The Field Kitchen is a container which stores a camping stove and cookware. It provides also a working platform. Together with the Field Pantry and available accessories, like an Ice box it can be transformed into a complete kitchen system.
It is made of deep drawn marine-quality aluminum panels for light weight and high impact strength. The combination with organic materials (Baltic birch plywood panels) gives it a unique look and feel, fitting the outdoors. When put on its optional legs it becomes a free standing unit. The strong aluminum top lid can be folded back and gives access to the cooking area. It serves also as an extra wind screen and can be removed for utilization as serving tray. The silverware drawer, shelves and dividers for storing the cookware items are dimensioned to fit most available light weight cookware. Optional accessories expand the possibilities for this product.
Shown with 2-burner stove from Partner Steel Co. This extra wide (22 inch) stove is mounted on the top shelf. The 2-burners deliver 10,000 BTU each. Also shown with optional long legs.
producer: kantz outdoors
Wonderful new book on design.
One of the world’s most important collections of twentieth-century design—the Stewart Collection in Montreal—celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in 2010. The Stewart Collection incorporates iconic furniture, ceramics, textiles, posters, graphic art, jewelry, and everyday objects from the 1930s to today.[ more info ]
THE CENTURY OF MODERN DESIGN
Edited with Introduction by David A. Hanks
Hardcover / 480 pages / 500 illustrations
US $49.95 / Can $59.00
Flammarion, distributed by Rizzoli through Random House
ISBN: 978-2-08-030161-1
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A clever new building toy is a creativity incubator in a (recyclable) cardboard tube. One kit – a cutting tool and a variety of fasteners and hinges – will help your kid transform all those boxes leftover after the gift-giving ends into … well, take a deep breath. $25 for a Kit for One, $50 for a Kit for Three.
The core values behind Makedo is to inspire social change through playful creativity. The company alters the perceived value of objects and materials by providing an accessible means of upcycling re-using both of found materials and the Makedo parts themselves.
producer: makedo
materials: nylon
The Vue by Yves Behar for Issey Miyake watch combines the longtime innovation of the Japanese designer with the industrialism of Behar. Sleek and minimal, the watch features a round frame, solid band with a vanishing dial. To add uniqueness to this collaboration, the watch only features one numeral at a time and fades out as time passes. The duo didn’t stop there, as the watches box is made out of what appears to be sticky notes on top of each other. Available in 5 variations, ranging from a metal or leather band to a white, black or brown colorway.
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designer: yves behar [fuseproject]
producer: issey miyake
This design classic in chess sets is manufactured by Naef Spiele AG of Switzerland under license from the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin and represents the ultimate in the Bauhaus form follows function principle of design. Stripped of symbolism, the pieces are shaped to reflect their movement on the chess board; a cross for the bishop, an L-shape for the knight, etc. The set comes complete with a box (44 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm) to hold the pieces and the playing board (36 x 36 x 1.2 cm). $600 usd.
designer: josef hartwig
producer: >naef spiele
period: 1923
Product design has changed dramatically in recent years as everything, from computers to microwaves to MP3 players, has become more compact and more powerful. Less seems to be more, as everything becomes portable and more user friendly. 1,000 Product Designs features the most innovative designs in recent years. This unprecedented collection of products from all over the globe is a window into different cultures and societies, featuring everything from furnishings to personal items and accessories to electronics.
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Quirky is a social product development company that enables folks to submit product ideas and the community along with Quirky’s expert product design staff help turn those ideas into real products and share the profits. One of the products they currently have in production is called Switch. Switch is a modular pocket knife with 18 different attachments you can mix and match to create your own unique tool. The tool will be as thick or thin as you wish depending upon how many attachments you chose to include. The Switch ships with a pair of external covers, a tool for talking the works apart, and three interior axle assemblies.
18 tool attachments: Basic Blade, Serrated Blade, Woodsaw, Bottle Opener/Flathead, Can Opener/Wire Stripper, Scissors, Nail File, Flathead Screwdriver, Phillips-Head Screwdriver, Eyeglass Flathead Screwdriver, Eyeglass Phillips-Head Screwdriver, Magnifying Lens, Corkscrew, Wrench, Pen, Magnet, Tweezers, L.E.D. Flashlight.
producer: quirky
period: 2010
Rad crayon rings! Fun, colorful, and made from non-toxic wax, they’re available in a set of four. The crayon is washable. Found in design museum shops all over the world.
designer: timothy liles
materials: washable crayon
period: 2009
Grundig FR100 Blackout Buddy Portable Radio provides emergency light and AM/FM radio when the power goes out automatically on its own. Its rechargeable battery provides enough power for 4-8 hours of emergency radio use and 12-16 hours of super bright LED light operation. AC outlet charges internal, rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack. Full recharge time is 72 hours. Includes earphone jack
Dimensions – 3 W x 5-1/4 H x 1-1/2 D (79 x 135 x 36 mm) / Weight – 10.1 oz. (287 g)
producer: eton
materials: aluminum
period: 2000s
Bringing together an unlikely pair, Gunter Wermekes was the first to combine stainless steel, an industrial material with the timeless beauty of diamonds into a complete jewelry collection. He believes that every material speaks its own language; that stainless steel speak of today, of building, and of making future plans, while a diamond, on the other hand, conveys a timeless quality, fire and passion. Yet in this collection of rings, rather than marry stainless steel with diamonds, he brings together another unlikely combination with wood. The Grenadill Rings feature square stainless steel bands ornamented with three-dimensional square and rectangular cuts of jet black Grenadilla, a hard, close grain wood.
Various configurations available.
designer: gunter wermekes
material: stainless steel and wood
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