18 Fun, Cool and Unique Coffee Mugs | FreshTrend Unique Gift Ideas An assemblage of some of the very best, most fun, coolest and most unique coffee mugs that we could dig up… Moustache Mug Put a stache on your face every morning. £11.95 Trigger Finger Pull the trigger on a solid start to the day… $16 Lap Mug The mug for couch coffee and tea drinkers. Knee Mug Designed for those that prefer to rest their mug on their knee. $16 Zipper Mugs Now you can unzip your morning cup of coffee? Polka Dot Dunk Mug A fun coffee mug that stores biscuits and cookies in its base. Chalkboard Mug Scribble a different message each and every morning. $10 Atmark Mug In case the name doesn’t give it away, Art Lebedev’s Atmark is designed to look like an @ mark. On/Off Mug Color sensitive to change from Off to On as it goes from Cold to Hot. $33 2 Carat Coffee Mug A little bling along with your cup of joe. Hearty Mug Cute mug designed in the shape of a heart when seen from above. $16 My Cuppa Make the perfect cup each and everytime with an easy to follow color guide. $15.99 Stacked Mug
Skip the Booze, Bubbles, and Juice - 10 Ways to Look Better in the Morning on Shine Photo by: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Time Inc DigitalPrep Hair Before Bed-If your fine strands tend to look greasy the minute you open your eyes, "use a dry shampoo preventively," says N.Y.C. ... more Photo by: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Time Inc DigitalPrep Hair Before Bed-If your fine strands tend to look greasy the minute you open your eyes, "use a dry shampoo preventively," says N.Y.C. hairstylist Ryan Trygstad. Spray roots until hair feels chalky. "The powder will suck up oils as they're produced," he says. "Come morning, you won't have to degrease or worry about seeing powdery residues." Then you can style and go! Suave Professionals Dry Shampoo, $4; drugstore.com. less
Etsy Dm Creations Art 101 174 Piece Wood Art Set: Toys & Games Gift Guide 2011: Core77's End of Year/End of Days Must Haves Photo Editor / New York, New York Finding great gifts for designers is tough: They’re picky, they already know what they want and chances are it’s not cheap—industrial designers are even worse—they’re some of the most over-informed and critical consumers to shop for! The best strategy is simply asking what they want but if you’re still up to the challenge of finding that special something, I recommend being thoughtful and giving a present that's specific to their interests. Here’s a selection of functional products that are awesome, fun and might offer you some inspiration. Zombie Bells$42.95–169.95X3 Watering Can$99FiftyThree Pencil Stylus$49.95–59.95The Ice Baller$85Punch Bag Laundry Bag$36 littleBits × KORG Synth Kit$159The Sheffield Kevlar Shear$76 Senior Editor / Los Angeles, California Tools for working better, or at least in better surroundings. No one really wants to think about work over the holidays. Columnist / San Francisco, California Senior Editor / New York, New York
Dot: 360º video capture for the iPhone 4 by Jeff Glasse Hey Kickstarter-onians, Thanks for checking out our project! We call it Dot. It’s a stylish, durable and downright pocketable 360º (panoramic) lens attachment and app for the iPhone 4. What does it do? Dot lets your iPhone capture immersive, fully navigable, panoramic video in real-time - and share with friends on your phone, as well as on Facebook and Twitter, or streamed online using our awesome panoramic video web platform and player. Cool, right? We're excited too. But seriously, our secret beta testers have already had a lot of fun taking it to concerts, the park, on moped rides in Italy, and showing cramped apartments to mothers halfway around the world. So? We haven’t slept much. We’ve spent the past few months researching, designing, prototyping and coding. Let's do it! We’re excited to bring our cutting-edge (read: magical) panoramic technology to a much wider audience – and even more excited to see what you guys will do with it. Thanks for your support. Kogeto team www.kogeto.com
AU 2011: Interview with Design-Build Firm Because We Can, Part 1 From residences to offices to furniture to Burning Man art projects, Oakland-based design-build firm Because We Can is capable of designing and making a lot of crazy stuff. "CNC machines don't care how complex things are," founder Jeff McGrew pointed out during his Autodesk University 2011 Mainstage event. By now you've probably read our transcript of that talk, and now we're ready to post our video chat with both McGrew and co-founder Jillian Northrup, whom we caught up with in the AU 2011 Creative Studio. Here in Part 1, the duo tell us about their fortuitous discovery of ShopBot and how digital fabrication helped launch their firm. » Part 2: Projects Past and Present » Part 3: The Open-Source Desk Project » Part 4: Advice for Design Students
Cool Gift Ideas | Unique Gifts chaos in the kitchen Vuzix Wrap 1200VR video eyewear does 3D with head-tracking for $600, now available Vuzix Launches Wrap 1200VR (Virtual Reality) Video Eyewear Supports widescreen VGA video up to 720P, the latest 3D games, and features upgraded head-tracking Rochester, NY – September 20, 2011 – Vuzix Corporation (TSX-V: VZX, OTC:BB: VUZI, FMB: V7X), award-winning manufacturer of video eyewear,, is excited to announce the availability of the Wrap 1200VR. The sunglass-style Wrap 1200VR brings virtual worlds to life with a 16:9 widescreen, virtual display and superior head tracking for step-inside gaming. The supersized display with a 35 degree field of view is the equivalent to watching 3D content on a 75 inch display from 10 feet away. "The Wrap 1200VR allows our customers to step into another world, creating an immersive gaming or movie watching experience", said Paul Travers, CEO Vuzix Corporation. The Wrap 1200VR connects to virtually any Windows graphic card desktop or laptop computer, regardless of make or model.
aruliden | Brand Strategy & Product Design mental_floss Blog » Gifts for the Geek Home A home should be an expression of who you are. Sure, when you're young and broke, your room or apartment might be an expression of who your parents or the people who donate to Goodwill are, but gradually you collect items that express your personality, whether you receive them as gifts or purchase them yourself. If you are a technologically oriented geek, there are plenty of manufacturers and vendors catering to your tastes in home decor. Interactive LED Dining Table Windell Oksay of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories built a dining room table with 448 LEDs inside. Motherboard Picture Frame Recycling is not only environmentally-friendly, it can make a statement. Geek Clock This geeky clock was posted all over as "the clock only geeks can read." A Clock that Spells Here's a clock that is easy for anyone to read, but the mechanism that displays it is something else. Watch how the clock face changes here. Galactic Hitchhiker's Towel Never be caught without your towel! CRT Light Fixture Icon Pillows