The RollTop is a flexible notebook concept that can be folded like a roll of paper allowing the user ultimate convenience of carrying and storing it even in a congested place. It features a 17” flat-screen OLED display when fully rolled out with the multi-touch facility that will offer the ease and functionality of that of an iPhone. Also, when required, it can be folded into a 13” smart tablet pc. Aside from the touch-screen controlling, it features full fledged keyboard like conventional notebooks with which convenient typing can be performed. When folded, this compact notebook takes the size of a water carrier and can easily be hanged over the shoulder with a hanging belt.


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SENSE! is a concept tableware objects collection that offers dining with all your senses instead of just eating with your eyes. The surprising and fun to use design makes you aware of your sensory abilities and turns a usual meal into an amazing experience with various innovative tableware each featuring different attributes. The Scent Flowers discharge a scent to accompany a dish. The Hot Stone Plates have inlaid warm basalt stones that heats in oil, allowing a slower and healthier dining. The Palate Cleansers produce a desirable break the scenario of dining by allowing you to relax when sipping the mint vapor that cleanses your palate keeping your stomach not so filled. Both the table and the tea set are the part of the astonishing Hot Ice Tea Ceremony, where the ice is unlikely hot.


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The idea of this concept was to exploit the internet ability in a mobile device. Touch screen, built in camera, scanner, WiFi, google map (hopefully google earth), google search, image search? all in one device. See a building through it, it will give you the image search result right on the spot.

Choose a building and touch a floor and it tells you more details of the building. You can use it when you want to know a car model, an insect name, what kind of food is served at a restaurant and how much, who built a bridge, etc. With detail informations like that, this gadget might only be used by secret service agents. Very futuristic concept.


Designer : Mac Funamizu