Save a tree christmas tree 2. tannenboing.
cool adaptation to the paper tree ornaments we made in school.
designer: michelle
save a tree christmas tree 1
designer: michelle
save a tree christmas tree 1
KIA pop. Electric concept.
i think it’s an oddball but interesting design.
The Kia Pop was first shown at the Paris Auto Show in the fall. It is a vision of a small future electric car with pop art inspirations. The style is more product design than car design: it looks like some sort of Karim Rashid electronic appliance. The side windows resemble the lenses of goggles and the letters of the logo pick up on that odd oval form.
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Introducing pedal power with the Re:energy bike.
bike designs seem to be getting more and more ambitious all the time,
but Re:energy, from Korean designers jinsik kim and boseung seo, might just trump them all.
Not because it’s faster, sleeker, lighter or smaller, but because it enables the rider to create and store energy just by pedaling. The bike’s front wheel has a plug that supports both the standard 2-pronged plug and USB.
So, for example, if you’re riding your bike to the park to work on your computer, you can plug in your laptop or your phone, iPod, whatever. Or, once you bring your bike indoors after a ride, you can charge up with the energy you yourself created instead of plugging into the wall and paying for it. Re:energy won an iida 2010 design award.
designers: jinsik kim and boseung seo
Urbee. World's first 3d printed car.
Hybrid can run solely on renewable energy or get over 200 mpg at highway speeds
Urbee is a two-seater hybrid vehicle and the first prototype ever to have entire body and glass panels 3D printed. Urbee is envisioned as an environmentally sustainable, safe to drive and fuel efficient vehicle. The electric / liquid-fuel hybrid reaches more than 200 mpg, highway and 100 mpg, city in U.S. gallons with either gasoline or ethanol.
For combined city and highway use, the Urbee gets about 150 mpg and costs only 2 cents per mile. This is only about 10 percent of the fuel consumed by a typical SUV. And on the highway, it costs about 1 cent per mile, or 95 percent less than that same SUV.
The car is charged overnight from any standard home electrical outlet. Alternately, it can be charged by renewable energy from a windmill or a solar-panel array small enough to fit on top a single-car garage.
All exterior components were created using an additive manufacturing process using Stratasys’ digital manufacturing service – RedEye on Demand. The development partner is Winnipeg engineering group, Kor Ecologic.
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iPad light painting.
innovative utilization of ipad.
The shweeb. Human-powered monorail.
google invests $1 million to help build an urban transit system based on pedal-power. is this a good idea?
per shweeb: “by integrating the unique properties of monorail and recumbent cycle technologies, shweeb delivers a personal, efficient, and cost-effective transport solution with applications for urban commuting, recreational and fitness markets.”
a big vision to their credit. we offer reasons why this is a poor idea as conceived.
1) very weather dependant. maybe less so than a bike. admittedly, not a deal breaker.
2) an invasive, and expensive infrastructure. think hanging power lines with people on them.
3) not very efficient. the whole system is as slow as the slowest person. unlike a bike, at the mercy of the infrastructure.
4) stinky.
maybe this is a new amusement ride. let’s we where we are a year from now. btw, the shweeb is derived from the german “schweben”, meaning to float or suspend.
the shweeb is one of five winners in googles project 10^100
resources:
shweeb
agroventures
Write a bike.
fun concept. can’t wait to see these in the ‘hood.
designer looking for a producer.
Designer: juri zaech
[not to be confused with write a bike.]
Paik nam june media bridge. Bike and shoe friendly.
named after the korean video and media artist nam june paik, the bridge proposes to use the skin of the bridge as a projected canvas for media and video artists around the world.
clad in solar panels to generate energy and a garden that uses water from the river below and collected rain water and natural sunlight and ventilation, this is a green bridge.
it will span 1,080 meters over the han river that runs through the center or seoul. there are 30 other bridges on this big river that only accomodates cars. this bridge is designed for walking and cycling.
Vitals:
Architect: Planning Korea
Location: Seoul, Korea
Bridge length: 1,080m
Pier height: 18m
Maximum arch height: 72.5m
Maximum width: 89m
Total floor area: 103,620m2
Area for road: 18,190m2
Area for building: 85,430m2
Program: Driveway, Pedestrian/Bicycle Road, Tourism/Shopping & Relaxation Facilities, The Han River Museum, Public library for teenagers, IT complex mall, Cruise ship dock & parking facilities
this project is currently in progress of being reviewed to be developed as a btl (build-transfer-lease) project. there’s a model of the bridge on exhibition at the boutique monaco museum in gangnam, seoul. all images courtesy planning korea.
Resources:
archdaily
build your bridge
inhabitat
Car recyling bins. VW polo.
to promote its new polo, which is apparently made of 95 percent recyclable materials, volkswagon created these “car recycling bins.”
yet another recycling bin. kudos this fun marketing concept.
Resources:
car recycling bins
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Bed bath and beyond.
taking design cues from hotels is something we’ve probably all done, but how do you feel about this hotel’s placement of the bathroom?
While it’s not technically in the bedroom (as in some of the other open-plan bedrooms pictured below) it’s awfully close, with only the tiniest smidgen of partition between the two.
“There’s something luxurious – and a little bit naughty – about a tub in the bedroom. Like the open-air showers at tropical resorts, the idea of bathing out in the open can be both liberating and titillating,” or so says Apartment Therapy. But let’s turn now to the unsexy topic of practicality. Unless you have a daily made service to clean up all the water you’re likely to splash over the floor and make sure the tub is streak-free and shining, the novelty could wear off fast. Because who wants to glance over and see even a semi-clean tub or a jumble of toiletries when they’re lying in bed? Maybe it’s a luxury best kept to hotels.