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TW35 40 Watches by Tamawa
Belgian designer Hubert Verstraeten of Tamawa will present these watches made of Bakelite at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. Named TW35 40, the watches have cases in a choice of eight colours, with the face and hands in either silver or black. More here.
— morePhasma the small six-legged robot
phasma is a small six-legged robot that runs around dynamically, just like a living organism. the design is the creation of takram design engineering a japanese studio who work on projects that combine art, design and technology. phasma was created for the exhibit ‘bones’ at 21_21 design sight in tokyo. its behavior aims to ‘depict life purely through its motion rather than its shape, by extracting the physics of running from living things and implementing that to the artifact.’ the robot is made from stainless steel springs with rubber joints. the designers even looked to biomimicry for inspiration, mimicking the alternating tripod gait of many insects. More here.
— moreLee Broom launches collection with iconic British design brand Heals
Award-winning British furniture and interior designer, Lee Broom, launches his first collaboration collection with iconic British design brand Heal’s. Architrave for Heal’s ReDiscovers is a unique capsule collection of furniture fusing tradition with modernity. Inspired by the classic shapes of architrave, cornicing and mouldings, Broom takes a traditional home feature and transforms it into a contemporary design statement. Effortlessly mixing intricate detail with sleek styling, the collection has a two-tone satin lacquer-finish; a matt white on the outside with a cool grey tone within. London Design Festival More here.
— moreMac Motorcycles
Great machines and a great story too... More here.
— moreNASA’s robonaut2
The original robonaut, a humanoid robot designed for space travel, was developed 10 years ago by the robot systems technology branch at the national aeronautics and space administration's (NASA) johnson space centre in collaboration with DARPA . during the past decade, NASA has gained significant knowledge in how to build robot technologies for space applications, helping NASA cast a new era of space exploration. For the current version of the robonaut, known as robonaut2 or R2, NASA and general motors are working together to accelerate the development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in both the automotive and aerospace industries. the 300-pound robot consists of a head and a torso with two arms and two hands.
— moreAndromeda by Ross Lovegrove for Yamagiwa
London designer Ross Lovegrove has launched this LED pendant lamp for Japanese lighting brand Yamagiwa. Called Andromeda , the lamp has clusters of LEDs embedded at the cross-points of the hard polyurethane foam form.
— moreDrawing Lamp by Thomas Feichtner
Designer Thomas Fiechtner of Vienna, Austria, has made this task lamp that can be balanced in two different positions to vary the light intensity. Called Drawing Lamp, it can be tilted forward into a horizontal position to concentrate light on a small area of the desk, or left upright to give a wider spread of light.
— moreigor chak: space invader couch
The 'space invader couch' by igor chak is a seating proposal based on the aliens from the classic 1970s arcade game. Whilst only a concept at the moment chak proposes that it would be made from leather covered memory foam with two glass surfaces.
— moreYacht Design Inspired By Papercraft
Artax Studio’s Paper Boat is a concept design of a yacht which is in the shape of a paper toy boat. The 55-foot yacht features a central cabin shaped in the form of a glass pyramid and a built-in cooking island in the middle, marking the the living rooms and surrounded by couches at each corner. The bulwark is collapsible and creates a ‘terrace on the sea’ look by folding down towards the water and extending the deck. A retractable swimming ladder is installed for those wanting a comfortable access to the sea.
— moreSantiago Choppers Skull Helmet
Now this is rad...more here
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