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Art & Design

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Porta 2030 - Webcam backpack

This would be fun. With the Porta 2030, you can record and stream your video while you are in a WiFi zone. Videos after the jump.

The porta-pack is the crucial device that will broke the lock on liberty. It includes a modified wifi network system, a webcam, a signal-generation device and a GPS tracking unit. Through this wireless transmission device, people have gained the ability to interact and communicate regardless of geographical boundaries and without obstructions.

PORTA2030. Via Trendhunter.

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Constant Garden

A product that combines relexation and information, helping you during the day with your appointments and besides that, displaying nice garden sounds inside the office to remind you that there is more to life than work.

It would be a more convincing idea if it was organic instead of plastic. I love ambient interfaces,

vbenedetti online portfolio - constant garden

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JiPegs

Very clever. I like it. Check out J-Pegs on the Behance Network

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Universal active speaker for Ipod or laptops

I think it would make a great desk.

AMP is a universal active speaker for Ipod or laptops. Active speakers don’t need an external amplifier as the amplification happens inside. So all you need to do, is hook it up to a music source and you’re set. The AMP refers to the time before transistor radios. At the time, radios looked like giant pieces of furniture, as it took a lot of space to put all the technology needed. Nowadays, because of innovations like the transistor, music equipment has become something that is sold as boxes meant to be hidden. The AMP however doesn’t hide its true nature.

The AMP is equipped with a mosfet amplifier and a 3-way speaker cone-set. The audio jack ensures the freedom to connect any portable music device whatsoever.

Objects by Pieter Maes

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Square Shoulder Bag

Interesting concept from Dutch design group XS-M-L. Their Square Bag is a bag to carry or though unintentionally a bag to wear. The kidney bean opening matches the natural contour of your arm. There are a number of other bags in this series which may be of interest including the circle and paper bag single. Playing with traditional paper materials and shapes seems to be popular of late. Their site (in dutch). Via Gems Sty.

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Hood Bag

'From bag to head, and from head to bag'. I love this leather prototype made by Aamu Song and Johan Olin in Finland. See at COM-PA-NY. Their website has that 1990's 'cool' desktop metaphor happening which makes it pretty tough to find any one thing in particular, the bag is listed under secret shop, but if you have the time they have some wonderful work for you to explore.

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Abacadabra Bookmark

Abracadabra Bookmark, this inflatable bookmark aims to make finding where you left off and opening to that page easier. Squeezing onside lifts the other.
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Backpack fridge

I guess this beats carrying a fridge on your back. A modern equivalent to the picnic basket or beer cooler, the “Boxcooler” is a backpack fridge with picnic dishes which aims to increase comfort during 'long journeys'. What it lacks in romance it makes up for in inventiveness.

Thermoelectric Peltier elements replace the traditional “freezer batteries” which defrost after a while. Therefore, the food inside stays fresh and cool for a longer time. They are supplied by a storage cell which can be reloaded inside the car or at home. Inside the pockets are compact tablets with all the equipment needed for a picnic. A foldable cup, a knife, spoon and fork are moulded into the tablet surface. All these parts are developed to use a minimal amount of space with a maximum of function.

Seen at Yanko design.

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Beautiful iPhone and iPod touch wallpaper

Replace the standard and boring wallpaper on your iPhone or iPod Touch with this selection created by designers and illustrators from around the world. Curated by Poolga. These are the next devices whose 'desktops' we will be fanatical about customizing. View and download at Poolga

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iStick concept

Alexei Mikhailov's iStick. The iPod shuffle's big brother.

Big square icons and Coverflow let you navigate the Mac way. What's interesting is his surface design. All four surfaces are touchscreens which could present some interesting and unique interface design. The integrated WIFI also enables you to browse iTunes.

Fanciful at best but I'm a sucker for neat concepts and renderings. More picts after the jump.

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Teddy Bear Suitcase

"A teddy bear that is part of the suitcase's interior appears when you open the suitcase". A great concept from industrial design student Jenny Pokryvailo. Her design managed to fit a stuffed bear inside a recycled suitcase making it easy to carry around your child's favorite animal. Wholly impractical which is part of it's charm. Great for a fun room. Via Yokkido. More picts after the jump.

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Skew Bookcase

I would love to get something like this for my office. I like the playfulness and tension it creates. The Skew Bookcase modular shelving was designed by Simon Jarl and Martin Palsson of Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. Via Designboom.

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Cable management: Cable Trap

Designed by Korean designers Ramel Keum and Jung-jin, Cord Trap is a cap that catches, organises and arranges multiple cables on the user's desk. Using those holes in your standard office desk was always a source of annoyance for me. Unplugging my laptop always resulted in a mad scramble to grab the cords before they fell to the mess of a floor under my desk where it always seemed to ages to find. "Cord Trap has been designed to organise and arrange cables and cords neatly so that the user is able to connect and disconnect them to and from the computer 
and other appliances more efficiently." Simple solution to an annoying problem. No word on when and where it might be purchased.

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Cable management: Woofy

Certainly the most cleverly marketed cable management tool ever created, replete with beautiful models and launch parties, Woofy has the simple task of holding a pile of cables (inside) to keep your floor neat. It's plastic, cute, and like a real dog sits beside you all day long. Woofy makes the best of an otherwise unsightly mess.

Woofy and Woofy with Friends.

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