The Coolest Or Nerdiest Office Gadgets - 30 Examples The office is most of the times a cold and impersonal place that most of the times and that must be corrected. You could do that by getting some gadgets to make you feel more like home or to entertain you in the working breaks. In my opinion, the employer should buy some of these gadgets cause in a way or another they actually increase the work productivity. USB cup warmer – £9.99 Why is it that a really good cuppa always seems to cool at 10 times the normal rate when you’re working at your computer? Knuckle duster mug – £9.95 – £10.95 Don’t be a MUG! Funslides carpet skates – $19.95 Bendi Light Up Wateproof Keyboard – £29.99 There is a whole world of life inside your keyboard, biscuit crumbs, coffee spills, bits of yesterday’s sandwich, and all sorts of other undesirable muck that floats in un-invited. Glowing a sumptuous electric blue you can now type silently (no noisy key clunking) into the night. Excalibur USB Beverage Warmer/Cooler – $24.99 EXCALIBUR 601 USB Beverage Warmer/Cooler.
DETAIL.de - Architekturportal und Architekturzeitschrift mit Informationen und tagesaktuelle Meldungen zu Architektur, Baurecht, Bauphysik sowie Konstruktionen NESTREST Doesn't that picture look so peaceful and inviting? I think I'm in love. That dangling, serene little pod is a NESTREST, designed by Paris' Daniel Pouzet and Fred Frety. It's described as an over-sized bird's nest that's perfect for relaxation, meditation and open-air conversations. Archi-World® Academy - home Stockholm Metro Découverte en images du métro de Stockholm, considéré comme l’un des plus beaux du monde. Appelé Tunnelbana, il se compose de 100 stations, dont 47 sont souterraines. Ouvert en 1950, certaines de ces stations de métro sont taillées dans la roche. A découvrir dans la suite.
Graphic Art School: Art Education School in New York, the School of Visual Arts 20 Cool and Useful Kitchen Tools. Creative products and gadgets that will make a cool addition to any modern kitchen. Avocado Cuber: Useful product designed for making uniform-sized cubes of avocado. Onion Holder: With this tool you'll be able to create straight, even slices from one end of the onion to the other. Corn Zipper: This product quickly and safely removes kernels from the corn while protecting the fingers. Garlic Rocker: This excellent designed kitchen tool uses downward pressure and a 'rocking' mechanism for crushing and mincing garlic. Banana Slicer: Just peel your banana, and push this gadget down from top; it creates evenly sliced pieces. Tomato/Mozzarella Slicer: This useful tool swiftly cuts ripe tomatoes and creamy mozzarella into uniform slices. Apple Corer: This ergonomically designed tool makes coring apples easy. Strawberry Huller: This cool kitchen tool quickly removes the leaves and stem from a strawberry. Rotato Potato Peeler: This cool innovative tool peels off potato skin in one continuous spiral.
Rhode Island School of Design | RISD Discover a new material: NewspaperWood NewspaperWood // Image Courtesy of Vij5 When we think of wood and paper, we usually see it in this manner; wood=source, paper=result. What if we flipped the model and saw paper as the source and wood as the end product? This was the concept behind Mieke Meijer's project at the Design Academy Eindhoven. To think of paper as the end state of the product was limiting. Being a student, Mieke Meijer seeked the most practical way to re-create this and taking a stack of newspapers, he began glueing them one by one. From A to Z // NewspaperWood desk by Greetje van TiemImage Courtesy of Vij5 From A to Z // NewspaperWood desk by Greetje van Tiem Image Courtesy of Vij5 NewspaperWood was a laborious and time consuming process when it was first conceived. Framed // NewspaperWood cupboard by Breg HanssenImage Courtesy of Vij5 Framed // NewspaperWood cupboard by Breg Hanssen Image Courtesy of Vij5 Display Cabinet // NewspaperWood cabinet by rENsImage Courtesy of Vij5 sources: Vij5
Design in Europe - home of european design, webdesign, illustration and photography “Tear Off” Wallpaper by ZNAK Applying wallpaper to walls has never been so fun. With this perforated “tear off” wallpaper from ZNAK, you can customize the appearance of your space by tearing off the pieces as you please. The wallpaper is created out of non-woven material and the shapes are inspired by the the transformation process of snakes. A Pylon for the Future Finalists A competition to find a new design for the British electricity pylon, launched by RIBA, DECC and National Grid, has been short listed to just six concepts, which are now on show at an exhibition. Launched to coincide with the London Design Festival, the energy secretary opened the "A Pylon for the Future" display at the V&A in London. Judges chose the finalists from 250 entries, who have been working with the National Grid to build scale models of their designs. "Britain will see the equivalent of 20 new power stations constructed by 2020, and we need to transport this new, low carbon energy to our televisions and toasters, dishwashers and DVD players," Mr Huhne said. "We must make sure that we take into account the visual impact on the landscape and also the view of the public, and this is what the Pylon Design Competition is all about. I think that people will be impressed by the quality of these designs and I hope everyone takes the time to get involved and give their view."