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Rollasole – Emergency Flats From a Vending Machine

November 20th, 2009 at 8:54 am » Comments (0)

Twenty-seven year old UK entrepreneur, Matt Horan, has started a company based off an ingenious idea. “After getting tired of giving my girlfriend a piggyback home every Saturday night, I had a ‘eureka’ moment,” says Rollasole founder Matt Horan of his clever invention. (Pics)
 



Luggage That Turns Into a Couch

November 5th, 2009 at 8:25 am » Comments (0)

Sitting in Style while Travelling

Dutch designer Erik De Nijs created Suited Case — a collection of four functional suitcases that can be linked together in the form of a couch. His goal was to give travelers a taste of home while away:
This concept came from a research on nostalgia during travelling. When a familiar object [...]



Steve Wozniak Showing Off His NIXIE Tube Watch

October 31st, 2009 at 4:30 pm » Comments (0)

The ultimate geek toy
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak shows us that a nixie tube watch is probably a better idea in theory than it is in practice. It’s so bulky. Sure looks like a lot of trouble he has to go through just to change the time zone. Never mind that, if they could just make [...]



LED Eyelashes – Bizarre Fashion Trend

October 30th, 2009 at 10:52 am » Comments (0)

LED Eyelashes
False eyelashes not getting you enough attention? LED Eyelashes from Korean designer Soomi Park will have you turning heads so fast you might be sued for causing whiplash.  (Video)



Jammin’ On The Playable Electric Guitar Shirt

October 29th, 2009 at 7:56 am » Comments (0)

(YouTube Link)
 The Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt isn’t just a t-shirt. You can actually play music on it. Use a magnetic pick over the string markings and press down on the frets with your other hand. There’s also a volume nob and an amplifier that fits on your belt. Has it been a long time since [...]



Star Trek Classic Uniform Onesies

October 29th, 2009 at 7:52 am » Comments (0)

Just call me Captain Cutie!

ThinkGeek’s Star Trek onesies are a great change from the boring old Bob the Builder and Disney Princess junk you’ll get heaped on you the second your kid emerges.



DNA-Inspired Closet Is As Space-Savy As Twisted and Curvy

October 15th, 2009 at 8:26 am » Comments (0)

All hung up on DNA

Irina Alexandru’s design is more of a coat hanger than a closet, but it’s intended to allow for the maximum amount of clothing hangers in the smallest amount of space. We just plain like the curvy double helix design.
For those who are having flashbacks to biology class: Yes, a double-helix is actually [...]



Japanese Suit Designed To Fight Swine Flu

October 7th, 2009 at 7:56 am » Comments (0)

One Smart Suit

A Japanese company, Haruyama Trading Co., has developed a suit that it claims protects the wearer from the deadly H1N1 strain of influenza.
The company has produced 50,000 of the suits and will start selling them on Thursday, according to a company spokesman.
The suit is coated with the chemical titanium dioxide, which reacts to [...]



Ultra Cool TV Tub

September 22nd, 2009 at 12:32 pm » Comments (0)

Ultra cool bathtub with built in TV
Korean bath company Saturn knew it had made the right decision when it hired famous designer Karim Rashid to design its latest creation, the TV bathtub. Karim Rashid has done full justice to his task and the result is for all to see. This white, oval-shaped tub is made of LAR [...]



Cellulite-Busting Tights That Melt Away Fat

September 19th, 2009 at 5:49 pm » Comments (0)

The Scala Bio-Fir tights and leggings zap toxins and fat with in-built thermal crystals which claim to increase blood flow
It sounds just too good to be true – leggings which melt away cellulite.  But this is what new hi-tech legwear can apparently do for women simply by heating up their skin with a ‘wonder yarn’ [...]



Major Changes Reshaping the Fashion Industry

September 13th, 2009 at 3:14 pm » Comments (0)

The $300-billion fashion business is in the midst of an epic shake-up that is changing the way clothes are designed, marketed and purchased. The Internet — the same force that has splintered the media and music industries — is challenging the taste-making role of the fashion elite, a shift that is being accelerated by the [...]



Steampunk Science Museum Show at Oxford UK

August 28th, 2009 at 7:34 am » Comments (0)

Art Donovan from the Oxford University Museum of the History of Science sez, “I have been given the great honor of curating the world’s very first Museum Exhibition of Steampunk Art. Seventeen artists from seven countries- The Steampunk creators that you know best. Opening October 13, 2009 and running continually through February 21, 2010. (Pics)



Nubrella: Ultimate Personal Weather Protector

August 16th, 2009 at 12:53 pm » Comments (0)

Nubrella
The nubrella is designed for the 21st century. Nubrella exploits the fundamental limitations of today’s traditional umbrella while introducing a long awaited feature of hands free usage. Nubrella turned to the award winning design firm, Continuum. The result is an eye catching new aerodynamic design that many are saying is simply a better “mousetrap”.
 



Bio-Accessories: Where Nature Meets Fashion

August 11th, 2009 at 11:02 am » Comments (0)

Bio-accessories by Australian designers Ben Landau and Brittany Veitch are a series of wearable couture pieces which mask the unpleasant sights, sounds and scents of a city in an attempt to bring some of the natural world back into civil living. (Pics)
 



Handerpants – Underpants For Your Hands

July 24th, 2009 at 9:20 am » Comments (0)

Handerpants
Handerpants, underwear for your hands. Don’t let your hands go commando again. Stupidest thing ever posted on this site? Nope… that would be the video infomercial about the Handerpants.  (Video after the break)
 



Python Skin-Covered HOON Headphones

July 1st, 2009 at 9:01 pm » Comments (0)

Eeek is that hissing sound a snake? No its your headphones
French accessories company HOON has teamed up with audio company The Perfect Unison for a line of python skin skinned headphones.



Mourning Objects: Jewelry Made From Dead Loved Ones

June 27th, 2009 at 12:11 am » Comments (1)

Mourning Objects
Design student Anna Schwamborn has created a range of jewelry made with the hair and cremated ashes of a dead loved ones. (Pics)



20 Types of Art Student, by Chuck Dillon

June 23rd, 2009 at 8:54 am » Comments (0)

 
After 10 years of teaching art at the Hussian School of Art in Philadelphia, Chuck Dillon has seen just about every type of art student. So, in a post is certainly going to be a classic, here’s Chuck’s classification of the 20 types of art student.
Which one are you?



Maria Sharapova’s Blinking Dress Lights When Cell Phone Rings

June 18th, 2009 at 11:28 am » Comments (0)

Maria Sharpova’s blinking dress
Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova presented a prototype dress to reporters that is designed to light up when the wearer’s mobile telephone rings. (Pics)



‘See Through’ Bikini Lets You Tan All Over

May 31st, 2009 at 8:12 am » Comments (0)

 
Kiniki’s tan-through bikini is made of a special fabric that allows sunlight to penetrate through microscopic holes.
It is the curse of sun-kissed holidays – the dreaded zebra crossing look caused by wearing swimwear on the beach. But tanlines could become a thing of the past after a firm developed a range of ’see-through’ swimming costumes. [...]



Ice Jewelry Keeps You Cool

May 21st, 2009 at 4:59 pm » Comments (0)

 
One word “Cool”
As the temperature soars to 30 degrees Celsius here today, I am praising my air conditioner; but it also got me thinking about more fashionable and eco-friendly ways to cool off. As I searched for cooling clothing, I stumbled across designer Katharina Ludwig’s unique ice jewelry, which boasts some beautiful designs that will [...]



‘Smart Memory Bra’ Enhances Cleavage When Aroused

May 16th, 2009 at 9:35 am » Comments (0)

The Smart Memory Bra contains a specially designed foam that heats up on contact with the body and grows or changes shape to change the form 
The next time you want a man to know that you desire him – just let your “smart memory bra” do the talking.



Fiber Optic Fashion: Barbara Sears Nelson Handbags

May 13th, 2009 at 11:46 am » Comments (0)

Fiber optic handbag 
Barbara Sears Nelson was first entranced by the potential of fiber optics in fashion in the late 1980s while she worked as a ski instructor in Aspen. But her idea sat on the shelf for 20 years.



Zombie High-Heeled Shoes

May 10th, 2009 at 8:13 pm » Comments (0)

Great New Footwear to Eat Brains With
Hey look, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the Zombie Stomper High Heel! The seller describes them as “Perfect for stompin’ on zombies..and men’s hearts.”



Fashion That Includes Motion Sensing Abilities

May 10th, 2009 at 7:39 pm » Comments (0)

Smarty Pants are not just an insult anymore
Good news for those who have always wanted to wear a pair of pants that detect your every move. According to scientists at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, the smart technology will soon be integrated right into the fabric of fashion items.