Bird's eye view of playgrounds.
A bird’s eye view of playgrounds from photographer Hosang Park. via Hermenautic Circle Blog [PR]
Live blogging TED 2009.
Peruse’s the blogging/twitter link to TED 2009. via BusinessWeek [PR]
Here comes old-school power attire.
When your expense account is cut what’s left? Old-school power attire.. via wsj [PR]
Crossing Atlantic in pedal-powered sub.
A propeller that swims by itself evolves into pedal-powered submarine. via boingboing [PR]
Beam me up scottie.
Beam me up scottie. Scientists just did three feet. via geekologie [PR]
Uh oh. Joker ski mask.
Uh oh. Joker ski mask sighted. via geekologie [PR]
BMW design chief resigns.
Chris bangle, BMW design chief, resigns. via businessweek [PR]
The return of face furniture. Glasses.
The return of face furniture. Glasses are back. via the guardian [PR]
Atomic coffee maker.
Mid–twentieth–century Milan designer Giordano Robbiati achieved a spiritual union between form and function when he devised a new type of coffee maker in the late 1940s. Ciao bella.
If you “love” retro modernism and espresso, go no farther. Loved around the world, Robbiati’s patented coffee machine is a classic design of the ‘Atomic Age'(1945–1960). Known as the ‘Atomic’ it embodies the explosive energy and creativity of the post-war era of Italian coffee machine design.
It would be impossible to improve on the organic lines and sleek modernism of Robbiati’s extraordinary machine or to find a more versatile stovetop coffee maker. The quality and simplicity of the machine ensures trouble free operation for a life–time.
The all new “La Sorrentina” Coffee Machine is the result of close collaboration between Ikon Exports, Australia and the Bellman Company in Taiwan. Our goal was to produce a new product worthy of the Atomic style machine. A love of coffee and reverence for the beauty and functionality of the original design united us in this endeavor. After years of refinement the end result is a premium reproduction of Robbiati’s patented coffee machine, manufactured to the same dimensions and high standard.
Having just visited the Wolfsonian museum’s Streamline Show, this coffee maker shoulda been there.
More info at made in england
Designer: Giordano Robbiati
Producer: Ikon Exports (?)
Retailer (exclusively) : atomic coffee house
AirPod. This car full of hot air.
French firm MDI used the Geneva Motor Show to display a bubble-shaped three-wheeler that runs on air that it plans to roll out in 2009.
Drivers can recharge the air supply in eight hours by plugging the car into an electrical outlet or by going to an “air station” a process that takes two minutes. Priced at $7,500 USD.
Range: up to 137 miles
Speed: 40 miles per hour
Producer: MDI