flatscreen TV with an almost completely transparent display that literally hides the TV in plain sight when not in use. Pretty rad, right? Continue reading Jang Junyoung’s Disappearing Flat Screen TV Is The Future Of Television
Designer Dream Up A MacBook That Is Inspired By iPhone X’s Design
There are a lot changes to the MacBook over the years, but one has remain the same: it is still the wedge cross section form. In fact, that has been the design language of almost all laptops in existence today. TBH, like the smartphone, there’s really nothing much you can do about the aesthetic of a laptop, but designer Ludovico Campana begs to differ. Continue reading Designer Dream Up A MacBook That Is Inspired By iPhone X’s Design
Man, This Dog Version Of Godzilla Figure Has To Be Made!
First and foremost, to avoid unnecessary disappointment and rage, you have to know that the Dogzilla figure you see here is not real. It is a concept design dreamed up by Taiwanese designer Noger Chen, otherwise known as Goodzilla, to mark the Lunar Year of the Dog. Yeah. I know, it is disappointing that it isn’t real. Also, knowing how sometimes licensing can cost, I wouldn’t hold my breath for it to happen now, or in the future. Noger just love designing and for this particular concept figure, he imagine this figure to feature a wagging tail because, dog. Continue reading Man, This Dog Version Of Godzilla Figure Has To Be Made!
Peugeot Worked With Beneteau Boats To Put i-Cockpit Into Boats
You know Peugeot is dead serious about pushing its i-Cockpit to the auto industry when it decided to stick their hands into designing cockpits for sea-faring vessel too. In an announcement made late last year, the French automaker unveiled the Sea Drive Concept in collaboration with French boat maker Beneteau Boats. Designed and built by Peugeot Design Lab, the Sea Drive Concept is a functional demonstrator that leverages on Peugeot i-Cockpit which fuses Beneteau’s Ship Control technology to result what the company said to be “the boating industry’s future steering station” and “the future of powerboating.” Well, what can I said? It does look damn futuristic! Continue reading Peugeot Worked With Beneteau Boats To Put i-Cockpit Into Boats
Marvel x Overwatch Mash Up Beautifully Pulled Off By One Artist
It is true that the much-hyped game of 2016, Overwatch, may not share the same iconic status as Marvel’s superheroes, but if you happen to be both an Overwatch and Marvel comics fan, would you have thought of what if there was a mashup between the two? Maybe not. One thing for sure, though, there is at least one person in this world who have gave thought about it and he is Australia-based veteran artist Kode LGX who specializes in digital art. Continue reading Marvel x Overwatch Mash Up Beautifully Pulled Off By One Artist
Design Studio Reimagined 60s Space-age Television And It Looks Fabulous
Thanks to the space race that spanned from the 50s to the 70s, it inspired a tsunami of sci-fi movies in the 60s-70s including classics like Barberella and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. These movies, together with the then on-going space race, in turned inspired the designs of many things ranging from appliances to furniture to even automobile which resulted in products that oozes with space age details in them. When we say ‘space age’ details, it was the soft curves and minimalist outlook that we are talking about. It was an era that some of us reminiscences but not necessary thought has a place today, or so we thought. And then we stumbled upon the RE:MAKE WE:MAKE Teleavia P111 TV by Hogeun Jang of South Korea design studio, PDF Haus. Continue reading Design Studio Reimagined 60s Space-age Television And It Looks Fabulous
Apple Should Make This Pill-shape Concept Mac mini A Reality
With Apple CEO Tim Cook quoted saying that Mac mini will remain a staple of Apple’s lineup and it (the Mac mini) being tipped to have some much needed overhaul, industrial design student Louis Berger jumped at the opportunity to imagine what it will look like and boy, was the concept a drool-worthy we-want-it-to-be-real Mac mini. With Berger’s design, he completely reimagined what a Mac mini should look like. Gone is the now passé set top box-like design and in is a tube-like form with touchbar integration. Louis called it a “Taptop Computer Concept” that, unlike Apple’s current (and previous) designs, puts the Mac mini in the forefront of your desk. Continue reading Apple Should Make This Pill-shape Concept Mac mini A Reality