MONACO V4 Concept Watch by TAG Heuer
The traditional dynamics of the movement is transmitted by gears. The MONACO V4 though uses drive-belt transmission borrowed from the automotive world. The entire technology and architecture has been inspired by car engines. The barrel bridges are in sapphire, allowing the movement to be visible from below.
More about it: TAG Heuer
Miscea 3.1 Medical Touch-Free Hand Hygiene System
Miscea 3.1 combines the function of a faucet and a dispenser for disinfectant fluids in one product. Operation of this faucet is self-explanatory and comfortable; choosing soap or disinfectant is interactively guided: a softly pulsating LED indicates whether the system is ready for use and each dispensing mode is accompanied by a light impulse.
How it works: Youtube
Infant Warmer by Embrace
The unarguably brilliant Embrace Infant Warmer tackles two problems, hypothermia, which affects more than 20 million babies, and the relative cost of incubators – up to £15,000 - which have to be powered by electricity. This doesn’t. It also costs £125.
The design looks like a miniature sleeping bag that incorporates a phase change material, which stays at a constant temperature for up to 6 hours. This low-cost solution maintains premature and low birth weight babies’ body temperature to help them survive and thrive.
Modern Record Console by Symbol Audio
The flagship of the Symbol audio line, the Modern Record Console pays homage to “all in one” console hifi’s of the 1950’s, an idea who’s time, we believe, has come around again.
Open the lid and feast your eyes on a hand built tube amplifier and turntable set into patinated steel plates that merge analog sound with a modern wireless system. Tucked out of view into the steel base is a second dedicated amplifier and subwoofer designed to extend the low end frequency and provide added richness to the sound.
More about it: symbolaudio
Did you know… WWII led Eames to his iconic Plywood Chair?
The Lounge Chair Wood was the Eames breakthrough moment, and the springboard for a range of furniture that would express the optimism of the post-war world. But this work evolved directly from their experience during wartime.
The Eames began to explore the possibilities of plywood. Bending it was relatively simple. Moulding it, in three dimensions, like rubber, and on a mass scale, was something else.
The demands of war provided the germ of an answer when he was asked to design a leg splint in 1942. The Eames’ splint design was a compromise, but even if the curves were not perfect, more than 150,000 were made for the US Navy.
From leg splints, the Eames turned to seats for gliders and aircraft parts, refining and perfecting their moulding techniques. The payoff came in 1945 with the Lounge Chair Wood, a ”swords into ploughshares” moment, and a modest but unmistakable signal that the war was finally over.
Maclaren Baby Buggy B-01 by Owen McLaren (1965)
The first Maclaren B-01 buggy was inspired by a visit from his daughter and her baby. Wheeling around a clumsy, bulky pushchair made Owen consider his background in designing aeroplane undercarriages – lightweight but load-bearing structures capable of folding neatly – and apply it to baby carriages. Using modern lightweight materials, Maclaren developed a structure that could comfortably carry a child and then fold into a space only a little bigger than a folded umbrella. He revolutionised the industry.
Cosmolite Luggage by Samsonite
The design of the Cosmolite collection communicates a new form of aesthetics for luggage, featuring a design of eye-catching ridges that run along the sides and taper towards the bottom, giving the body of the luggage the appearance of a glimmering seashell - serving as a symbol for the lasting durability of both form and material.
Dieter Rams 1976’ Speech: Design by Vitsœ
The majority of products that we encounter in our day-to-day lives scream for attention or try to impress us with their magnificence or miniscule size. These objects try to dictate our relationships with them. Good design creates powerful long-lasting relationships with products as good design creates objects with balanced proportions; at Vitsœ we go further by trying to create objects in balanced proportion with people.
You can read the full speech here: vitsœ
Sahay: A shovel for Indian people by D. Hernould, M. Dubreucq, J. Shah, R. Kakade, H. Arumalla, H. Karia and A.Trichelieu.
Most of the Indian farmers work and walk barefoot. Why not to make a shovel adapted to this particularity?
More abut it: Industrial Design Served
