A beautifully crafted and designed collection of furniture by Swedish industrial designer David Ericsson, called “Carl Malmsten Made Me Do It”. Carl Malmsten was the university Ericsson attended and this was his thesis project.

“The aim with this work is to try to create processes and products deriving from humanist values. I have developed a humanistic design manifesto(...) Read More about David Ericsson’s Product Design (95 words)

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Chinese industrial designer Xun Ye had the idea to create this great re-branding campaign for the 348-year old Chinese scissor brand Zhang Xiao Quan. The oldest Chinese scissor brand has been passed down for several generations and is facing serious problems due to a lack of design consistency from (...) Read More about Old Chinese Scissor Rebranded (120 words)

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Desk Chair by Yun Hsin Lee

It is my favorite time of year again and it’s not Fashion Week! It is getting to be close to the end of school semesters and final design projects. All the design schools worldwide have already started showcases student projects in different departments. Featured here are a select group of chairs from “Take a Seat”,

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Two of Chromoly’s past designs, the Ninja Tack and especially Bourgeois Brass Knuckle, emerged as problematic to market. Potential manufacturers were consulted by their lawyers to stay away from them, and Scandinavian retailers had the products taken off their shelves by the police. The objects were being treated like the weapons from which they borrowed their forms. They were clearly carrying semantic baggage

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Holga D is a digital camera inspired from the extremely popular cult of the Lomography Holga and other toy cameras of its kind. Invented by Indian product designer Saikat Biswas this digital Holga (prototype), retains the qualities and simplicity of the original Holga camera and brings back the joy and delayed gratification (your photographs remain(...) Read More about A Digital Holga ? (139 words)

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Ana Kras is a young Serbian product designer with a great aesthetic. Her graphically minimalistic approach seems to be greatly inspired by Swedish design.

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I love the Behive concept designed by Dutch designer and “Big Boss” of Extremist, Dirk Wynants. The entire Extremist website is a great resource for party/event planners. The Behive concept is based on a tightly stretched fabric suspended about 60 cm above the ground. You can either lie, sit or lean against the very comfortable side cushions. The springs all around the fabric ensure that it automatically adapts to the shape of your body, thus offering maximum seating or lounging comfort.

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As if Wonderland Wallpaper isn’t fun enough, I stumbled upon a delightful light-emitting invention from product designer Jonas Sampson. The paper will contain LED lights in any conceivable design. The concealed light display turns on a few moments after a person enters the room.

Not to get mushy on you, but how romantical could this get? Imagine an entire hotel suite lit up like the galaxy, a princess castle for a little girl or a safari adventure trapped in the wall a’la Jumanji. What about a freaky haunted house where decaying corpses flash for only a split moment? Or if you could choreograph several different circuits of LED, you might create a glowing animation (for the record, that’s my ingenious concept.) 

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NEWS FLASH! Portuguese product designer Joao Sabino has just made his keyboard bag available. All you have to do is email him. I saw the the illustration for this awhile back but it looks even better sampled.(...) Read More about Keyboard Bag (28 words)

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