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5.6 | This Year and Warm
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30,596 Total Clicks Jan 12 - Sep 12 |
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Accordion Design
Products that can be crumpled and collapsed to fit into compact spacesImplications - Living in highly urbanized and concentrated environments means that everything, from your furniture to your vehicle, must be able to fit into small and compact areas. Thus, designers are increasingly focusing their efforts on the design of collapsible products for easier storage. While recent years have seen a rise in foldable creations, these collapsible designs take on more of an accordion aesthetic, in which items can be twisted, folded and crumpled into incredibly compact sizes. [More]
 Airplane-Adjusted Wheelchairs |
 Clear Collapsible Computers |
 Accordion-Style Storage |
 Collapsible Wiry Furniture |
 Collapsible Tent-Like Boats |
 Collapsible Electric Vehicles |
Filed in: Autos Art & Design Design Furniture
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5 | This Year and Mild
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14,362 Total Clicks Oct 11 - Jul 12 |
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Kidaptive Design
Products built with adjustability to accommodate growing childrenImplications - As both parents and designers know, caring for a child is expensive. As children get older, products that once fit them as babies are no longer suitable, meaning that parents must continue to spend money on new products. However, there is a growing direction in 'kidaptive design,' designs that are adjustable and adaptable to a growing child's needs. These include everything from furniture to footwear that will adjust in width and height, ensuring the product can still be used by the child and thereby alleviating financial stress from parents. [More]
 Classy Baby Boosters |
 Space Craft-Inspired Cribs |
 Adjustable Child Cycles |
 Kid-Friendly Footwear |
 Adaptive Sleep Spaces |
Filed in: Life-Stages Art & Design Clusters Youth Babies Furniture
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5.7 | This Year and Warm
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56,032 Total Clicks Jul 11 - Jun 12 |
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Grassy Garnishes
Using grass to decorate everything from clothing to furnitureImplications - Urban gardens have been a proliferating trend in the area of eco-friendly living, and now, consumers are able to infuse their homes with more than a small vegetable plot or two. Green-minded designers are using grass as the primary component of their creations, applying it to bathrooms, footwear and more as a decorative element. This direction in green design offers a refreshing and novel twist on typical eco-friendly home accents and gives eco-conscious consumers another way to "greenify" their homes. [More]
 Grassy Bathroom Installations |
 Fetching Grassy Footwear |
 Grassy Green Abodes |
 Grassy Urban Furniture |
 Lawn Art Composters |
 Magnified Turf Partitions |
Filed in: Art & Design Design Home Clusters Unique Furniture
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5.9 | Warm
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42,735 Total Clicks Oct 11 - May 12 |
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Preserving Privacy
Designs that encourage isolation at the workplaceImplications - Although the trend in workplace design has been toward open spaces to encourage interaction, there is also an opposite trend in preserving workplace privacy. Designers are creating self-privacy pods to which workers can retreat for a bit of peace and quiet. Encouraging isolation in this way does not deter from an organization's goal to enhance interaction and team-building, but rather compliments it by giving employees a place where they can de-stress and clear the mind -- something that is certainly necessary in today's fast-paced and stressful work culture. [More]
 Egg-Shaped Enclosures |
 Leafy Folding Backrests |
 Concave Cocoon Chairs |
 Modular Privacy Seating |
 Private Office Pods |
 Compact Corporate Spaces |
Filed in: Art & Design Modern Design Home Clusters Furniture
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5.6 | Warm
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38,093 Total Clicks Jun 11 - May 12 |
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Gesture Design
Looking to hand signs to inspire artistic creationsImplications - Hand-based gestures allow us to express ourselves and is a major part of our ability to communicate with one another, whether or not we accompany their movements with speech. As such, designers today are experimenting with hand gestures -- ranging from crude to rock 'n' roll -- by applying them into design ranging from furniture to USB drives. These designs are novel and fun, giving the product a sense of playful quirkiness that appeals to lighthearted users. [More]
 Emotional Coat Hangers |
 Simple Gesturing Stationary |
 Sign Language Armchairs |
 Funky Finger Shades |
 Provocative Parasols |
 Crude X-Ray Illuminators |
Filed in: Art & Design Pop Culture Design Clusters Humor Furniture
