Archive : Odd Designs

Madrid based design studio’s Ostrich is neither a garment nor pillow, neither bed nor cushion, but the three holed power nap provides a soothing interior to refresh body and mind from afternoon snooze. Thanks to the useful designs by Mr Carrascal of Kawamura Ganjavian, the ostrich was created by accident. The hand-made ostrich is in demand as it is [...]

Nik Ramage, a mechanical sculptor, who invents the gadgets from useless machines, has collaborated with designer artist Martin Smith, a Dutch manufacturer, and has come with the label Laikingland to create an artist hand which taps eternally.  The resin cast fingers function when the switch is drumming rhythmically till it gets switched off. They [...]

You don’t sit on a sofa to work and so you don’t sit in an upright position. And so sofas are designed in a way that you can lounge or slouch on a sofa and in some cases even sleep on it. There is no point in creating a sofa that forces you to sit in an upright position. We now have a sofa that allows you to sit the way you feel like and adjusts [...]

“Laundry is fun.” That is probably one of the biggest oxymorons in the world of household chores. However, a new concept design seems ready to prove to the world that laundry is not all that bad. Lee Wei Chen, an MA design student from Kingston University has come up with a washing machine that promises to be a whole lot of fun. Chen’s [...]

Science fiction allows your imagination a free reign and occasionally it inspires the creation of real products. Nike has taken up the idea of Mag high top sneakers worn by Michael J Fox in Back to the Future II. There were hints about this development in the press and things were not very clear even after a mysterious press event that just took place [...]

If you were the kind of person who liked to stick things in your body, you would definitely love the Duet, which is a cool vibrator that is thumb sized. This means, it could even be useful for men as they need smaller devices than women, considering the anatomical differences. It comes with 16 GB storage and once charged can give you pleasure continuously [...]

Lava’s Emergency Shelter is a design resembling a water molecule that has a geometrical, pentagonal shape, which has been presented in the Emergency shelter exhibition at Sydney, in Australia. The conceptual model that was displayed is a replica in a miniature frame. It accommodates two adults and a child providing enough space for daily activities [...]

The natural disasters are hitting our planet much harder than ever before. New York was rocked by both an earthquake and a hurricane. Both the events were exceptionally rare for the city. The forces of nature are acting up and affecting areas that were considered relatively safe. On top of that with consistent expansion of habitation people continue [...]

Cell phone case has become an industry in itself. The sale of case is also keeping pace with the high volume sales of cell phones. Phones with new features make your current phone redundant very quickly. With a new phone you generally require a new case as well. The designers have also got in the act and have also created exclusive designer cases that [...]

Ever wondered that how much wood actually gets wasted in mundane objects like pencils? The answer is huge. The wood does nothing beyond holding the long graphite lead and which needs to be sharpened off in order to use the pencil. Deuk Young Lee came up with an excellent way of making a pencil with a rubber body around it. No, this is much better that [...]