Updated : News of Paris-based Serero Architects' installation at the top of the tower has been declared a hoax by La Societe d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE). Apparently, some blogs claimed that this proposal is actually going to happen. But there is one problem, the tower management company has never planned to change the appearance of one of the most instantly recognizable buildings in the world.
By redesigning Eiffel Tower based on Serero Architects proposal, I believe this tower wi...
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How do you see San Fransisco in 2018 ? Apparently IwamotoScott Architects has a totally futuristic vision of San Fransisco that made them won $10,000 grand prize in the City of The Future contest. Their winning entry was a Hydro-Net concept that includes a ?Geothermal Mushroom? at located on the top of Bernal Hill and a ?Fog Flower? on Ocean Beach. Here?s their full series of Hydro-Net concept illustrations.
HYDRO-NET provides an underground arterial traffic network for hydrogen-fueled hove...
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As someone who loves milk in the coffee, Nespresso Aeroccino and Milk Frother would be a perfect tool to own. As for me, I can’t never say no to cappuccino or latte, it’s something that I would love to drink every minute of every day.
Russia has traditional tea ceremony which use water heating container (samovar) to keep the tea hot. This design aim was to create an original samovar not based on the traditional prototypes and to demonstrate that an object may look very different, but still keeps its main function - to heat the water. A charcoal-burning samovar that doesn't need electricity and gives a possibility to take part in the process of brew-up and the following tea ceremony in a big company. This fascinating design wo...
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Seven is the first winner of Design Contest Volvo for Life Awards. Using seven, you'll wake up in the morning listening to your favorite song or radio program. The special thing about Seven, it has motion sensor which can detect weather you have raised or not. Seven will increase its volume to make you really wake up. This clock mp3 player also can tell you the climate on the same day, as well as ambient temperature and humidity.
Designer : Joel Escalona...
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Tokyoflash Kisai Maru LCD watch is the latest futuristic watch design from Tokyoflash. It features simple interface, a combination of edges and circles, pretty intuitive time display in mirrored LCD.
One of Next-Gen PC Design finalists is Siafu PC Design. The idea behind Siafu was to give people with vision loss an intuitive computer experience. It provides a digitally tactile interface that completely revolutionizes the way that blind people interact with a computer. Siafu lays flat like a tablet and allows the user to fully interact with it by way of touch. The surface of Siafu utilizes a conceptual material called magneclay. This material has the ability to morph upward into any shape. Th...
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A new innovation in PC Design for the visually impaired called Zen. The concept of Zen is a hardware called the 'Sandbox PC' and Zen edition operating system working together to create a computing environment that can be used with eyes closed. ZEN is for ?Z-axis Enabled,? meaning it is a truly interactive 3D computer. The Sandbox PC features Active Surface, an electronic surface that can take different physical shape and can be manipulated by the user. You can read Braille text on it, make out w...
Momenta is a neck-worn PC concept for Microsoft's Next-Gen PC Design Competition. Momenta can records everything in a rolling buffer and continues to record until you tell it to stop. Triggered by increased heart rate, it captures those hilarious or exciting moments that are usually lost forever. Whether it's an exciting sports experience, a funny social scene, the scene of an accident, etc. you can capture it and share it.
Using the new light-weight Microsoft operating system, SLIM, this P...
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Yes guys ! It's here, Electrolux have announced the opening of their annual design competition for 2008. This year theme is "Designs for Internet Generation", with "Internet Generation" defined as young professionals age between 25-35 and concerned about their environment. Better hurry, the entry dead line is May 30. For more info check out their official website here : Electrolux Design Lab Competition.
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