Water Shade by Yitu Wang This project is completely apolitical. It IS literally a gate of water. This project goes by the name of “Water Shade” and keeps a shield of H2O around the fruit it is sworn to protect. It’s both a dish and a cover, working with water to keep freshness in and everything larger than Oxygen OUT! Designer Yitu Wang doesn’t want to keep you from your delicious apples though, so there’s a built in detector that sees your hand in approach, and thus is does desist. Moisture is locked in. Designer: Yitu Wang How to Make a Baby We made this video using a technique called "pixilation", which is a fancy term for stop-motion animation done with real people instead of puppets. We shot it, frame by frame, with Raquel's Canon DSLR over a period of nine months. Those of you who stopped by our house might have noticed some mysterious tape marks on the floor in the living room. Those were for the camera tripod and our feet. Animating over such a long period of time, using an increasingly pregnant woman as one of your puppets, means basically throwing out everything you might normally do in an animated film. For example, early on, we had this idea that we should wear the same clothes every time, for continuity's sake. What emerged was a style you might call WYGIWYG: What You Get Is What You Get. This scattershot approach turned out to have a nice side effect: the 360 or so frames of raw footage had hundreds of possible interpretations, depending on how you shuffled the frames. The raw footage was really messy.
Rolling Bridge « Heatherwick Studio London, UK The studio was commissioned to design a pedestrian bridge to span an inlet of the Grand Union Canal at Paddington Basin, London, and provide an access route for workers and residents. Crucially, the bridge needed to open to allow access for the boat moored in the inlet. The aim was to make the movement the extraordinary aspect of the bridge. The structure opens using a series of hydraulic rams integrated into the balustrade. The whole structure was constructed at Littlehampton Welding on the Sussex coast and then floated up the Grand Union Canal, before being lifted into position and attached to the hydraulic system which powers its movement. The Rolling Bridge won a number of awards including a Structural Steel Award, and an Emerging Architecture Award. Go to images
Doppelganger*Images of the Human Being by Gestalten | Yatzer™ Book-cover, Image Courtesy of Gestalten The digital age has fundamentally changed traditional notions of who we are and how we wish to be perceived. The music producer Chris Walla puts it this way: “Confronted with our significantly more banal everyday life, we’re measuring our actual selves against our online selves with hopeful resignation.” Anders KrisárBook-spread, Courtesy of Gestalten Doppelganger presents current trends in the depiction of human beings. Anders KrisárCuirass, 2005. The book shows permutations of the outer human shell created with costumes and masks as well as photo-technical and artistic manipulation. left: Phyllis Galembo, Ngar Ball Traditional Masquerade Dance, Cross River, Nigeria, 2004.Ilfochrome, 76 cm x 76 cm.right: Phyllis Galembo, Ano Dance Masquerade, Alok Village, Cross River, Nigeria, 2004.Book-spread, Courtesy of Gestalten Kerstin zu Pan, Supervision 6, 2009.Book-spread, Courtesy of Gestalten Akatre, Mains d’OEuvres, 2009.Book-spread, Courtesy of Gestalten
X – tape, Hinge Print Tape by Hyoungmin Park & Jeongmin Lee for mmiinn Sealing With A Hinge So far you have been sealing your cartons with either duct tape or normal transparent scotch tape. If you were to have the option of the X-tape, I’m sure you would have used it. Design is not always about problem solving or functionality. Sometimes elements of surprise, like this optical illusion “hinge” tape gives creativity the fun-edge that it requires. Steve Smith I don’t know what’s the deal with these hyperrealist artists, once again, great work, but absolutely no information…so I’ll just tell you to look at Steve Smith’s pretty paintings, who apparently dreams of sunny days, holidays and sunglasses. Can’t say I blame him!
Well Done: a food company annual report that has to be cooked first Croatian creative agency Bruketa & Zinić have designed an annual report for food company Podravka that has to be baked in an oven before it can be read. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. Called Well Done, the report features blank pages printed with thermo-reactive ink that, after being wrapped in foil and cooked for 25 minutes, reveal text and images. Here are details from Bruketa & Zinić: Well Done, the annual report for food company you have to bake before use Empty pages become filled with content after being baked at 100°C for 25 minutes. “Well done” created by Bruketa & Zinić is the new annual report for Podravka, the biggest food company in South-East Europe. a big book containing numbers and a report of an independent auditora small booklet that is inserted inside the big one that contains the very heart of Podravka as a brand: great Podravka’s recipes. To be able to cook like Podravka you need to be a precise cook.
37 Ways to Tie a Scarf | by Scarves Hello there! Welcome to The Knot Library. Are you ready to knot, twist, tie, tuck, loop, braid, fold, and fluff with Scarves Dot Net? How to Use Scarves.net How does The Knot Library work, you ask? On the left-hand side of your screen, simply find the type of scarf you want to learn more about. If you would like to see all of Scarves Dot Net’s knots in one spot, check out The Master List. Need more help? Dry-Tech: The 20 Coolest Umbrellas You’ll Ever See Dry-Tech: The 20 Coolest Umbrellas You’ll Ever See The invention of the umbrella can be traced back thousands of years, but never to one absolute source. It's use has been depicted in historical texts, images and carvings dating back millennia-- to ancient Rome, Egypt, China and the Middle East. Today, we may take this handy tool for granted. The Pileus Internet Umbrella Projects the Web Ever noticed that the common texture of your typical umbrella canopy is not unlike a projector screen? The "Umbuster" Brass Knuckles Umbrella Are YOU talking to ME? The LightDrops Rain-Powered Electric Umbrella The LightDrops umbrella does precisely what it's name implies-- it turns drops of rain into light. The Multi-Unit Superbrella Even the largest traditional umbrellas can't keep you dry in rains mixed with heavy winds. The Hydro-Chromatic Umbrella In your closet, this umbrella won't look any different from your standard unit. The Bluetooth Mobile Messenger Umbrella The Senz Smart Umbrella The Gunbrella
4thamendmentwear 4th Amendment Wear 4TH AMENDMENT UNDERCLOTHES Now there's a way to protest those intrusive TSA X-ray scanners without saying a word. 4th Amendment Metallic ink-printed undershirts and underwear. Assert your rights without saying a word. This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die | Design for Good You don't find many designers working in the funeral business thinking about more creative ways for you to leave this world (and maybe they should be). However, the product designer Gerard Moline has combined the romantic notion of life after death with an eco solution to the dirty business of the actual, you know, transition. His Bios Urn is a biodegradable urn made from coconut shell, compacted peat and cellulose and inside it contains the seed of a tree. I, personally, would much rather leave behind a tree than a tombstone. Editor's Note: The Bios Urn is a patented design of Estudimoline, the design company of Gerard Moline, a Catalan artist and product designer who designed Bio Urn for animals in 1999.