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Wear Your Website 2 - W-41
W-41.com combines clothing and technology into a wearable, on-the-go link for any website. Each product has a unique logo printed on it that is linked specifically to your favorite website (your profile,…
Luxury Fruit - Glass Art by Anthony Biancaniello (GALLERY)
Other than a bowl of real, healthy fruit to eat, the fake fruit bowl as a decor item is so tacky most people would not contemplate having it in their homes. Even the better attempts at realism still fall…
Horror Stuffed Animals - Matt Kirkland’s Dissected Toys (GALLERY)
When most of us think of stuffed animals, we think cuddly, cute, snuggly and lovable. For some designers have more twisted, less affectionate associations with the toys. Matt Kirkland tore open this series…
Battery Racks - Ideal Storage + Gimmicks
This battery rack falls into the category of "I can't believe this isn't more commonly used!" The convenience of this single-unit battery organizer goes far beyond its ability to house 53 batteries of…
Pet Strollers - Walk the Cat in Style
The pet stroller allows cats, and less mobile dogs to accompany their owners on leisurely walks in style. The basic pet stroller, as pictured here, can comfortably carry a pet of up to 25 lbs. Like most…
Tweezer Lights - Multi-Functional Tool
This pair of tweezers is more like a stainless steel appliance, armed with an LED light for illuminating those hard-to-reach places. Although it's intended for traditional tweezer use, judging by all its…
Masking Censorship - World Press Freedom Ads
Censorship is one of the things I hate most, and the most dangerous kind of censorship is the sly and subtle kind that creeps in without making a fuss or grand entrance. It’s the little measures and…
Backpack Planes - The EXO-Wing (GALLERY)
Atair Aerospace’s EXO-Wing, is the world’s smallest human-piloted jet. The novel gadget is on display right now at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy…
Senior Superheroes - Aging Comics by Donald Soffritti (GALLERY)
Italian cartoonist Donald Soffritti, known for drawing characters like Padre Tony and the Super Zeroes, has found a pet hobby. He visualizes the popular superheroes of today in their senior years.
After…
Butter Sticks - Grease Sticks for Toast
The glue stick butter applicator is just the right combination of functionality and silliness. I’m not sure that this idea is a commercial reality, but I can definitely see the potential.
One can't…
Virtual Girlfriends - INBED: Never Sleep Alone
Consumed with his graduate school program and motivated by a loneliness I can totally identify with, New York University student Drew Burrows showcased INBED, an "infrared-sensitive" light projected virtual…
Amorphous Fashion Watches - Strobe
Inspired by the works of the artist Giger, designer Benjamin Wysk used Giger's amorphous forms as a biomechanical symbiosis in his Strobe watch design "to reflect there the person and the clock."
According…
Guerrilla Fairytale Campaigns - Rapunzel for Pantene (GALLERY)
A fun guerrilla campaign to promote Pantene Anti-Breakage Shampoo has just been deployed in Toronto, Canada.
The campaign uses enormous braids a la Rapunzel that dangle from buildings, complete with…
Breath Name Tags - SMINT: Hello, My Name is... (GALLERY)
How about approaching someone cute you'd like to get closer to and introducing yourself with, "Hello, my name is Onion"? I would say, you would be one lonely person. That is the witty approach of this…
Advertising With Fairytales - Puss in Boots for Saniterpen
The fascination with fairytales continues, as ad agencies continue to come back to well-known classic characters. This add, featuring Puss in Boots, is for Saniterpen, a pet odor remover.
It features…
Animated Art as a PSA - 'Burma Viral' for Myanmar (VIDEO)
I have never seen a more moving animation than this PSA entitled “Burma Viral,” from the beautiful imagery and soul-touching music to the potent message. The 90 second clip was created by Shilo for…
Safety-Oriented Compact Cars - The Solid (GALLERY)
The Solid car was designed by Nikita Gutsalenko, a student at the Product Design and Transport Design at the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts, Russia. The aim of Gutsalenko's design is to help…
Stone Age Modernism - Glass Knives by Noa Bembibre
Hardcore, New Finnish Design is presenting Noa Bembibre and her Glass Knives collection during New York Design Week 2008.
“Bembibre’s glass knives combine the very ancient roots of design – transforming…