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Samsung Young Design Award 2009 Finalists

TheFuture — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:42:28 +0000

Samsung has organized young design award for the third time this year aiming to find out the creativity of young Italian design students focusing on sustainable and functional digital household solutions to improve the living quality of the future civilization. Following are the 9 finalist projects that was exhibited in the award ceremony held at Triennial in Milan.

PAD is a digital pet family that improves the consumption of energy by monitoring the status of the environment.

The main controller of the ‘Stand Off’ is the accelerometer that can detect the exact location of an object and sends Bluetooth signal to switch the appliance on or off.

The ‘Re-Siker’ system with its two parts has been designed for recycling stations that can pack bags and provides a serial number through one part and the other part informs the user on recyclable items among them and ways of compositing and implementing them in the market.

Intelligent Organizer is a device that solves the electric line over-charging problems.

DNA is a floating unit that can generate continuous and affordable energy from the sun and wind.

Recycle is an exercise bike integrated with energy producing ability.

Light concept can produce florescent and luminescent illumination without using electricity.

E-plant provides easy energy consumption information.

Self Control device improves knowledge and perception of in-house energy consumption.

From : Samsung Young Design Award via DesignBoom

Moving Kitchen : Portable Kitchen for Indoor and Outdoor

TheFuture — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:55:32 +0000

The Moving Kitchen concept has been designed to move anywhere, even in a tiny sized kitchen, and allows easy cooking as well as eating outside the house. There are many hidden functions of the product that will surely amaze the users, and the same time will prove very much functional. Under the tabletop dish, an induction has been placed that is meant to be used for cooking. There are folded tables on both side of the moving kitchen on which users can put dishes and other ingredients of cooking. There are trays to move food from one place to another and contains storage space for cooking materials along with wheels on the bottom for easier movement.

Designer : Joongho Choi

Futuristic Bionic Transportation for The Year 2030

TheFuture — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:58:04 +0000

The stylish Bionic concept car is simply a token of functional values and innovative natural aesthetics through its radical aerodynamic design. The car has been designed to change its shape as per requirement in different situations by implementing EAP-electro-active polymer layers, which is an optimized and advance automobile material. Moreover, it features advance in-wheel motor technology that allows the car to produce zero-emissions and a polycarbon roof with attached solar photovoltaic cells that gives an uninterrupted outside view aside from producing energy through sunlight. This ultra-compact car can house two persons and has been designed for the year 2030 considering as an excellent solution for the massive future crowd and positive environmental aspects.

Designer : Vlad Icobet

Honda Native is 3 Seated Vehicle Powered By Lithium-Ion Battery

TheFuture — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:47:48 +0000

The Honda Native concept comprises an electric engine which is powered by heavy-duty lithium-ion battery and can house 3 persons including the driver. This ultra compact car with great aerodynamic features has been designed for the massively congested future traffic where speed will be ignored over low space riding efficiency. Its down to the ground design will allow the car to offer smooth riding experience to the riders. The exterior parts of the vehicle are made of photocromic materials that make it possible for the car to change its color according to the light, temperature and other surrounding environmental factors.

Designer : Liviu Tudoran

Green Speed Air Powered Motorcycle for Zero Pollution Effect

TheFuture — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:43:24 +0000

The Green Speed concept is an air-fueled concept bike that features a zero pollution effect on the environment through greenhouse gas emissions and especially being cheap and willingly available. The rotary air engine is lightweight, compact and powerful and is powered by compressed air from the two compressed air tanks. Because of its 3000 RPM of the engine, this bike can run only on one gear which is actually a sprocket bolted to the engine axis and chained with the rear wheel. The carbon fiber tanks of the bike stores the compressed air, when mass is produced, the solar panel generated energy will compress air and amass them in the tanks. The bike doesn’t contain any kind of lightening like headlight, indicator light or brake lights; instead, it contains three tiny cameras.

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The engine that used is a rotary air engine. It is the invention of the Melbourne engineer Angelo Di Pietro. The engine is compact, lightweight and powerful and runs on compressed air from two compressed air tanks on the bike. It revs up to 3,000 RPM, and because of this, the inventors didn’t need any gear box on the bike. There is only one gear, which is just a sprocket bolted directly to the axis of the engine and chained to the rear wheel.

Compressed air is stored in the bike’s on-board carbon fiber tanks. Once mass produced, the bike will have solar panels that will generate enough energy to compress air and store it in the bike’s tanks, which will increase its range indefinitely.

As the bike was designed as a speed record setter, there is no headlight, brake light or indicator lights on the bike. Instead, there were three little cameras fitted at the front and tail on the bike that are used to record the run. The body works were designed to be aerodynamic and lightweight, and it will be made of fiber glass or carbon fiber.

Designer : Edwin Conan

EEL Three-Wheeler Lightweight Vehicle with Bio-ethanol Engine

TheFuture — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:33:21 +0000

The EEL concept is a compact and lightweight vehicle that features functional aerodynamic construction for great energy efficiency. The compact shape of this three-wheeler allows it waving through busy traffic and in between other cars and houses only one passenger and the driver. When turning, it has been designed to lean to the particular direction allowing better control for the driver. This electric vehicle comprises bio-ethanol engine which is completely eco-friendly. When charging through a traditional power point, the covered scooter shaped vehicle looks much like a mobile phone getting charged through its charger.

Designer : Muhammad Imran

Demi Sisalan Hanging Table for Small Spaces

TheFuture — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:27:42 +0000

The Hanging Table concept has been designed to turn small indoor spaces into a more efficient place by allowing the user keeping it away from their way when it’s not in use. This table concept design is ideal for dining room or kitchen of little houses, RVs, yachts and offices. Square, sphere, or circle planned, and coated with high density foam, the aluminum framed lightweight table plate is hanged with an aluminum frame and one chrome finished leg. This periscope style leg has been formed with seven parts of hydraulic equipment, which has made it durable enough to hold the weight of the plate and do the lift and lose task.

Designer : DS Design

Waterdrop for Wonderful Bathing Experience

TheFuture — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:20:03 +0000

Waterdrop is an innovative concept that provides wonderful bathing experience with an all-inclusive “screen” where the user can have a precise feeling of staying inside the nature. The bathing area has been designed like a falling drop of water and features completely soundproof inside environment to cut the noise of the outside world. Moreover, notes of nature or soft music can please the users as well as let them relax while enjoying the natural beauty of tropical seas, colorful corals or deep forest. With Waterdrop, you can load a really fantastic holiday place right inside your house.

Designer : Wu Chenghou

Beautiful and Pleasure Light from CandleAmp

TheFuture — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:59:25 +0000

The CandleAmp concept has been designed to give a pleasurable light in a room glowing from two clean, replaceable and sustainable soy candles. It features a simple push lighting and extinguishing the flames allowing the users to eliminate the candle associated inconvenience and safety issues with the insulating cover and sturdy wooden base.

The inspiration of the project was to attract more and more people as candle users in a more functional and stylish manner. The outcome is a compact, lightweight and ultra-portable lamp that has the required coverings for safety, visual elegance for style and easy and functional method of working for convenience, in short, a great handy tool for household.

Designer : Simon Enever

Nomad Lightweight and Simple Wheelchair for Your Comfort

TheFuture — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:13:30 +0000

The Nomad Wheelchair concept is the outcome of Mark Owen’s continuous effort with his brother Jon and Angela Gidden, a furniture designer of Studio SDA, after he got paralyzed in a motorbike accident. The inconveniences and difficulties he has faced with the traditional wheelchairs became the key turning point of Mark to make an innovative wheelchair that can overcome all those problems successfully. Finally, the lightweight and minimal mobility device reached the production house with the money he got from his personal injury claim. The simple and sleek wheelchair excludes all the unnecessary elements and has been structured in a comfortable and contemporary way where a person can sit and roll for longer time without getting irritated.

Designer : Mark Owen