design

This video was created as part of YouTube user TheManimation‘s third year dissertation looking at early forms of animation in contemporary design. What’s been created here is really cool if you think about it. If you were to watch the wheels of this bicycle with the naked eye, all you… Read the rest

Calling all painters, doodlers and drawers! The ski company G3 is giving all artists a blank canvas to present their work on–but this canvas isn’t your traditional medium; it’s a bright white pair of skis. If yours is the best design, chosen by public vote, you win the pair of… Read the rest

Parkour, the art of “urban gymnastics,” is awesome to watch. But here’s a form of Parkour that surely none of us has seen before…
[Via: The Adventure Life]
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Since the nation’s metropolitan areas are beginning to see more and more police officers on bicycles, it’s about time they start riding something that sets them apart. This unique design from Ciprian Frunzeanu combines functionality and futuristic police style. While it certainly looks a bit dorky, the bike includes a… Read the rest

Ever wonder what it’s like to have twice the ass? Need an extra trunk to store your junk? This is it. The Peach, designed by Yen-Hsiang Skeet Wang, is the greatest thing to ever happen to backpacks. Inspired by the need to recycle in comical fashion, Wang used his creative… Read the rest

There’s a new skateboard on the market to make all your friends jealous. Olafur Eliasson and Mekanism Skateboards teamed up to make this sweet reflective board, rightly named “Your Mercury Ocean,” that will probably soon find its way under all the cool kids’ feet.

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As our Creative Director said, “impractical, but rad.”
The bike was a created by Olli Erkkilä for his graduate project at Institute of Design in Lahti in Finland. Scandinavian design never fails!
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When it comes to cycling safety, being seen is of utmost importance, but of course you still want to look sleek while doing it, which is why this new concept from Teague is truly innovative. The Pulse is a truly functional — as well as good looking — urban bike… Read the rest

Wetsuits certainly serve their purpose, but do they always have to be so plain looking? Artist Diddo doesn’t think so. He’s making these unique looking wetsuits, all in an attempt to provide us with something to help us look a little more original and a little less like the rest… Read the rest

I’m not sure whether these would make you look cooler than other cyclists or just plain lame. Thoughts?
Too bad the keyboard isn’t connected to the internet and your Twitter account so you can live tweet from your bike ride…
[Via: Boing Boing]… Read the rest

We like it when designers put sports equipment to functional use never intended for said item. And we like surfing. Which is why we’re digging this surf chair designed by Adam Scott. Definitely the perfect accessory for helping you dream of sweet waves while you’re stuck in the office or… Read the rest

Thanks to BoingBoing for uncovering these cool pictures of wooden bicycles from the city of Freiburg in Germany, which is considered by many to be one of the greenest cities in the world.
The original site the folks at BoingBoing pulled the pictures from is in German and, like them,… Read the rest

It’s true: we hate plastic bottles. So you would think that any bottle that isn’t made of plastic would make our “good” list. But not these glass bottles. According to Crate&Barrel who is selling this attempt at green design, “Art is in the everyday. Eco-friendly crystal clear glass water bottles… Read the rest

Air-fresheners, treadmills you can take out on trail, pancake dispensers; we are surrounded by junk we don’t need. Advances in technology have allowed us to create just about anything, but when does smart design become just plain ‘ole stupid? The Landfill Prize can tell you.
Based in Britain, the Landfill… Read the rest

Thanks to English ingenuity, the age-old dilemma of how to avoid credit card fraud while being environmentally friendly and exercising a hamster has been solved.
The slightly misleadingly-named ‘hamster shredder’ (no hamsters are shredded during the process) is an environmentally-friendly paper shredder that is powered by a hamster running on… Read the rest