May 2011 – Gobug, Autism connects, Sprout pen

Philco PC

Created by design studio SchultzeWORKS this stylish computer was inspired by the 1954 Philco Predicta television. Keyboard and mouse are created in the typewriter style but also have steampunk features.

Easy Access Bottle Cap

The teardrop shaped Easy Access Bottle Cap is an example how better designed things indeed improve people’s lives.

Engrain Tactile Keyboard

Michael Roopenian’s Engrain Tactile Keyboard seeks to strengthen the relationship between users and interfaces by giving them a new experience of moving their fingers across waves. These waves are not freely carved but strictly follow the user’s habit of typing and their figures’ movement on keyboards. As a result, you may feel your fingers are part of the keyboard when you use the Engrain.

Estelle Sauvage

A lamp with a very unusual design, created by Estelle Sauvage. The lamp can be used to heat water for a cup of tea with the help of a small light bulb. Sensual and captivating work indeed.

Gobug. Autism connects

Gobug is an interactive toy designed to facilitate an inclusive social learning experience for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Up to two or three children can play with the toy simultaneously. Each user takes ownership of one controller. These controllers work in conjunction; each user points his remote in a direction, and the Gobug moves in the combined direction of the active controllers.

Zerotouch

The Zerotouch infrared touchscreen lets users paint into the air. It is a screenless, transparent multi-touch display that uses infrared sensors to detect user input.
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Infinite Combo Longboard

The Downhill Machine from Nuno Pereira isn’t your conventional longboard. With the adjustability of a race car packed into a skate, the DM was made for speed. Each of the deck-mounted aerospace grade aluminum trucks can be fine-tuned independently so adjusting the width, angle, wheelbase, ground clearance, lift, and downforce are all possible without the need for multiple decks, trucks, and risers of conventional skates.

Sprout pen

Igor Lobanov’s Sprout pen concept reveals the ink within its clear body in the form of a plant-like sprout. As you use the pen, over time the ink diminishes and the sprout shrinks as if dying, but when you stick the pen into its inkwell, the pen fills with ink, “growing” the sprout.

Sosia sofa

Emanuele Magini’s nutty “Sosia” sofa is a highly innovative, transformable piece of furniture. The model is completely convertible, thanks to a malleable fabric flap that allows the owner to rearrange it into a variety of shapes and sizes. No matter which configuration you decide on that day, the soft-cushioned seats will provide plenty of lounging comfort.

Squishy magnet

This magnet is soft and squeezable to the touch. In every other way it is like a normal magnet; it has a north and south pole, opposite poles attract, like poles repel, and it is attracted to standard magnets.